Have Your Say;
In the BBC Radio Wales programme Wales@work - The Business Doctor, Paul sets out to prove to the manufacturing company, Excel Assemblies in Port Talbot how the theory of complexity works.
Listen here for the programme in full and have your say;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/wales/aod.shtml?wales/tue_1830
However, Mr Chris Ward of the Wales Management Council thought it was wrong stating "My difficulty with Dr Thomas' argument is that he seems to believe that Welsh industry generally is populated by the wrong sort of management and therefore the right solution is to get rid of managers."
He added: "Increasingly we have seen the emergence of a new generation of leader-managers and servant-leaders whose job function is to achieve precisely what Dr Thomas is seeking - to unlock the potential and innovative capacity of all workers by supporting, encouraging and leading."
(Read the full article:
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-features/2008/01/09/changing-face-of-management-91466-20326945/)
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s he correct?
Is Servant Leaders the answer?
Does he understand the meaning of Complexity and DNA?
Let us know what you think!