Shadow Organizations: Agile Management and Unwanted Bureaucratization

By Stefan Kühl

In this book, Stefan K hl shows that there is a trend towards hyperformalization, especially in agile organizations. This happens because, in order to achieve the dismantling of hierarchy and the softening of departmental boundaries, agile organizations are producing formal role descriptions to an unprecedented degree. This over-bureaucratization results in a whole series of unintended side effects that can clog up organizations. As Stefan K hl shows with numerous examples from corporate practice, organizations form shadow hierarchies and shadow departments in order to retain their ability to act.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734961961
• ISBN13: 9781734961966
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Organizational Dialogue Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"