Seeing Organizational Patterns

(Keidel uses his now-famous triangles and other geometric ...)

Keidel uses his now-famous triangles and other geometric mind-aids to provoke new perspectives on organizational design. Those in search of new lenses and language for assessing companies will be delighted.

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(Corporate Players: Designs for Working and Winning Together ) Author: Robert W. Keidel Mar-2005

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Seeing Organizational Patterns

(Today every manager, in every sector and at every level, ...)

Today every manager, in every sector and at every level, is challenged by organizational complexity - demands and data from all directions. In order to make sense of this complexity, managers, consultants and academics have devised a multitude of models of organizational structure, strategy and systems. However, nearly all of these models turn out to be of limited real-world utility because either they oversimplify reality (by focusing on just one or two variables) or they are themselves as complex as the reality that they are trying to simplify. "Seeing Organizational Patterns" presents a third option - a new prism for viewing organizational design that is neither too simple nor unduly complicated. Robert Keidel explains that most organizational issues are a balance of three variables: individual autonomy, hierarchical control and spontaneous cooperation. "Seeing Organizational Patterns" shows that the basic requirement for high-performing organizations is the ability to think in terms of these three variables that lie at the head of every organization. Organizations are inherently triadic because there are only three ways in which people can relate to each other without conflict - patterns that correspond to the three core design variables: autonomy, control and cooperation. By learning to frame issues as trade-offs among these variables one can see underlying patterns that previously had not been visible - and thereby make more intelligent analyses, choices and commitments than would otherwise be possible. Once this essential triangle is grasped, it can be leveraged across a wide range of organizational plans, decisions and problems. Keidel explains how organizational design can be usefully understood in terms of triangular patterns; shows how this traidic framework can be applied to organizational strategy, structure and systems; and depicts a new organizational model that unifies a host of organizational analogies. "Seeing Organizational Patterns" converts organizational design into an art form of triangular patterns. Featuring a rich array of examples - including AT&T, Computer Associates, Johnson & Johnson, and the World Bank - it presents a wealth of experience-based lessons and concepts. Readers should come away with a set of conceptual lenses that enables them to see organizations more clearly, systematically, and imaginatively than ever before.

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The Geometry of Strategy: Concepts for Strategic Management

( To excel in today’s exacting world, organizations need ...)

To excel in today’s exacting world, organizations need to combine strategic planning and strategic thinking. Strategic planning is a formal activity carried out periodically by top managers, but it is vulnerable to change. Strategic thinking is an informal activity that occurs intermittently throughout an organization, but it tends to be non-cumulative. Keidel offers a framework for integrating strategic planning and strategic thinking that leverages the strengths of both. The key to his work is the application of simple geometric forms—especially, 2x2 grids and triangles—that help organizational leaders and strategists structure their thinking and planning. Keidel introduces four strategic categories—persona (organizational identity), performance (what is measured), puzzle (dilemmas that are faced), and pattern (how to compete, grow, & organize). Each category matches a specific geometry of thinking—point, linear, angular, and triangular. The payoff? A novel way to develop strategy, as well as a set of conceptual lenses for "reading" any other organization’s strategy—or any strategic argument. Keidel’s work is illustrated with case studies from his own consulting practice and grounded in the theoretical literature underlying the various geometries of thinking. This book will be a valuable resource for managerial and executive education in strategy, as well as a provocative reading for organizational strategy consultants and thoughtful practitioners.

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Corporate Players: Designs for Working and Winning Together

(Despite ritual appeals to teamwork, too many American com...)

Despite ritual appeals to teamwork, too many American companies do not perform effectively as teams. Few managers understand that their company is made up of different kinds of teams, each with distinctive strengths, weaknesses and management requirements. This book shows managers how to build teamwork which will result in higher productivity. The reader is shown: how to diagnose an organization's current style of teamwork; how to design the most effective blend of teamwork; and how to develop increasing team competence throughout the organization. The author integrates two easy to understand frameworks throughout the book: a diagnostic "Teamwork Profile" and a visual device called a "Teamwork Triangle". Like the "Manager as Developer" framework in "Managing for Excellence", the "Teamwork Profile and Triangle" will help readers apply the book - and build in continuing sales.

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Seeing Organizational Patterns 1st edition by Keidel, Robert W (1995) Hardcover

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