Britain's Management Problem

Flip Chart Fairy Tales has an interesting take on Britain's management problem.  His suggestion that our flexible labour market may actually be holding productivity back.  I also wonder whether our over centralised political structure undermines effective management in the public sector.

Brent Council of course has been getting rid of permanent staff in huge numbers in recent years, whilst also getting loads of interims to replace them.  The Council also appears to have become embroiled in a series of employment tribunal cases, with people alleging poor management.  That certainly suggests to me that there is something seriously wrong with the management of the Council's human resources.  One of the main points of  the One Oracle project was supposed to be to improve the quality of human resources management in the Council.  Perhaps it would be sensible to see how the new computer systems can be used to improve Brent's sub-standard human resources?