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It seems that managers managing the managers cannot manage to manage the management of managers and therefore we need managers to manage the management of managers managing the management of managers.
Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.
It's a hierarchy. You have a department, or other such division, with a manager to coordinate it. Then you have a manager who manages all the departments, or a subsection thereof, to coordinate them; this is "managing managers" and typically more complex due to the interdisciplinary nature. Then you have managers to manage the manager-managers, who oversee entire regions or similar sectors.
Sometimes manager-manager managers are necessary, but if you need managers to micromanage manager-managers, your organization has problems