Discussion and analysis in this weeks Economist about the change in leadership at BAE Systems.
Interesting stuff:
PERHAPS it has something to do with the nature of its business, but there was a time when changing the guard at BAE Systems was a combative affair. From the ousting in 1991 of Sir Roland Smith, a chairman, to the ejection (while on a skiing holiday) in 2002 of John Weston, a chief executive who had thought himself in line for the job of chairman, regicide has been a prime tool of talent management at Europe's biggest defence firm.
Interesting stuff:
PERHAPS it has something to do with the nature of its business, but there was a time when changing the guard at BAE Systems was a combative affair. From the ousting in 1991 of Sir Roland Smith, a chairman, to the ejection (while on a skiing holiday) in 2002 of John Weston, a chief executive who had thought himself in line for the job of chairman, regicide has been a prime tool of talent management at Europe's biggest defence firm.