Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. We're all familiar with the traditional, top-down ...

I am not a command-and-control leader. Though the hierarchical pyramid works for some, I prefer a framework that invites collaboration, flexibility and balance. This structure radiates decision-making ...

Organizational structure is the grouping of people to accomplish work. It establishes relationships among a business's managers and workers, giving them authority to carry out responsibilities.

A functional organizational structure features a powerful management hierarchy running departments devoted to broad work classifications such as assembly or marketing. Departmentalizing this way ...