Developing a complex new product requires the firm both to deconstruct that product into subsystems and to create an organizational structure aligned with the product architecture. However, empirical evidence indicates that misalignments do occur and are usually one of two general forms: a...

Projektmanagement: Gründe dafür und Einwände dagegen -- Anwendungsbereiche und Arten von Projektmanagement -- Hierarchiekrise und Systemabwehr -- Gruppen- und Organisationsdynamik im Projektmanagement -- Fallbeispiele -- Checklisten und Empfehlungen für die Einführung von Projektmanagement.

This book clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. Readers learn to appreciate the relevance of seeing the systemic coherence of the world. The book argues that many of the problems we experience...

About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Why design matters -- Organisational complexity -- Traditional organizational forms -- Designing multidimensional organisations -- Designing sub-units -- Defining the vertical structure -- Configuring interfaces -- Managing the organisation design process...