1.   Hence participatory organizations find that they must eliminate layers and flatten their hierarchies.

2.   And because companies have eliminated layers of management in recent years, it has become more difficult for everyone who wants a promotion to get one.

3.   Boston Chicken also said it would eliminate some layers of management and streamline administrative functions.

4.   CHANGES AT TIMES MIRROR Times Mirror changed its management structure, announcing the departure of three senior executives and essentially eliminating a layer of management.

5.   Everything from supermarket bar codes to computer-aided design to online stock trading has eliminated layers of costly intermediaries and inventoris, Greenspan noted.

6.   He asked the marketing manager of diapers to report directly to him, eliminating a layer in the hierarchy.

7.   He has already eliminated a layer of bureaucracy, delegated more authority and got rid of some high-level officials.

8.   It said the move will cut costs and improve efficiencies by eliminating layers of management.

9.   It would also eliminate layers of paper-shuffling and some of the complexity of the personal tax form.

10.   Now, many companies want to eliminate such layers of complexity, believing they add unnecessary costs.