Organizational Design : A Step-by-Step Approach

1. Define the scope of an organization and assess its goals 2. Strategy 3. Environment 4. The configuration and complexity of the firm 5. Distributed organizations 6. Task design 7. People 8. Leadership and organizational climate 9. Coordination, control and information systems 10. Incentives 11. Design dynamics: managing change and multi-organizations References.

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