Who’s in charge where? To whom do I report? Who is responsible and for what? All are questions that must be answered in any organization. And the best and clearest way to do that is with an ...

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 ...

You can improve company performance by re-engineering your organizational structure to make it match your market environment more closely. Your market has constraints and characteristics that affect ...

One of the most useful shifts in my own thinking has been letting go of the idea that organizational design is something you ...

Organizations that set benchmarks or serve as examples of how to do things effectively and efficiently are called "best-practice" organizations. The techniques they use -- the "best practices" -- have ...

Effective leadership requires envisioning the organization as one interconnected system rather than isolated parts.

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 ...

Draw.io is a free online chart maker that lets you create organizational charts. It provides plenty of templates using which you can create custom charts easily. If you want to create a completely new ...

Some people say flat structures cause chaos in organizations. And while that can certainly be true, my experience has been different. After years of working for horizontal and vertical hierarchies, I ...

Suppose you want to create a chart that reports the relationships within your company or organization. In that case, you can use the SmartArt graphic feature in Microsoft Excel to build an ...