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Table of Contents: How to Say Nothing Well by H. W. Hildebrandt p. 4 - A practitioner of the art of saying nothing well is interviewed here. The author has made an informal study of the cliche. ; Working for Hitachi, Ltd. p. 7 - An interview with a second year MBA student who learned firsthand about Japanese business methods by living in Tokyo last summer and working for a Japanese company. ; Putting an Elephant Into a Box p. 10 - Research on distributed database systems which is being done here at the Business School will allow a network of smaller computers to perform functions previously done only by a central computer. ; Hard Times at the U. of M. p. 12 - The U-M is going to fall significantly behind other top universities if adjustments are not made soon to rechannel its increasingly limited funds. President Shapiro talks here about the adjustments, and Dean Whitaker comments on how the fiscal crisis affects the Business School. ; Aiming for the Fast Track by Charles S. Strauch p. 15 - The president of Memorex Corporation visited the School and talked informally with students about career choices, turnaround companies, and what it's like out there in management today. ; Rounding Out the Picture p. 18 - Student clubs are an enriching part of the Business School, and exist only through the imagination, energy and dedication of students themselves. Here we introduce you to the presidents of 11 student clubs. ; What Have the Japanese Got That We Haven't? p. 26 - Notes from a conference at the U-M which considered the challenge of the Japanese automotive industry and asked, among other things, whether we are prepared to have our industrial base cut in half? ; Among Ourselves p. 28 ; Class Notes p. 32. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/50727>
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Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan
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Electronic reproduction; Ann Arbor Michigan; Michigan Copy Center; 2004
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