resultsorganizations
Results organizations are organizations designed around achieving measurable outcomes. The term describes entities in which strategy, governance, operations, and accountability are anchored in clearly defined, verifiable results. The approach emphasizes aligning every level of the organization with outcomes that can be measured and assessed over time.
Key characteristics include: clearly stated objectives, a small number of key performance indicators, regular collection and
Governance structures in results organizations tend to promote accountability for outcomes, sometimes at the expense of
Applications and variants: In the private sector, results orientation is common in performance management and strategic
Criticisms include risk of overemphasizing measurable results at the expense of qualitative factors, potential incentives to
History and examples: OKRs were developed at Intel and popularized by John Doerr; Google’s adoption helped spread