Page 6 - Shyamal Majumdar

The difference between affordable and cheap

Yes, consumers in India want products and services that are affordable but not those that look and feel cheap

Lunch with BS: Ravneet Gill

The Deutsche Bank India CEO tells Shyamal Majumdar and Nupur Anand that India will remain on top in the bank's Strategic 2020 game plan

Shyamal Majumdar: When your boss is insecure...

... he doubts whether his team members respect him and hence thinks aggression is the best form of defence

Lunch with BS: Keshav Murugesh

Murugesh talks to Shyamal Majumdar about the turnaround of WNS and the massive rebranding exercise that the outsourcing industry is going through

Shyamal Majumdar: Don't sweep it under the carpet

The overall awareness among Indian companies about the need for a well-defined mechanism to tackle sexual harassment at the workplace is abysmally poor

Shyamal Majumdar: Of ruthless social climbers and Indrani Mukerjea

There are many who don't mind leaving more than claw marks on people around them in their march to the top

Shyamal Majumdar: India's capital is Patna...

... that's what teachers are telling students in many Indian schools. The only way out is to make sweeping changes in the way we select and train our teachers

Shyamal Majumdar: M&As are also about people

Mergers are not just about balance sheets or marketing synergies; they are also about those who make the synergies real

Shyamal Majumdar: CSR is not about charity

Tata Steel is investing deep into the lives and livelihoods of communities in quite a few villages

Shyamal Majumdar: Rahul Yadav's 'everyone-is-dumb-but-me' mindset

The just-sacked CEO could learn a thing or two from what Steve Jobs had said about his years of wilderness after getting fired from Apple

Shyamal Majumdar: The human side to the Maggi crisis

Nestle's delay in talking to employees shows how companies often forget that the HR can also walk you through troubles

Shyamal Majumdar: The fear of success

Abraham Maslow called it the Jonah complex - a mental state that prompts many people to relegate themselves to live in mediocrity and conformity

Lunch with BS: Vinod Kumar, MD & CEO, Tata Communications

Horse sense

Shyamal Majumdar: The right to die with dignity

The best tribute to Aruna Shanbaug would be to take some legislative action on ending the mental and financial trauma of those who can't live outside of a hospital again

Patchy but brilliant from management's first couple

Shyamal Majumdar: Labour law - Can Modi pull it off?

What's needed is a give and take that is more than just giving higher compensation to retrenched employees

Why Diageo has itself to blame for the USL-Mallya fiasco

Diageo just can't wash its hand of the USL saga, and questions remain about its role as well as its due diligence

Infosys overdoing its cash-is-king mantra

It's time for MD & CEO Vishal Sikka to go off the beaten track on capital allocation

Shyamal Majumdar: How Godrej meets the talent challenge in Africa

The process involves identifying talents in its India operations and redeploying them in key positions in Africa

Lunch with BS: Arne Sorenson

Sorenson, president & CEO, Marriott International, explains why his partners are willing to shell out 3% of sales and 8-10% of profits