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Delayering

Level:: AS, A-Level

Board:: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB, Eduqas, WJEC

Last updated 22 Mar 2021

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Delayering is an HRM strategy designed to reduce the number of management layers in the organisational hierarchy. It is most closely associated with a financial strategy of cost minimisation, but also has other potential business benefits as well as potential drawbacks.