The fallacious thinking which underpins some of the slash-and-burn management tactics that tend to get traction during economic downturns can ultimately devastate a business that adopts a bunker mentality.

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We both came to like the various releases of Warcraft which was real time strategy, tactics and resource management.

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"The Fiji game at the weekend was all about game management and I felt the tactics were poor... it was a pretty gloomy weekend, " Turner said.

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But underlying all those tactics was a very simple management mistake News Corp. made.

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Management today is using a rulebook based on a decade of tactics that no longer work in a demand-driven market.

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Glasgow firm Walker Sandford Property Management looks after several thousand households in the city, but its tactics have led to a series of angry claims by a significant number of its clients.

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He is the co-editor of "Police Suicide: Tactics for Prevention, " which advocates peer support and stress management programs and emphasizes the importance of mental health treatment and a culture in which asking for help is not seen as a poor career move or a sign of weakness.

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