“Spread agility everywhere in your ecosystem.”—Arthur Yeung & Dave Ulrich, Reinventing the Organization (2019) Let’s say two esteemed HR gurus were to write a book about reinventing the organization.

Flat and hierarchical organizational structures refer to how managers report to superiors and supervise the staff under their watch. Both types of structures have benefits as well as drawbacks.

It’s fashionable to denigrate hierarchies. Critics suggest they are too controlled, siloed, and rigid. But they help create stability. And if your overarching strategy is production, you need ...

The "Functional-Hierarchic" organization is commonly called the "Matrix" organization. While often over-theorized, the Matrix is an attempt to introduce flexibility into rigid and bureaucratic ...

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 ...

Our guide can help you create a business organizational chart designed to represent the structure of your company. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 104, No. 39 (Sep. 25, 2007), pp. 15224-15229 (6 pages) Extracting understanding from the growing "sea" of ...

Since the inception of the fire service, we have been challenged to effectively communicate. The absolute fundamental challenge every firefighter and fire chief faces is organizational communication.