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Vol XXXIII No. 15

Monday, September 13, 1999

Lecture traces fall and rise of Harley-Davidson

      While major corporations were handing out candy bars and jelly beans to prospective recruits during career day Friday, marketing executive Ken Schmidt greeted a crowd in the Jordan Auditorium with the roar of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Schmidt described Harley-Davidson as a "phenomenally successful company that wasn't always so," in his lecture, "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Harley-Davidson: The Power of Employee Empowerment." He addressed the company's failures and success ... [more]
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