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Bush’s MBA
Twenty-six of 42 presidents, including Bill Clinton, were lawyers. Seven were generals. George W. Bush becomes the first with an MBA.
Those who have had Bush for a boss since the mid-1980s—in the 1 of oil, baseball and Texas state government—describe his management 2 as straight from the pages of the organizational-behavior 3 he studied while getting his masters of business administration 4 at Harvard University in 1975.
He manages by what is known 5 “walking around,” having learned that sitting behind a desk and passing out memos does 6 to energize anyone.
He has a reputation for fueling “creative tension” 7 his subordinates, encouraging them to take and defend opposing 8 . That sacrifices harmony, but puts ideas to the test and lets Bush 9 above the fray, where he can offer guidance instead of barking 10 . Imagine the creative tension that may erupt 11 the likes of Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell and Defense Secretary— 12 Donald Rumsfeld.
Above all, former employees say that he is a master at delegating 13 installing measures of accountability—ways of knowing 14 subordinates are getting the job done without looking 15 any shoulders. That frees Bush for strategic thinking—perhaps 16 two words hammered into MBA students most—which means thinking 17 to seize opportunities and to derail threats to the best of plans.
“George was my 18 ,” says Tom Schieffer, who served as president of the Texas Rangers under Bush 19 1991 and 1995. “But he never made me feel that way. He went out of his way to treat me as a 20 , not a subordinate.”
That’s one trait that might be of concern, says Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s important for subordinates to feel part of the team, but not just because the boss craves popularity. Just as in the military, it must be understood who is in charge when the final order is given.
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business
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style
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textbooks
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degree
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as
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little
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among
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positions
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stay
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orders
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from
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designate
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whether
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over
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ahead
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boss
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partner
Tidiness
Tidiness means keeping things out of sight and yet available when wanted. It implies that there is a 21 for everything and that each thing used finds its way 22 to its place by a continuos process, not by a spasmodic 23 . The process depends, however, upon the drawer, cupboard and storage 24 being provided, for lack of which one things may literally have 25 place to go. Like the perambulator and trolley, the luggage and the golfclubs 26 be homeless. The same may be true of the deck-chairs 27 the bulkier plastic toys. As there is no place for them, it is no 28 telling people to put them away. The architect who thus economises on 29 space is apt to claim that a good-sized sitting-room is 30 result. What advantage is there in that, however, 31 half the living-room has to be used for storage? The aesthetic 32 depends, in turn, upon storage space. 33 it may be true that no house ever had cupboards enough, 34 are some houses which have practically no cupboards 35 all. In these our choice must lie between chronic 36 and ruthless destruction. That is not to say, however, 37 cupboard space will itself create tidiness. Some people 38 happier, it would seem, in chaos. There is the question, furthermore, 39 the cupboards themselves are tidy. That 40 has been swept out of sight is no proof, in itself, that everything can be found.
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