Why managers matter

the perils of the bossless company

In their rethinking of the crucial nature of hierarchy and how to be a boss today, Foss and Klein provide the evidence that world-changing issues such as the proliferation of artificial intelligence, economic disruption, empowered knowledge workers, and black swan events such as the pandemic actually make hierarchy and the job of the manager more important than ever

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Indhold: Fire all the managers? ; The bossless company (Welcome to Flatland ; Bosslessness and our changing culture ; Anticipating Flatland: early calls for flatter hierarchy ; Old wine in new bottles? ; What the bossless company narrative gets right - and what it gets wrong ; Show us the evidence!) ; Why hierarchy works (Management isn't going away ; What is a company anyway? ; The worst form of organization - except for all the others: the case for hierarchy ; Hierarchy isn't a dirty word ; Why you (may) need more hierarchy ; Hierarchy promotes innovation and entrepreneurship ; Hierarchy in the twenty-first century ; The highly exaggerated death of the manager)

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