How could technology eliminate those tasks?

[Klpno]

Hello everyone,

This is from the book Act like a leader, Think like a leader.

Historically, strategy and vision were indeed handed down from the top. But technology has profoundly altered that neat division of labor, eliminating many of the tasks—performance monitoring, instant feedback, and reports and presentations—that were staples of managerial work even five years ago. Increasingly, executives are required to shift their emphasis from improving current operations and performance indicators to shaping a common understanding of the organization’s present environment and its desired future direction.

I can't understand what the author's thought is regarding technology, how could it eliminate those tasks? Who, for example, and how should monitor employees' performance, who should prepare reports? The CEOs themselves? And the CEO's themselves now give feedback to employees?

Thank you.

[Beeesneees]

It just means that more people, lower down the corporate ladder than the executives right at the top, have become involved in the strategy and vision of a company - it's not saying the CEOs do those things. It's saying that it's now easier to prepare, provide and share information, so more time is available for those other than CEOs to become involved in the bigger decisions - and the technology also enables them to be informed enough to be able to do so.
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[Klpno]

Thank you, Beeesneees.