I agree that traditional businesses often have too many managers. However, my perspective is that well functioning teams do not require day to day involvement w

I agree that traditional businesses often have too many managers. However, my perspective is that well functioning teams do not require day to day involvement with the manager. Consequently the manager may appear to add less value. It is a tricky balance, I've worked for good managers and seen them lose track of things as their team grows either as a product of being successful or pressure to grow. There are also bad managers who are wasteful (of people) or are just skimming off the efforts of their team and not adding a lot of value. From the top of the organization it is probably quite difficult to tell the difference.