Abstract
Business Trends and Tendencies in Organization Design and Work Design Practice: Identifying Cause-and-Effect Relationships Current global business environment has a strong impact on theory and practice of organizations, as well as on working behavior of their employees. Increased complexity and competitiveness is changing settled ways of organizing and working. The ultimate search for the holy grail of achieving organizational effectiveness through better design solutions is gaining momentum. There are many possible areas and means for improvement. Great opportunities emerge from better understanding of contemporary organization and work environment. To seize them, the link between organization design and work design tendencies will be emphasized. Through an in-depth theoretical research on current business trends and their impact on the changing nature of work in organizations, potentially very strong patterns between these two different environmental categories and levels of analysis will be identified. Our extensive analysis of current trends and tendencies in organization design and work design field will provide useful insights for business practitioners and researchers.
Highlights
The global business environment is characterized by rapidly changing requirements that are increasing complexity of doing business and raising the level of competitiveness
The strong need for adaptability and flexibility is the consequence of emerging business trends that are reshaping the world of business
As systems approach dominates much of the thinking both in business and academia, it will be applied for the analysis of complex relationships between various trends and tendencies emerging in everyday business practice
Summary
The global business environment is characterized by rapidly changing requirements that are increasing complexity of doing business and raising the level of competitiveness. In order to achieve a better understanding of the current requirements and to develop solutions which are practicable for managers and consultants, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive analyses. Both organizational theory and practice are likely to benefit from research into the hidden cause-and-effect relationships between uncertain and unpredictable business trends on the one side and deterministic or eligible managerial decisions on the other. - Business Trends and Tendencies in Organization Design and Work Design Practice: Identifying Cause-and-Effect Relationships be presented. Trends and contemporary design solutions at the organizational and work level will be outlined separately Their systemic and multilevel effects will be recognized. Our analysis of the widespread network of current trends and tendencies in field of organization and work design will provide useful insights for researchers and practitioners alike
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