Organizational Design in a Complex and Unstable World: Introduction to models and concepts and their application
About this ebook
The authors explain various models and concepts of organizational design, highlight the important role played by agile management and self-organization and reflect on the consequences these concepts have for practical organizational work. The necessary organizational development can only be meaningfully and successfully implemented with consideration of the existing corporate culture and knowledge of the fundamentals of knowledge management, so these are also taught in the textbook.
The overarching goal of organizational design is to promote the organization's resilience to crises. After laying the foundations for this, the penultimate chapter is dedicated to the aspect of resilience, followed by an outlook for the future.
The didactic structure of the textbook includes learning objectives, practical examples and case studies as well as learning comprehension questions and the opportunity to test your own knowledge with the Springer Nature Flashcards.
This textbook has been recommended and developed for university courses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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About the author
Prof. Michael Heike is Lecturer in Public Management at the Competence Center Public and Non-Profit Management at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Studied business administration and economics, professional background in corporate development at Deutsche Bahn and at a large German district administration. Expert for Balanced Scorecard in public administration and in pluralistic organizations.Daniel Sigrist is organizational consultant with a focus on new organizational designs and work design. Trained organizationalpsychologist. Advises and consults numerous organizations on the transformation of work and organizational design towards self-organization and agility. Excellent knowledge of the usability of implementation methods.
