Hierarchy

MIT Sloan Management Review’s spring 2023 issue examines organizational structure, innovation, and employee well-being.

Managerial authority and hierarchy should be redesigned for business today, but they won’t disappear.

Research shows that managers must incorporate relational power into their leadership approach in virtual work settings.

Leaders need to recognize workplace hierarchies to create an effective learning environment for employees.

While hierarchy can impede innovation, handled well it can provide important benefits.

Leading teams with complicated hierarchies of power demands both curiosity and humility.

Research finds that the right kind of hierarchy can help teams be better innovators and learners.

A trend toward fewer managerial layers may be a response to technological and environmental change.

Farsighted investors can check wayward founder-CEOs by creating strong and independent boards.