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From The Top Down

President Bush has brought a corporate management style to the White House that the country hasn't seen since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower 40 years ...

By Staff Writer | Updated on June 01, 2001

President Bush has brought a corporate management style to the White House that the country hasn’t seen since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower 40 years ago. He is a consummate delegator, giving his cabinet and agency heads remarkable authority and autonomy in running their separate domains.

When called upon to make a decision, he is said to like short, factual presentations from his advisers. He then quickly renders a verdict. He is a great keeper of schedules–on a recent two-day tour to promote his tax proposals he led some dozen rallies in several states, all of which began on time–and, we are told, he leaves the Oval Office no later than 6:30 p.m. He is, by all accounts, the very model of an efficient corporate chief executive. In the days ahead, management theorists will carefully track whether he can sustain the model and, more importantly, how well he keeps his lieutenants focused on a central agenda in a decentralized administration.

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