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Management specialists decry Trump's firing of team player.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2004

By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 3--"You're fired!"

Real estate tycoon Donald Trump has made those two words among the most famous -- and most feared -- in the English lexicon.

But while The Donald and the NBC prime-time reality show "The Apprentice" have captivated television viewers, management specialists say the method Trump uses to fire people on the show is counterproductive.

Take the case of attorney and real estate investor Bradford Cohen, 33, of Florida. On a recent episode, he was granted immunity from the boardroom and the possibility of being dismissed by Trump because he had guided his team to victory. Confident that his performance would shield him from being fired,...

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