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People Management By Rosemary Thomson, Universities Press, Price: Rs 190., C N Kumar Sep 2000

People Management By Rosemary Thomson, Universities Press, Price: Rs 190., C N Kumar

IIMB Management Review

Managing people is an important challenge for leaders in today's business. People management is an attempt to help them understand the various dimensions of this task in organisations and point to solutions


Dotcom: Classifying The New Animal, D Sampath Sep 2000

Dotcom: Classifying The New Animal, D Sampath

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During the 70s, computer communication technology was transformed by desktop computing and distributed capacity. Networks
based on the TCP/IP protocol (transmission control protocol and Internet protocol) started communicating with one another.
Internet control message protocol, a mechanism to transfer control messages between nodes, was developed to manage ARPANET (the US government's advanced research project networks). ARPANET started in 1969 and developed into the Internet in 1984 with the advent of UNIX and client/ server architecture. Data was transferred between networks in packet form through  switches, routers, bridges, and gateways. From defence, the Internet found its application in educational institutions. Usenet …


Psychology For Trainers: By Alison Hardingham, London: Universities Press, 1999, Vasanthi Srinivasan Jun 2000

Psychology For Trainers: By Alison Hardingham, London: Universities Press, 1999, Vasanthi Srinivasan

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Trainer effectiveness is a critical dimension in successful training programmes. In recent times, a number of self-help and how-to books have tried to address some aspects of trainer effectiveness. The University Press series on ‘training essentials’ is an addition to the subject. The books in the series written by experts are intended to act as core readings for trainers who wish to obtain competency in the area of training. The current book differs from the other books in the series mainly in the emphasis. While most of the other books focus on the training function in the organisation (as evident …


Knowing In Firms: Understanding, Managing And Measuring Knowledge; Edited By Georg Von Krogh, Johan Roos And Dirk Kleine, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998, Abhoy K Ojha Mar 2000

Knowing In Firms: Understanding, Managing And Measuring Knowledge; Edited By Georg Von Krogh, Johan Roos And Dirk Kleine, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998, Abhoy K Ojha

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No abstract provided.


Editorial, N Balasubramanian Dec 1999

Editorial, N Balasubramanian

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Life will never be the same in the new millennium. Even more so in the case of advertising and public relations. All the rules of marketing and distribution of goods and services are being rewritten, what with the advent of sophisticated information and communication technologies on the one hand, and on the other the insatiable demands of customers and the everlasting quest of vendors to achieve cost economies in reaching their goods and services to the users. Round Table this time looks at some of these issues and suggests some leads. Anchored by Tara Sinha and Mithileshwar Jha, and with …


Career Planning And Development Strategies: A Perspective From Hindustan Lever, R R Nair Mar 1999

Career Planning And Development Strategies: A Perspective From Hindustan Lever, R R Nair

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How do companies balance corporate needs and the aspirations and competencies of their employees? How can companies recognise and nurture excellence at the individual and the collective level and leverage performance to meet organisational goals and growth plans? R R Nair reveals how Hindustan Lever inducts, trains, assesses and tracks its managers to convert its people into one of its prime competitive advantages.


Outbound Mileage, Vijay Padaki, M R Venkatesh Mar 1999

Outbound Mileage, Vijay Padaki, M R Venkatesh

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The Indian experience with Outbound Programmes has clearly been a mixed one.With the initial euphoria passing over,managements are beginning to wonder if management development is getting to be more and more like branded potato chips - puffed up and pricey but the same old stuff inside. Indeed there is every possibility of the Outbound Programme going the way of all other bandwagons: into the clearance sale shelves of the management supermarket. Padaki and Venkatesh attempt to demystify Outbound Programmes (OP) and provide guidelines to organisations contemplating OP, on how to prepare for a worthwhile OP experience, what to look for …


Creating Effective Teams: Redefining Team Roles, Y Sriram Apr 1997

Creating Effective Teams: Redefining Team Roles, Y Sriram

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Today world-class organisations are able to achieve their goals only through team work. Team work is no longer a passing fad but an absolute prerequisite for business improvements to succeed, particularly now, when business seems to be facing a recession. Effective team working through the understanding of team roles has been facilitated by a Human Resource intervention in ABB, a large engineering company in India.


Economic Restructuring, Technology Transfer And Human Resource Development: By B R Virmani And Kala Rao, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1996., Subhashish Gupta Apr 1997

Economic Restructuring, Technology Transfer And Human Resource Development: By B R Virmani And Kala Rao, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1996., Subhashish Gupta

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No abstract provided.


Optimising Training Effectiveness: From Class Room To Work Place, N M Agrawal Dec 1996

Optimising Training Effectiveness: From Class Room To Work Place, N M Agrawal

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Continuous learning is vital to the survival of organisations in this borderless world. For learning to be effective, individuals and organisations must acquire relevant capabilities and successfully apply them to actual work situations. The design of a training system together with the characteristics of the participants and their organisations determine how effectively this transmission of newly acquired capabilities to work settings is achieved.


Case Method: An Effective Training Tool, S Venkatesh, Nina Jacob Jun 1996

Case Method: An Effective Training Tool, S Venkatesh, Nina Jacob

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No abstract provided.


Succeeding In Business: The Abb Experience, Premchander Jun 1996

Succeeding In Business: The Abb Experience, Premchander

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Interview with Arun Thiagarajan, managing director Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.


Training And Development By Rolf P. Lyntum And Uday Pareek, New Delhi: Vistar Publication, 1990., Chidambara Iyer Dec 1990

Training And Development By Rolf P. Lyntum And Uday Pareek, New Delhi: Vistar Publication, 1990., Chidambara Iyer

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No abstract provided.


Training Needs In Public Enterprise, T S Nagabhushana Jan 1987

Training Needs In Public Enterprise, T S Nagabhushana

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No abstract provided.


The Drama Of Sharma's Annual Confidential Report, Vinod Vyasulu, Arun Bhasin, C Nagakumar Jan 1987

The Drama Of Sharma's Annual Confidential Report, Vinod Vyasulu, Arun Bhasin, C Nagakumar

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No abstract provided.