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 ...

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 ...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the quest for sustainable growth is more critical than ever. As someone who has firsthand experience scaling a company sustainably, I have witnessed the ...

Anyone who’s worked in a corporate environment is likely familiar with the following scenario: A bright, upstart young employee notices a process that could be improved. That employee comes up with a ...

Some people say flat structures cause chaos in organizations. And while that can certainly be true, my experience has been different. After years of working for horizontal and vertical hierarchies, I ...

A study found women are less likely to apply to jobs at companies with very lean management, creating a ‘diversity deficit.’ When successful startups and their staffs expand, many founders ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s naive to fully disregard traditional pyramid-shaped corporate hierarchies as a thing of the past. They have survived for so long for ...

Companies that have rejected hierarchies have typically lacked diversity and, in at least one case, faced scandal. A new crop of them is aiming to find a middle ground. By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ...

Former Valve employee Jeri Ellsworth has spoken of the company's famous flat management structure, calling out several shortcomings as part of an interview for the Grey Area podcast. Because of ...

You can improve company performance by re-engineering your organizational structure to make it match your market environment more closely. Your market has constraints and characteristics that affect ...

When successful startups and their staffs expand, many founders intentionally retain the bare-bones hierarchies that made their business leaner, faster, and less expense to operate as they grew.