Part 1: Why Flat Structures Work at All -- Chapter 1: What does it mean to move towards a “flatter” structure? -- Chapter 2: What managers can effectively and efficiently delegate -- Chapter 3: Why would employees ever assume extra work in a decentralized organization? -- Part 2: What...

This paper considers two modes of organizing a one-worker firm and compares them with regard to social welfare. In the Centralized mode, worker-control techniques, together with adequate compensation, insure that the worker chooses a surplus-maximizing effort. In the Decentralized mode the...