Also very much depends on the field/discipline. There is a reason militaries are organized topdown and a reason many businesses are increasingly more flat in th

Also very much depends on the field/discipline. There is a reason militaries are organized topdown and a reason many businesses are increasingly more flat in their hierarchy. With that said, accountability is important in any organization and it is important that an individual owns their work. Where you run into problems is when it is unclear whose work is whose. That fuzziness of accountability is much more likely to occur in a flat org.