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Categorise Tall or Flat
Categorise Tall or Flat
organisational structure.
Tall Flat
Manny layers of hierarchy Short chains of command
Both tall and flat organisational structures can be effective in the right
situation. If workers are more skilled and highly experienced, they may find
they get from a narrow span of control in a tall organisation demotivating as
they will expect to be trusted to do the job. However, a narrow span of
control may be useful if workers are new to the job or inexperienced