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A thing I see happening at large organizations as a result of AI is the expansion of the role and span of control of senior management who can directly monitor the whole firm. It vastly changes company operations. It also is straightforward to implement compared to firm redesign.
- Who
- Ethan Mollick
- What
- observed AI expanding senior management's role and span of control at large organizations
What happened
A thing I see happening at large organizations as a result of AI is the expansion of the role and span of control of senior management who can directly monitor the whole firm. It vastly changes company operations. It also is straightforward to implement compared to firm redesign.
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Ethan Mollick said AI is expanding senior managers’ roles and span of control at large organizations by allowing them to monitor the whole firm directly. He said this is substantially changing how companies operate and is more straightforward to implement than redesigning the firm.
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