The 80-page report, by barrister Dinah Rose, found some behaviour appeared to go unchallenged by senior managers, with certain individuals "seen as being 'untouchable' due to their perceived value to the BBC".
In some sites, the health system assigned IT-based project managers to partner with individual practices and clinics.
Investors looking for modern-day money managers with a similarly individual view had best hope they put their money with someone of similar acumen.
PrivateAccounts.com, WrapManager.com and RunMoney.com are also using the Web to connect investors with individual managers who charge less than the traditional money manager wrap accounts offered by brokers.
For the first time, more than half of the hedge-fund assets of the 200 largest U.S. pension plans were invested with individual managers last year, data compiled by Pensions & Investments show.
I have been consulting for over twenty years and I've never gone through one-on-one interviews with individual managers to close a consulting deal before.
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Decisions should be made by individual managers with expertise, Allison said, instead of using a committee process "where collective responsibility can obscure individual accountability".
Not until serious research on managerial work began did it become evident how important to managers were contacts with individuals outside their units (who, for example, go entirely without mention in POSDCORB!).
Sir John admitted he had not read Northern Rock's interim results in July but denied being caught off guard, saying it was "not my job to get involved with talking with risk managers from individual banks".
