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Flatter is better: revamping the organizational structure

by POJIDAEFF D
Published in May 2004 - Page 19

If the traditional management style is dead, then why keep the traditional hierarchical organizational structure?

The traditional management style was designed to control the way people work; to control what they do, how they do it and every other aspect of their work. In the past, this was the primary function of the manager. Most successful organizations today, however, understand that a more democratic management style is more productive and that the traditional style is

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