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Executive Development Center gains recognition
iy Sherri Roberts
Special to The Battalion
“Management is management is manage
ment.” Not exactly Shakespeare, but rather a
philosophy that has propelled Texas A&M’s Cen
ter for Executive Development to the rank of
I6th among North American universities in the
number of partipants attending its executive ed
ucation programs.
Duke Hobbs, director of the center and a man
agement lecturer, said concepts covered in the
management programs can be applied by exec
utives from a diverse array of industries.
Strategy development and implementation,
techniques to sharpen communication skills and
motivate employees, capital investment and keys
to marketing success are among the topics cov
ered in the programs.
The self-supporting center, established in
1953, offers three programs throughout the
year: a week-long management seminar geared
for first and second-level managers, a two-week
management development program for mid
level managers and a three-week advanced man
agement program for top-level executives.
Hobbs said the programs, which are limited to
about 40 participants and range in cost from
$1,100 to $4,700, attract executives from many
industries, including AT&T, the Turkish Petro
leum Company in Turkey, General Dynamics,
Saudi Telecom and IBM.
Hobbs, a 1947 A&M graduate who left his po
sition as vice president at the food broker com
pany, the Gordon Company, in 1986 to return to
A&M as a lecturer, said, “They come here, see
the beautiful facilities, friendly campus, and it's
all a positive thing for A&M. By developing bet
ter managers who have better managerial skills,
the center is helping the United States to become
more competitive in the world marketplace.”
But all work and no play makes for a dull exec
utive. So participants in the program take a break
from the program sessions, which typically run
from 8 a.m to 5 p.m., to receive a dose of Aggie
tradition. This includes a campus tour and a film
on A&M narrarated by, among others, Texas
physician Red Duke, Class of ’50 and a former
yell leader.
Hobbs said A&M’s top twenty ranking in the
number of participants attending its executive
education programs (Harvard and Columbia are
among the universities ranked in the top five)
can be attributed partially to the programs’ com
prehensiveness, a thought echoed by partici
pants.
Gary Ralston, an administrator at Houston
Lighting and Power who is attending the man
agement development program currently being
conducted by the center, said, “Nothing can com
pare to this in comprehensiveness. All facets of a
manager’s role are covered.
“We exchange ideas with managers from dif
ferent countries — we’re all curious about the
same things.”
Indeed, the program roster reflects the cultu
ral smorgasbord of ideas concentrated in the
group, which includes executives from Venezu
ela, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, New Jersey and Flor
ida.
As to the center’s role in helping A&M achieve
status as a world-class university, Hobbs noted
that for A&M, though in the forefront of exec
utive development in the world, world-class sta
tus is nothing new.
“We’ve been a world class university for a long
time,” he said.
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Women have the ability to defend
fheBil ihemselves, and the American Pro-
ective Tactics Association is offering
icourse to help them polish self-de
fense skills.
Joe Lapaglia, president of the as
sociation, said the course will cover
basic karate techniques, awareness,
escape and evasion, home safety,
rape prevention, legal issues and
property identification procedures.
“A lot of women believe they are
the weaker sex,’
“That’s not true.”
Lapaglia said.
Women need to be taught effec
tive ways to defend themselves, he
said.
Besides offering a free self-de-
Officials say toxic waste needs big reduction
AUSTIN (AP) — State water officials Monday called
n lawmakers and industry to help cut hazardous waste
iroduction in half by 1995, in light of possibly more
itringent federal disposal regulations.
Texas Water Commission Chairman B.J. “Buck”
Vynne III said the Legislature should consider waiving
ales taxes on the purchase of equipment used to reduce
n radjiazardous waste.
He also urged permitting additional waste facilities,
:ondnued “aggressive enforcement” and the formation
^ )f a compact with neighboring states for hazardous
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could avoid using up its capacity through the importa
tion of waste from other states, Wynne said.
In calling for a comprehensive waste management
study, Wynne said, “Tax credits as well as other finan
cial incentives for waste reduction and legitimate recy
cling efforts should also be explored.”
Wynne’s recommendations grew out of a commission
staff report that was presented to the Environmental
Protection Agency.
The report assures the EPA that Texas has sufficient
capacity to manage hazardous wastes for the next 20
years, Wynne said. He said if the state was unable,
Texas would have lost millions in federal funds.
fense class, the American Protective
Tactics Association points out unsafe
spots in members’ homes, hires pri
vate investigators if a member’s
home is burglarized and helps the el
derly safeguard their homes.
Lapaglia has taught martial arts
for 28 years, and has taught karate
in Bryan-College Station and in
three surrounding counties since
1971. He said the free self-defense
course for the general community is
new to this area.
T he self-defense course will begin
Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Brazos
Center, at 3232 Briarcrest Drive in
Bryan. It will continue Thursday
and Friday at 8 p.m. Participants
need to attend all three nights, Lap
aglia said.
If enough interest is shown, the
course will be expanded to eight
weeks starting next week, Lapaglia
said.
Legislator proposes
increasing 6 sin taxes’
to help fund schools
AUSTIN (AP) — Smokers and
drinkers would face a $723 mil
lion state tax increase for public
schools under a proposal un
veiled Monday by a Texas law
maker.
Rep. Dan Morales said legis
lators also should consider other
money-raising measures, includ
ing a state income tax, to ensure a
solid school finance system, since
the Texas Supreme Court ruled
the current system is unconstitu
tional.
The court, in a unanimous de
cision, ordered the Legislature to
change the state’s school financ
ing method because it allows
property-rich schools to spend
more on education than prop
erty-poor districts.
Morales, who is seeking the
Democratic nomination for state
attorney general, said increasing
so-called “sin taxes” would be the
easiest way to raise immediate
funds for poor schools until the
Legislature can overhaul both the
tax and school systems.
“Those who deny the need for
additional state investment in our
children are leading Texas di
rectly down the road to ruin,”
Morales said.
His San Antonio legislative dis
trict includes the Edgewood
school district, which was the lead
plaintiff for poor schools in the
lawsuit against the state.
Morales proposed raising the
state cigarette tax 10 cents, from
26 cents to 36 cents per package;
doubling both beer and liquor
taxes, from $6 to $12 per barrel
of beer and from $2.40 to $4.80
per gallon of liquor; and increas
ing from 12 percent to 20 percent
the tax on mixed beverage sales.
The increases would bring
$723 million to state coffers over
two years, in addition to the $250
million already approved by law
makers for equity school funding
this year, said Morales, a member
of the House tax-writing commit
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But liquor and cigarette lobby
ists quickly criticized Morales, say
ing his proposal targets a specific
group to fix a statewide problem,
hits the poor the hardest and
would end up reducing state
taxes.
Smokers and drinkers would
either lessen consumption, or buy
in neighboring states with lower
taxes, they said.
“It would be a substantial in
ducement to at least casual smug
gling (of cigarettes), if not smug
gling on an organized basis,”
Walker Merriman, vice president
of the Tobacco Institute, said.
But Morales said the tax in
crease would show a good-faith
effort by the Legislature to con-
“T
hose who deny the
need for additional state
investment in our
children are leading
Texas directly down the
road to ruin.”
— Dan Morales,
State representative
vince the Supreme Court to ex
tend its May 1 deadline to correct
the funding disparities, so that
lawmakers could later make ma
jor changes to the state tax system
to maintain school funding.
He said lawmakers should look
at the state income tax, but added
it will not become law unless the
public determines it is the fairest
tax.
“When we reach that point, I
am going to be willing to support
the public in that endeavor,” he
said.
Morales also criticized claims
that a tax increase could be
avoided through establishment of
a state lottery. A lottery would not
produce enough revenue and the
state should not promote gam
bling, he said.
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