THE BBC CRISIS - NEED TO DOWNSIZE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

The furor over the recent Newsnight Programme that mistakenly accused Lord McAlpine of being a paedophile and the Jimmy Savile controversy has caused demands for more heads to role in addition to the resignation of the Chairman. The danger of this is that a few resignations of Top Management misses the point and clouds the real cause of problems at the BBC.
The BBC is not all bad. In fact it is a very fine organisation except that -
The Board of Governors are full of bloated Top Cats who are as much out of touch with daily events at the BBC as any executive might be. It needs a few normal people who have lots of experience at Middle Management and the listening public. It needs a big overall.

The BBC is top heavy with too many layers of Management. It needs to be downsized. There are too many layers which leads to the cry - I did not know about this or that problem. Do not blame me.
The Organisation is also too full of intelligent people with little experience of people sensitivity. Too many stuck up snobs who think that they are above reproach. Not all of the executives are like this but certainly a large proportion of the Management Team is in this category.

So what to do -

• Review the the structure and composition of the Board of Governors or whatever they are called
• Downsize the Management Structure
• Reduce salaries by 25% at least of Senior and Middle Management.
• Set out clearly the guidelines for responsibility
• Define exactly the lines of communication
• Recruit a broader range of people into the BBC 

Good luck but for goodness sake, do not involve the Politicians in this. They are just as bad and the House of Commons also needs a big review and downsize..