Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Before President McEntee, child care playedvirtually no role at the bargaining table," saysBrenda Hall, an AFSCME researcher...
...school has now gained renewed respect, bolstered by a $240 million endowment and new programs in fields such as entrepreneurial studies and ethics. McArthur's role in engineering this change and maintaining it on a day-to-day basis has been perceived differently by students and faculty...
Both faculty and students agree in their characterization of McArthur as the model corporate figure whose role--the CEO--is delineated daily within the school's case studies. For better or for worse, he does what is necessary to run the great MBA factory across the river--promoting growth through his executives and middle managers, but rarely fraternizing with the workers...
Professors cite McArthur's pivotal role in establishing an entrepreneurial studies program as an example of his willingness to explore new areas of business education even in the face of dissent. It was McArthur's effort to recruit a leading scholar in the field and secure necessary funding, says Associate Professor of Business Administration William A. Sahlman, which launched the program despite opposition from faculty members who considered the field unscholarly...
Students and staff alike acknowledge that such a role is necessary in order to maintain good relations between the B-School and the corporate world. Nevertheless, as the dean's commitment to bolstering alumni and corporate relations increases, the time left for everyday school life begins to dwindle...