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I worked for a company with a 'flat' hierarchy. There was actually a secret hierarchy, and I got pushed out for defying the secret hierarchy. The structure allo
by mgmtbs 12y ago
I worked for a company with a 'flat' hierarchy. There was actually a secret hierarchy, and I got pushed out for defying the secret hierarchy. The structure allowed the 'managers' to avoid any accountability.
- snowwrestler 12y agoThis is actually a fairly old and well-known idea, first proposed in the 1960s. "this apparent lack of structure too often disguised an informal, unacknowledged and unaccountable leadership that was all the more pernicious because its very existence was denied." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessnes... People interested in ultra modern flat management structures would do well to look up the history of communes, collectives, and other experiments in self-organizing.
- kirsebaer 12y agoIsn't there often "informal, unacknowledged and unaccountable leadership" hiding within traditional hierachical structures? It's often not fully apparent from the organizational chart who has real power and influence.
- smsm42 12y agoAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_of_Titan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_of_Titan Specifically about Martian colony and how decisions were made there.
- trhway 12y ago>The structure allowed the 'managers' to avoid any accountability. Privatizing power while socializing accountability/responsibility :)