“Spread agility everywhere in your ecosystem.”—Arthur Yeung & Dave Ulrich, Reinventing the Organization (2019) Let’s say two esteemed HR gurus were to write a book about reinventing the organization.
Flat and hierarchical organizational structures refer to how managers report to superiors and supervise the staff under their watch. Both types of structures have benefits as well as drawbacks.
It’s fashionable to denigrate hierarchies. Critics suggest they are too controlled, siloed, and rigid. But they help create stability. And if your overarching strategy is production, you need ...
The "Functional-Hierarchic" organization is commonly called the "Matrix" organization. While often over-theorized, the Matrix is an attempt to introduce flexibility into rigid and bureaucratic ...
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 ...