Organise for Complexity

2012

Managers, professionals and change agents in cultural organisations, like in many other profit or non-profit organisations, are today dealing with increasing environmental complexity. They are often confronted with questions like: How to adjust a growing organisation, without falling into the bureaucracy trap? How to become more capable of adapting to new circumstances? How to overcome existing barriers to performance, innovation and growth? How to become an organisation more fit to human beings, and achieve higher engagement? How to produce profound change, without hitting the barrier? In this presentation, the author argues that in order to address these issues, these organisations should develop towards forms robust for complexity, as well as fit for human beings. You will learn about concepts that allow you to design entire organisations for complexity, regardless of size, age, industry, country or culture. In particular, the presentation introduces organisational models based on team-based organisations, networked organisations, as well as core organisational design principles and system-thinking approaches.