Why is the chief executive paid significantly more than the next layer of management?

We eliminated one layer of management and about 200 jobs.

"I don't want more than four layers of management between me and the customer," he said.

Three layers of management in the new company, more than 15,000 people worldwide, will be named tomorrow.

He said much saving would be found by cutting layers of management.

This would save the country a fortune on those 'national' layers of management.

"When I don't have to explain my decisions to multiple layers of management, everything works better," he said.

He has already shaped an organization where there is almost no layer of middle management and constant pressure to do better.

And because companies have eliminated layers of management in recent years, it has become more difficult for everyone who wants a promotion to get one.

They have always had a lot of layers of management.