For practitioners, it is inevitably frustrating that any decision to change the formal structures entails not only anticipated and desired, but also unwanted, side effects on the organizational culture side. But that’s what organizational research has taught us about organizations. There is no optimal organizational structure that satisfies everyone and everything. Every decision always brings surprises, disappointments and problems. Those who are not prepared to live with this fact should stay away from companies, administrations, armies, universities, schools, political parties and associations.