This Third Edition of the bestselling book on organization design adds 50% new content to result in the most complete book on organization design currently available. This Third Edition of the groundbreaking book Designing Organizations offers a guide to the process of creating and managing an organization (no matter how complex) that will be positioned to respond effectively and rapidly to customer demands and have the ability to achieve unique competitive advantage. Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Star Model TM Chapter Three: Single Business Strategy and Functional Organization Chapter Four: Designing the Lateral Organization Chapter Five: Types of Single Business Strategy Chapter Six: The Reconfigurable Functional Organization Chapter Seven: Creating a Virtual Corporation Chapter Eight: Stage Two: Multi-Business Strategy and Organization Chapter Nine: The Mixed Model Chapter Ten: Adding Value Chapter Eleven: The Value Adding Conglomerates Chapter Twelve: Synergy Portfolio Strategies Chapter Thirteen: Organizational Design Challenges and Opportunities Resulting From Big Data References