My concern would be those individuals whose other skills are valuable, but maybe don't have the best people skills. I am thinking specificlaly of someone I know who suffers from an ASD issue, which makes him very difficult to work with. He doesn't generally have customer contact though, and is an absolute star at what he does. His management protects him for good reason. People who don't fit in nice little packages might suffer in an organization like this, which would of course (IMO) lead to massive failures as those people tend to be far more creative. I know there are a lot of people who disagree with me on this, but if we stick to the point I am attempting to make...

I think there would be some individuals who currently enjoy the protection of their direct management, who would not survive in a structure such as what Steve referred to.

Whether that is good or bad is a differnt question, one that we all have our own opinions about.