Organizational structures are at the heart of human endeavor and reflect deeply in human institutions. There is a particularly pronounced tension today between the two principal styles of ...

Centralizing purchasing becomes increasingly more important the larger a small business grows. Most importantly, a decentralized purchasing structure in which individual departments are responsible ...

A centralized office, or headquarters, is a place where company leaders work and make key strategic decisions in operating the company. While many companies have a centralized headquarters, ...

In my organizational design work for higher ed marketing and communications, I often hear this lament from leaders describing their current structure. The refrain, which is not exclusive to large ...

The Center for Digital Government* has been tracking the status of state projects revamping and rebuilding their IT structures since early 2016. In just three years, the landscape has changed ...

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 ...

Corporates are well aware of the benefits of treasury centralization. So why have many eschewed this approach to treasury management? Relatively few treasurers can claim to have completed a programme ...

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 ...