The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 31, 2006

MANAGEMENT
Challenges for the first time manager
For many first time managers, getting team members to study problems and come up with solutions for approval, is a difficult task More

Learning to manage diversity
For Indian companies, managing a diverse workforce is no longer a choice but an imperative More

Leveraging the power of IT
Some tips on using the power of IT to make life easy for yourself while making it difficult for others More

MANAGER'S HANDBOOK-10
Bullet proof your choices
Managers can protect or bullet proof themselves against criticism of their decisions by adopting measures to counter every possible adverse outcome that can be visualised More

Need for multi-pronged approach
Today a business manager needs necessarily to be multi-pronged in his approach and thus has to look at the whole basket of things towards fulfilment of his duties. In other words, he has to see how he can improve returns and benefits to all ... More

For a humane touch
Prachi Jain, who passed out from MDI-Gurgaon in 2000, is Assistant Manager at TechSpan India. She believes that B-schools must develop the questioning streak in students. On what made her pursue MBA... After graduating from ... More

EDUCATION
What's in a name?
There's more to management education than the tag attached to a B-school More

A boost for SMEs
IIM-B, together with online graduate school U21G, plans to offer a course to give critical inputs for small enterprises More

BOOKS
`Start where you are'
Zen practice can transform your work and life, says Marc Lesser in `Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration' from New World Library (www.newworldlibrary.com) . The book begins with an admonition: "Don't ... More

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