Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Presume ‘begun’ should read ‘be run’ and I agree that governments and politicians could learn a great deal from certain successful business professionals and that certain business people would run rings around the majority of politicians.

However isn’t the purpose of business to make a profit, while the purpose of government is, or should be, to serve and provide for the needs of the people i.e. neither the NHS nor the national education service can possibly make a conventional profit, but both must be funded to serve the people and ultimately benefit society by providing a healthier and better educated population.
Re the second paragraph, don?t agree that those differing objectives preclude proper (ie private sector) management. I can?t speak for education management but the NHS is a shambles management wise, based on personal and friendship group experience.