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Does team imply that they must be direct reports and not have a single layer of managers? With a single layer, each manager (including Forstall) would have ju

Does team imply that they must be direct reports and not have a single layer of managers? With a single layer, each manager (including Forstall) would have just 34 people to manage directly. That's somewhat the same as a teacher handling a big high school class.

jmduke 14y ago
Team might not imply that, but: 1,000 people who directly reported to him certainly does.
- mikecane 14y ago
  I bet they did. I bet there were times where he went directly to staff and said, "I want you to concentrate on this" or "Now refine this" -- "and then come show it to me."
  - jmduke 14y ago
    I understand what you mean, but that's certainly not the conventional definition of 'reporting to someone.'
    - mikecane 14y ago
      I suppose.