An organizational structure organizes a company’s activities. Explore four types of organizational structures: functional, divisional, flatarchy, and matrix.

Small businesses often grow large enough that the owner needs to appoint or hire staff members to oversee other employees. For many decades, the easiest way to organize a small business was to follow ...

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 ...

New research shows that the most effective teams don’t choose between hierarchy and flatness but rather shift between them, ...

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 ...

I recently posted the piece below over at Harvard Business Review, where it’s generating some interesting feedback. It’s an important new outgrowth of my work and research, and I think it is going to ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. From a logistical perspective, it can be surprising to find that many small businesses and startups need a sound organizational structure ...

As a business owner, the way you choose to structure and run your company is a major decision that can reap rewards if your choice matches the culture you want to create. Organizational structure can ...