Please do question (b) only.Note that it is a 20 m question.State the Definition,Benefits,Drawbacks and please do extract points from paragraphs .Please also elaborate the definition,Benefits,Drawbacks and also a conclusion.Thank you in advance

Based in Bellevue, Washington, USA, Valve is a video because it was the way the organisation was originally game developer and digital distribution company. Some designed. It has always been like this. He also says that it of its popular games include Half-Life, Counter-Strike, might be a mistake to try and introduce such a flat structure PortalTM, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 in an organisation that has traditionally been hierarchical. Dead, and Dota 2. Valve is also famous for Steam, the Finally, Powers said, 'I think the fact that we're not innovative game platform that distributes and manages managed by people and we're not managing people and thousands of games directly to a global customer base you're able to formulate your own ideas and work with of over 65 million people. This product has generated whoever it is to come up with a project or feature - that's enormous revenues for Valve. In 2016, it was reported empowering.' that 5245 new games were released on Steam. Valve is a privately owned company so details about In common with a number of technology businesses, its revenues and profits are not widely distributed. Valve has a flat organisation. However, many would regard However, it is reckoned that its most popular product, the organisation of this company as unusual. There are no Steam, controls between 50 and 70 per cent of the managers and all staff have equal status. Employees can US$4000 million downloadable PC games market. It has sit anywhere they like, work on whichever project they also been reported that Valve generates higher profits per choose and even make decisions about their colleagues' employee than both Apple and Google. salary. According to one Valve employee, D. J. Powers, he does not report to anyone and no one reports to him. He says, 'We're free to choose to work on whatever we think is interesting. People ask you questions about what you are working on. Staff are encouraged to be open and appreciate that they are interdependent.' Employees at Valve are encouraged to move around the office and to interact with their work colleagues. In fact, furniture in the Valve offices is on wheels to make moving around easier. There are even instructions in the Valve staff handbook that show employees how to move their desks. This is shown in Figure 5. Powers, who has probably moved his desk ten times in 3 years, said, We form into teams based on the need to complete a feature or complete a game, and then we disperse into new teams... The ability to be able to pick up and move and be in another office in 20 minutes as opposed to a day-and-a-half is really attractive.' Academics that have studied the effectiveness of flat organisations think that one of the main reasons why Q they work is because they encourage staff interaction - dialogue and information sharing. They also attract high (a) Define a flat organisation structure. (2 marks) quality staff or 'elite performers', as one academic put (b) Evaluate whether or not Valve will benefit from it. However, Powers suggests that the structure works having a flatter organisational structure. (20 marks)