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« References

Robert Keidel, Seeing Organizational Patterns.

Robert W Keidel, Seeing Organizational Patterns: A New Theory and Language of Organizational Design (Washington, D.C.: Beard Books, 2005).

Referencing notes.

  • The purpose of management.
  • Tradeoffs in reporting structure shape.
  • Tradeoffs in macro organization designs.
    • An organization’s function corresponds to a suitable solution space.
  • Failures of organization design come from the wrong balance.
    • Results of one-variable organization designs (overdoing top priority).
    • Results of two-variable organization designs (underdoing bottom priority).
  • Triadic profile of organizational design.
  • Business strategy.
    • Answering “what is the character of the organization?”.
    • Answering “how does the business compete?”.
    • Defining strategy.
  • Organization systems.
    • Tradeoffs of reward systems.
    • Tradeoffs in meeting systems.
    • Tradeoffs of decision systems.
  • Triadic thinking contrasts three things.
  • Human interactions fall into three categories.
  • The Maxwell Color Triangle represents all possible hues using three variables.
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