Word: boardrooms
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...biggest parliamentary majority in Thai history. He ran as a reformer and an ostensible supporter of Thailand's pro-democracy 1997 constitution. But Thaksin's first year in office has been characterized by the sort of top-down management style that might work in the boardroom but seems autocratic almost anywhere else. By absorbing other minority parties, his Thai Rak Thai party now has a two-thirds majority in the assembly, which could allow constitutional changes after a five-year moratorium on amendments expires in October. Thaksin has claimed he had nothing to do with the press crackdowns...
...matter how exciting the on-court action, China's professional basketball league is leaving its best game in the locker room and shooting air balls in the boardroom. Seven years after it was sanctioned by Beijing, the CBA remains a profitless enterprise full of disgruntled players and frustrated team owners whose careers are orchestrated by a government bureaucracy. Despite a burgeoning fan base, all of the 13 Division I clubs are losing money. Inexperienced team owners and heavy-handed government restrictions have prevented the league from realizing the most lucrative sponsorships and licensing deals. "The CBA just doesn't understand...
...soon after taking the helm at HP. Then, believing that the best way to fix an ailing, giant company is to merge it with another ailing, giant company and hope for “synergy,” she announced a merger with Compaq, a move that is generating boardroom chaos even now, eight months after the announcement. Whatever happens, HP and Compaq are two companies whose core products—printers for HP and services and consulting for Compaq—are under attack or not growing. Merging the two to wring some advantage out of their disastrous...
...Parsons end up on top? Partly by being nice--as corny as that may sound in the cutthroat world of corporate politics. Parsons, who stands 6 ft. 4 in., with a salt-and-pepper beard and a soothing baritone, is a boardroom charmer. Barry Schuler, president of the company's AOL division, recalls extending a hand the first time he met Parsons. "Dick went right past my hand and gave me a big bear hug," says Schuler. Parsons is relentlessly self-deprecating. "One of my kids," he says, "gave me a T shirt that said, I MAY NOT BE BRIGHT...
...After I became aware of her existence early in my career, I would sometimes wish myself into her highly evolved presence: What must it be like to work for someone like Mrs. Graham? I mused occasionally as I watched a parade of dark-suited men pile into an executive boardroom...