CORPORATIONS: Successful Schizophrenia

At 9 a.m. each weekday, two Cadillacs purr up to the front and rear doors of the modern, lawn-surrounded factory of the Kaynar Corp. in Los Angeles. Brainy, lightly muscled Kenneth Reiner. 43, Kaynar's president, gets out at the rear door. Brawny (5 ft. 8 in.. 165 Ibs.), outgoing Frank Klaus, 44, vice president and treasurer, gets out at the front. Each is careful not to meet the other.

Klaus and Reiner work in separate offices, purposely isolated at opposite ends of the sprawling (100,000 sq. ft.) factory, have no intercoms, do not consult with each other on the telephone,...

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