Brian Friel: Hierarchies and Networks
Brian Friel in Government Executive Magazine: “He decentralized decision-making authority and created a flat management structure to quickly respond to changes in his operating environment. [...] He used the Internet, the globalization of news and the revolution in telecommunications to advance his organizationÅs goals worldwide. He developed a complex organizational network in which information gets only to the right people at the right times. [...] To terrorize America, Osama bin Laden adopted many of the management and leadership strategies that U.S. corporate leaders have embraced over the past decade [...]” (Thanks, Erik Starck!)