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To be fair to hierarchy, it really is sometimes very valuable for a company's efficacy for the hierarchy to be well established, clear, and seem natural, e.g. to ground it in the social, not just the formal.

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I've never worked in a place where department meetings were used correctly. They are used to convey information from management, but that could be done much more efficiently by sending out an email. These meetings are very much of the status-defining ilk.

On the other hand, small project-based meetings are often productive and useful from a planning, idea-sharing and motivating point of view. These meetings also reinforce the power hierarchy, but they are at least worth the time and cost of the employees (not to mention the demoralization of people who have to spend time wasted in meetings).

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