This document outlines key elements of organizational design including work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control, types of power, and centralization/decentralization. It also discusses contingency factors that influence organizational design models and compares traditional designs like simple, functional, and division structures to contemporary designs such as team, matrix, boundaryless, and learning structures. Additionally, it addresses design challenges modern organizations face and distinguishes between organizational learning and a learning organization.