Rick's Cafe is a new restaurant in town. It has Rick, (the owner), five waitstaff, two cooks, a busboy, and a hostess. He is considering hiring a manager for the restaurant and asks for your thoughts. What advice would you give him?
A) Although the cafe is small, a middle manager would allow Rick to mingle more with the customers.
B) The cafe is large enough in size that it needs a middle manager.
C) A manager would allow Rick to take time off for a vacation.
D) A manager would enable him to divide the labor but may also cause him to lose some authority.
E) The cafe is small enough in size that it can be maintained as a flat organization without a middle manager.

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A flat organization is defined as one with an organizational structure with few or no levels of middle management between top managers and those reporting to them. Like other flat organizations, Rick's Cafe has an organizational structure with few or no levels of middle management between top managers and those reporting to them.

Rick's Cafe Is a New Restaurant in Town