In return, a new category of lead teachers worked longer hours and 10 extra days a year, a tougher screening process was established to weed out bad teachers, and traditional seniority rules were dropped so the best veteran teachers could be assigned to the most troubled schools.
A big public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, has maintained tough screening procedures for mail ever since a letter bomb -- ultimately shown to have been sent by the Unabomber -- killed one of its former executives at his home in North Caldwell, N.J., in 1994.
David Moyes targeted the Portuguese while he was in charge at Old Trafford but Louis van Gaal seems less keen, opening the door for Arsenal to make a move for a tough, uncompromising screening midfielder.
"I can't screw the front door any tighter," said the commissioner, Martin Oesterreich, referring to tough screening procedures adopted in 1996 to discourage any parent with a housing alternative from using the shelters as a shortcut to a subsidized apartment.
But in a telephone interview on Thursday, Professor Heskett said that in light of recent accounting scandals, business schools should adopt the tough screening procedures used by the best-run corporations.
"I can't screw the front door any tighter," said Mr. Oesterreich, in reference to tough screening procedures started by the Giuliani administration in 1996, resulting in more families' being turned away.
There were stories of travelers from non-blacklisted nations being unable to reach the U.S. or facing unusually tough screening upon arrival.
And while the government in Seoul does offer assistance to those fleeing the oppressive North, the tough screening and integration process does deter some from entering or staying in the Republic of Korea.
Tough screening and high professional experience levels of new recruits may help senior employees to trust then implicitly.
But no one had really changed their minds.On the other hand, not having a tough enough screen can be worse than having one.
