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Harold Musgrove (born 1931) served as Chair of the Austin Rover Group from 1982 until 1986. He was replaced by Graham Day at the helm. During his time at Austin Morris he oversaw the sacking of Derek Robinson and the strike that followed. He also oversaw the introduction of the Austin Maestro and Triumph Acclaim; both were models that had limited success. His time was riddled with industrial relations problems much of which was considered to be provoked by heavy-handed management techniques. Much of the controversy engendered by Musgrove during his tenure is attributed to hubris; however, some of his decisions did little (if anything) to endear employees. Such actions include his underhanded efforts to eliminate the Mini and his decision to fire Director of Design David Bache. Musgrove came up through the manufacturing ranks but lacked real commercial knowledge, at times using nostalgia as a reason for driving product plans forward—one such idea was to bring back the Austin of England brand as a way of dynamising the company. Musgrove would later go on to join the National Health Service in 1991 as chair of West Midlands Ambulance Service, before moving to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham to manage the controversial merger with Solihull Hospital. He was linked with the new hospital in Worcester and the controversial semi-closure of Kidderminster General Hospital which led to the formation of the 'Save Kidderminster Hospital' campaign and the election of many members of that committee being elected as Wyre Forest Councillors and Dr Richard Taylor a leading member of that campaign, who was previously a consultant at Kidderminster General, being elected to Parliament with the intention to fight the Musgrove plan, the semi closure of Kidderminster General and the building of the PFI Hospital at Worcester. He became chairman of the Hospital in 1998. The running of that hospital under his chairmanship was heavily criticised by the new Worcester MP Michael Foster and he left shortly afterwards. ==References== *(The 1980s: A decade of lost opportunities ) *(IKH article on Musgrove's resignation ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Musgrove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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