This incisive work, which presents the creation of new organisational designs in a fresh way, combines theory and experience to evaluate major trends and directions, the central concepts that underlie organisational design, and potential applications for these concepts. The authors examine how classic bureaucracies of the past are increasingly seen as being too slow and centralised in a society marked by constant change and instability. Instead, new concepts like platforms, ecosystems, holacracies, agility, and improvisation are becoming more and more popular. The book offers an organising strategy that accommodates contradictions and offers a new perspective on controlling organisational design by concentrating on major trends and forms of design. Rich in anecdotes and examples, the Elgar Introduction to Designing Organizations will be a useful guide for business and management scholars and advanced students with a focus on organizational studies and innovation. It will be beneficial for business managers thinking about how to design their organization so that it is fit for contemporary purposes.