Farah Laili Muda @ IsmailAnita Ismail2024-05-312024-05-312022e-ISBN : 9789670001746https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/18295E-Prosiding Seminar Antarabangsa Falsafah, Tamadun, Etika Dan Turath Islami (i-STET) 2022 “Melestari Turath, Memartabat Falsafah, Memacu Peradaban”/ editor : Anita Ismail, Farah Laili Muda @ Ismail, Mashitah Sulaiman 19 Oktober 2022 (Secara Dalam Talian) Anjuran : Pusat Pengajian Teras Malaysia (USIM) Dengan Kerjasama :Institut Sains Islam (ISI), USIM, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), Brunei dan Universiti Islam Negeri (UIN), Sunan Kalijaga, Yokyakarta IndonesiaIn 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 cultureen-USDecentralized culture, Organizations, Flat structure INTRODUCTIONArticle410414