Office Space offers a great lesson in the frustration employees can face as a result of an organizational structure that is too vertical. Watch this scene and consider what Peter views as his motivational problem, or at least one of them, and how "the Bobs" could suggest a new design that might better suit the employees at Initech (if you haven't seen the film, this other brief clip might shed some further insight on the frustration).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_1lIFRdnhA&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsLUidiYm0w