We identify two types of organizational architecture: guided autonomy and cascaded control. The former enables specialized attention at the level of the individual manager and facilitates simultaneous ...

Types of Organizational Structure in Business. One of the decisions that a business owner has to make is what type of organizational structure their business is going to use. There are four main ...

Organizational design often focuses on structural alternatives such as matrix, decentralization, and divisionalization. However, control variables (e.g., reward structures, task characteristics, and ...

This is part four of a five part post that explores various types of organizational structures that either already exist in today’s business landscape or are starting to emerge as viable options ...

This is part three of a five part post that explores various types of organizational structures that either already exist in today’s business landscape or are starting to emerge as viable ...

In the 1967 book "Organizations in Action," sociologist James D. Thompson defined three types of interdependence to describe the intensity of interactions and behaviors within an organizational ...