All business owners must apply structure to their operations, but it is not always easy to see what type of structure is best for a particular business model. Too little structure creates chaos for ...

Elizabeth Linos is a colleague of mine at the Kennedy School who has a great record of scholarly publications in leading academic journals in public administration and also an off-the-charts interest ...

We tend to think that relationships between management and employees in an organization are based on formal contracts and the underlying laws and regulations thereof. However, it is wrong to see ...

To write a formal letter to the Queen, the convention is to open with ‘Madam’ and close the letter with ‘I have the honour to be, Madam, Your Majesty’s humble and obedient servant’. Formal writing ...

Although informal and formal organizations might seem diametrically opposed, they can and do coexist within a single company's organizational structure. Indeed, every company with a formal structure ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. For decades now, the trend in business is toward informality. We refer to bosses by their first names, casual Friday is also observed ...