Get Better at Flatter

Part 1: Why Flat Structures Work at All.- Chapter 1: What does it mean to move towards a "flatter" structure?.- Chapter 2: What managers can effectively and efficiently delegate.- Chapter 3: Why would employees ever assume extra work in a decentralized organization?.- Part 2: What Managers Can Do to Make Flat Structures Work Well.- Chapter 4: What type of persons should you take on the journey?.- Chapter 5: How to enforce and foster effective self-organization?.- Chapter 6: How to design the playing field for efficient quasi-decentralization?.- Part 3: When, Why, and How Flat Structures Can Beat Traditional Hierarchies.- Chapter 7: When can flat structures beat more centralized ones?.- Chapter 8: Where does a flat structure reach its limits?.- Chapter 9: The guide(s) to successful decentralizing.- Part 4: Test Your Understanding.- Chapter 10: Delayering the hierarchical firm-The case of Borek.- Chapter 11: Flat growth-The case of WirDesign.- Chapter 12: Flat fads or more? From a as in "agile" to z as in "zi zhu jing ying ti".

Part 1: Why Flat Structures Work at All.-Chapter 1: What does it mean to move towards a "flatter" structure?.-Chapter 2: What managers can effectively and efficiently delegate.-Chapter 3: Why would employees ever assume extra work in a decentralized organization?.-Part 2: What Managers Can Do to Make Flat Structures Work Well.-Chapter 4: What type of persons should you take on the journey?.-Chapter 5: How to enforce and foster effective self-organization?.-Chapter 6: How to design the playing field for efficient quasi-decentralization?.-Part 3: When, Why, and How Flat Structures Can Beat Traditional Hierarchies.-Chapter 7: When can flat structures beat more centralized ones?.-Chapter 8: Where does a flat structure reach its limits?.-Chapter 9: The guide(s) to successful decentralizing.-Part 4: Test Your Understanding.-Chapter 10: Delayering the hierarchical firm-The case of Borek.-Chapter 11: Flat growth-The case of WirDesign.-Chapter 12: Flat fads or more? From a as in "agile" to z as in "zi zhu jing ying ti".