The answer to the UK’s productivity puzzle is routinely cited as adoption of new digital technologies. It is a drum we bang all the time at The Manufacturer, but in so doing, are we ignoring a key issue that underpins business success, namely the quality of management in UK manufacturing companies?
It is not a comfortable subject to address if you are a manager, but not facing up to problems is no way to solve them. Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE of Manchester Business School is the doyen of the HR industry in the UK, and president of the HR professional body, the Chartered Institute for…
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