The death of middle management

Middle management has been a punchline for decades now, and is often thought of the place with enough process to choke a farm of horses. Is the Knowledge Economy finally going to kill it?

I've long been fascinated by middle management -- and immensely critical of how most people perform at that level. Here's the thing, though: middle management, much like the middle class itself, may be dying. Let's walk through a little bit of why.

Middle Management: How it came about and core functionalities

If we're being logical, companies can't really…