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The employee relations edifice (02 November 12:00) |
| What indeed are the drivers of ER climate, good or bad?A clear ER philosophy or the lack of What indeed are the drivers of ER climate, good or bad?A clear ER philosophy or the lack of |
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Homecoming blues (02 November 12:00) |
| In a previous article I had talked of some of the issues that returning non-resident Indians — we called them RNRIs for short — faced while trying to meld into their country of birth. Th... |
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Executive learning back in demand (02 November 12:00) |
| It is a good time again for executive management education programmes thanks to fading concerns about the economic slowdown in corporate circles.Executive MBA programmes, which have received... |
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Measuring audience behaviour (02 November 12:00) |
| Audience measurement is an area of market research that has generated a lot of interest and its share of controversy as well. Interest, because so much media expenditure is based on the resu... |
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From alienation to meaning (26 October 12:00) |
| It might sound like an unlikely place to find insights into human potential pertaining to the modern world, but Marx’s ideas on alienation continue to be relevant even in the world of free... |
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In search of the common good (26 October 12:00) |
| The Great Indian Election 2009 is over and the vox populi has delivered a substantive mandate for development, inclusive growth and stability. As soon as the election was over, we were all t... |
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Bad employees tell on your bottomline (26 October 12:00) |
| What do you call those who are especially difficult, troublesome, or hard to work with? The answer is Bad Apples, as instructs the title of a book from Brette McWhorter and Terrence J. Sembe... |
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The growing threat to our employee relations climate (19 October 12:00) |
| (In the first of this two-part article, the writer argues why the current symptoms of industrial unrest and poor ER climate must not be (In the first of this two-part article, the writer ar... |
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When East meets West (19 October 12:00) |
| Seshagiri is an NRI returning to live and work in India. This is what his business card says: Seshagiri Valangimani Seshagiri is an NRI returning to live and work in India. This is what his... |
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Readymade mentors (19 October 12:00) |
| Whenever Rangaiah Karapukula, Managing Director, Onam Agarbathi Pvt Ltd, faces an uncomfortable situation in business, he has a ready-made panel of advisors at MentorSquare offering him guid... |
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Management imperatives in the current context (19 October 12:00) |
| While there is no denying the fact that organisations need to manage the careers of high-potential employees, the question is how should human resource (HR) managers go about it?To begin wit... |
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The importance of CRM (12 October 12:00) |
| Yet another modern-day buzzword, CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management.Of course, any good businessman has always understood the importance of developing and nurturing strong equat... |
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Add muscle to your CV (12 October 12:00) |
| Business schools are the playgrounds of the future managers of the corporate world. At last count, there were close to 2,000 business schools in India, which churn out nearly two lakh busine... |
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India an attractive destination for US B-schools (12 October 12:00) |
| The recovery in India and China seems to have shored up the sagging morale of the global economies, battered by the financial sector mayhem that shook the world in September The recovery in... |
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A good fit culturally speaking (05 October 12:00) |
| Cultural integration has been a buzzword in corporate circles ever since India opened its business borders, but its importance has never been more apparent than it is now. The skyline of Ind... |
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The uncommon common touch (05 October 12:00) |
| At some point or the other in our careers we have all been subjected to the destructive force of our bosses venting their ire on us in public; equally surely, we have been witnesses to their... |
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Calm confident is the way to go (05 October 12:00) |
| I am sorry but I am unable to help you further. I would like to reiterate that the Entry Clearance Officer’s decision is I am sorry but I am unable to help you further. I would like to re... |
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Are you taking too many decisions (05 October 12:00) |
| As a leader you may be busy taking a lot of decisions, which in a way keeps you and those around you feeling your power. But wait. Are you taking too many decisions, without asking in the fi... |
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The taxonomy of leadership (21 September 12:00) |
| It is said that the amount of literature about leadership far exceeds the supply of leaders themselves all around the world. However, all of this literature does not seem to satiate the desi... |
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Talent engagement in tough times (21 September 12:00) |
| The slowdown has thrown up a slew of challenges for human resource managers who seem to be caught between seemingly contradictory demands. Whereas, on the one hand, issues such as workforce ... |
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Online networking as a marketing tool (21 September 12:00) |
| It was not too long ago that Orkut was all the rage among the youth, but today Facebook is firmly established as the networking site to be on. Meanwhile, LinkedIn has established itself as t... |
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Managers should have understanding of supply chain risks (21 September 12:00) |
| The centre for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies (GLAMS) at the Indian School of Business is planning to focus on research pertaining to supply chain risks. “The knowledge of s... |
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Being honest when no ones looking (14 September 12:00) |
| In 1980, G.R. Viswanath captained India in the Jubilee test against England. The England batsman, Bob Taylor, was given out by the umpire. As Taylor started his walk to the pavilion, Vishy c... |
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Sharing in anothers grief (14 September 12:00) |
| As managers in the new era, we are called upon to cope with the good and the bad, with success and failure, with life, and yes, sometimes with death. As leaders of teams of achievers, we nee... |
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The culture fit of communication (14 September 12:00) |
| One of ‘the seven keys to doing business with a global mindset’ is communication style, say Charlene M. Solomon and Michael S. Schell in Managing Across Cultures ( One of ‘the seven k... |
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Functional structure core to hi-growth organisations (07 September 12:00) |
| What is the best structural form for a company that is on the path of high growth?Having studied the design of hundreds of organisations and facilitated many redesign efforts, I am convinced... |
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Focus on waste elimination (07 September 12:00) |
| Cut fat not muscle.Cutting flab rather than muscle should have been the priority of companies during the recent economic turmoil but what we saw around the world was that everybody rushed to... |
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Fatal leadership flaws (07 September 12:00) |
| The top three of the 10 fatal leadership flaws are the lack of inspirational energy, the acceptance of mediocre performance, and absence of clear vision, list John H. Zenger and Joseph R. Fo... |
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Coming to grips with that breakfast order! (31 August 12:00) |
| Hungry kya, as the pizza advert says? Well, what are you waiting for? Just order some food to your room when you are on that business trip or conference. Oh! Oh! So many choices… and much ... |
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Hasten slowly (31 August 12:00) |
| It had been a long day made worse by having to fly in and out of Delhi the same day. The usual irritations that accompany one when travelling was compounded by a humongous traffic jam caused... |
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Kaizen for continuous improvement (31 August 12:00) |
| This is one of the many Japanese concepts that have found their way into Western management classrooms and corporates. The Japanese word’s meaning is closest to ‘improvement’; but in m... |
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Employee engagement is key (17 August 12:00) |
| In the toughest economy the world has faced since the Great Depression, most organisational leaders aren’t taking time to ponder the upholstery of their antique desk chairs or the size of ... |
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Analytics the next big field in biz studies (17 August 12:00) |
| While it is true that intuition gives chief executive officers (CEOs) and managers direction to manage challenges in a business environment, it is analytics that will help them create new b... |
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Keep your brain fit and flexible (17 August 12:00) |
| Your potential is much greater than you realise, says Arlene Johnson in Success Mapping ( www.emeraldbookcompany.com). What is available to each of us is far beyond what we imagine, Your po... |
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Doing more with less (10 August 12:00) |
| Over the past several months, HR professionals have been busy helping their organisations do more with less, and I must say they have been reasonably successful in responding to the call of... |
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Managers as entrepreneurs (10 August 12:00) |
| Entrepreneurship is all about doing new things or doing the same things in a new way, taking the risk of succeeding. In today’s work scenarios, most successful people are ‘intrapreneuria... |
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Out-bound training (10 August 12:00) |
| This is a fairly narrow specialisation within the field of training, but yet manages to cover a reasonably wide range of formats.In its purest form, out-bound training (OBT) involves a team ... |
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Delivering next practices (03 August 12:00) |
| Part I of this article discussed the entry of Gen Y the Millennial into the workforce and the need for HR leaders to recognise and act on the fact that the best practices of the past that he... |
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Changing corporate attitudes (03 August 12:00) |
| The scene reminded me of the carnage that you see in epic films when powerful forces clash and the battlefield is littered with the dead and dying piteous cries rending the air while the s... |
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Success is built one loop at a time (03 August 12:00) |
| Manage the experience zones This is the first of €˜the seven essential loops€™ in Loops by Mike Chaet and Stephen C Lundin |
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Getting started on executive coaching (27 July 12:00) |
| Executive coaching in India is at the same stage that approaches like TQM were when they first arrived €” people want to know more put it to use and even make it their professional practice... |
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What€™s next for HR (27 July 12:00) |
| The Nasscom HR Summit to be held in Chennai on July 28-29 this year is likely to attract HR professionals from the IT and ITeS industry from across the country Among the themes this year are... |
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Tackling titles and honorifics (27 July 12:00) |
| What may I call you please Asking this question listening to the response to it and then following the instruction given is the most candid and important way to break the ice and build a s... |
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Facilities management (27 July 12:00) |
| Facilities management is one of the younger industries in India though it has been around for quite some time in the US It can be described as one of the business process outsourcing industr... |
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What leaders need to do (20 July 12:00) |
| A couple of months ago, I was invited by an organisation that had been in existence for close to 54 years to help them examine their past and recognise the good they have done over the years... |
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Finding opportunity in adversity (20 July 12:00) |
| The global financial and economic outlook continues to be relatively uncertain. Despite large-scale recapitalisation, write-offs and asset substitutions, sizeable chunks of assets of systemi... |
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Outlining the corporate dharma (20 July 12:00) |
| Corporates must be good examples of ethical leadership in all that they do. Every corporate must have a top management team which is working not just for money, but also to ensure that valu... |
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Four `v's for learning (20 July 12:00) |
| Don't dismiss `v4L' as a queer SMS code; it's one of the formulae behind the success of a world-famous auto maker, as Toyota Supply Chain Management reveals. The four Vs are variety, velocit... |
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Four vs for learning (20 July 12:00) |
| Dont dismiss v4L as a queer SMS code its one of the formulae behind the success of a world-famous auto maker as Toyota Supply Chain Management reveals The four Vs are variety velocity variab... |
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Will the coming economic recovery be jobless? (13 July 12:00) |
| As economists and industry observers begin to talk about signs of a recovery from the slowdown in India or the recession in other parts of the world, the most obvious question on everyoneâ€... |
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