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 ...

If you don't design an organizational structure, you'll end up with one anyway. Organizational structure happens at every company, either by conscious choice or unconscious evolution. Conscious choice ...

When work is plentiful but meaningless, boreout thrives. It’s not a wellness problem — it’s proof your organizational design ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There comes a time in the lifespan of every organization when the price to stay the same outweighs the price to change; when the old ways ...

Six months later, leadership is asking why the ROI isn't showing up in the numbers, and the engineering org is even more ...

Sometimes epiphanies come by email—or, in this case, three emails. It was Saturday at 5:17 a.m., and Joanna was already at her laptop. As the new CEO of the fictional Seabright Publishing Company, ...

Like the road network in a community or the design of the hull on a boat, the forces of your organizational structure are constantly at work. A well-designed organization will enable your call center ...

Anyone who’s celebrated a significant work anniversary knows just how a company can change over the years—who has a seat at the table, what customers expect, the most coveted skills. But there’s just ...

Tushman, Michael, Karim Lakhani, and Hila Lifshitz - Assaf. "Open Innovation and Organization Design." Special Issue on The Future of Organization Design. Journal of Organization Design 1, no. 1 (2012 ...

To thrive in today’s rapidly changing, global, dynamic business environment characterized by constant change and disruption, organizations must be able to adapt and innovate to maintain their ...

Smith, Wendy K., Marianne W. Lewis, and Michael L. Tushman. "Organizational Sustainability: Organization Design and Senior Leadership to Enable Strategic Paradox." Chap. 61 in The Oxford Handbook of ...