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De-layering

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De-layering Definition

De-layering is usually defined as the planned vertical compression of managerial levels in a hierarchy, involving the wholesale removal of one or more layers of managerial or supervisory staff from the organisation's payroll (Keuning & Opheij, 1994; Wheatley, 1992).

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De-layering References

  • Heery, E. and Noon, M. (2001) A Dictionary of Human Resource Management Oxford University Press.
  • Hecksher, G. (1995) White Collar Blues: Management Loyalties in an Age of Corporate Restructuring, Basic Books, New York.
  • Hilmer, F. G. and Donaldson, L. (1996) Management Redeemed, Free Press, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Kettley P. (1995) Is flatter better? De-layering the management hierarchy, IES Report 290.

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