Interesting idea. But as you know, the first thing the president would do would be to delegate the responsibility, which would bring us to status quo.
A novel(?) idea: Enforce the requirement about competence to top management :mg:. Does the "work" of top management affect product quality?
Sidney,
Excellent points!
Here is what I propose then:
5.5.2 Management representative
The President of the organization shall be the Management Representative and shall have responsibility and authority that shall include......
This responsibility and authority shall not be delegated to others in the organization..
Aside from this, TC176 should expand on Top Management's obligations.
For example do away with the "Top management shall ensure" language. That "ensure" word leaves the door wide open to dumping work on the
Stijloor.