Top-down and Bottom-up Project Management: Leveraging the Advantages of the Two Approaches
Significant changes are taking place in management and especially project management today. We hear that organizations, like the
New York Times,
Tribune Co.,
Ernst & Young switched from the so-called
top-down management style to bottom-up management. Others, including some of the world’s biggest corporations, such as
Toyota and
IBM, implemented
bottom-up management style elements in some of their departments. The popularity of the bottom-up approach to management is growing. In spite of this fact, the discussions about the two major approaches are still hot. Why have organizations become so anxious about changing their management style? If we compare the two management approaches, the answer to this question will be clear.