Organization
Design
The cornerstone of competitive advantage
In today’s dynamic and hyper-competitive environment, the ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is of fundamental importance.
Questions about Organization Design?
CEO researchers have contributed foundational research on high performance systems; team-based organizations; self-forming and planned networks; inter-organizational designs, organizing for knowledge leadership; customer focused designs; global designs; and designs for agility and sustainability.
A fundamental tenet of our research is that organizations must consider the impact of their design choices not only on business performance, but also on employees, customers, and the communities and societies in which they operate. Since 2008, we have added a time dimension to the understanding of organization design, as organizations are having to confront the challenges of sustainability and agility.
A number of corporations have established partnerships with CEO to help them design more extensive in-house organization design capabilities. These partnerships may entail a mixture of sending multiple people to gain organization design certificates in our public programs, in-house tailored design workshops, shadow consulting to some flagship organization design projects, the development of company specific cases, organization design cases, webinars and other virtual educational offerings.
UPCOMING EVENT
EEN Session: Building Organizational Capabilities: Navigating the Paradox of Faster, Better, Cheaper
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
8:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 3:00pm GMT
With Alec Levenson
Featured Article
Reflections: Sociotechnical Systems Design and Organization Change
This paper by William Pasmore, Ph.D. (Center for Creative Leadership), Stu Winby (Spring), Sue Mohrman, Ph.D. (CEO), Richard Vanasse (Spring) traces the evolution of sociotechnical systems design from its origins in the coal mines of Great Britain to the present day and beyond, into our digital future.
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Featured Webinar
Certificate in Organization Design
The Certificate Programs in Organization Design offer participants a deep understanding of this important competency as well as models, tools, and processes that can be applied within their own organizations. One-on-one coaching and peer consulting offer a tailored approach for business leaders while adding breadth and depth in the skills they need to address design challenges at all levels of an organization.
Meet Our Researchers
Our award-winning research scientists, affiliates and practitioners help companies drive performance by providing leading-edge research, practical tools, and a wealth of experience.
Christopher G. Worley
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations
Research Professor of Management, Pepperdine University
Beth Gunderson
Senior Affiliate Practitioner
Liz Vales Damron
Affiliate Practitioner