Human Capital MBA

Organizational Design, Job Evaluation and Position Classification: How Structure Decisions Shape Coordination, and Why Job Evaluation Is Not Fully Neutral

Why Chandler's dictum that structure follows strategy still explains why growing companies redesign their org charts, why Davis and Lawrence's documented matrix pathologies make dual reporting lines harder to run than they look on paper, and why the point-factor method, a technique built specifically to make pay-setting more scientific, has a well-documented history of undervaluing the kind of work that female-dominated roles typically involve.

2 Nov 2026 · 27 min read