JURGEN DORMANN was supposedly a safe pair of hands, a sensible manager who could steer his way through a crisis.
Any sensible manager would encourage senior staff to watch The Great British Bake Off, where Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood run a seminar on human relations every night.
"The Dark Knight Rises" also benefited from well-behaved patrons and sensible theater managers.
Despite a less than conservative start, James now has a reputation as a sensible, insightful manager.
With that example before him, what will a sensible German manager do next time he faces a difficult decision?Special report In the money Grasso's big board The stockpot Kilts complex Power pay McGuire makes good The market rate Kleinfeld misses out Better pay for all Unrepentant Nardelli Sources & acknowledgmentsReprints.
More recently, a sensible-seeming manager showed us a roomy loft with a view of the Hollywood sign, explaining how he liked to "state all things clearly".
When the benefit involves a short time horizon and the manager has greater information than the employee about the effects of the benefit, it may be sensible for the manager to make a decision about the benefit in the employee's behalf.
Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football game, one to rival the British hits of the time: Sensible Soccer, Championship Manager and Kick-Off.
Duffield seems now to recognise this is not a sensible strategy, so, while managers will still be allowed some autonomy, there will be move more collaboration and sharing of ideas.
ABN Amro is developing its investment banking operations the way it developed its commercial banking business: with a few acquisitions here and there and building from scratch where it can't make deals at prices its hard-headed Dutch managers consider sensible.
