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This new report from IES takes a fresh look at organisation design (ODS) from several different perspectives. Too often design is seen as a question of who is on the Board and how the organisation chart will look following a re-structure. Most evidence, however, suggests that re-structuring alone has limited success. At a time of ‘institutional failure’ where governance structures have been found wanting, organisation design is a hot topic.

It is easy to think of innovation as being something 'out there', something that is focused on new products, new IT or new services, something directed at customers or consumers. In a project for Eurofound, IES has recently been looking at innovations being made in work organisation and how these can support the productive or innovative capacity of organisations.