Assignment task: Cutting all management
The opening case looks at Treehouse Island Inc., a company that produces courses in web development and programming and business education to teach students a range of technology-related skills. When Ryan Carson and Alan Johnson, the two founders, realized the unhappiness of first-line employees, they decided to cut back on management. They soon decided to cut all management.
One of a manager's most important jobs is communicating so the company set up a new internal information tool called Canopy. The new system requires much more time to get any task accomplished, a major drawback. Carson and Johnson are also unsure how the system will work when the number of employees increases.
In this case, do you think it is a good idea to eliminate all the managers and replace the managers with a communication tool/platform?