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What limited criticism of Knowles that did exist typically resulted from decision he made without broad consultation, such as his top-down restructuring of the linguistics department in the first years of his term and the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies last academic year...
...more top-down feel under Paul,” said long-time council member Justin A. Barkley...
...incredible extent—a recent survey found that fully 60 percent of 18-24 year-olds view community volunteerism as the most effective method of improving society. Young people today give unprecedented amounts of time and energy to public service. Channelling that drive into political activism will produce top-down change by electing candidates dedicated to youth concerns: the environment, clean elections, the future of social welfare programs. Combining community volunteerism with political engagement will solve both local and national problems more effectively than either tactic could alone. Economic dynamism and vigorous community service distinguish the Millennial generation. Apathy...
...rules to achieve desired results. When elected in 2001, he had the biggest parliamentary majority in Thai history. He ran as a reformer and an ostensible supporter of Thailand's pro-democracy 1997 constitution. But Thaksin's first year in office has been characterized by the sort of top-down management style that might work in the boardroom but seems autocratic almost anywhere else. By absorbing other minority parties, his Thai Rak Thai party now has a two-thirds majority in the assembly, which could allow constitutional changes after a five-year moratorium on amendments expires in October. Thaksin...
...When it comes to money, Chinese basketball has hands of stone?a fact many owners and managers blame on the control-happy CBA itself. The league is run as a government sports program. Top officials are Communist Party appointees accustomed to top-down dictatorship?and the league's lack of marketing and promotional expertise shows. At the beginning of the season, CBA officials lost a $4.2 million marquee sponsorship and promotion contract when its would-be partner, Y.C. Advertising, a media company owned by Hong Kong's Tom.com, withdrew only a month before the season was to begin. Motorola stepped...