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...sumptuous Home Ranch is the latest outdoor pursuit in management training. In today's corporate-training world, there are the old standbys like rock climbing, rope mazes and Dale Carnegie. But a wide variety of other programs have developed that purport to impart management wisdom: martial arts, golf (don't ask), rhythmic drumming (ditto), paintball and treasure hunts among them. Some trainers use improvisational comedy to supposedly unleash the inner Jay Leno in trainees, while other consultants bring along wild animals to scare off any doubts about promoting Smithers to GM in the Northeast office...
...deal in 1999 with Swiss company ISL, only to watch that outfit go belly up two years later. To weather the loss, the ATP cut staff, eliminated player bonuses and pushed for more sponsorship dollars. Worse, the sport's U.S. television viewership leveled off; it's nowhere close to golf...
Stepping up to the tee Monday and yesterday against 41 other teams and 210 other golfers, the Harvard men’s golf team finished fifth in the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships—but drove home knowing an even better finish had been within reach. The Crimson, playing on the Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass., turned in its best result since a third-place finish in 2003. Harvard’s depth and youth were on display as freshman Greg Shuman shot a 76 on Monday and then improved to 75 yesterday to lead the Crimson...
...reproduce enough Rabbits to meet demand; it supplies other markets first. VW often exports new models to North America only after taking care of Europe, where it enjoys a market-leading position that it wants to protect. The Rabbit, for one, launched in Europe as the Golf two years before it came to America; the next edition will arrive first on the Continent too. "They're trying to change," says Cheetham, "but VW's mentality regarding North America has always been that of an opportunistic exporter...
...company, and Saxon politicians routinely pressure VW to maintain jobs and generous benefits in the hinterland. VW's unions, also powerful, recently agreed to extend the workweek--to 35 hours for factory workers, up from 28.8 hours. In return VW promised to keep production of the next-generation Golf in Germany. "Such deals rob VW of the flexibility you need in this business," says Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, a German auto-industry expert...