Abstract
Within the scope of this chapter, we show which aspects should be considered in the context of organizational design and how organizations are successfully changed.
We explain how managers can use a model to analyze and shape the organizational culture.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Kaizen: Japanese principle of “infinite change for the better”, selected, gradual perfecting, e.g. continuous improvement.
- 2.
After Collin Powell: “Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.”
- 3.
PESTEL: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, legal—Collection of socio-economic search fields in order to evaluate systematically the relevant environmental changes for a company. Originally developed by Francis J. Aguilar [5].
- 4.
SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats – simple tool for rough analysis of the organization’s situation.
- 5.
SMART—Specific, Measurable, Accepted, Reasonable, Time-related. A quality model for target formulation.
- 6.
Plan, Do, Check, Act: Systematic approach to the implementation of targets.
References
Medinilla A.: Agile Management, p. 70. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)
Burke, W.W., Litwin, G.H.A.: Causal model of organisation performance and change. J. Manag. 18(3):523–545 (1992)
Pflaum, B., Weissenberger-Eibl, M.: A Using network analysis to evaluate success factors for new product development, IEEE European Technology and Engineering Management Summit. München (2017)
Negele, H., Fricke, E., Igenbergs, E.: ZOPH- A systematic approach to the modeling of product development systems. INCOSE Int. Symp. 7(1), 266–273 (1997)
Aguilar, F.J.: Scanning the Business Environment. Macmillan, New York (1967)
Wenzel, S., Igenbergs, E., Michl, T., Megerle, F.: Coupling Changes to Product-, Process-, and Agent-System Architectures EuSEC 2000, p. 129–134. Herbert Utz Verlag, München (2000)
Stanford, N.: Guide to Organization Design, p. 86. Profite Books Ltd, London (2007)
Yassine, A., Braha, D.: Complex concurrent engineering and the design structure matrix method. Concur. Eng. 11(3):165–176 (2003)
Osterling, M.K.: Value Stream Mapping. Mc Graw Hill, USA (2014)
Stober, D.R., Grant, A.M. (Eds.): Evidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best Practices to Work With Your Clients, p. 54. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ (2006)
Hofstede, G.: Culture and Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations across Nations. Thousand Oaks, New Delhi (2001)
Bateson, G.: Steps to an Ecology of Mind, pp. 279–308. University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2000)
Dilts, R.: Changing Beliefs with NLP. Meta Publications U.S., Santa Crus, CA (1990)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Jantzer, M., Nentwig, G., Deininger, C., Michl, T. (2020). Shaping the Work Organization. In: The Art of Engineering Leadership. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60384-0_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60384-0_17
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-60383-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-60384-0
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)