I had my last class as a grad student on Monday and I can read what I want naow!!!!!
What I read this week in the Economist (April 25, 2009):
“Britain does have one advantage as its borrowing and debt soar. It entered the recession with relatively low levels of public indebtedness compared with other big countries.”
Also: “Sacramento has about 1,400 homeless people in shelters, and another 1,200 or so on the streets, he says. For some reason, America notices only when they’re on Oprah, or from the middle class.”
And on org change: Marchionne on revamping Fiat in 2004: “‘The single most important thing was to dismantle the organizational structure of Fiat,’ he recalls. ‘We tore it apart in 60 days, removing a large number of leaders who had been there a long time and who represented an operating style that lay outside any proper understanding of market dynamics.’ In their place Mr Marchionne brought in a younger eneration of executives who could respond to his demand for accountabiity, openness and rapid communciation.”
