DELEGATE. And focus on a few big things, according to Craig Gilbert's look at President Bush's management style. There probably is no one best way to manage things, which is a reason for enumerating and limiting the powers of a government, and for chartering corporations and holding them to those goals. There is also something to be said for not spending endless time on what-ifs, my experience with faculty senate meetings suggests that some people are not happy unless there is a contingency plan in midwinter for an instant thaw, and another one in summer for an instant ice age. The essay does raise a good point, though: the President is putting a lot of weight on a specific outcome: continued successful prosecution of the war on international terrorists will lift the uncertainty that is dampening the economy.