Other research reveals that managers and knowledge workers spend 25%-80% of their time in meetings.
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Freeman and Longueuil were based on inside information, nor that Mr. Cohen had any knowledge of the portfolio managers' rationale for recommending the trades.
Very few top managers have intimate knowledge of Siemens's sprawling businesses, ranging from medical equipment to trains.
Yet The Economist has established that several former senior managers with detailed knowledge of the affair were not interviewed by the bank.
This vision includes a recognition that sales is one of the few disciplines in which professionals gain the majority of their knowledge and experience from peers and managers.
L-1 visas allow U.S. companies to transfer executives, managers and personnel with specialized knowledge from their overseas operations into the United States to work.
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Others are well-paid managers or professionals who have specialist knowledge of an industry.
While some people might not immediately associate blue-collar occupations with higher-level formal education, some of these managers and supervisors must have extensive knowledge of business or sciences to perform the tasks of, for example, power plant operator or agricultural manager.
The BBC has seen documents prepared by senior managers at the CQC that clearly indicate knowledge not only of problems in the maternity unit at Furness General but across the trust.
They include journalists, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, economists and money managers who attract followers and build communities around their knowledge.
My knowledge grew over time as I conversed with analysts and money managers about the markets, the economy, and managing money.
This two-day international event will gather a network of global experts in earthen architecture conservation, including site managers, researchers and specialized institutions, to share knowledge and experiences in conservation of World Heritage earthen architecture.
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When managers managed with a spreadsheet rather than real-world knowledge about what was actually going on in the factory and what were its possibilities, they overlooked hidden costs of the erosion of skills, the loss of quality and constraints on innovation.
When managers manage with a spreadsheet rather than real-world knowledge about what is actually going on in the factory and what were its possibilities, they overlook hidden costs of the erosion of skills, the loss of quality and constraints on innovation.
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Network managers attribute some of the network rage to a lack of basic knowledge about computers.
Also, their knowledge of the other employees involved in the network generally stopped at their street managers.
It has been noted that women are responsible for half of the human knowledge and technical expertise as informal agriculturalists, gardeners, animal-breeders, managers of their community resources as well as technological innovators and agents of change.
Turning managers into executives is not an evolutionary process brought about by piling on more knowledge.
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You might find it useful to network with other managers outside of the organization who may have had similar experiences and can share their knowledge with you.
Such questions--and the knowledge that many other banks are not asking them--combine to keep the bank's risk managers awake at night.
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All too often, senior bank managers have shown scant understanding of the sorts of risks their traders are running, let alone a knowledge of the bank's controls.
Experienced estate managers typically fetch six-figure salaries in return for a substantial skill set that spans everything from knowledge of fine food and wine to an understanding of art and architecture to skills in household accounting, personnel management, first aid, computers, high-tech security and HVAC systems.
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