Project-based organizational structures borrow from those based on hierarchies, functions and operations. According to Point Park University, they use a matrix organization where essential company ...

I am not a command-and-control leader. Though the hierarchical pyramid works for some, I prefer a framework that invites collaboration, flexibility and balance. This structure radiates decision-making ...

A functional organizational structure features a powerful management hierarchy running departments devoted to broad work classifications such as assembly or marketing. Departmentalizing this way ...

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Most discussions about matrix organizations usually quickly devolve into a debate between two sides: those who love to hate the matrix, and those who hate to love the matrix. The former claim that a ...

Not long ago, a global consumer products firm based in Europe found itself hobbled by its traditional organizational culture. It had fiercely independent product development and marketing divisions, ...