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Social psychologists know that one way to be viewed as a leader in any group is simply to act like one. Speak up, speak well and offer lots of ideas, and before long, people will begin doing what you say. This works well when leaders know what they're talking about, but what if they don't? If someone acts like a boss but thinks like a boob, is that still enough to stay on top? (See the best business deals...
...effort to allow more time for the development of China's own 3G technology to compete with established high-speed standards - means that tens of billions of dollars may be spent on networks that will be outdated within a few years when countries such as Japan are set to begin rolling out faster 4G services. "The life of 3G is almost over," Professor Kan Kaili of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications told reporters when the licenses were announced. "There is no point in China getting on the last train to leave the station...
...Finally, by tolerating price gouging, we encourage the perpetrating students to continue doing it. In the short term, savvy students will begin buying extra tickets to popular events that are guaranteed to sell out in the hopes of making a tidy profit every time a formal takes place. This is the most innocuous result, however. If these students, who almost certainly take pride in their financial acumen, have any political or business aspirations, they will eventually plague the broader community with their gouging methods. Given our current economic crisis and the recent impeachment of Illinois governor Rod R. Blagojevich (Senate...
...supporting current operations while planning for the future through the more general “80% FAS-wide plan” announced in January. The plan—which will aim to close the projected $100 to $130 million budgetary shortfall—is an early attempt to begin turning localized feedback from individual units within FAS into a more generalized scheme for cutbacks. “It’s a much more macro thing, as opposed to what’s happening today,” Smith said. “It needs to be guided by what...
Harvard’s policy stands in contrast to some of its peer schools, notably Princeton and Yale, which are maintaining previous hiring levels. Harvard stands to lose talent to these schools, as young academics begin tenure tracks at other universities. There is no guarantee that these professors will be able or willing to move to Harvard later in their careers...