Imagine you are looking for a new job. You have received two offers, both for the same salary and comparable benefits. You need to decide which job to accept. The first offer is from a well-established firm with a long history of profitability. Like the typical company, it is organized as a top-down hierarchy comprised of many departments. You will be working in one of those departments and reporting to a boss who will have command-and-control authority over you. Although you may have opportunity for input, once decisions are made by your superiors, you will not be allowed to challenge the authority of the decision-makers. That’s because the organizational design principle of top-down hierarchies is
Which Job Would You Take?
Which Job Would You Take?
Which Job Would You Take?
Imagine you are looking for a new job. You have received two offers, both for the same salary and comparable benefits. You need to decide which job to accept. The first offer is from a well-established firm with a long history of profitability. Like the typical company, it is organized as a top-down hierarchy comprised of many departments. You will be working in one of those departments and reporting to a boss who will have command-and-control authority over you. Although you may have opportunity for input, once decisions are made by your superiors, you will not be allowed to challenge the authority of the decision-makers. That’s because the organizational design principle of top-down hierarchies is