The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 30, 2006

AWARDS & HONOURS
The CNBC awards
The CNBC business leadership awards were instituted five years ago to recognise CEOs who are creating and sustaining entrepreneurial initiatives, developing best practices and carving out powerful businesses in the global economy. The ... More

MANAGEMENT
Mastering the art of doing nothing
How to look busy without actually doing anything at work More

The new manager, the new leader
Why do we want a `new' manager? Who is the `old' manager? The old manager got things done; he produced the results he was expected to; he did it efficiently. Whether a middle manager working for his bosses or a CEO working for the owners, he ... More

Tackling free riding and social loafing
As an economic phenomenon free riding has been studied for a long time. A simple definition of a free rider is an agent who does not contribute his fair share to the cost of production of a resource, but receives an equal share of the benefits. More

MANPOWER
Creating managers for micro finance
An institute in Mangalore aims to train managers for the micro finance sector More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Employees don't always quit for a few rupees more
Money may be a reason why people leave a company, but it's often not the strongest reason More

INTERVIEW
`We need a new template for an Indian MNC'
A freewheeling interview with Anand Mahindra on managing an emerging global Indian group More

BOOKS
Five skills and a sixth sense
What B-schools teach is `minds-on' management, through the use of `tools, techniques, and models'. What you need further is `hands-on', that is, the skills to apply rather than merely know, says Sanjay Tiwari in `The (un) Common Sense of ... More

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