How to Survive the Organizational Revolution

People face a bewildering choice of

new organizational design options. New

organizational forms are sweeping across

business, now that information technology

enables better communication, both internally

and across organizational boundaries. This

book helps managers to navigate the new

organizational landscape, by providing a concise

and practical overview of forms like holacracy,

the Spotify-model, platform organizations,

multidimensional organizing and ecosystems. It

discusses these forms and provides a user guide,

showing when they are effective and when to

avoid them.

Short insightful excursions explain how the

organizational revolution affects issues like

human resource management, the changing role

of middle management, planning and control

and self-organization. Finally, the book guides

you through the question how to design new

organizational forms and how to implement

them. Practical examples and enlightening case

studies show the struggles and successes you

face in working in this new environment.

Self-organized, dynamic and externally oriented

structures replace hierarchical, predictable and

internally oriented structures. The business unit

and the matrix that dominated the twentieth

century are making way for new forms of

organizing. This book is the first complete

overview of new organizational forms in the

information economy. It is an indispensable

guide to profit from the opportunities new

organizational forms present.

. highly practical and concise comparison of

organizational forms

. brings you up to speed in no time

. quick insight into what is going on in the field

. choose the best organization strategy