After being introduced to Organisational Design, you will go deeper into 'Structure Follows Strategy'. Begin by going through the readings below then continue to the tasks at hand.
Required Readings
Burrell (2018) Co-creating the Employee Experience. Harvard Business Review
Cappelli & Tavis (2019) HR Goes Agile. Harvard Business Review
Hamel & Zanini (2018) The End of Bureaucracy. Harvard Business Review
Vermeulen, Puranam, Gulati (2010) Change for change's sake Links to an external site.. Harvard Business Review
Bernstein, Bunch, Canner and Lee (2016) Beyond the holacracy hype Links to an external site.
Your Task
Using knowledge gained from the module videos and readings above, apply 'Structure Follows Strategy' to your organisation.
Identify examples which are in line with this paradigm.
Then, note where you also observe inconsistencies.
Try to understand why the similarities and inconsistencies are there.
Those of you who are ‘free agents’ or independent workers, feel free to work on the organisational structure and strategy of one of your customers.
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