Managerial cadres in the corporate houses are evolved depending upon the circumstances, even if the original structure does not keep room for huge number of managers. The recent economic meltdown and such an exceptional aftermath have evoked varied reactions from the corporate sector.

While some of the leading corporate houses have tried to trim off the top heavy management cadre, some have found to continue with the prevailing structure.

When the companies rely on top heavy management structure then the role of front line managers become even more crucial and the companies are noticed to invest heavily on automation and other tools. The unimaginable growth of technology has provided enough tools and automation processes to minimize the need of human resources. As a typical example the tedious balance sheet calculation has been replaced by Excel or such tools and one can derive various analytical charts at ease. In the technical areas the tools have been able to replace a lot of human processes enabling the corporates to save cost and headache.

The economic turbulence has created a lot of termination and in such situations, the axe has fallen mostly on the lower level employees with an expectation of managers to perform even better and more effectively.

The way, online education has grown up, it may raise challenges to many Instructors and may be, the entire instructor led training process, in the long run.

The day is yet to come, when we can conclude whether the top heavy management is the ultimate solution or an equivalent distribution like the prevailing practices. In spite of that, we can always say that the need of managers and management education will keep on increasing for ever.

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