Flat management strutures

[mypurpleundercracka]

Can anyone clarify what "tall" and "flat" management structures are to me. Are they the same as centralized or decentralized structures? I am using the Barille and Cameron textbook but I cannot find anything on it.

[jackinthepatch]

I think a tall management structure is one where there are lots of layers/levels of management within the organisation, wherease a flat management structure has relatively few layers of management.

I think lol, not 100% sure.

[mypurpleundercracka]

I think a tall management structure is one where there are lots of layers/levels of management within the organisation, wherease a flat management structure has relatively few layers of management.

I think lol, not 100% sure.

ah k thanks anyway, would that be the same as centralized or decentralized

[jackinthepatch]

Mate to be honest I dunno, I'm a bit behind in business lol. Sorry man.

[shinny]

From what I understand, the meanings are different but closely related in that tall/flat refers to as someone else said, the number of layers in the management structure, whereas centralised/decentralised more refers to the distribution of authority within the organisation, with centralised meaning that the power all resides at the top and decentralised meaning it's more spread out. However it just happens that centralised structures will tend to be tall, and basically always, decentralised structures will need to be flat (it's quite hard having a tall decentralised structure).

[jackinthepatch]

Yeah that's what I was gonna say.












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