The organizational structure of a business affects critical elements such as decision making, employee behavior, performance and rewards, individual accountability and managed information. It's ...

Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman's theory observations developed foundational points for successful organizations.

A global electronics manufacturer seemed to live in a perpetual state of reorganization. A new line of communication devices for the Asian market required reorienting its sales, marketing and support ...

How often have you heard somebody — a new CEO, a journalist, a management consultant, a leadership guru, a fellow employee — talk about the urgent need to change the culture? They want to make it ...

As your small business grows, you'll most likely need to add supervisors, managers, departments, policies and procedures. That means you need to create some sort of organizational structure. Don't ...

Leaders can sense when their organization is not working well or if the environment they operate in has changed, rendering the operating strategy and structure obsolete. The current Covid-19 pandemic ...

Henry Mintzberg’s management theory outlines 10 managerial roles and five organizational structures for businesses to improve leadership and efficiency.

Some people say flat structures cause chaos in organizations. And while that can certainly be true, my experience has been different. After years of working for horizontal and vertical hierarchies, I ...

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2016 issue of strategy+business. Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they face a ...

In the 18th annual PwC survey of chief executive officers, conducted in 2014, many CEOs anticipated significant disruptions to their businesses during the next five years as a result of external ...