Tinna Jackson is the founder and principal of Jackson Consulting Group, with decades of experience building and leading effective teams. A command-and-control structure is a traditional organizational ...

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 ...

As we head towards a future that demands more transparency and autonomy for workers, the term holacracy (an organization structure that eschews traditional hierarchy in favor of a bossless or “flat” ...

Universities in the United Kingdom and around the world are adjusting to the changes in demographics, information technology, society and, of course, the coronavirus pandemic. As I see it, the higher ...

A top-down approach in business describes a traditional organizational style that emphasizes the imperatives and vision of upper management. Company directives and goals flow down from the top to ...

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 ...

Management of long-term, complex, large-scale change has a reputation of not delivering the anticipated benefits. A primary reason for this is that leaders generally fail to consider how to approach ...

Until recently, the effects of national culture on the organizational structure of a business were solely the concerns of large, multinational corporations. With the advent of the Internet, any ...

The average company has roughly five or six job levels. There are interns, entry-level employees, intermediate staff, first-level managers, middle managers, and executives. But what if we told you ...

To design an effective software engineering organization that delivers business value, software engineering leaders should begin by understanding the IT operating model (ITOM) targeted by their CIO.