Several factors determine the type of organizational structure that a company uses: revenues, number of employees, diversity of products, types of customers and geographical spread. Smaller companies ...

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 ...

I am not a command-and-control leader. Though the hierarchical pyramid works for some, I prefer a framework that invites collaboration, flexibility and balance. This structure radiates decision-making ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

My first rather unsettling introduction to the now widely prevalent matrix structure in organizations was in the late 1990s. I worked for a large global engineering firm then and headed its supply ...

Running a business is not just about delegating tasks; it’s about ensuring everyone knows who is responsible for what and who has the authority to make decisions. In a small company, you might handle ...

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 ...