The way in which an organization is structured has a great impact on the style of management needed to optimize the organization. A misfit between management styles and the organizational structure ...

Most people easily recognize the vertical management structure. The setup is the most traditional, characteristically employing a power hierarchy. A head honcho leads all, directing less powerful ...

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 ...

Just ask Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who has taken the ambitious step of flattening the corporate organization of his 4,000-employee company, smashing hierarchies and prioritizing teams. This month Zappos ...

One of the problems with many risk management functions, as I see it, is their reporting structure. The ideal is viewed by many (including regulators) as reporting directly to the board or a committee ...