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You may have seen or heard a new term recently in the news: “unbossing.” It effectively means reducing the number of managers in an organization. The idea is hardly new— – organizations for decades have critically evaluated the number of managers or “middle managers,” to figure out if those management layers add enough value. Things like span of control analyses, delayering exercises, and management impact analysis have all taken slightly different analytical approaches to answering this question. Over the last couple years, this work has kicked into overdrive:
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In April 2022, biopharma giant Novartis announced