This document discusses organizational design and outlines characteristics of successful organizational design as well as reasons why organizational design fails. Characteristics of successful design include effective goal sharing, teamwork, employee morale, training opportunities, strong leadership, handling poor performance, understanding risks, adapting to changes, and clearly defined structures. Steps for organizational success are setting clear goals, not letting external factors shift focus, defining plans that fit the organization, and ongoing communication. Reasons for organizational design failure include not knowing objectives, structuring for personnel rather than goals, causing disruption, decisions outside processes, skipping assessments, breaking confidence, and lacking change management plans.