In both instances, the missteps of the candidates' staffs have been used to suggest that the candidate is a weak manager or not quite ready to be president.
However, it seems that this weak manager role is not based solely on the relationship between managers and practicing physicians, but is also reinforced by how the CEOs perceive their own manager role, as well as that of other CEOs or subordinate managers.
Frankly, the Ford clan makes fair kings but weak managers.
Upon taking over as general manager of a weak Buffalo Bills club in 1985, he used draft picks (Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas) and acquisitions (Jim Kelly, Cornelius Bennett) to turn the team into a powerhouse that played in four Super Bowls by 1993.
"Strong managers will put a stop to it, but weaker managers don't really know how to handle it properly.
This incongruity may occur due to poor communication -employees fail to understand the strategies underlying these events- or because of weak management controls -managers making important decisions without reference to organizational values.
THE weak economy has made Phillip H. Perelmuter, the manager of the $1.4 billion Hartford MidCap fund, even more selective than usual.
Tracy Casselman deputy manager of the refuge, said the dying brants had been disoriented, weak and isolated from flocks.
Scott Schoelzel, manager of Janus Twenty, said that after several strong years, Janus's weaker performance this year should be no great surprise.
Robert Friedman, portfolio manager of the Mutual European fund, part of Franklin Templeton Investments, took time last week to discuss the weak euro, the strong dollar and investing.
