The book “What Were They Thinking?” argues that most managers fail because they diligently follow common management practices that are sometimes flawed to the core. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges managers to throw out conventional wisdom and to think harder and more strategically about what’s right for their companies.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'VE I HEARD so much about green information technology' IT, initiatives recently you'd be forgiven for thinking that everybody had this under control. You might be surprised to learn that storage vendor ONStor found that 58 per cent of the companies they surveyed were either still...
Open Diary *Using mobile phones on the course is forbidden. So what do the organisers think of our spy's report that Sergio Garcia has been chatting away during practice? "We're sure it was an important call," says a spokesman. "But, strictly speaking, he shouldn't be doing that....
Open Diary *Using mobile phones on the course is forbidden. So what do the organisers think of our spy's report that Sergio Garcia has been chatting away during practice? "We're sure it was an important call," says a spokesman. "But, strictly speaking, he shouldn't be doing that....
NEW YORK -- Marquee starters were long gone. So were nearly the other pitchers. His bullpen empty, National League manager Clint Hurdle approached David Wright and asked whether he had the stuff to take the mound and close out the All-Star game. Did the New York Mets...
Landgraf Construction Inc. is demolishing St. Raphael's Cathedral despite the Diocese of Madison saying work would not begin until July 21. Those waging a last-minute fight to save the 154-year-old building and give it consideration as a city landmark at an Aug. 18 hearing said they were...
Beyond Deron Williams' brief family vacation to Mexico earlier this month, general manager Kevin O'Connor shed no light Tuesday as to what is holding up agreement on a contract extension between the Jazz and their Team USA point guard. He did, however, suggest dialogue between the sides...
HARRISBURG - The tentacles of the Bonusgate scandal have spread to past presidential politics. Buried deep in the grand jury report, released last week, that led to the indictment of 12 people are details of what is described as a "massive" effort by House Democrats to oust the independent presidential...
This week's New Yorker set off a Web-and-cable frenzy Monday over cover art that shows Barack Obama as a Muslim, Michelle Obama as a militant and the American flag aflame under a portrait of Osama bin Laden -- all in the Oval Office. Reactions to the cartoon by...
Portland architects Doug Benson and Michael McCulloch have seen early renderings of the proposed Columbia River Crossing and they're not impressed. So underwhelmed were they that the pair fired off a letter this month to Portland Mayor Tom Potter, mayor-elect Sam Adams, the Portland City Council,...
A new study by Infonetics Research that provides abroad view of user thinking and plans for network access control ,including perceptions of leading NAC vendors, shows thenumber-one driver for deploying NAC is limiting the impact of securityproblems and stopping threat propagation. In the study, ...
CEDAR HILLS -- Elected officials in Cedar Hills will soon receive a pay increase that will bring them closer to the average wages of other Utah County officials. In a 3-2 vote this week, Cedar Hills upped the mayor's compensation from $9,000 annually to $13,200. Members of...
Recently, I flew to my home state of Oregon for my 25th reunion of the Glencoe cheerleading squads. Among ourselves we are affectionately known as the Sally Rallys, with our unofficial greeting of start-the-cheer: "Ready, OK!" Now, for those of you who are on your fifth reunion...
Name Mohammed Hanif Occupation Author Passion Angels of the ward Nurses are there when you are born and when you die and never look away. They are the only ones who treat your body for what it is: a network of nerves, veins and bones, not an...
Online faces of a deadly street culture Experts say younsters carry knives simply because they think it is cool to do so. But what are the implications for the Government's policies? By Ian Griggs They stare out from the screen: brazen, menacing, occasionally...
THE horrified mother of Ronnie Wood's teenage lover last night begged him to send her home. Angry Irina Ivanova, 48, said of Ronnie, 61: "What does he think he is doing? He's old enough to be her grandad." She added: "He was...
THE mum of a Para hit by friendly fire in Afghanistan spoke yesterday of her anger at the horrific blunder. Alison Barratt said she was stunned her son Samuel Aiken and eight comrades had been blasted by one of their own Apache helicopters. She had spoken...
ROBBIE FOWLER'S 11- month hiatus at Cardiff City has ended as it began - in farce. "He's staying with us," were the words from Bluebirds manager Dave Jones as Fowler slipped out of the back door to Blackburn Rovers, displaying an urgency and drive he never...
THE horrified mother of Ronnie Wood's teenage lover last night begged him to send her home. Angry Irina Ivanova, 48, said of Ronnie, 61: "What does he think he is doing? He's old enough to be her grandad." She added: "He was...
THE mum of a Para hit by friendly fire in Afghanistan spoke yesterday of her anger at the horrific blunder. Alison Barratt said she was stunned her son Samuel Aiken and eight comrades had been blasted by one of their own Apache helicopters. She had spoken...
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