Though a company's top management must consider many issues when designing an organization's structure, they all relate to only a few design elements. Designers start with the most basic issue of a ...

Change is one of the hardest things to accomplish in an organization, and structural organizational change is one of the most difficult types to achieve successfully. This is especially true in the ...

The terms "organization structure and design" and "organization architecture," while sounding similar, actually have very different meanings. The first term refers to structure in a metaphorical way ...

Global competitiveness now depends on how firms design international structures. In fact, corporate architecture and intangible assets shape strategy as much as products.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In July, Microsoft announced a reorganization of its sales teams into a “commercial and consumer model.” It was a move designed to hone ...