http://www.personneltoday.com/hrspace/wikis/study/organisation-design.aspxWikis about studying HR courses, including CIPD accredited ones.en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.personneltoday.com/hrspace/wikis/study/organisation-design.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 19:36:59 GMT037d0c15-377a-4a8f-9214-6e9189f91ffd:14DrW.http://www.personneltoday.com/hrspace/wikis/study/organisation-design/comments.aspxCurrent revision posted to Studying HR by DrW. on 07/02/2012 19:36:59<br /> <h2>Organisation Design</h2> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Filed under: <span style="background: SpringGreen;">design</span><span style="background: SpringGreen;">,</span> organisation structure<span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span></div> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">process</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">planned</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">change</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">an</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">&#39;</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">s</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">structure</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">related</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">aspects</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">directed</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">towards</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">an</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">identified</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">goal</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Understanding</span></h3> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">The</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">starting</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">point</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">understand</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">as</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">stands</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">its</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">context</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">its</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">purpose</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">There</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">are</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">various</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">frameworks</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">understanding</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">an</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">one</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">most</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">commonly</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">used</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">STAR</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">model</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">[</span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_architecture"><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">more</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">information</span></a><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">]</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">This</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">model</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">identifies</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">following</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">as</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">key</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">facets</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">an</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Strategy</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Structure</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Process</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Rewards</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">People</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Culture</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">also</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">highly</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">important</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Each</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">these</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">affects</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">behaviour</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">ultimately</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">market</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">competativeness</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">From</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">this</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">model</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">clear</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">that</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">involves</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">but</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">not</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">limited</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">structure</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Implementation</span></h3> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">changes</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">due</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">their</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">scope</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">inherently</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">have</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">potential</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">be</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">challenging</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">implement</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">There</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">are</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">generally</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">a</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">number</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">options</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">each</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">decision</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">each</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">with</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">merits</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">drawbacks</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">;</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">eg</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">whether</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">group</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">business</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">areas</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">product</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">or</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">market</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">or</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">function</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">More</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">recent</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">developments</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">field</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">such</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">as</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">matrix</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">can</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">add</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">further</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">options</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">For</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">these</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">reasons</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">large</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">oragnisations</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">a</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">carefully</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">considered</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">process</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">There</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">may</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">be</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">internal</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">experts</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">with</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">requisite</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">training</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">or</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">specialist</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">consultants</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">are</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">frequently</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">used</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">There</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">a</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">substantial</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">history</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">research</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">field</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">many</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">foundations</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">laid</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">influential</span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961001.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961001.htm"><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Peter</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Drucker</span></a><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">successful</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">redesign</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">project</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">often</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">make</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">used</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">frameworks</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">based</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">on</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">this</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">research</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Training</span></h3> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">The</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">field</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">rather</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">specialist</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">many</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">consultants</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">rely</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">on</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">substantial</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">experience</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">area</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">as</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">not</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">typically</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">covered</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">detail</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">a</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">general</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">business</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">or</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">management</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">course</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">However</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">possible</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">get</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">specific</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">training</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">example</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">respected</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Ashridge</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Business</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">School</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">offers</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">a</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">course</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">specifically</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">for</span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ashridge.org.uk/Website/Content.nsf/wOPN/Advanced+Organisation+Design~Content+and+Structure?opendocument"><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span></a><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Personnel</span></h3> <p><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">As</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">noted</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">above</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">,</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">design</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">often</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">involves</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">consultancy</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">.</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">Within</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">organisation</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">itself</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">typically</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">directed</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">executives</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">or</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">senior</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">management</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">can</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">often</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">advised</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">by</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">appropriate</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">HR</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through; color: red;">professionals</span><p>&nbsp;.</p>http://www.personneltoday.com/hrspace/wikis/study/organisation-design/revision/1.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 19:34:39 GMT037d0c15-377a-4a8f-9214-6e9189f91ffd:39DrW.http://www.personneltoday.com/hrspace/wikis/study/organisation-design/comments.aspxRevision 1 posted to Studying HR by DrW. on 07/02/2012 19:34:39<br /> <p>Organisation design is the process of planned change to an organisation&#39;s structure and related aspects, directed towards an identified goal.</p> <h3>Understanding</h3> <p>The starting point for organisation design is to understand the organisation as it stands, its context and its purpose.<br /><br />There are various frameworks for understanding an organisation, one of the most commonly used is the STAR model [<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_architecture">for more information</a>]. This model identifies the following as key facets of an organisation:</p> <ul> <li>Strategy</li> <li>Structure</li> <li>Process</li> <li>Rewards</li> <li>People</li> </ul> <p>Culture is also highly important. Each of these affects behaviour and ultimately market competativeness. From this model it is clear that organisation design involves but is not limited to organisation structure.</p> <h3>Implementation</h3> <p>Organisation design changes, due to their scope, inherently have the potential to be challenging to implement. There are generally a number of options for each decision, each with merits and drawbacks; eg. whether to group business areas by product or by market or by function. More recent developments in the field, such as matrix organisation, can add further options.<br /><br />For these reasons organisation design in large oragnisations is a carefully considered process. There may be internal experts with the requisite training, or specialist consultants are frequently used. There is a substantial history of research in the field, many of the foundations laid by the influential <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961001.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961001.htm">Peter Drucker</a>, and successful redesign project often make used of frameworks based on this research.</p> <h3>Training</h3> <p>The field is rather specialist, many consultants rely on substantial experience in the area as it is not typically covered in detail in a general business or management course. However, it is possible to get specific training, for example the respected Ashridge Business School offers a course specifically for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ashridge.org.uk/Website/Content.nsf/wOPN/Advanced+Organisation+Design~Content+and+Structure?opendocument">organisation design</a>.</p> <h3>Personnel</h3> <p>As noted above, organisation design often involves consultancy. Within the organisation itself it is typically directed by executives or senior management and can often advised by appropriate HR professionals.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>