Are organizations better as spiders or starfishes?

[RandomAnthony]

NPR had a story (it's actually playing as I write this) about whether or not organizations are better as decentralized "starfishes" or top-down "spiders":

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

Separate the tea party references, if that bothers you...and which organizations work better in what contexts?

[Sally, la reina]

Starfishes. Spiders ick me out.