Costs were squeezed, managements revamped, and labour cut (though politically sensitive laws make redundancies difficult).
The possibility of contracting out all services, or a local takeover of some welfare benefits, or a big squeeze on management have all been considered by one or more of the leading-edge Conservative councils.
The system "actually forces the management to squeeze people, to squeeze them and make them work hours off the clock, and for managers to pick up the slack," said Klein.
And, when architects are now subjected to the most elaborate forms of control and project management, squeezing out invention in the interests of reducing risk, it is in order to avoid mishaps much like the Cambridge history faculty.
But while I thought the breakdown, predicted in the comments last week by @solentview, was well done – Friis freezing, then crumbling in almost slow motion; and the picture of Torben being squeezed by both management and his staff is recognisable – I'm still not really convinced by the character arc this season.
It has since handled the change by squeezing costs, revamping management, focusing on designing new products and relying on low labour costs and technology.
No doubt Mr Murdoch's tougher management will squeeze out some cost savings.
It thinks Darden's mature chains need more focused management, to squeeze out more sales growth and close underperforming branches.
One half of the salon, Strip, focuses on depilating people's private parts (buttocks, $25; nipples, $10), offering squeeze toys for pain management.
The underlying issue, which the Supreme Court has now ratified, is Wal-Mart's authoritarian style, by which executives pressure store-level management to squeeze more and more from millions of clerks, stockers and lower-tier managers.
