ORGANIZATIONAL structure
ORGANIZATIONAL structure
Managers are too often slaves to the vertical silos depicted on organizational charts. Instead, Geary A. Rummler and Alan P. Brache argue in Improving Performance, that managers should understand and...
In Strategic IQ, author John Wells issues a wake-up call to all companies—big and small, new or established, successful or floundering—about why businesses fail and what they must do to continually...
In The Accountable Leader, author Brian Dive explores what it means for managers to be held accountable at all levels of an organization, and demonstrates that most leadership-related problems arise...
While twenty-first century managers are well-versed in the phenomenon of globalized manufacturing (the physical production of goods outside of a company’s country of operation), the details and implications of a more...
For nearly two decades, Coaching for Performance has served as a classic guide for business managers wishing to inspire workers to reach their potential. Originally published in 1992 and widely used in...
There are two dividing beliefs in the business world: (1) the belief that companies should be run according to formal organizational standards, such as job responsibilities, costs, and means of communication, and (2)...
In Making Telework Work, authors Evan H. Offstein and Jason M. Morwick define telework as incorporating and optimizing technology to be productive, to collaborate better, and to be more proactive...
When Holly G. Green was a young manager, she read a book titled The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. The refreshing simplicity of the book’s three basic principles...
While more and more companies are interested in matrix organization structures, they can be challenging to implement. Jay R. Galbraith wrote Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work to demonstrate the...
For most of us, our sense of well-being is closely tied to whether or not we have a sense of purpose and of making a difference. Employees who feel they are simply part of a bureaucracy and unable to contribute to the...
