asked the Minister for Transport and Power if the Government have considered the long-awaited Tavistock report in relation to CIE; if so, if he has any official comment on suggested experiments in regard to industrial relations; if the report had any comment to make on lack of leadership in the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tavistock Report on CIE.
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The Tavistock Report was not submitted to the Government. The Report was the outcome of a socio-diagnostic study into the morale of Dublin busmen carried out by the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and sponsored jointly by CIE, the trade unions concerned and the Human Sciences Committee of the Irish National Productivity Committee. The main conclusion of the report was that the concern of management and the trade unions with the state of morale among the Dublin busmen was fully justified. The Report did not make specific recommendations but indicated the areas in which remedial action could be taken and said that it has been the shared interest of management and trade unions in the Dublin busmen which made the study possible.
Action arising from the Report was a matter for CIE and the trade unions. Discussions have taken place between CIE and the unions and a number of changes have already been effected by the Board. Of the dozen changes made a considerable number were effected during the course of the inquiry indicating the interest of the CIE Board in the findings of the Committee.
The Report did not suggest any general lack of leadership but referred to a certain ambiguity in organisation at lower management level which has since been eliminated.