The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 31, 2011

THE NEW MANAGER

MANAGEMENT: Secrets of boardroom success
Thoughts on choosing the right board members.. Ranjan Tiwari, Chairman and founder of a mid-size polymer and processing company in Gurgaon, is in a dilemma as to the type of director he must hire for his company's board. He understands the ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: The man behind the job
We tend to refer to people by the jobs they do rather than their names. This can be disrespectful, especially lower down the professional order.. Over the last few months, I have been working with a young German intern, here to learn from ...

BOOKS: Action versus activity
We often confuse action with activity, laments Debashis Chatterjee in The Other 99% (www.jaicobooks.com). One may be very busy in the office the whole day without having acted at all and the busy-ness may sometimes hide lack of action, ...

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