## Metadata - Author: [[wikipedia.org|Wikipedia]] - Full Title:: Hierarchical Organization - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Déjame sin trabajo por favor|Déjame Sin Trabajo Por Favor]], [[Déjame sin trabajo por favor|Déjame Sin Trabajo Por Favor]], - URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_organization - Finished date:: [[2023-05-07]] ## Highlights > Structuring organizations in this way is useful partly because it can reduce the communication overhead by limiting information flow. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gzvcbm5dm3tfegzx9bhpp3y4)) > A conventional view ascribes the growth of hierarchical social habits and structures to increased complexity;[[2|2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_organization#cite_note-2) the [religious syncretism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_syncretism)[[3|3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_organization#cite_note-3) and issues of [tax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax)-gathering[[4|4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_organization#cite_note-4) in expanding empires played a role here. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gzvcdse183nr2a7h9sr4qefx)) > David Andrews' book *The IRG Solution: Hierarchical Incompetence and how to Overcome it* argued that hierarchies were inherently incompetent, and were only able to function due to large amounts of informal [lateral communication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_communication) fostered by private informal networks ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gzvcfwernr27m49jh72qamps)) [[holocracy|Holocracy]] > [Heterarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterarchy), the most commonly proposed alternative to hierarchy ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gzvcj9xnf8tw94fs5f289myv)) > [Matrix organizations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_management) became a trend (or [management fad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_fad)) in the second half of the 20th century.[[6|6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_organization#cite_note-6) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gzvckhb5pyxgb5xegc01fmgm))