If there is a list being compiled on the top management gurus, the most influential thinkers, or even the most influential management gurus, you can be sure C K Prahalad will feature on it. The Paul

The new age of innovation

Business Standard

Most HR courses at business school are designed to focus on the what of people management  the theory of what makes people tick, conceptual frameworks on their hierarchy of needs and what makes for

The `how` of people management

Freshers with a degree through distance education, however, are at a distinct disadvantage vis-a-vis regular degree holders .


Distance education for executives catching on

What Ive liked Breaking the stereotype  and the monotony

Breaking male bastions

Having studied in a B-school some 20 years ago, it is difficult to figure out what exactly one learnt there, and even more, to separate out what was missing. Anyway, the grades we got showed little of

The data obsession

Barclays hopes to change the rules of mobile banking with help from a smaller-than-life bank executive. 


Honey, I shrunk the banker

THIS WEEK: The market for college bags for youth* in India

Strategic tools for the practising manager

In 16 short years since IBM came back, India has become its fastest-growing operation thanks to long-term relationships and integrated business model. 


Big Blue`s 3-D VIEW

Godrej hopes to take Cinthol to its place among the stars. 


Confidence Code

ISB Hyderabad leads the way with 80% students switching fields. 


Mid-stream career change not unthinkable

Eastern India sends the least number of scholars, North leads. 


Regional disparity tags US scholarships

Coimbatore Krishnarao (CK) Prahalad speaks in a measured baritone and asks for feedback on his latest book - The New Age of Innovation - which was launched in India last Thursday, almost a month before its scheduled distribution in the US.

`CEOs should act like call centre executives`

Businesses are so much about managing projects, aren't they? Unlike processes or operations, which are more or less permanent functional work to produce the same product or service, projects have a finite characteristic.

`India needs more qualified project managers`

In an employee-driven market, some service sector companies are trying to work their way around the acute talent crunch. 


Are you being served?

He is considered one of the founding fathers of business process reengineering. Which explains why corporate renewal is a subject close to James Champys heart. The rules of

`Shareholders are too demanding`

While the advertising industry is in various stages of evolution in different parts of the world, in India and many parts of Asia, we are at an intriguing interlude. 


Work In Progress

Many a time, aspiring MBAs, starry-eyed at the prospect of a business education, have come up and asked me, "What is it that I am going to learn in a B-school?" 


Being entrepreneurs

THIS WEEK: The auto-accessories market in India, 2007

While the modalities are being chalked out, it is believed that such a body would give an international push and recognition to B-schools in India. 


B-schools plan accreditation body

IIM Bangalore Allaying fears that the IIMs may not be a big attraction of global firms this year in the wake of the US subprime crisis and slow down in the global economy, about 20 companies

Placements update

BEVERAGES Brands such as Carlsberg or Budweiser can be found at retail stores all across the country.

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