{"id":6987,"date":"2017-07-01T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T00:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2017-07-03T08:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T00:31:01","slug":"how-companies-are-learning-to-thrive-without-anyone-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/how-companies-are-learning-to-thrive-without-anyone-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"How companies are learning to thrive without anyone in charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY OLIVER SMITH<\/a> 30 JUNE 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is it time to banish bosses?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Workplace hierarchies can be\u00a0a right pain in the ass.<\/p>\n

Managers who can\u2019t manage, leaders who are lost, and human resources departments which are anything but resourceful.<\/p>\n

Maybe the solution is just to scrap the lot of them \u2013 that\u2019s exactly what some companies are doing.<\/p>\n

Flattening the management<\/h2>\n

Flat management is when a company gets rid of managers and lets employees self-organise instead, it\u2019s a niche practice embraced by only a small handful of companies around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no how-to guide to what we did, it\u2019s more of a philosophy,\u201d\u00a0Jason Trost, CEO of betting exchange\u00a0Smarkets\u00a0tells me.<\/p>\n

Trost came across flat management in 2015 while reading Frederic Laloux\u2019s book on the topic,\u00a0Reinventing Organizations<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Given Smarkets had no real formal hierarchy (there was only one \u2018manager\u2019 besides Trost), he decided to take the plunge and flatten his management.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Read more:<\/strong>\u00a0How To Boss It Like\u2026 Jason Trost, CEO at Smarkets<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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