As a former employee (I actually used to work in the office in the picture), I have to say I am very surprised and impressed by this move. I once had a manager on a multi year oracle and Java implementation who didn't know what a database was. That is no exaggeration. I mean that literally. One of my most frustrating memories was being reliant on this person for performance reviews and staking my future on her opinion of my performance. She had no ability to assess anybody's performance, yet miraculously found herself in the position of reviewing many very good employees. We lost several team members as a result (in fact my experience there in large part set the course for my own departure).

Not saying this will fix all the problems (inept management is a reality that exists in any organization of size) but it at least shows that top brass understands that the current system isn't working.