The Decentralized Culture: Impacts of Flat Structure in Organization

In ensuring the viability of a business organization in the industry, there is no doubt that organizational culture plays an important role. Whether the culture comes from outside or sown from within the organization, it is found that organizational culture can boost the performance of an organization. Through a strong culture, employees will better understand and conform to the work culture and at the same time be able to ensure a good and equal outcome. Organizations with decentralized culture seems to be popular nowadays where the employees are given freedom to choose their styles of working and make decisions. This kind of organizational culture also usually has a flat structure in which the employees do not have to go through many hierarchies when interacting or communicating with the highest position in the organization. This paper will explore the positive and negative impacts of flat structure towards the organization and employees in the decentralized culture