Seeing organizational patterns
Subtitle: a new theory and language of organizational design
By: Robert W. Keidel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Organization.; Industrial organization.; Management.
Description: "Robert Keidel explains that most organizational issues are a balance of three variables: individual autonomy, hierarchical control, and spontaneous cooperation. By learning to frame issues as trade-offs among these design variables, one can see underlying patterns that previously had not been visible - and thereby make more intelligent analyses, choices, and commitments than would otherwise be possible." "Seeing Organizational Patterns converts organizational design into an art form of triangular patterns. Featuring vivid examples and consulting-based cases, this book offers a wealth of theoretical insights and practical lessons. Keidel provides a set of conceptual lenses that enables you to see organizations more clearly, systematically, and imaginatively than ever before."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.