In teams of ordinary laborers, managers usually are smarter than the employees. But in teams "rocket scientists", it can easily be a misallocation of resources

In teams of ordinary laborers, managers usually are smarter than the employees. But in teams "rocket scientists", it can easily be a misallocation of resources to employ another rocket scientist as the rocket scientists' manager. The management job may be one of task coordination and solving mundane people issues more suited to a normal college graduate rather than some genius-level person. This can leave you in the awkward situation where the person in a higher position within the organization is not as intelligent as his employees. But given limited resources, as most companies are subject to, it may be the optimal structure for an organization, despite whatever "Dilbert" moments come out of it.