Both organizations are characterized by many levels of hierarchy. The computing departments and libraries are four levels deep in the hierarchy of both organizations. At Central many departments, such as CTS, often have associate directors and managers. The same could be assumed for Morehouse. The structure of the Academic Affairs area is flatter at Morehouse since the institution is a college and not colleges within a university.
Specialization certainly is an obvious characteristic to be found in both organizations.
Faculty are specialists in various disciplines. Staff and administrators include business professionals, facility managers, computer professionals, and public relations specialists. Centralization is also likely a common characteristic driven primarily by the budget process. Spending authorization and correspondingly hiring authority, at least at Central, is in the hands of a few and there resides power. With these attributes one would expect information flow to be as dammed as the Colorado and Columbia rivers.