Work Structuring Limited (WSL) was founded by its Chairman, Christian Schumacher, in 1986.
Education: MA (Oxon) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Previous Experience: British Steel Corporation (sixteen years) Industrial Fellow, London School of Economics
Christian Schumacher first worked for the Iron and Steel Board and British Steel. It was during this time that he became increasingly occupied with, and interested in, organisational development and design issues. Christian left the British Steel Corporation in 1979 to become an Industrial Fellow at the London School of Economics. There he continued his researches into work design, as well as practising as a consultant to several companies in the UK and elsewhere. He founded Work Structuring Limited in 1986 and started to use the principles and methodology, (Work Structuring), that resulted from his research to assist in the organisational renewal of wide range of businesses and organisations with remarkable success.
Christian is the son of E.F. Schumacher; the groundbreaking economist who wrote 'Small is Beautiful'. In this book he talked about needing to achieve smallness within large organisations for them to be efficient and developed a theory of large-scale organisation. Christian's work has similar ideals at its centre, although developed in a different way.
Christian is the author of two books on work organisation and its impact on modern society.
Diana Schumacher OBE is Co- Director of Work Structuring Ltd. Diana has worked for the British Council and the University of Chicago School of Business Studies. She has been the co-founder of the Schumacher Society, the Gandhi Foundation UK, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), and Has served as a trustee of many other environmental organisations.
Comprising a small group of dedicated practitioners WSL continues to offer its clients a high quality consultancy and training service in "whole systems" organisational redesign.
All senior consultants employed by WSL have worked in senior management positions and implemented WS themselves within their own organisation. They have an in depth understanding of the problems faced by businesses today and will work closely with company representatives to advise and assist in the development of the optimum organisational structure for their company. In doing so they will transfer WS knowledge and skills to the organisation to ensure continued success in the future.
The Work Structuring principles and methodologies have been adopted by well-established organisations from many sectors and countries.
Clients include major industrial multi-national companies, public sector bodies including central and local government departments, hospitals and schools and smaller private sector organisations, ranging from architectural practices to zoos.
