Max Weber’s management theory promotes a structured hierarchy, clear rules and impersonal relationships to increase efficiency and eliminate favoritism.

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to reorganize the management structure of the Veterans Health Administration. The department aims to eliminate redundant layers of bureaucracy, ensure ...

Most founders in technology services fall into the same trap, a formulaic approach to scaling: Hire more people, define more roles and add more processes. Repeat. In the mid-2010s, the founders ran ...

Replace traditional charts with work charts. Instead of mapping people and job titles, focus on mapping workflows, tasks and value streams. This enables teams to work dynamically. Once you identify ...

But a new survey from San Francisco-based workplace communications outfit Firstup shows that eliminating too many management jobs can have some unexpected effects on the way your teams work, sometimes ...

When successful startups and their staffs expand, many founders intentionally retain the bare-bones hierarchies that made their business leaner, faster, and less expense to operate as they grew.

Ever wonder how a giant company like Google keeps everything straight? It’s not just magic; a lot of it comes down to how they set up their teams and who reports to whom. We’re going to pull back the ...