Reorganization

There is no such thing as an ideal organizational structure...

Reorganizing an organization, or department within, requires a knowledge of the past, present, and future desired direction of the unit under study. Our other services in strategic and business planning, and organizational facilitation at all layers gives us the foundation for making and guiding reorganizational recommendations.

Each organizational structure is unique to the strategies, goals and objectives of the organization under study. In addition, the ideal organizational structure changes over time much as do the strategies, goals and objectives of that organization.

After a full fact finding assessment of the client, key employee interviews, and a review of governing documents/regulations, we consider process, multidivisional, and functional organizational structures in the context of what is being done in the clients industry. Accordingly, the output is unique to the client, but in the context of their industry and best practices.

The typical review generates a 30-55 page report, complete with a step by step process that builds to the final conclusions. Often over 15 competing organizations are reviewed for context, and up to 10 alternative internal structures are created and evaluating. Upon completion, the final organizational structure is obvious due to a) Client review and critique along the way, b) A full decision matrix that compares how each alternative organizational structure does in meeting the established design criteria.

Key Areas:

  • Creating the Environmental Case for Change
  • Establishing the Internal Case for Change
  • A Review of the Effectiveness of the Top Position
  • Review of the Enterprise Strategy
  • Review of Departmental Strategy and Alignment
  • Three and Five Year Organizational Goals
  • Identifying Major Customer and Product Shifts
  • The Organizational Design Intent
  • Process/Functional/Multi-Divisional Models in Context of Case for Change and Design Intent
  • Generating Alternative Organizational Structures
  • Evaluating the Alternatives Against the Design Criteria
  • Leadership & Management Considerations
  • Critical Success Factors
  • Transition and Change Management
  • Human Resource Considerations