Functional organizational structure is best for smaller companies or those that focus on a single product or service. Not designed to change quickly, functional structure works well in a stable ...

When businesses get large enough to need an organized company structure, they traditionally segregate personnel by work function. This setup lets people with similar jobs communicate easily and share ...

Every organization, no matter its size, has an abundance of moving pieces. Ensuring that all those pieces move in perfect synchrony starts by devising an organizational structure that represents the ...

Organizational change is complex. Success depends upon the extent to which the structure of the organization matches its practices, processes, people, measures, and messages. It is also important to ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

An organizational structure defines the scope of acceptable behavior within an organization, its lines of authority and accountability, and to some extent the organization’s relationship with its ...

One of the most useful shifts in my own thinking has been letting go of the idea that organizational design is something you ...