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The Economist Guide to Organisation Design - Second Edition, by Naomi Stanford, helps you create high-performance and adaptable enterprises. Summary of the Book Any business survives not just when its structure and reporting or hierarchy lines meet the requirements of the market. It is more important that they are capable of adapting to the rapidly changing business environment. This revised and updated Economist Guide discusses how leaders must think of better ideas and implement the design of a company. For this, the author discusses five easy-to-follow guiding principles: design a company chiefly around its strategy and the operating context, not for any concealed or non-business reasons; think holistically - don't restructure random divisions in the structure of the business without thinking about its consequences on other operations; never fail to consider future markets, customers and trends, not just what works best at the present time; invest time and resources smartly and aptly - a redesign can be complex to implement and must be done without affecting daily activities adversely; and finally, never ignore the fundamentals of how the business operates and its market position. About Naomi Stanford Dr. Naomi Stanford is a world-famous organisation design practitioner, author, and teacher. She has also compiled the following titles: Organisation Design: Engaging with Change, Organizational Health: An Integrated Approach to Building Optimum Performance, and Organisation Culture: Getting it Right.