Slides to accompany blog post on www.organizationdesign.net that describes the challenge posted on https://reconfig.no/challenge/

1. This pharmaceutical firm needs your help…
• Pharma-Co is a large pharmaceutical company that is
developing several new drugs.
• The R&D unit is functionally organized today
• An internal review concludes that the functional
departments represent «silos»
• People complain they spend too much time in meetings
• Senior executives say that decision making is too slow
• …they want to find an organizational structure that is
aligned with the work processes
Background
The challenge
How you can
help:
• We are not asking you to organize the entire company…just
12 people representing four different teams
• Who should be placed on the same team?
• See role descriptions for details

2. Clement
Senior lab technician. Supervises experiments done
for Lyndon. Compares results with Joseph.
Creates check list used by Howard.
Abbot
Lab technician. Tests compounds and records
results for Gulick. Creates procedures used by
Clement.
Baker
Physician. Interprets clinical evidence that is
transferred to Isenberg. Requests analyses from
Joseph and tests from Howard. Shares clinical
audit methods with Gulick.
Ferguson
Chemist. Handles regulatory submissions and
updates Lyndon about progress. Requests data
analyses from Erickson. Shares best practice with
Denison.
Gulick
Physician. Creates test plans for Abbot. Shares
medical records data with Ferguson. Shares
clinical audit methods with Isenberg. Summarizes
field data for Baker.
Howard
Lab technician. Runs experiments for Baker and
summarizes results for Baker and Keene. Shares
best practice with Abbot.
Lyndon
Physician. Analyzes clinical evidence and
summarizes results for Keene and Clement.
Develops data analysis plan for Erickson.
Develops testing methodology for Baker.
Joseph
Data scientist. Provides analysis of disease
subtypes to Baker. Delivers analyses to Dennison.
Compares results with Clement. Shares data
mining techniques with Erickson.
.
Dennison
Chemist. Develops new compounds; shares
documentation with Clement. Requests analyses
from Joseph. Provides information to Isenberg
about analytical methods.
Erickson
Data scientist. Creates risk stratification analysis
for Lyndon. Conducts machine learning analysis
for Ferguson. Hands over datasets to Keene.
Isenberg
Chemist. Develops new compounds; creates
experimental plans for Howard. Creates plan for
simulation project with Keene. Shares data with
Ferguson.
Keene
Data scientist. Develops models of disease
severity for Gulick. Simulates compounds for
Isenberg. Hands over Matlab files to Joseph.