HLST 2030 Lecture 7: Organizational Structures and Design
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Thus, procedures are established that assign responsibilities for various functions. Framework for evaluating the effectiveness of the structure. Organizational design principles: design principles from the criteria against which to measure the organizational design, design principles should re ect a focus on effectiveness. An organization is effective if it is doing the right things to achieve its mandate and vision: design principles should re ect a focus on ef ciency. An organization is ef cient if it is doing things in a way that maximizes utilization of resources: design principles should re ect desired performance (success measures). Identifying the source of the problem: unaligned organization design. Criteria for design - another approach: 10 principles for organizational design: Let the lines and boxes t your company"s purpose. Probably what we are most familiar with is functional design. In this design we organize by department surgery, medicine, nance, food services.
