In this context, a “framework” is a flexible structure used to guide the design and development of strategies and methods to accomplish a desired result or outcome. A flexible framework is like a comfortable “suit of clothes” vs. a “straight jacket.” They are most valuable when they are non-prescriptive and allow for the design and development of custom designs to fit the unique situation and objective. As the name implies, they “frame” one’s thinking in a way that provides just the right amount of structure and no more. This section includes three frameworks to help you design and create the organization you really want, including leading transformation, management design, and research.
Organization Design
Organizations are human-created entities. They were designed, consciously or unconsciously, by humans and consequently can be redesigned. Leaders today face many challenges that will require the design of new organizational systems or the redesign of their systems to achieve and sustain high performance. The design framework initially emerged from practice helping leaders design, develop and deploy various managerial systems and processes in multiple industries. It was further developed based on research on the design process itself. The result is a flexible framework that includes a comprehensive discovery phase before the design, development, and deployment phases.
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Leading Transformation
The design or redesign of organizational systems requires leaders to become “architects” of their organizations. Leader as an organization designer is a special kind of leadership that consists of specific leadership behaviors and approaches combined with individual leader characteristics, all operating within a high-performance culture to effectively utilize the forces and facilitators of change to achieve sustainable excellence. The leadership framework includes 14 components that address the “science” and “art” of leading organizational transformation.
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Research Design
The research projects behind the leading transformation and management design frameworks were designed and guided by a research design framework. The research design framework is a flexible guide that addresses any research project’s nine key interrelated design dimensions. The first four components (the problem, purpose, research questions, and conceptual framework) form the “T” or foundation. The remaining five components (the literature review, overall approach, data collection, data analysis, and drawing conclusions) form the “U” or methodology.
