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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:51 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:33:57 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/management/michael-skapinker http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/management/michael-skapinker http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product National self-denigration is one of the most startling discoveries incomers make about the UK, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Though guilty of naivety in its decision to sponsor the Olympics, the chemicals group is not the principal villain of the Bhopal affair, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:34:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product If companies’ pledges threaten their futures, they should do as they always do when their decisions get them into trouble: negotiate with creditors, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:47:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Alastair Campbell is on a mission is to persuade employers not to take fright when dealing with the issue of mental ilness among staff, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:47:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Harvard Business School’s choice of subject in a recent business study belies the fact that predicting taste is hazardous, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:58:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c3f8032-35f6-11e1-9f98-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product An NGO fighting the transmission of Aids shows some people are readier to listen to peers than to authority figures, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:00:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c3f8032-35f6-11e1-9f98-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 7c3f8032-35f6-11e1-9f98-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75c93d7c-1f32-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Leading figures at a great university took a bet that a vicious dictatorship would reform itself. The bet failed, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:51:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75c93d7c-1f32-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 75c93d7c-1f32-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/13ff9b0e-19e7-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product If the chief executive disappeared tomorrow, could the company carry on functioning? And if all the other employees did, asks Michael Skapinker Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:41:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/13ff9b0e-19e7-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 13ff9b0e-19e7-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9afb9f68-1505-11e1-b9b8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product It is not just violence that they could head off with better management, but irritation or customer disenchantment, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:35:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9afb9f68-1505-11e1-b9b8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 9afb9f68-1505-11e1-b9b8-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c23278e-0f84-11e1-88cc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Rick Perry’s recall failure made people wince, but studies reveal that people who take a dim view of old age tend to forget sooner, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:28:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c23278e-0f84-11e1-88cc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 4c23278e-0f84-11e1-88cc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a106566-0931-11e1-8e86-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product What we are seeing outside London’s St Paul’s is not a movement. It is a festival of ideas without a focus, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:46:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a106566-0931-11e1-8e86-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 7a106566-0931-11e1-8e86-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/957dbdf2-047d-11e1-ac2a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product There is sometimes a gap between what happens in people’s own lives and what they believe from reading the newspapers, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:25:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/957dbdf2-047d-11e1-ac2a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 957dbdf2-047d-11e1-ac2a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d188bdfa-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Companies would do well to remember they are more than a just commercial presence in the countries in which they invest, says Michael Skapinker Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:30:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d188bdfa-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product d188bdfa-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b7c78a2-f972-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product There are three options: an extra Heathrow runway, a new airport, or ceding London’s leadership – and the government has opted for the third, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:10:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b7c78a2-f972-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 0b7c78a2-f972-11e0-bf8f-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59f5679c-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Memorable cases endure as they tell stories people want to believe and some illustrate how litigious Americans are, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:49:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59f5679c-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 59f5679c-f3fe-11e0-b221-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f21b078-edd2-11e0-acc7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product New devices often provoke moral panics but eventually people discover more civilised ways of living with them, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:22:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f21b078-edd2-11e0-acc7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 4f21b078-edd2-11e0-acc7-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20561304-e9c9-11e0-bb3e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Companies that encourage people to bring their whole selves to work must make clear the boundary between self-expression and the organisation’s needs Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:11:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20561304-e9c9-11e0-bb3e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 20561304-e9c9-11e0-bb3e-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74ad04f6-ddff-11e0-a391-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Sustaining a religious-inspired company ethos is possible only if you stay away from the stock market, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:14:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74ad04f6-ddff-11e0-a391-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 74ad04f6-ddff-11e0-a391-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a97ace-d870-11e0-8f0a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product It is hard for companies to keep track of the kinds of damage their sub-contactors might do, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:16:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a97ace-d870-11e0-8f0a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product 14a97ace-d870-11e0-8f0a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0a85fdc-d2fd-11e0-9aae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product Management should build on a ‘specialised body of knowledge that practitioners are obliged to apply in their daily work’, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:37:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0a85fdc-d2fd-11e0-9aae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_michael-skapinker/feed//product e0a85fdc-d2fd-11e0-9aae-00144feab49a