LEAD: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School expert in organizational behavior and a noted management consultant, took over the top editorial job at The Harvard Business Review on Friday, succeeding Theodore Levitt, who will return to teaching.

New Harvard Business Review Chief

LEAD: Czechoslovakia named a new Cabinet today that includes non-Communists for the first time in 21 years, but it was rejected by the main opposition movement, which called for a mass demonstration on Monday to press for more change.

Clamor in Europe; Czechs Name a New Cabinet But the Opposition Rejects It

LEAD: George Bush finished one political journey today and started another. Mr. Bush began his

The Malta Summit; New Spur for a New Journey Together

LEAD: After a bridesmaid's season in which he had twice been the runner-up in Grand Slam tournaments, a beaming Stefan Edberg was only too thrilled to get a grip on the flower-filled Tiffany trophy that pronounced him the champion of the 1989 Masters, the last event of tennis's year and the last run of the tournament at Madison Square

Edberg Captures The Masters

LEAD: The East German Communist Party leadership under Egon Krenz collapsed today after a mounting wave of popular anger at its close identification with abuses under Erich Honecker, who was ousted as party leader last month.

Clamor in Europe; All Leaders of East German Communist Party Quit

LEAD: The portion of the Bush Administration's new housing proposals aimed at the homeless will do little if anything to ease conditions for New York City's swelling homeless population, say city and state officials and advocates for the homeless.

Homeless Plan Called Meager For New York

LEAD: The Giants gave it away today. They let the Philadelphia Eagles score all their points off four interceptions and fumbles, and when they fought back to tie the score, they let their chances slip away.

Eagles Turn Giants' Mistakes Into a 24-17 Victory

LEAD: Japanese Government officials say the United States' two leading aircraft engine makers have been virtually assured a big role in a Government-financed project to design an extremely fast commercial aircraft.

Assurance By Japan On Jet Deal

LEAD: Shuttling between incubators in the hot, cramped neonatal intensive care ward at Kings County Hospital, Florence Cheri, a registered nurse, rarely enjoys a moment's lull.

Nursing Shortage, Wages and Tasks Grow

LEAD: Life in the inner city has become so bleak that a growing number of poor blacks are fleeing to smaller cities, towns and suburbs in search of opportunity or, at least, safety.

As Inner-City Areas Decay, Blacks Flee to Small Towns

LEAD: Tracy Carlson has an inordinate interest in stains.

High Stakes for Product Managers

LEAD:  Hong Kong to Force Out Vietnamese Boat People  Hong Kong, straining to house the tens of thousands of Vietnamese boat people who have arrived in the last 18 months, is making final arrangements to force them to return.

INSIDE

LEAD: Government and professional groups in Britain are pressing ahead with reforms that could eventually allow accounting firms to incorporate to raise money by selling stakes to outside investors.

Outside Cash For British Accountants

LEAD: President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev ended their first summit meeting today with an extraordinary public affirmation of the new relationship between their countries.

The Malta Summit; BUSH AND GORBACHEV PROCLAIM A NEW ERA FOR U.S.-SOVIET TIES; AGREE ON ARMS AND TRADE AIMS

LEAD: When Harold T. Shapiro left the University of Michigan two years ago to become president of Princeton University, he brought with him no small burden of expectations. An economist who, as president, had steered Michigan through a time of financial hardship, he arrived here after an unusually brief search and to a chorus of praises.

Strife Over Style and Substance Tests Princeton's Leader

LEAD: The Rev. Patrick P. Paschak, the pastor at St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church in the East Village, came across an emotional scene in October when he visited the Ukraine, where Catholics have been forced to practice their religion underground since 1946.

For Ukrainian Catholics, Hope Mixed With Caution

LEAD: The Food and Drug Administration, the Federal agency responsible for insuring the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices, is facing rising responsibilities with a smaller staff and a budget that has remained almost constant for a decade.

Ailing Agency - The F.D.A. and Safety; A Guardian of U.S. Health Is Buckling Under Stress

LEAD: President Bush has moved to encourage the Soviet Union's integration into the global economy. Page A11.

Two Leaders Reach A Turn in the Road

LEAD:  INTERNATIONAL  Japanese officials have assured G.E. and Pratt & Whitney of a big role in a Government-financed project to design an extremely fast commercial aircraft. The Ministry of Trade and Industry hopes to spend $200 million in the next few years designing an engine for the ''hypersonic'' aircraft, which would travel at five times the speed of sound.

BUSINESS DIGEST

LEAD: THE fight defies the laws of probability. Back in 1980, when they last boxed, what soothsayer would have had the gall to prophesy that nine years later Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard would still matter enough to generate big-fight excitement one more time?

A Ring Rivalry That Won't Die

LEAD: Federal regulators rejected warnings in 1986 about a California savings and loan institution's heavy investment in risky high-yield securities, former Government officials who were involved in the decision said.

U.S. Said to Have Rejected Warning on Savings Unit

LEAD: rrJoseph (Papa Joe) Walley, a 50-year-old former warehouse worker and recreation director, has been unemployed for the five years or so since he injured his knee. About the same time, his landlord abandoned the West Harlem building in which Mr. Walley was living.

Metro Matters; Subway Begging: Legal for Charity But Not for Poor

LEAD: A sharp rise in gold prices, often viewed as a harbinger of a rising inflation rate, may inhibit further declines in long-term interest rates for the balance of the year, some analysts contend.

Gold Seen as Barrier to Fall in Interest Rates

LEAD: ''THERE are rhythms in the auto industry, and Chrysler is out of sync with them today,'' says Raymond Vernon, a Harvard Business School professor. The current rhythm rewards the General Motors Corporation and the Ford Motor Company because they have big operations in Europe, where profits are easier to come by than in the United States.

Business Scene; Chrysler Loses Industry Rhythm

LEAD: George Zahringer 3d has been the most successful amateur golfer of the decade in the New York metropolitan area, thanks primarily to the teaching of Jim McLean, the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club Scarborough, N.Y.

December 4, 1989

Headlines from December 4, 1989

New Harvard Business Review Chief

Clamor in Europe; Czechs Name a New Cabinet But the Opposition Rejects It

The Malta Summit; New Spur for a New Journey Together

Edberg Captures The Masters

Clamor in Europe; All Leaders of East German Communist Party Quit

Billboard 200

Girl You Know It's True

Storm Front

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Forever Your Girl

Hangin' Tough

Historical Context for December 4, 1989