This book is written for managers and owners of still small companies, for those who make decisions about what the structure of the company should be, how this structure should be improved in the process of business development. It is for those who love their job and dream of creating a well-organized business.

Looking around, you can find a lot of companies in a wide variety of industries that have great products but have not grown in scale for years. Why do some companies develop rapidly and reach the international level in ten years, while others, despite an outstanding product, are content with a very small market share and practically remain on the same level? You will find the answer to this question in this book.

From the author: “When I started my first business, I flipped through management textbooks in an attempt to find the answer to the question of what is the optimal structure for my company. I did not find specific ideas about which company structure I should choose, and what this choice should depend on.

At the same time, I understood that I would not be able to build a well-managed company, even if I, as the creator and top manager, do not have the initial “drawing” - an idea of ​​what divisions and levels of subordination must be in the company. My technical education, logic and experience suggested that without a good organizational structure, it would not be possible to perfectly organize the work, just as it is impossible to build a beautiful building by “attaching” additional floors, attics, balconies and garages to an already finished small house. Only having initially a full-fledged plan of the entire building, it will be possible to build it floor by floor.

Management is one of the oldest areas of human activity, and it can remain simple if not introduced into it by artificial complexity. The basics of this activity have practically not changed since the moment when the head of the clan led his fellow tribesmen out of the cave to hunt mammoths. Of course, modern technologies, such as computers and the Internet, new means of communication, give us the opportunity to get rid of mistakes and routine, but the basics of group management remain unchanged. Knowing these basics will give you a new level of understanding of how to organize the work of a group of people. An adventure awaits you, and after reading this book, you will look at your own business and any company with different eyes.”

Alexander Vysotsky