Another reason why people tend to grow organizations, especially in middle management positions, is because coordination is a key constraint, and anything that loosens this constraint, even if it damages a lot of things is often worth it because coordination is one of the few areas where diminishing returns don’t apply as early.
Another reason why people tend to grow organizations, especially in middle management positions, is because coordination is a key constraint, and anything that loosens this constraint, even if it damages a lot of things is often worth it because coordination is one of the few areas where diminishing returns don’t apply as early.
This is part of a more general trend of middlemen being more important than ever, (and that’s necessary actually to run modern societies).
So any solution to this sort of problem would implicitly be a solution to coordination problems in general.