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...gusher-size troubles of their own. In Texas, the center of the U.S. oil industry, government analysts estimate that each $1-per-bbl. drop in prices will cost the state 25,000 jobs and $100 million in revenues. The declines make it less rewarding for companies to drill and develop wells. Local banks could suffer greatly if the fall continues. Says Frank Anderson, director of financial research for Weber, Hall, Sale & Associates, a Dallas brokerage: "The real problem will come if the contract price gets to $15 per bbl. and stays there for six months to a year. Then...
...There's a camaraderie that develops somewhat like the army, but it's a positive experience," says Tangney, explaining that the participants develop "a pretty close core--especially among members of the can groups because they live together." For Tangney, both "the rigor of the content and the relationship of the people to each other" made the program special. Despite the rigor, the AMP was still fun because it created a setting where "people with real world experience were getting back into an academic setting," able to study how the business world should ideally work and compare it with knowledge...
...Tangney the case study method did not address specific problems he deals with on the job, but instead helped him to develop "a frame of reference of how to approach issues...
...former general manager of a National Public Radio affiliate in Alaska, hopes to move on to "different and new challenges related to media and managing in the public sector." "I hope to be able to utilize the networking feature," says Theriault. "It works two ways--the contacts you develop and what you do for other people...
...avowed aim of the class, whose students come mostly from the K-School's mid-career program, is to "increase one's awareness of what it means to be a leader and to develop one's capacity to manage the roles of leadership and authority," according to Lecturer in Public Policy Ronald Heifetz. The central question, he says, is how leadership is created. Heifetz believes that leadership--like athletics and music--demands an innate talent, which must in turn be developed through instruction. Heifetz maintains that his method and material are both innovative and important for civic health...