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Consistency And Coherence In Hiring Decisions, Kanchan Mukherjee, Ashna Sehgal, Ashna Sehgal Mar 2025

Consistency And Coherence In Hiring Decisions, Kanchan Mukherjee, Ashna Sehgal, Ashna Sehgal

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This study was undertaken to examine the nature of inconsistencies in the hiring decisions taken by individuals working within a single large company and compare it with those who are not associated with any single firm. The primary focus was to explore a) variations in the weight attributed to different selection criteria, b) variation in the hiring decisions made by the employees, and c) coherence between the weight attributed to different selection criteria and the hiring choice made by each participant. For purpose of the same, the participants were asked to respond to two hypothetical hiring scenarios and attribute differential …

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Business And Ethics, Narender Dhand Dec 2002

Business And Ethics, Narender Dhand

IIMB Management Review

Short cuts in earning wealth and a preoccupation with business growth to the neglect of other elements, inevitably spell grief, so believes Narender Dhand, Founder, Chairman and MD of Micromatic Grinding Technologies, a company which began as a ‘modest tool room’ and now occupies a dominant position in the Indian machine tool industry. Before dealing with ‘external’ ethics, Dhand believes in putting his own house in order. At the foundation of the core values of MGT is the commitment to ethical business practices with a people focus. The MGT culture is operationalised in their scrupulously honest dealings with the authorities, …

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Doing Management Research : A Comprehensive Guide Edited By Raymond-Alain Thietart Et Al, Sage Publications, London, 2001., Bhanu Pant Sep 2002

Doing Management Research : A Comprehensive Guide Edited By Raymond-Alain Thietart Et Al, Sage Publications, London, 2001., Bhanu Pant

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Successful Management By Neville Bain, New Delhi: Macmillan Press, 1995., Maj Gen V Uberoy Mar 2002

Successful Management By Neville Bain, New Delhi: Macmillan Press, 1995., Maj Gen V Uberoy

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Turnaround Excellence : Insights From 120 Cases By Pradip N Khandwalla, Response (Sage), 2001., Srinivas Gunta Mar 2002

Turnaround Excellence : Insights From 120 Cases By Pradip N Khandwalla, Response (Sage), 2001., Srinivas Gunta

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Customer-Driven Services Management By S Balachandran, Response Books, Sage, New Delhi, 1999., D P S Verma Mar 2002

Customer-Driven Services Management By S Balachandran, Response Books, Sage, New Delhi, 1999., D P S Verma

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The Management And Ethics Omnibus By S K Chakroborty, Oxford University Press, 2001., R C Sekhar Mar 2002

The Management And Ethics Omnibus By S K Chakroborty, Oxford University Press, 2001., R C Sekhar

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Andreas Nobis : The Global Manager In Indiainterview With Andreas Nobis, Janat Shah, Raghavan Srinivasan Dec 2001

Andreas Nobis : The Global Manager In Indiainterview With Andreas Nobis, Janat Shah, Raghavan Srinivasan

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Andreas Nobis is Managing Director, MICO, a member of the Bosch Group. His long association with Bosch began in1980, when he  joined the Internal Audit Department in Germany. He has been Managing Director, Robert Bosch, Turkey; and has held the posts of Executive Vice President in the Human Resources and Controlling and Finance departments in the Communication Technology sector of Bosch, before becoming its President in 1998. Since then, he has been on special assignments for the Board of Management, Bosch, before joining Mico in end 1999. In these times that are tough on the manufacturing industry, Nobis spoke to …

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Shaping India's Destiny : The Role Of Young Managers And Leaders, N R Narayana Murthy Dec 2001

Shaping India's Destiny : The Role Of Young Managers And Leaders, N R Narayana Murthy

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Globalisation has brought increasing pressure on governments worldwide to improve their quality of services. In India too there is an urgent need to improve the quality of governance. In this context, it is important for public sector organisations and the government to offer MBAs and other young professionals an exciting career. These people can play an important role as managers and leaders in shaping the destiny of India in the years to come.

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The Millennium Business Quiz Book By Debashis Sarkar, Sage Response Books, 2001., N Dayasindhu Dec 2001

The Millennium Business Quiz Book By Debashis Sarkar, Sage Response Books, 2001., N Dayasindhu

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Recreating The Corporation : A Design Of Organizations For The 21st Century By Russell L Ackoff, New York, Oxford University Press, 1999., Vijay Padaki Dec 2001

Recreating The Corporation : A Design Of Organizations For The 21st Century By Russell L Ackoff, New York, Oxford University Press, 1999., Vijay Padaki

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Value Based Management: Some Perspectives, Prasanna Chandra Sep 2001

Value Based Management: Some Perspectives, Prasanna Chandra

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gained widespread acceptance in the US in the last two decades or so. With the globalisation of capital markets, intensification of competition, and massive privatisation initiatives, shareholder value is gaining the attention of executives all over the world, including India. The interest in value creation has been stimulated by several developments:

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When Things Go Wrong: Organizational Failures And Breakdowns Edited By Helmut K Anheier, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999., Abhoy K Ojha Sep 2001

When Things Go Wrong: Organizational Failures And Breakdowns Edited By Helmut K Anheier, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999., Abhoy K Ojha

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M V Subbiah : Return To Roots, J Ramachandran Jun 2001

M V Subbiah : Return To Roots, J Ramachandran

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The Transformation Of Management By Mike Davidson, New York: Macmillan Press, 1995., Maj Gen V Uberoy Jun 2001

The Transformation Of Management By Mike Davidson, New York: Macmillan Press, 1995., Maj Gen V Uberoy

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Managing Manufacturing Through Supply Chain Integration, Jishnu Hazra Jun 2001

Managing Manufacturing Through Supply Chain Integration, Jishnu Hazra

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Consulting Demons : Inside The Unscrupulotls World Of Global Corporate Consulting By Lewis Pinault, New York, Harper Business, 2000, Price : $26; Rs 940., Rishikesha T Krishnan Mar 2001

Consulting Demons : Inside The Unscrupulotls World Of Global Corporate Consulting By Lewis Pinault, New York, Harper Business, 2000, Price : $26; Rs 940., Rishikesha T Krishnan

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This irreverent and perhaps slightly exaggerated account of the world of global consulting has behind it some sharp insights into a highly sought-after industry. Having worked in a range of consulting firms - from the strategy- and idea-driven Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to the more conservative and thorough Coopers & Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers) -Lewis Pinault has a range of experiences to offer and he does so in an engaging and easy-to-read manner. The book reads like a thriller, but every chapter ends with a section titled ' consulting demonology in which the author distil the learnings from his …

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The Origin And Evolution Of New Businesses By Amar V Bhide, Oxford University Press, Pp 412., Suparna Mitra Mar 2001

The Origin And Evolution Of New Businesses By Amar V Bhide, Oxford University Press, Pp 412., Suparna Mitra

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In The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses, his second book, Amar Bhide, whose impressive credentials include a doctorate and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, a BTech from IIT and a consultancy at McKinsey, takes a refreshingly analytical and well-researched look at the marvel of entrepreneurship and the effect it has on the larger economic system.

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Variations In Organization Science : In Honor Of Donald T Campbell Edited By Joel A C Baum And Bill Mckelvey, Sage, 1999, Pp 452, Price: $ 39. 95., Abhoy K Ojha Mar 2001

Variations In Organization Science : In Honor Of Donald T Campbell Edited By Joel A C Baum And Bill Mckelvey, Sage, 1999, Pp 452, Price: $ 39. 95., Abhoy K Ojha

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Organisation science, as a field of study, is relatively young. Although the study of human behaviour has a long history, and studies examining human behaviour in organisations were prevalent in the early twentieth century, the field as we know it today has emerged after World War II, particularly during the 1960s. As a result, like any other discipline in its early stages of evolution, organisation science has many competing paradigms jostling for dominance. Organisational ecology (also known as population ecology) is one of the few paradigms that have had a significant influence on the knowledge of organisations.

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Organisational Orchestra : Structures And Processes Interface, Neelesh Hundekari Mar 2001

Organisational Orchestra : Structures And Processes Interface, Neelesh Hundekari

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Organisational structures do not exist in isolation. They presume, depend on, and influence several organisational variables. These include processes (communication, goal setting, conflict resolution, socialisation, leadership building, strategic planning, supporting, team working), behaviour, values, rituals, climate, authority (with which the role holders are imbued) and people (competence, confidence, interpersonal skills, leadership, perceptions about
others). Structure designers tend to ignore this vital reciprocal relationship quite often, leading to ineffective structures and unhappy human beings. An attempt has been made in this article to map the relationship between
organisational structures and processes.

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Ownership Patterns And Corporate Performance, Jinesh Panchali Dec 2000

Ownership Patterns And Corporate Performance, Jinesh Panchali

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Corporates have emerged as vital economic institutions for growth, commanding a large proportion of social resources. Hence, they are, like the State, answerable to society for the efficient use of resources. Corporate governance is the social, legal, and economic process through which companies function and are held accountable1 . The structure of corporate ownership has a major impact on the way companies are managed and controlled. An attempt has been made here to explore ownership structure in India and abroad and to empirically analyse corporate performance in the Indian context, at various levels of ownership across ownership categories.

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A Scientist’S Tools For Business: Metaphors And Modes Of Thought By Robert L Sproull, London: Universities Press, 1999., Swaminathan Subramaniam Dec 2000

A Scientist’S Tools For Business: Metaphors And Modes Of Thought By Robert L Sproull, London: Universities Press, 1999., Swaminathan Subramaniam

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The purpose of this book as stated on the back cover is to ‘illustrate and explain the connection between everyday business problems and the tools and modes of thought of the scientist’. While enough has been written about how business principles can (and must) be applied for successful commercial R&D, there is very little written about how an understanding of common scientific principles can help business-persons.

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Application Of Or To Management Practice: An Introduction, H K Lakshman Rao Dec 2000

Application Of Or To Management Practice: An Introduction, H K Lakshman Rao

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Customer dissatisfaction with products and services, long queues at hospitals and railway stations, stock out/excess stock situations, overflowing solid waste bins at street corners, delayed deliveries and time lag in new product development, steeply increasing project costs, high rates of wastage in the manufacturing process these are among the numerous instances indicating the lack of systems approach and inadequate appreciation of Operations Research (OR) methods in the Indian management and administrative network scenario.

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Crafting The Strategy: Concepts And Cases In Sategic Management By Ranjan Das, New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2000., S D Kshirsagar Dec 2000

Crafting The Strategy: Concepts And Cases In Sategic Management By Ranjan Das, New Delhi: Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2000., S D Kshirsagar

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This quotation summarises aptly the dichotomy of approaches to strategy as an encompassing concept and to its implementation in a business. If strategy is a science in all its facets, its descriptive or normative theories could be applied to a business situation. Seminal contributions in this respect made by H Igor Ansoff, Kenneth R Andrews and others, established that ‘sustained performance’ is determined by a firm’s ability to find a fit among its intrinsic capabilities, the environmental factors, and the strategy it adopts. In this sense, strategy is not only contextual but also resource specific. It is, therefore, dynamic and …

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Applications Of Or In The Indian Context, R Sankar, Muthulingam Suresh Dec 2000

Applications Of Or In The Indian Context, R Sankar, Muthulingam Suresh

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Operations Research (OR) originated in England during World War II. The first applications aimed at improving the operational efficiency of the radar defence systems deployed by the Royal Air Force. Very soon thereafter, OR methods and techniques were applied successfully to the resolution of complex industrial and commercial problems in areas such as scheduling, inventory management, strategic planning, resource allocation and transportation.

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The Leader’S Shadow: Exploration And Development Of Executive Character By William Q Judge, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999., V Uberoy Dec 2000

The Leader’S Shadow: Exploration And Development Of Executive Character By William Q Judge, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999., V Uberoy

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The subject of the book and its introduction by the author touch upon a very crucial and much ignored aspect of leadership development. It deals with the inner core of the individual-what the author calls, quoting Jung, ‘complementary internal aspects of leadership’ and ‘shadows’ or the hidden parts of the inner self. This is in sharp contrast to much of the literature, where stress is laid solely on the development of outward behaviour and styles of a leader, in isolation from the character qualities. The book therefore arouses much interest and anticipation in the reader who hopes to discover ways …

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Editorial, N Balasubramanian Sep 2000

Editorial, N Balasubramanian

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Legal Issues In E-Commerce, Sanjiv Rawell, Shakeel Kudrolli Sep 2000

Legal Issues In E-Commerce, Sanjiv Rawell, Shakeel Kudrolli

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The Internet revolution is here to stay. The medium is dynamic, interactive, and global. Though it originated for use by defence and academic institutions to share information, it is now integrating the people of the world into a true global village. India's spirit of enterprise seems to have manifested itself through Information Technology (IT). Success stories of Indians in the Silicon Valley are legion, and they seem to be infecting people here in India. Young men with great visions, fantastic business plans and solid teamwork are setting up. businesses using the Net as the gateway to a global presence.
                 What …

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Marketing Mantra: The Real Story Of Direct Marketing In India By Vaswar Das Gupta, Prentice Hall Of India, 1998, Pp 162, Price: Rs.95., Shekhar Trivedi Sep 2000

Marketing Mantra: The Real Story Of Direct Marketing In India By Vaswar Das Gupta, Prentice Hall Of India, 1998, Pp 162, Price: Rs.95., Shekhar Trivedi

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The book concludes with six real-life personal selling situations and how these were tackled by people in those circumstances, which may be useful for salespersons and managers.

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Charismatic Leadership In Organisations By Jay A Conger And Rabindra N Kanungo, Sage Pub Lications, 1998, Pp 228, Price: $59.00 (Cloth), $25.95(Paper)., V Uberoy Sep 2000

Charismatic Leadership In Organisations By Jay A Conger And Rabindra N Kanungo, Sage Pub Lications, 1998, Pp 228, Price: $59.00 (Cloth), $25.95(Paper)., V Uberoy

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Charismatic Leadership in Organisations is a continuation of the earlier research work published by the authors in their book Charismatic Leadership, 1988. The book under review takes off by building a behavioural model of charismatic leadership. The model goes through three stages. In Stage 1, sensitivity to environments urg es the lead e r to change the status quo. Stage 2
pertains to the development and projection of vision , which he effectively articulates in a n idealised form. Vi s ioning has been considered as a core e element in charis m at ic leadership. In Stage 3, a …

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