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...example of what can go wrong with this system. Airbus salesmen were so eager to win orders for the A380 that they offered to customize the interiors. Bespoke tailoring might be good business on London's Savile Row, but it's a huge complication for heavy manufacturing. And the task was made harder by duplication. Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France, and Hamburg, Germany, both work on the plane, but their software is not always compatible. Streiff admitted to employees last week that the design tools for wiring "could not keep pace with the rest of the program." Management communication...
...Cardiff Business School who specializes in European industrial policy, "but these days, Airbus just confirms Anglo-Saxon prejudices that governments waste large amounts of taxpayers' money even when they have a good idea." Untangling Airbus' wiring will prove plenty tough, but untangling its management snarls may be the hardest task...
...peace, as Annan in his best moments sought to be. Just as daunting is the challenge of cleaning house at the U.N., which has been dogged for years by mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption--crystallized in the oil-for-food scandal that tarnished Annan's tenure. Add to that the task of refereeing between the U.S. and countries like Russia and China, which are determined to chart their own course, and you get an idea why Annan calls it "the most impossible job in the world." "It would help if the next Secretary-General was a brilliant, compelling leader," says...
...task would not be easy, however. The notoriously rowdy MIT supporters were in full force as always. Armed with pots, pans, and other cookery, the Engineer fans did their best to confuse and frustrate the Harvard team with their trademark ruckus...
With sizeable entrees averaging five to ten dollars, crowds flock to Punjabi on a nightly basis. The authentic, though chaotic, atmosphere usually includes a long line to order at the counter. Finding a table among the scattered seating is always a difficult task, and navigating your tray around the crowd even harder...