Organizational Design: The Organizational Audit and Analysis Technology

Table of Contents

Preface

PART 1. ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

Chapter 1. Introduction to Organizational Design

Chapter 2. A Strategy for Developing A Theory and a Technology for Organizational Design

• Understanding the Issues
• A Strategy for Developing the Art and Technology for Organizational Design

Chapter 3. Desiderata for Organizational Design

• Introduction
• Desiderata for Organizational Design

PART 2. THEORY UNDERLYING THIS ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Chapter 4. Task Processes and Task Process Resources Characteristics

• Introduction
• Processes
• Task Processes
• Organizational Logic
• Task Process Resources Characteristics

Chapter 5. Group and Organizational Structures

• Introduction
• Group Structures
• Structures and Task Processes
• The Organizational Responsibility Grouping Chart
• Organizational Position Levels
• Organizational Architecture

Chapter 6. Dynamics of Organizational Changes

• Introduction
• Authority-Task Gaps and Problems
• Virtual Positions
• Design Premises
• Organizational Congruity

Chapter 7. Organizational Boundaries

• Introduction
• Organizational Boundaries
• Applications

Chapter 8. Organizational Interdependence

• Introduction
• Task Process Interdependence
• Task Process Resources Interdependence
• Environmental Interdependence
• Data Base Organizations
• Organizational Design Guidelines

PART 3. THE ORGANIZATIONAL AUDIT AND ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY

Chapter 9. Introduction to the Organizational Audit and Analysis Technology

• Introduction
• Overview of the Organizational Audit and Analysis Technology for Organizational Design
• Strategic Assessment
• Organizational Audit
• The Organizational Design
• Implementation Planning
• Monitoring the Implementation
• Stages Six Through Nine

Chapter 10. Organizational Playbooks and Game Plans

• Introduction
• Organizational Plays
• Types of Positions
• Components of a Play
• The Organizational Playbook
• Relationships Among Organizational Playbooks, Position Descriptions Sets, and Job Description Sets
• Organizational Game Plans

Chapter 11. Supplementary Human Resources Analyses in the OA&A Technology

• Introduction
• Wage and Salary System Design
• Qualifications
• Job Descriptions
• Training and Management Development
• Performance Evaluation System
• Performance Incentive System

Chapter 12. Design of a Supermarket Chain

• Introduction
• Some Observations of the Retail Food Industry
• Application of the OA&A Technology
• Results
• Evaluations From SSI
• Postscript

Chapter 13. Summary and Conclusions

• Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations
• Organizational Design and the Development of a Technology
• The Theory Underlying the Organizational Design Technology
• Future Research

References

Name Index

Subject Index