Comment by woliveirajr

The manager is also playing the game. Every manager has a manager, too. The n-level manager just deals with n-1 type of metrics and information.

If you're just looking at numbers, something that costs $$$ is "harder to do" than something that costs $$. Any consultant that costs $$$ provides better work (Why would I have paid $$$ if the work wasn't better? Why would anyone charge $ to give the some quality?)