The task of the manager or organisation designer is to examine the firm and its situation and to design a form of organisation that meets its needs. A partial list of contemporary alternatives includes such approaches as downsizing, rightsizing, reengineering the organisation, team-based organisations and the virtual organisation.
These approaches often make use of total quality management, employee empowerment, involvement and participation, reduction in force, process innovation, and networks of alliances. Practicing managers must deal with the new technology, the temptation to treat such new approaches as fads, and their own organisational situation before making any major organisational design shifts.
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Source: Indian Express Newspapers