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Abolishing executive offices

The costs of office-less executives outweigh the benefitsIT IS A tradition of corporate architecture. A company’s top executives get offices on the top floor, often dubbed the C-suite after the “chiefs” who occupy it. The CEO resides in the “corner office”, with the biggest windows and best views. Junior staff suffer a few moments of…

Bernd Osterloh, labour nemesis of Volkswagen’s boss, abdicates

Will the departure of the veteran works-council bruiser usher in a new era for the German carmaker?“THE MOST powerful man at Volkswagen.” Ferdinand Dudenhöffer of the Centre for Automotive Research, an influential think-tank, was not referring to Herbert Diess, the German company’s boss. Rather, he reserved that title for Bernd Osterloh. In his 16 years…