Organisation design: What is it?

About the author

Lilian Duckart is a board member of the European Organisation Design Forum and the founder of From To, Partners, an organisation design practice dedicated to enabling organisations turn AI vision into impact.

Brightmine editor

Laura Kimpton is an HR strategy and practice editor who has worked on HR & Compliance Centre content since 2013.

 

Overview

Organisation design is increasingly recognised as a critical business capability for translating strategy into execution and driving organisational success. This series of Leading practice guides provides a comprehensive, practice-led introduction to organisation design and sets out what an effective organisation design journey looks like.

Here, we introduce the meaning of "organisation design" and explain how the concept has evolved to reflect the realities of the modern working environment. Other guides in the series:

• Organisation design: From theory to practice
• Organisation design: What does effective organisation design look like?
• Organisation design: An end-to-end organisation design journey
• Organisation design: The importance of continuous evaluation