delayered
Cut middle management
When a company’s management structure is delayered, some of the intermediate levels of authority are eliminated in order to make the company run more efficiently.
Made smooth or level
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- rightsizingOptimizing employee numbers
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
realignment · streamlining · reengineering · redundancies · headcount · corporate · merger · acquisition
Lacking fat; incline
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- responsiveQuick to react
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
Reducing to evenness
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- transparencyState of being see-through
- informalityRelaxed, unofficial tone
cross-functional · accessibility · accountability · ownership · initiative · entrepreneurial · participative · egalitarian
flattened
Made smooth or level
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- rightsizingOptimizing employee numbers
consolidation · realignment · streamlining · reengineering · redundancies · headcount · corporate · merger · acquisition · divestiture
lean
Lacking fat; incline
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- responsiveQuick to react
flattening
Reducing to evenness
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- transparencyState of being see-through
informality · cross-functional · accessibility · accountability · ownership · initiative · entrepreneurial · participative · egalitarian
delayeredstratified
Arranged in stacked layers
layered · hierarchical · tiered · multilayered · bureaucratized
delayeredelaborated
Developed in greater detail
formalized · expanded · complicated · built up · structured