The Organisational Capability – Design: Designing Corporate Systems and Structures

Paul H. Dainty and Moreen Anderson

Chapter 8 in The Capable Executive, 1996, pp 229-261 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the past decade, organisations have focused on downsizing, rightsizing, re-engineering and a host of other changes in an attempt to improve productivity and competitiveness. Indeed, it is estimated that corporate America spends around $10 billion a year on restructuring.1 All this activity poses considerable challenges for senior level managers. They have a particular responsibility to direct and implement structural changes in their organisation. Ultimately, their goal is to emerge with a capable organisation – that is, one which can adapt more quickly than its competitors to the full range of external and internal threats.2

Keywords: Learning Organisation; Organisational Design; Business Unit; Customer Requirement; Organisational Capability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13663-6_8

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