4. In 2008, citing Goldman as one of the "Top 20 Most Admired Companies" in the United States, Fortune magazine characterized the rm's culture as "an...

4. In 2008, citing Goldman as one of the “Top 20 Most Admired Companies” in the United States, Fortune magazine characterized the firm’s culture as “an impossi-ble-to-replicate mix of extreme aggression, deep paranoia, individual ambition, and robot-like teamwork.” Judging from our case, how valid do you regard this characteriza-tion? If you were a top manager at Goldman, how would you deal with the apparent conflict between “individual ambition” and “robot-like teamwork”?