Fill in the Blanks Flat hierarchyOnline version Companies - Business English - Organisation by Natalia Tolstopyat 1 levels distribution control organization management hierarchical structure flat organization's A flat organization ( also known as horizontal organization ) has an organizational with few or no levels of middle between staff and executives . An structure refers to the nature of the of the units and positions within it , also to the nature of the relationships among those units and positions . Tall and flat organizations differ based on how many of management are present in the and how much managers are endowed with . Transforming a highly organization into a organization is known as delayering .