"Strategic Organizational Diagnosis And Design, ThirdEdition," systematically surveys the substantive literature onorganizational design and develops the theoretical framework ofmultiple contingency organizational design. The multiple contingenciesin the theoretical framework cover the contingencies of size, technology, environment, and strategy, as well as leadership style andorganizational climate and culture. These contingencies are mappedinto design parameters such as organizational configuration, specialization, decision authority, information processing, coordination and control, and incentives.The book examines a variety of existing organizational situations -which can include the reader's organization - and provides thestructure and analysis to diagnose and assess what can be done to havea more efficient and effective organization. Burton and Obel's dynamicmultiple contingency theory of organizations provides the analyticalframework and tools for the OrgCon(c) - a knowledge-base expertsystem which has been thoroughly vetted with business executives.The accompanying software, the OrgCon(c) with training guide andcases (CD bound into the book), provides a managerial tool kit toimprove the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations.Specifically, OrgCon(c) offers the manager or student a "hands on"knowledge of organizational design. It guides the manager or studentthrough cases or their own organization and enables them to analyzereal world organizational problems and seek concrete organizationdesign solutions.

The book and the software tool kit are an integratedpackage and combine to provide the analytical framework and tools thatwill result in building intuitive understandingof organization designthrough interactive applications.For additional information on the book and OrgCon(c), see thefollowing URLs: http: //www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7684-3 (hardbound)http: //www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7685-1.