The best way to organize a business depends on the requirements of the markets in which it operates. A multidivisional structure, although often associated with large enterprises, can be beneficial ...

Organizational structure is one of the keys to maximizing efficiency and productivity at your workplace, and it can have tangential benefits such as boosting employee motivation. Unlike a traditional ...

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 ...

Matrix management is a structure for running those companies that have both a diversity of products and a diversity of markets. In a matrix structure, responsibility for the products goes up and down ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How do you get a thousand engineers to agree ...

Not long ago, a global consumer products firm based in Europe found itself hobbled by its traditional organizational culture. It had fiercely independent product development and marketing divisions, ...