Organization Theory

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Management and Leadership

Hi, everyone -

I am newly in charge of our organization and I am realizing that we need to add a bit of rigor to how we perform our operations.  I am wondering if anyone is aware of any organization theory resources that can help me wrap my mind around the best way to approach this issue.  I am thinking of something like, "Define the business results, break the work necessary into tasks.  Each task is assigned a standard for completion or is performed according to a procedure.  Tasks are grouped together into roles..."  That sort of thing.  I know that each organization is different but I have to figure that there is enough commonality to have a good model.


Thanks!

Submitted by Jon de Jong on Thursday July 5th, 2012 10:18 pm

If you have not already read it, I would recommend "Execution" by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.  It is recommended in one of the earlier podcasts I believe.
It's not exactly what I would call a book on organisation theory but an excellent book on leading an organisation.  It is practical in that it guides you on how to go about managing people, strategy and operations and the connection bertween them.
An excellent read.

Submitted by Greg Patterson on Monday July 9th, 2012 7:55 pm

Sorry for not responding sooner - I was pulled away for a couple of days.  Thanks for the recommendation.  I will check it out.