Organizational design involves shaping company positions and employees into various structures. Many small companies may have little or no structure when starting out. But eventually company ...

Whether small or large, each company must consider the way in which its organization is designed and structured. To operate effectively and efficiently, a company needs a formal system of ...

There is light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, and as organizations contemplate whether or when to bring people back into the office, the questions we hear most from leaders are “How will we ...

Henry Mintzberg is a Canadian management theorist who focused on what managers actually do at work. He described 10 everyday roles that managers play, grouped into three types: working with people ...

Arthur C. Clarke once observed, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." The latest form of witchcraft is artificial intelligence (AI), and the debate is rather ...

Like the road network in a community or the design of the hull on a boat, the forces of your organizational structure are constantly at work. A well-designed organization will enable your call center ...

Sometimes epiphanies come by email—or, in this case, three emails. It was Saturday at 5:17 a.m., and Joanna was already at her laptop. As the new CEO of the fictional Seabright Publishing Company, ...

A global electronics manufacturer seemed to live in a perpetual state of re-organization. Introducing a new line of communication devices for the Asian market required reorienting its sales, marketing ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, researcher, and ...