Irish managers ‘putting success at risk’

IRISH managers are disorganised, poor at meeting deadlines and unfocused on customer needs, according to a survey of foreign managers working in Ireland published yesterday.

The survey warned that Irish managers were in danger of letting recent success go to their heads and needed to become more efficient and flexible to stay ahead of Asian and Eastern European competitors.

“Our findings suggest that deficits in Irish management will, if not addressed, undermine the country’s extraordinary economic achievements of the last decade by damaging international competitiveness,” warned Professor Chris Brewster of Cranfield School of Management, a leading British business school which conducted the survey along with Dublin consulting firm Torc.