Is this the end of the road – for the middle manager?
In 2019, a Gartner report, looking ahead to 2028, predicted a blind alley for the traditional middle manager. By then, the sheer complexity of businesses would warrant the ubiquitous use of digital avatars, language software, and conversational interfaces
Source | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Avik Chanda | Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
The idea that the increased adoption of sophisticated technology in business processes reduces the need for constant oversight, and by corollary, the role of a manager – is not new.
In 2019, a Gartner report, looking ahead to 2028, predicted a blind alley for the traditional middle manager. By then, the sheer complexity of businesses would warrant the ubiquitous use of digital avatars, language software, and conversational interfaces.
Companies would create small, autonomous, high-performing teams that would form, converge, act and dismantle, as the roles across assignments changed. Leaders would invest in HR-specific algorithms, worker skills and competencies, and optimize worker-work portfolios. One net effect of this new mode of working would be to significantly reduce the need for the generalist human manager, in the evolving workplace.
