Though a company's top management must consider many issues when designing an organization's structure, they all relate to only a few design elements. Designers start with the most basic issue of a ...

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

When leaders work on systems rather than structure, progress can be harder to recognize—especially compared to an org chart you can easily revise, see and share. Moving lines and boxes creates the ...

The terms "organization structure and design" and "organization architecture," while sounding similar, actually have very different meanings. The first term refers to structure in a metaphorical way ...

It is no secret that the world of leadership and organizational design is experiencing significant, even traumatic changes. The massive impact of the pandemic coupled with government-mandated ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Andreas Pettersson ...

In the pandemic-influenced world of work, leadership teams will be challenged to discover not only the brand identity of their organization but also the brand identities of their employees and how ...

College curricula lay the foundations to master the basics of a field, while organizations and extracurricular experiences offer opportunities to persistently pursue connections to bridge the gap ...

When startups are small, thinking through roles and work processes is less important. In early days, there’s typically not even enough employees to do all the work, so founders and their early ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Fast Company Executive ...