Over the last few decades, there has been a great deal of management literature recommending the removal of firms' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lenses of the economic theory of the firm. Balancing the tendency for management literature to overlook basic costs and trade-offs of decentralization, and the rigidity of economics that hinders an appreciation for the real world phenomenon of decentralization, this book arrives at a realistic middle ground between the two extremes. The dance between hierarchy and employee empowerment exists in even the most hierarchical firms, and this book explores this often overlooked dynamic.

在过去的几十年里，有大量的管理文献建议取消公司的等级制度并赋予员工权力。伊万·蓬格雷西奇，Jr.通过公司经济理论的视角来审视这些主题。平衡管理文献忽视基本成本和分权权衡的趋势，以及阻碍对现实世界分权现象的欣赏的经济学僵化，本书在两个极端之间找到了一个现实的中间点。等级制度和员工授权之间的舞蹈甚至存在于等级最高的公司，本书探讨了这一经常被忽视的动态。