Many small companies use a flat organizational structure, where very few levels of management separate executives from analysts, secretaries and lower-level employees. Flat organizations work best ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Execution” has become the new watchword in boardrooms, as CEOs and directors watch sound strategies fail at the hands of organizations that cannot or will not effectively implement them. The first ...

A positive, aligned organizational culture is easy to recognize: Productivity soars, employees are satisfied and empowered, processes are clear and effective — in short, everything seems just to hum ...