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Article: Middle management is not for sissies.
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- Canadian Manager
- Article date:
- March 22, 1993
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Middle management as we know it today is obsolete.
That eerie statement appears to be the observation of many of today's management writers and the cause of duodenal ulcers in many of today's middle management.
When considering the truth concerning the obsolescence of middle management, observe what is going on in the core of North American corporations:
* Despite the elimination of millions of jobs, many experts feel our organizations are still 25% overstaffed. Who do you think is considered by top management (the ones who are eliminating the jobs) to be most expendable?
* Peter Drucker has stated by the year 2000 US firms will have eliminated ...