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To: TobagoJack who wrote (24221)	10/15/2002 6:08:52 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 74559

American guru to mind our business by Gary Duncan, Economics Correspondent timesonline.co.uk [Note from pearly: Patricia Hewitt is a stupid clueless cow. There are plenty of good British Managers but they left the country at the first opportunity. You can see them managing companies in the USA and elsewhere. Only the narrow minded dumb ones remain on average. No point in trying to teach them anything....waste of money] PATRICIA HEWITT was under fire last night for summoning an American industrial guru to teach “poor” British managers how to do their jobs. The Trade and Industry Secretary has asked Michael Porter of Harvard University to lead a £50,000 inquiry into the failings of British management, having concluded that Britain’s bosses think too highly of themselves. “Depressingly, if you survey British managers about how they rate themselves, they say their company is world-class. But when you benchmark them, far fewer are world-class than believe they are,” she said. The invitation to Professor Porter comes at a time when many of America’s leading businesses, from Enron to WorldCom, have been brought low by accounting scandals and corporate sleaze, and the move was greeted with derision by British entrepreneurs and disquiet from business lobby groups. James Dyson, inventor of the revolutionary vacuum cleaner that bears his name,warned Ms Hewitt that the move was unlikely to make any difference. He said: “I think it’s a dangerous thing for people to go around say British managers are poor.” John Caudwell, whose Caudwell Group owns the high street chain Phones4U, said: “Trying to get a consultant to say what’s wrong with British management is just farce. I’d be amazed from my experience if the Americans can teach us anything. They have got so much superficiality and a very great lack of substance. They talk an extremely good story, sound incredibly plausible and the follow-up and production of results leaves a lot to be desired.” Their disdain will embarrass Ms Hewitt, whose aides were striving to insist she “was not knocking British management”. Professor Porter, who advocates minimal government involvement in business, has been criticised at home for overstating the importance of the internet in business. But Ms Hewitt said: “He is one of the world’s leading experts. He will look at all the evidence about UK management performance and report on what the UK needs to do to tackle this poor performance. The best British managers are among the best in the world. The average lag well behind.” Mr Dyson said: “My impression of Japanese and American management is it is no better than British management and in many cases it is worse. “