With mergers and acquisitions, growth, and scaling up in general, we often forget the preliminary rule of organizational analysis: the size of the organization is a critical component, which may have ...

In the 18th annual PwC survey of chief executive officers, conducted in 2014, many CEOs anticipated significant disruptions to their businesses during the next five years as a result of external ...

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 ...

Organizational design is the process of creating the hierarchy within a company. The six elements of organizational design help business leaders establish the company departments, chain of command and ...

Working on the business model is a fundamental part of pretty much every "lean startup" program, which makes it a fundamental part of pretty much every accelerator and incubator. Research from INSEAD ...

Organizational design is a comprehensive framework for integrating the key elements of an organization: people, information and technology. Organizational design includes the elements of ...

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 ...

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A global electronics manufacturer seemed to live in a perpetual state of reorganization. A new line of communication devices for the Asian market required reorienting its sales, marketing and support ...