Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy?
Mr. Whitworth, known as a straight talker who is often brought in to clean up management messes, may shake up the sleepy Mattel board.
They pop up, says Andrew Keyt, who runs the Family Business Centre at Loyola University in Chicago, mainly when senior management messes up, or if it fails to uphold the family's values as William Clay Ford has done at Ford Motor Company.
"The reason we have this management compensation mess is that there is no force to impose discipline on company managements," he said.
Its risk management is a mess.
Mess Management Specialist Seaman Lakeina Monique Francis, 19, Woodleaf, N.C.
As we've established, dressing when you're a dad should all be about mess management.
Seaman Francis, a mess management specialist, was among the 17 American sailors killed in an explosion on Thursday that tore a gaping hole in the hull of the Cole during a refueling stop in Yemen.
Electronics Warfare Technician Third Class Ronald Scott Owens, 24, Vero Beach, Fla. Engineman Fireman Joshua Langdon Parlett, 19, Churchville, Md. Fireman Apprentice Patrick Howard Roy, Keedysville, Md. Electronics Warfare Technician Second Class Kevin Shawn Rux, 30, Portland, N.D. Mess Management Specialist Third Class Ronchester Mananga Santiago, 22, Kingsville, Tex.
And, as usual, our clock management was a mess.
