The Rise and Fall of Senior Management: Exploring the Failure of Vertical Management Systems The vertical management system has traditionally been used within Western businesses as a means of creating an ordered hierarchy of authority. This strategy has in the past proven effective due to environmental conditions, as well as the imposition of business norms over the environment. The changing business setting has resulted in an environment in which the vertical management system is no longer the most effective or the most responsive mode of business management. The fall of senior management is likely to occur due to a gradual comprehension that vertical management methods fail to meet the needs to the current environment, and that a management strategy with less isolation of power is better suited to a change-oriented and internationalized business setting. Pages: 17 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 23495 7429verticalmanagement.doc Price: 152.15