Big Tech, under pressure from dwindling profits and falling stock prices, is seeking some of that old startup magic. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joins Elon Musk and other business leaders in betting that ...

Companies must organize their employees and job titles into a particular structure. Most company organizational structures are depicted by a series of boxes and lines. The boxes represent employees ...

The term "flat structure" often triggers a range of reactions—from enthusiasm to skepticism. But what does it actually mean? In organizational lingo, a flat structure reduces the number of ...

Startups are inherently small, which means a few team members work together in a tiny space. The result is that pitching ideas is as simple as turning to the person next to you and saying, “Hey, let’s ...

Flat management structures in organizations have fewer levels of supervisors with individual managers taking on a greater amount of responsibility and control. Some organizations use multiple layers ...

When millennials say they want to be heard and they don't want to be told what to do, Washington officials are listening. At the NASCIO Midyear conference earlier this year, CIO Michael Cockrill ...

There are no bosses at Punchkick Interactive. Instead, the company utilizes an employee-led, flat office structure that runs on peer feedback, advice channels and employee autonomy. The innovative ...

While having no or few managers in an organization sounds ideal, it can also lead to chaos. Even Zappos, whose founder, Tony Hsieh, wrote a book on flat management (aka holacracy), has seen problems, ...

Based on trends revealed in recent studies, flat leadership structures are catching on fast. Among polled companies, 93 percent indicated they had near-future plans to restructure and make it “flatter ...