The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 20, 2005

Distinguish between outputs and outcomes
A BALLAD by Rudyard Kipling begins thus: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." One can say that of financial accounting and its distant cousin management accounting. Focus of the former is the past, and that of the ... More

FOR THE ASKING

Will more tax deducted at source come back on its own?
The person deducting tax at source can refund only if he has not already deposited the same with the treasury. If he has deposited, he cannot possibly take up the issue with the income-tax authorities. The person from whose income the tax has ... More

MANAGE MENTOR

A leader should be able to create new leaders
BRAHMOS Aerospace CEO and Managing Director, A. Sivathanu Pillai, has written, Technology Leadership, published by Tata McGraw-Hill (www.tatamcgrawhill.com). Predictably, the book discusses missiles right through. Yet, ... More

RACY CASES

Some games are more equal than others
"CRICKET must be banned," said China. He was eating his pasta and flipping through the latest copy of the Outlook magazine. Wafers, whose love for cricket was second only to her love for CA, ... More

ROOT OF THE PROBLEM

You can't fake quality
THE global counterfeit business is out of control, targeting everything from computer chips to life-saving medicines, screamed a story posted on www.businessweek.com a few months ago. "Kiwi shoe polish, Callaway Golf clubs, Intel computer ... More

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