clashcityrocker wrote:Didn't they try and do away with line managers a couple of years ago and replace them with team leaders?Certainly the vast majority of them are useless - they are just not up to the job as the Hooper report clearly points out.I cannot see our place having any problems with fewer managers.
:lfo wanted just three layers of management - The Walmart way ,

it was Cluster DUM's over a group of Offices with Team Leaders who would be on a Postman's wage + £40 , apparently there was too much paperwork and bueaurocracy getting in the way .
Whether it would work is another thing . It was certainly the " idea " in 2007 .
The amount of layers in RM management was supposed to be absolutely unprecedented in British Industry . I think RM got it down to 14 . One RM statement said " Many of our managers operate on a Command & Ignore Basis - they don't have the necessary skills to move our teams forward , they'll need retraining - if it doesn't work , they'll have to be paid off " .
Strangely enough , nobody heard anymore on that subject .