This gives birth to increased confrontations, management against workers and even management against management.
The activists were far outnumbered by reporters and camera crews, drawn by the prospect of a telegenic confrontation with management.
It was only a week ago that the annual meeting of US Airways promised to be a nasty confrontation between management and union workers angry over executive pay and the airline's strategy after the collapse of its proposed merger with United Airlines.
"I doubt there are vultures circling over Qantas for a takeover as the airline can't show it is able to overcome what could potentially be a destructive confrontation between management and unions in the coming weeks and months," Shukor Yusof, an analyst for Standard & Poor's in Singapore, told Reuters.
The opera company Teatro Comunale di Firenze were proud of the just-post-punk British mise-en-scene, with black bin bags heaped onstage and a phoney Hockney on a wall, but there was an onstage confrontation with management over the permissible length for giant phalluses.
General Manager Walt Jocketty said: "I think the guys like the atmosphere because there is very little confrontation -- with management, ownership, media and fans.
But Mr. Iger said that assigning the dispute to a confrontation between the management of the two companies was totally inaccurate.
MUTUAL funds used to avoid direct confrontation with the management of their portfolio companies when they were unhappy about, say, executive pay or director independence.
At least then the conversation might not be about his form following the lucrative switch to Nike clubs, his legal confrontation with former management company Horizon, the status of his relationship with Caroline Wozniacki or the health of his wisdom tooth.
His quiet and supportive approach to colleagues – and his frequent confrontation with newspaper management – was all the more remarkable given that he was a drill instructor during national service with the Royal Engineers.
