Animal behaviour in the boardroom  Chimp Do your boss and this
primate have something in common?  Monkey business might mean
mucking around, but some companies are finding inspiration in
the chimp world.  Chester Zoo has started opening its cages to
local businesses so they can observe the beasts, then ape it in
the boardroom in the first management course of its kind in the
UK.  Leading a group of business people around the zoo, Dutch
biologist-turned-leadership expert Patrick van Veen explains
they are taught how primitive behaviour is still alive and well
in the workplace.  By observing monkeys and apes, the premise is
that they will start to understand their colleagues better, he
says.  And as Chester plays host to one of the world's largest
and most successful groups of zoo chimpanzees, there is a lot of
material to work with.  Mr Van Veen already runs successful
courses in Germany, Belgium and Holland - and says that
attitudes towards management can vary across Europe.  "It's very
easy to talk about beh