Designing Organizations: Strategy, Structure, and Process at the Business Unit and Enterprise Levels 3rd edition

"This Third Edition of the bestselling book on organization design adds 50% new content to result in the most complete book on organization design currently available. Additions and updates encompass business unit organization, enterprise organization design, standard portfolio strategy, standard functional, divisional, and holding company structures, value-adding conglomerates, and designing global organizations. This new coverage makes this reference, a mainstay both for business education and working professionals, better than ever"--
Praise for DESIGNING ORGANIZATIONS“Jay Galbraith is the preeminent thought leader in the design and implementation of the organizations necessary to compete at the edge in complex business environments. In Designing Organizations, his many decades of insight and experience are synthesized into a navigation tool of high value to the C-suite.”—Vincent Roche, president and chief executive officer, Analog Devices Inc.“At a time when organizations across the globe are evaluating how best to address a fast-changing world, Jay’s experience and insights will provide sure-footed guidance. His fresh look at organizational adaptation provides great counsel to leaders in uncertain times.”—George S. Barrett, chairman and CEO, Cardinal Health“Jay Galbraith is without a doubt the world’s leading expert on organization design. His Designing Organizations represents profound and up-to-the-minute advice on grappling with the organizational challenges facing today’s managers as they struggle to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. We heartily recommend the book to practitioners and scholars alike.”—Danny Miller, chair in strategy and family business, HEC Montreal and University of Alberta, and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, chair in succession and family enterprise, HEC Montreal; senior research fellow, University of Alberta“Jay’s ideas have been very helpful in stimulating my thinking and getting me to examine simple and complex structures that enhance culture and behavior.”—Al Grasso, CEO, The MITRE Corporation“With its decidedly strategic perspective, the third edition of Jay Galbraith’s Designing Organizations is an outstanding resource for students of organization as well as executives facing complex organizational challenges. The book provides a systematic approach to designing organizations, in which Galbraith builds on his own past work and updates it to address today’s rapidly changing organizational environments. Galbraith combines powerful understanding of organizational theory with decades of practical experience to provide a framework for organizational design that can truly help executives reach their strategic goals.”—Judith Blumenthal, professor of clinical management and organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California