According to Gajendra S Chandel, chief human resources officer, this is part of an effort to establish a
flat organisation. In the process, designations such as vice-president, general manager, regional sales manager, and area manager will not be offered.
I like the fact that XTouch is a
flat organisation when it comes to management, is multi-culture and management encourages regional teams to make decisions based on facts and figures.
MIAGEN is a very
flat organisation and we don't have rigid reporting lines.
So, what is clearly going out of the window is a
flat organisation that was really at the heart of most of these young companies.
They believe success comes from their "network" rather than from qualifications and they prefer a
flat organisation to a hierarchy at work.
We have a
flat organisation with a matrix management structure.
When I worked in CDOT it was a
flat organisation with just three levels.
If I could run an entirely
flat organisation I would do but we can't because decisions need to be made," observes Walshe.
Ghali explains that "resources are utilised easily between regions because we have a
flat organisation. We do not have a vertical hierarchy; it is lean and autonomous.
A high level of automation,
flat organisation structure and innovative plant layout, combined with a well-trained young, focussed and motivated team, has enabled the swift ramp-up of capacity in Chennai.
" Our success lies in the fact that we are a very open and a
flat organisation. All our employees, right from the sales person to me are called Customer Care Associates," he said.
Plateauing is a very common phenomenon, becoming more so with the spread of the
flat organisation where there is less chance of promotion.