Henry Mintzberg’s management theory outlines 10 managerial roles and five organizational structures for businesses to improve ...

We all nod and agree whenever the topic of old dinosaurian organizational structures is mentioned. Everything from homogenous boards and lack of diversity to rampant politics, misguided incentives, a ...

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When the whole point of business intelligence (BI) and analytics is to bring disparate information together, it can be difficult to know which business unit or department should start the process. Yet ...

Research firm Gartner has identified a lack of sophistication among the new breed of chief data officers when it comes to organisational design. The firm says there are now 1,000 CDOs worldwide – up ...

A well-designed organisation produces a kind of alchemy, converting strategy into real-world performance. With all the organisational elements in the right place, strategic goals can easily percolate ...

Anyone who’s celebrated a significant work anniversary knows just how a company can change over the years—who has a seat at the table, what customers expect, the most coveted skills. But there’s just ...

In a traditional company, the power flows from top to bottom; rank-and-file workers are viewed like cogs in the organization and must implement decisions for which they had no input. But a cultural ...

Time is running out for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by all UN member states in 2015, the seventeen SDGs seek to eradicate poverty, inequality and counter climate ...

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