More and more hierarchy: Too many bosses!

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Also, do you get the feeling that almost all employees now have a snappy job title of “head of something”? you are not wrong

According to a new study by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), there are nearly three times more managers in Switzerland today than there were in the early 1990s. As “NZZ am Sonntag” reported, the total number of people employed also increased by only 25 percent.

Too much bureaucracy?

How could the relationship between bosses and traditional employees develop so differently? Study author Jakub Samochowiec of the GDI wonders if all the additional managers are really needed: “Some of them undoubtedly do valuable coordination and motivational work. But many of these superiors also incur unnecessary extra work put on subordinates.»

Matthias Mölleney, personnel expert and former Swissair personnel manager, sees the problem in the structure of hierarchies. While this is not necessary from a professional perspective, it often happens that deserving employees are awarded a management position as a reward.

Glorious titles, some trust

New topics are always advertised as the highest priority. Then there are the chief compliance officer, chief information officer, and even chief happiness officers. Those who perform the planning tasks are no longer just the planner, but also the head of strategy.

The thousands of employees in German-speaking Switzerland surveyed by the GDI see little sense in this: one-third say they could work more efficiently with fewer managers. Up to 40 percent say management has made decisions that they, as those directly affected, can better evaluate themselves.

But bosses have to justify their hierarchically higher position. According to Samochowiec, a boss tries to “take over as many decisions as possible—even in cases where he has little competence and would be better off delegating to his team.”

Occupational psychologist Nicole Kopp notes that “management has very little trust in its own employees.” This creates the reflex to automatically hand over every decision to the top.

Bosses as a discontinued model

Adhering to rigid hierarchies doesn’t go very well with the rapid pace of change in the economy, according to Nicole Kopp. “Anyone who wants to be successful in our complex world should rely not on the know-it-all manager, but on self-organizing teams that can implement their projects independently.”

Source :Blick