Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s naive to fully disregard traditional pyramid-shaped corporate hierarchies as a thing of the past. They have survived for so long for ...

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 ...

The structure of an organization can affect the efficiency of its operations and its ability to adapt to its environment when conditions change. Some organizational structures are good at ensuring ...

Abraham Maslow built a pyramid of a different sort, and it has come to play a role in employee motivation, but some say that’s a mistake. In 1943 Maslow published his famous theory on the “Hierarchy ...

Just as the human skeleton provides a structure allowing us to walk our chosen paths, an organization's structure enables a company to move forward on its mission. All the parts within a company's ...