ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES (Part 1)

Literature advocating a variety of organizational designs such as “Flat”, “Horizontal,””Matrix,” “Poised,” “Fractal,””Chaordic,” etc., abounds (Argyris, 1955; Resnick and Patti, 1980; Wynn, 1995). However, all these “(re)designs” are nothing but fiddling around the edges of the phenotype of a dominant hierarchy, namely, bureaucracy.

To foster a culture of accountability, wellbeing, and responsibility, where Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene factors are optimally met, where people feel proud of what they do by fully understanding their business instead of simply…