Post by Teddy Bear on Apr 8, 2011 23:53:59 GMT
While your reading the following story, just think about how much power this organisation has, and how much money they receive to provide your entertainment, and give you 'intelligent' reports that 'enrich' your understanding.
The real joke is what a shambles they truly are.
In answer to Caroline Thomson, the BBC’s chief operating officer, outlined the new proposal yesterday, saying that it would “tackle the complexity in and around the BBC and create simpler decision making”.
I'd say get rid of the lot of them, that would make for far simpler decision making.
Consider this The move comes after the corporation’s director-general, Mark Thompson, was embarrassed in front of a committee of MPs when he was forced to admit earlier this year that he did not actually know how many layers of management the BBC had.
What a ship of fools! And this guy rakes off over £800,000 a year.
The real joke is what a shambles they truly are.
BBC will lose two layers of management - but seven will remain
The BBC is to eliminate two entire layers of management in a drive for simplicity and efficiency - but has admitted that seven tiers will still remain.
Caroline Thomson, the BBC’s chief operating officer, outlined the new proposal yesterday, saying that it would “tackle the complexity in and around the BBC and create simpler decision making”.
The move comes after the corporation’s director-general, Mark Thompson, was embarrassed in front of a committee of MPs when he was forced to admit earlier this year that he did not actually know how many layers of management the BBC had.
At the moment, the BBC has a maximum of nine layers of decision-makers in a few areas, with eight layers being more common. These structures will be pared down to a maximum of seven layers.
The plans have resulted from a review designed to save money in the light of the six-year licence-fee freeze that Mr Thompson agreed with the Coalition last October.
Miss Thomson insisted yesterday that the new plans to streamline the BBC's management structure were not directly intended to save money or result in any additional job cuts. However, it was unclear how bosses intended to eliminate two management tiers without cutting jobs.
Senior managers in the back office departments of the corporation, such as communications and human resources, have already been asked to come up with plans to save up to 25 per cent of their current spend.
The efficiency drive is designed to generate £1.3billion over four years from 2013 to pay for additional commitments, such as funding the World Service and S4C, which the BBC took on as part of the licence fee settlement.
Miss Thomson also disclosed yesterday that the corporation would also cut its property portfolio by 25 to 30 per cent by 2015, removing 170,000sqm from its current footprint.
She said the cuts would bite principally in London, and would potentially see buildings such as TV Centre and the White City building, both in west London, vacated.
However, she added that the BBC had no plans to withdraw from its buildings in the devolved nations or the English regions, or from those that were used by its local radio stations.
Miss Thomson said that, in travelling round the country meeting BBC staff to discuss the emerging proposals, she had travelled exclusively by standard class rail and had, where possible, walked from the station to the local BBC building.
In February, Mr Thompson gave evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee about the BBC’s management of its “digital media initiative”, a £130million technology project.
Stephen Barclay MP, a member of the committee, asked Mr Thompson how many layers of management there were in the corporation’s future media department, which was responsible for the project.
Mr Thompson said: “It varies somewhat across the BBC. It is about six in some areas and it is deeper than that in other areas.”
Mr Barclay replied: “You cannot give me a maximum for what it might be from the most junior to the most senior person in the BBC?”
Mr Thompson said that he would have to come back after the hearing with a written answer.
The BBC is to eliminate two entire layers of management in a drive for simplicity and efficiency - but has admitted that seven tiers will still remain.
Caroline Thomson, the BBC’s chief operating officer, outlined the new proposal yesterday, saying that it would “tackle the complexity in and around the BBC and create simpler decision making”.
The move comes after the corporation’s director-general, Mark Thompson, was embarrassed in front of a committee of MPs when he was forced to admit earlier this year that he did not actually know how many layers of management the BBC had.
At the moment, the BBC has a maximum of nine layers of decision-makers in a few areas, with eight layers being more common. These structures will be pared down to a maximum of seven layers.
The plans have resulted from a review designed to save money in the light of the six-year licence-fee freeze that Mr Thompson agreed with the Coalition last October.
Miss Thomson insisted yesterday that the new plans to streamline the BBC's management structure were not directly intended to save money or result in any additional job cuts. However, it was unclear how bosses intended to eliminate two management tiers without cutting jobs.
Senior managers in the back office departments of the corporation, such as communications and human resources, have already been asked to come up with plans to save up to 25 per cent of their current spend.
The efficiency drive is designed to generate £1.3billion over four years from 2013 to pay for additional commitments, such as funding the World Service and S4C, which the BBC took on as part of the licence fee settlement.
Miss Thomson also disclosed yesterday that the corporation would also cut its property portfolio by 25 to 30 per cent by 2015, removing 170,000sqm from its current footprint.
She said the cuts would bite principally in London, and would potentially see buildings such as TV Centre and the White City building, both in west London, vacated.
However, she added that the BBC had no plans to withdraw from its buildings in the devolved nations or the English regions, or from those that were used by its local radio stations.
Miss Thomson said that, in travelling round the country meeting BBC staff to discuss the emerging proposals, she had travelled exclusively by standard class rail and had, where possible, walked from the station to the local BBC building.
In February, Mr Thompson gave evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee about the BBC’s management of its “digital media initiative”, a £130million technology project.
Stephen Barclay MP, a member of the committee, asked Mr Thompson how many layers of management there were in the corporation’s future media department, which was responsible for the project.
Mr Thompson said: “It varies somewhat across the BBC. It is about six in some areas and it is deeper than that in other areas.”
Mr Barclay replied: “You cannot give me a maximum for what it might be from the most junior to the most senior person in the BBC?”
Mr Thompson said that he would have to come back after the hearing with a written answer.
In answer to Caroline Thomson, the BBC’s chief operating officer, outlined the new proposal yesterday, saying that it would “tackle the complexity in and around the BBC and create simpler decision making”.
I'd say get rid of the lot of them, that would make for far simpler decision making.
Consider this The move comes after the corporation’s director-general, Mark Thompson, was embarrassed in front of a committee of MPs when he was forced to admit earlier this year that he did not actually know how many layers of management the BBC had.
What a ship of fools! And this guy rakes off over £800,000 a year.