Factors affecting the transition to flat organizational structures

Abstract

In the past decades horizontal organizational structures were adopted in most organizations. These flat structures offer new managerial open actions, less bureaucracy, more team work, open communication, professional development of job and higher satisfaction levels. Shifting organizational shapes to lower levels is directly affected by changing managerial structure trying to take utmost from their most valuable resource – employees. In turn, the transformation of the organizational structure, its transition to flat organizational forms depends on the changing external environment and the internal factors of the organization.