Organizations with relatively few layers of management in their hierarchy are said to have flat organizational structures. The term "flat" is in reference to the way an organizational structure chart ...

The start of the new year continues to bring changes to the business landscape. Although organizational structures have long been an important consideration for managers, the flat organizational ...

Zak Dabbas, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member from Chicago, is the CEO of Punchkick Interactive, a mobile development agency specializing in UX/UI, user testing, and analytics. We asked him ...

An organization’s need to generate and sustain unrivaled innovation is the driving force behind why management structure is the hottest business topic right now. And for a good reason. When companies ...

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 ...

Every organization, no matter its size, has an abundance of moving pieces. Ensuring that all those pieces move in perfect synchrony starts by devising an organizational structure that represents the ...

Amber Stephenson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Startups often start with a flat organizational structure. In many cases, there is no hierarchy. As equal partners, financial experts or operations managers don’t answer to an organization-wide ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you think about it, a company’s organizational structure is akin to a building without elevators. A tall structure has many floors.

Responsibilities That Come With the Flat Organizational Model. A flat organization has fewer managerial layers than a hierarchical company. The flat company may have as few as one or two levels of ...