The News Review:
- Are Steve Jobs’ management skills a corporate risk?
- New interim head at Risk Management
- At Wrigley a Case Study in Anger Management
- Merger Shakes Up Service Management Space
Are Steve Jobs’ management skills a corporate risk?
ZDNet
Initially praising Jobs for the products Apple designs and the “near-religious devotion” instilled in its fans Taylor goes on to say that Jobs has created revolutionary impact with “unappetizing and downright retro” management tactics. Taylor:Jobs for all of his virtues clings to the Great Man Theory of Leadership ? a CE-centric model of executive power that is outmoded unsustainable and for most of us mere mortals ineffective in a world of non-stop change. A Wired magazine cover story from last year made the point well. The article begins with a memorable anecdote ? the CE in search of a space in the company’s crowded parking lot regularly leaves his Mercedes in a handicapped space sometimes taking up two spaces. The pattern became so noticeable that employees according to the article put notes on his windshield that read Park Different.
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New interim head at Risk Management
Bizjournals.com
Lyles executive vice president and chief risk officer of Sterling Bank in Houston said the board wanted to ensure that RMA has a continuity of leadership while it searches for a permanent CE. “We asked Ken to take a short break from his retirement to guide RMA as it addresses risk issues during these challenging times” Lyles said. “As we re-examine the risk management practices of the last several years it is vital to the financial services industry that we learn from our successes and failures” Chalk said. Chalk has been an active member of RMA throughout his career. He joined RMA’s Carolinas-Virginias Chapter in 1976 and later served as its president. n the national level he served as board chair in 2005 following four years as a board member. He also chaired the Credit Risk Management Council from 1995-1997.
At Wrigley a Case Study in Anger Management
New York Times
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Merger Shakes Up Service Management Space
Managing Automation Magazine
managingautomation. Marlin quickly nested Click?s Contract Service and Management unit within Emptoris another Marlin property. Marlin then stealthily acquired Servigistics and today announced that it had joined the service pioneer with Click?s Service Networks Solutions business forming a technology provider covering ?all aspects of the post-sale service process? according to a statement. Marlin did not disclose dollar amounts for any of the transactions. fficials who briefed Managing Automation on the deal painted the tie-up as a merger of equals and said the respective product sets are highly complementary. ?I think the expectation of [our] product folks was that there would be a lot of overlap? between the two portfolios said Gary Brooks Servigistics? EVP of worldwide marketing and alliances.