Massimo Garbuio – The Conversation

Elon Musk, head of Telsa, is an advocate for flat organisational structures. Samferdselsdepartementet/Flickr

January 15, 2018

The appeal of the ‘flat’ organisation – why some firms are getting rid of middle managers

Massimo Garbuio, University of Sydney and Nidthida Lin, University of Newcastle

A flat management structure can reduce costs and boost efficiency but may be hard for larger firms to implement.

With the intensity of competition across many industries, financial institutions such as ANZ need to be agile and respond to changes quickly to maintain business. Mal Fairclough/AAP

May 7, 2017

The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks

Massimo Garbuio, University of Sydney and Dreu Harrison, University of Sydney

The agile working style was originally designed by tech companies for efficiency in software development but now one of Australia’s big four banks wants to implement this.

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