The problem with such "MBAs" is that always the answer is to eat the seed corn, making the problem worse. If Lenovo is to grow out of this, it will have to do

The problem with such "MBAs" is that always the answer is to eat the seed corn, making the problem worse. If Lenovo is to grow out of this, it will have to do it with the manufacturing and design/IT departments. Yet a voice within me seems to be very certain that these departments are going to find themselves cut down far more than the sales and general management departments. At one company, when this happened, they actually increased sales commissions while cutting engineering jobs. At that point, you know it's time to get out. Out of the company's stock, primarily. IBM is the prime example of this attitude.