Blocking out reengineering's evolution. A long-distance jump shot

The fundamental shift in managerial philosophy is behind the waves of delayering, reengineering and empowerment sweeping across today's organization. Rather than managing through abstractions of plans and controls, top-level managers are recognizing that their key task is to create a work environment that stimulates the company's valuable human resource to be more motivated, creative and entrepreneurial than its competitors' employees. Only when they liberate and motivate their people to develop and leverage their knowledge and expertise will they have created a dynamic, self-renewing corporation.