These types of structures are often product-based. For example, a consumer products company may sell many different products. Each product group would then become a separate SBU.

While optimizing organizational design and workforce structures lay the foundation for an effective talent strategy, it’s only half the battle. Optimal staffing requires a robust talent pipeline.

As AI technologies continue to transform the working world, two key areas of focus will be organizational design and leaders' skills development.

Many companies operate units that are dispersed across different types of markets, serving significantly divergent customer bases. Such dispersion is likely to compromise headquarters' ability to ...

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