In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

Department stores can structure their organizations in numerous ways, based on what they sell, if they have multiple locations and other factors. Some department stores may even use a combination of ...

Just ask Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who has taken the ambitious step of flattening the corporate organization of his 4,000-employee company, smashing hierarchies and prioritizing teams. This month Zappos ...

When you decide to set up a new business as a limited liability company, you benefit from a legal structure that gives you and your partners, known as members, great flexibility in running the company ...

Valve has made a point of its flat structure, with as little management in the company as possible. That approach empowers talented hires to pursue their own passions in theory, but one former ...

Max Weber, a German sociologist, believed bureaucracy was the most efficient way to run both private businesses and public institutions. His ideas shaped how many businesses and government agencies ...