BU398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Team Building, Performance Management, Organization Development
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Lecture 12 designing organizations for innovation and change. Chapter 10 this is an important chapter. Technology: new ways of working, changes in production process, operations + more efficient production. Products and services: changes in outputs (i. e. new product lines) Strategy and structure: administrative changes (e. g. changes in structure, policies, rewards) The conundrum: the conditions that promote new ideas are not the best conditions for implementing the ideas. The challenge: how can organizations design themselves to achieve both innovation and efficiency. Switching structures: on-demand organic structure, venture teams. Small company within org (separate location, facilities etc) The challenge: creating a successful product ideas. The requirements: understanding customer needs, paying attention to marketing, making use of outside tech and advice, top mgt support. The solution: boundary-spanning marketing department that talks to boundary-spanning r&d department that both talk to prod. department overseen by senior manager. The situation: occasionally organizations will want to change strategy, structure, goals, policies etc.
