Question: Would you agree that in flat organizations the "tyranny of the structurelessness" as described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness takes hold? Quoting: "This lack of structure, Freeman writes, disguised an informal, unacknowledged, and unaccountable leadership, and in this way ensured its malefaction by denying its existence. As a solution, Freeman suggests formalizing the existing hierarchies in the group and subjecting them to democratic control."
Thanks for commenting. But it seems you did not read my article yet. Read it - and I am curious if you feel it answers your question!
Teaser: "Flat" is still "command-and-control". It doesn't make a difference if you have 17 hierarchical layers or 6. It's still bad. The solution is "decentralized", not flat.
Question: Would you agree that in flat organizations the "tyranny of the structurelessness" as described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness takes hold? Quoting: "This lack of structure, Freeman writes, disguised an informal, unacknowledged, and unaccountable leadership, and in this way ensured its malefaction by denying its existence. As a solution, Freeman suggests formalizing the existing hierarchies in the group and subjecting them to democratic control."
Thanks for commenting. But it seems you did not read my article yet. Read it - and I am curious if you feel it answers your question!
Teaser: "Flat" is still "command-and-control". It doesn't make a difference if you have 17 hierarchical layers or 6. It's still bad. The solution is "decentralized", not flat.
(I think) Freeman is completely wrong. He does not understand org physics! Here is a paper about it: https://betacodex.org/white-papers/paper/org-physics-explained-11