Word: consultancy
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...Peoples, chief shop steward for the Harvard dining halls and one of the members of the negotiating committee, asked the shop stewards of each dining hall to consult with the kitchen workers to draw up a list of terms they wanted included in a new contract...
...member of the department when he first arrived to emphasize the importance of continued cooperation and communication between the front office and patrolmen. That contact was one key ingredient that, Chafin says, he noticed lacking within the department when he arrived. To correct this lack, Chafin says he will consult all members of the department prior to making major decisions, whenever possible. "My management approach is to ask for input right down the line of the best way, within reason, to accomplish a given task," he explains...
Explained another Cardinal: "I think all of us had agreed in our own minds before the conclave that we needed to go back to a humble, pastoral man, although we did not really consult each other about it. And then, when we went in, it became clear to us that this was what we wanted." The third consensus, in the words of still another participant, was that the new Pope be "not obvious, and not controversial...
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Some of those close to the President see a man wielding power who is struggling now as much with himself as with an angry world. How to get information? What sources to believe? Whom to consult? When to act? What to say? Which of his staff to unleash? Which to restrain...