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Critics protest that forced ranking can be harsh and arbitrary. But that hasn't kept a growing number of companies from joining such firms as Enron, Ford Motor and Microsoft in adopting them. "What it all boils down to is who is in the room fighting for you," says an...
If competitive systems like Enron's have a weakness, it's that they can stir suspicion and discourage teamwork. If I help you, you'll get a better rank than I will. Challenger tells of a manager who recently had to rank all his people in preparation for a 10...
Ranking systems won't withstand much scrutiny if they reflect a manager's personal preferences rather than how well a worker has met company standards. Gregory calls it absurd for executives to tell middle managers to "choose those whom you would like to be on a desert island with"--a...
If you were a guy and you were dating ANNE HECHE, you'd probably wait a little while before contemplating marriage. You know, just to see if the whole heterosexual thing sticks. Not so COLEMAN LAFFOON, who, after less than a year as Heche's paramour, asked the actress and...
That something else could be less homogeneous than grunge was, considering today's cafeteria-style music culture. "Kids aren't necessarily identified as being a heavy-metal kid or a punk kid or something else," says MTV2 general manager David Cohn. "There's no better evidence of that than the...