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Interim management is an employment model that uses senior-level executives to manage a specific business function or special project on a temporary basis, particularly during critical change initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions, restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , and downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs.

(2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system.

(jargon) downsizing
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Interim management assignments can range from several months to a few years, and candidates can charge fees from $1,000 to $5,000 a day. Roger Sweeney Sweeney

in poems by T. S. Eliot, symbolizes the sensual, brutal, and materialistic 20th-century man. [Br. Poetry, Benét, 978]

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, partner of Reefpoint L.L.P., a U.S. interim management company, has seen a 25% increase in such placement and says this trend creates growing opportunities for experienced problem-solving change agents.

Benefits of interim jobs:

* Heightening height·en  
v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens

v.tr.
1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.

2. To make high or higher; raise.

v.intr.
 exposure to various industries and sectors

* Building a resume with diverse career experiences

* Successfully transitioning into a new or emerging industry mid- or post-career
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Date:Dec 1, 2006
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