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  • 1.  Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    Posted 08-26-2006 21:32
    I am looking for one or two articles on aspects of org design/architecture
    (i.e., incentives, decision rights, structure, culture, leadership) to be
    used in a MBA strategy course. The article(s) will be used to explore how
    strategy is implemented and sustained via org design. Please send me your
    recommendations and I will summarize for the list. Thanks in advance.

    Corey

    Corey Phelps, PhD
    Asst. Professor, Management & Organization
    University of Washington Business School
    Box 353200
    Seattle, WA 98195
    (206) 543-6579


  • 2.  Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    Posted 08-28-2006 11:07
    Try Velcro Organization in the Ivy Journal:

    Bower, Joseph L. "Building the Velcro Organization: Creating Value Through
    Integration and Maintaining Organization-Wide Efficiency." Ivey Business
    Journal (November/December 2003).

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    Subject: Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    I am looking for one or two articles on aspects of org design/architecture
    (i.e., incentives, decision rights, structure, culture, leadership) to be
    used in a MBA strategy course. The article(s) will be used to explore how
    strategy is implemented and sustained via org design. Please send me your
    recommendations and I will summarize for the list. Thanks in advance.

    Corey

    Corey Phelps, PhD
    Asst. Professor, Management & Organization
    University of Washington Business School
    Box 353200
    Seattle, WA 98195
    (206) 543-6579


  • 3.  Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    Posted 08-28-2006 11:09

    Hi Corey

    Here are 2 articles that I use in one of my strategy courses (based on Robert Grant's text). These articles focus more on org structure.

    Do You Have a Well-Designed Organization?Authors:Goold, Michael
    Campbell, AndrewSource:Harvard Business Review; Mar2002, Vol. 80 Issue 3, p117, 8pDocument Type:ArticleSubject Terms:*CORPORATE governance
    *MANAGEMENT science
    *ORGANIZATIONAL changeAbstract:The authors feel that a practical framework to guide executives through the challenges of organizational design has been lacking. Therefore, they reviewed the principles of good design, observed the structures of companies, and examined ways in which executives go about making design decisions. What they came up with were nine tests of organization design. The tests can be used to either evaluate an existing structure or create a new one. The first four are called 'fit' tests: (1) The Market Advantage Test (2) The Parenting Advantage Test (3) The People Test, and (4) The Feasibility Test. The next five are 'good design' tests. (5) The Specialist Cultures Test (6) The Difficult-Links Test (7) The Redundant-Hierarchy Test (8) The Accountability Test, and (9) The Flexibility Test. INSETS: How Parents Create Value; How Units Connect; Getting the Bugs Out.Full Text Word Count:4944ISSN:0017-8012Accession Number:6327095DatabaseBusiness Source Premier


    Why Hierarchies Thrive.Authors:Leavitt, Harold J.Source:Harvard Business Review; Mar2003, Vol. 81 Issue 3, p96-102, 7pDocument Type:ArticleSubject Terms:*MANAGEMENT science
    *ORGANIZATIONAL behavior
    *ORGANIZATIONAL structure
    HIERARCHIESAbstract:In this article, organizational behavior expert Harold J. Leavitt presents neither a defense of human hierarchies nor another attack on them. Instead, he offers a reality check, a reminder that hierarchy remains the basic structure of most, if not all, large, ongoing human organizations. Yet the intensity with which we struggle against hierarchies only serves to highlight their durability. Despite the good they may do, hierarchies are inevitably authoritarian. Sensitive leaders take steps to make speaking the truth as painless as possible.Full Text Word Count:3907ISSN:0017-8012Accession Number:9162440DatabaseBusiness Source Premier

    All the best with your course

    Thanks very much

    Kam Jugdev, PhD, PMP
    Associate Professor, Project Management & Strategy
    Centre for Innovative Management - Athabasca University
    Phone: 403-301-2956
    Cell: 403-830-1136
    Fax: 403-301-2986
    E-mail: kamj@athabascau.ca
    Web: www.mba.athabascau.ca
    http://auspace.athabascau.ca/handle/2149/163



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    I am looking for one or two articles on aspects of org design/architecture
    (i.e., incentives, decision rights, structure, culture, leadership) to be
    used in a MBA strategy course. The article(s) will be used to explore how
    strategy is implemented and sustained via org design. Please send me your
    recommendations and I will summarize for the list. Thanks in advance.

    Corey

    Corey Phelps, PhD
    Asst. Professor, Management & Organization
    University of Washington Business School
    Box 353200
    Seattle, WA 98195
    (206) 543-6579

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  • 4.  Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    Posted 08-28-2006 13:21
    There was an HBR article done in the early 90s (an interview with the
    CEO of Xerox) that addresses what you are seeking. It was titled "The
    CEO as Organization Architect."

    Howard D. Feldman, Ph.D
    University of Portland
    Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Programs
    Pamplin School of Business Administration
    5000 North Willamette Blvd.
    Portland, OR 97203
    (O) 503-943-7270
    (Fax) 503-943-8041
    feldman@up.edu

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    [mailto:BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Joseph Bower
    Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:07 AM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    Try Velcro Organization in the Ivy Journal:

    Bower, Joseph L. "Building the Velcro Organization: Creating Value
    Through
    Integration and Maintaining Organization-Wide Efficiency." Ivey Business
    Journal (November/December 2003).

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Business Policy and Strategy List
    [mailto:BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
    On Behalf Of Corey Phelps
    Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:32 PM
    To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Looking for article on org design/architecture for MBAs

    I am looking for one or two articles on aspects of org
    design/architecture
    (i.e., incentives, decision rights, structure, culture, leadership) to
    be
    used in a MBA strategy course. The article(s) will be used to explore
    how
    strategy is implemented and sustained via org design. Please send me
    your
    recommendations and I will summarize for the list. Thanks in advance.

    Corey

    Corey Phelps, PhD
    Asst. Professor, Management & Organization
    University of Washington Business School
    Box 353200
    Seattle, WA 98195
    (206) 543-6579