Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership

104. Design Decisions

Concept

Every organization has been designed either consciously or unconsciously. Decisions are made from the beginning about a multitude of things only one of which is organizational structure. We can compare the reporting structure of an organization to a skeleton and the various systems that hang on that structure to the organs and muscles that hang on a skeleton.

There are too many design decisions to enumerate them all here. A cursory list would include structure, recruiting, hiring, job design, control, performance appraisal, reward, learning, design, research, production, quality, and marketing.

Example

One company hires from employees’ alma maters while another advertises widely. One company outsources design activities ...