In the News

“In the News” features a sampling of faculty, staff and administrators who have been quoted in newspaper or magazine articles or have been interviewed on radio or television. To obtain a copy of the clipping packet from which the “In the News” items are collected, contact the Office of News and Media Relations, 713-348-6774.

San Francisco Chronicle
Duane Windsor, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Management, was quoted about the conviction of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers. “The I-don’t-know-anything defense seems dumb from the get-go,” he said. “It’s like the captain of the Titanic saying he wasn’t responsible because he was busy with something else when the ship hit an iceberg.”

Business Week
In an article about the various means to meet the United States’ energy needs, Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and associate director of the Rice Energy Program at the Shell Center for Sustainability, said that in contrast to the energy crisis in the 1970s, “We know what the solutions are. We don’t have to make a better car; we already have a better car.”

The Baltimore Sun
Jennifer George, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and professor of psychology, was quoted saying dissatisfied workers can be an impetus for improving the companies they work for.
“It is wise for organizations and managers to create a kind of environment for people when they run into problems” she said. “When they’re unhappy about things, they approach it in a problem-solving mode.”