For many people, the term "bureaucracy" has unfashionable negative connotations. It can conjure up images of excessive paperwork and pointless processes. At its worst, it embodies the truly Kafkaesque ...

For most companies, organization design could be seen as an oxymoron: Organizational structures rarely arise from systematic and planned intervention. They tend to evolve and emerge over time in ...

I recently encountered an organization where succession planning - the hiring of a new Chief Operating Officer - was completely held up because the Human Resources department had not received a ...

Noted business strategist Gary Hamel is troubled by what he sees as "a persistent rhetoric gap around innovation." Sure, innovation appears on just about every CEO's list of top priorities. And it's ...

I recently encountered an organization where succession planning - the hiring of a new Chief Operating Officer - was completely held up because the Human Resources department had not received a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article explores the psychodynamic connections between bureaucratic structure and processes, stress and organizational roles. It applies ...

Gary Hamel is a visiting professor at London Business School and the founder of the Management Lab. He is a coauthor of Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them ...

Gary Hamel, a well-known management writer and professor at the London School of Economics, gave an impassioned talk about the need to improve the management of companies and the problems of excess ...

The hierarchy of a business organization can generally be described as either bureaucratic and hierarchical or flat. The differences between the two structures can have important implications for ...

What should feel like a straightforward moment of recognition too often turns into a slow, bureaucratic grind where lost ...

Discover the flexible management style of adhocracy, highlighting its benefits and challenges in dynamic industries. Understand its role in fast-paced corporate environments.