Player manager

"Downsizing, de-layering, and decentralizing have produced smaller, flatter organizations with more individual responsibility for the bottom line. Continual downsizing, streamlining, and pressure on the bottom line are driving companies to replace full-time managers with revenue-generating professionals. Today, technical experts, often those who are the best in their fields, are struggling with the competing demands of producing for the bottom line and managing people." "This wide spread change is examined through extensive interviews with professionals who are transitioning into player…