If the world is flat, why aren’t our organizations?
I know some hierarchy is useful and efficient, but sometimes organizations get top heavy. Personally, I’ve always thought a manager can reasonably supervise 7-9 people in addition to performing other job responsibilities. 10 is possible, but gets unwieldy. Right now, I supervise 5 people, and each of these supervises 0, 5, 6, 4, and 3 people. Of these teams, only one has another tier. So, using my metric, I could flatten my organization significantly. Why shouldn’t I do this? We might function better as a team, improve communication, and be more agile. In the future, I think we’ll all be … Continue Reading