33:620:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Organizational Structure, Sensemaking, Job Design
6 Mar 2017
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Question: what is the process by which managers create a specific type of organizational structure and culture. A strategy, no matter how great, is useless if we cannot implement it! Designing the flows of work across the entire organization is essential so that employees work together to implement the strategy and thus get the right work done well! Organizational design helps to smoothly connect inputs to create outputs. Specifying necessary interactions and collaborations (collaborative work roles) Laying out the flows of information, knowledge, and sensemaking. Providing everyone with knowledge of his or her role in the value creation process. Goal: create enriched jobs because increasing workers responsibilities increase their involvement in work and their interest in doing quality work. Experts in a discipline plus intimately acquainted with the potential systemic impact of their tasks in interaction with other specialities. How to make job designs more effective and adaptive.
