A Better Course

“[Our] sole purpose is to critique objectionable PR practices, and even we get spammed. Sometimes we get follow-up calls from them asking if we want to run their stories. [our response] is, ‘We write about deceptive and unethical P.R. practices — do

(tags: nytimes media publishing publicrelations spam)

“The value of advertising on the Internet would drop because you couldn’t say, ‘This is a finance person. Let me show them a finance ad. […] So the only way to make as much money is a) make them pay or b) show them more ads.”

(tags: businessweek online advertising privacy america)

subordinates don’t necessarily obey your orders, despite your formal authority over them. You won’t have more freedom to make things happen—instead, you’ll feel constrained by organizational interdependencies.

(tags: businessweek management leadership)

If your employees feel that your need for Jane’s experience outweighs the pain she causes them and that you’re willing to let them suffer Jane’s toxic personality so you can get your quarterly bonus, expect morale to suffer.

(tags: businessweek management leadership hr)

The idea, Mr. Fletcher said, was to frame and exhibit the intimate details of life, or at least ones that would be aesthetically pleasing, “like your silhouette in the shower.”

(tags: design nytimes newyork)

“U.K. and European visitors like high-end brands, and they are buying more of them here because they are less expensive”. For this clientele, the company is offering free limo rides, complete with Champagne.

(tags: uk europe america dollar retail business cnn)