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Attributing to people familiar with the situation, the Wall Street Journal said that some officials at the agency have expressed doubts about the rigour of the report, which was based partly on interviews of Citi executives who were asked to rate the effectiveness of their colleagues.
IndiGo clearly needs to refresh its HR and training manual, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Inefficiencies and delays in implementing projects during the Eleventh and Twelfth Five-Year plans may result in a gross domestic product loss of $200 billion by 2016-17, said a top management consultancy firm in its report. This would imply a loss of 1.1 percentage points to India's GDP growth rate.
For the first time in recent years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test has taken a fall. In spite of an extension of 10 days for the online registration of CAT, 241,000 applications registered this year, against 290,000 last year -- a 17 percent dip. The CAT exam is a pre-requisite for aspirants wanting an entry into top management schools.
Unlike most workers, the top executives have managed to keep their positions during these difficult economic times, according to an independent research firm Liberum Research, studying changes in top-management levels in listed companies.
Diageo asks Mallya to quit USL board; alleges fund diversion
TCS's chief operating officer and executive director, N Chandrasekaran, tells Shivani Shinde he'll focus on cost efficiency.
A mentor doesn't have to be someone more senior than you, but that isn't the case with a sponsor.
Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav requested all executives in the level of general managers and above to voluntarily forego salaries and incentives for July as a gesture to ease the liquidity crunch faced by the airline, an Air India spokesperson told PTI. The airline is facing a possible industrial unrest with employees threatening agitation in case their June salary is not given by this month-end.
Infosys needs to be more innovative and disruptive with its product and services, keeping its focus on growth.
Marketing departments should be managed more like sports teams.
Amazon has committed over $5 billion to grow its business in India so far and says it will pump in more capital as and when needed, a big worry for rival Flipkart which has been struggling to raise funds over the past couple of months.
A meeting of the top officials of Sahara India and Jet Airways to resolve the dispute over the buyout of Sahara Airlines by the latter has not resulted in any settlement.
The three-member board of Satyam Computer Services outlined a formidable agenda that includes seeking a bailout, changes in the top management and asking clients to accelerate payments to overcome a cash crunch.
The beleaguered Satyam Computer Services on Thursday said its top leaders have pledged to remain with the company and work jointly to steer the organisation through the crisis.
India's leading commodity exchange MCX rejigged its top management on Friday -- it appointed Joseph Massey as managing director and CEO, and Jignesh Shah as vice-chairman.
"After 25 years with Renault and the last four years heading Renault operations in India, Sylvain Bilaine has decided to leave the company to create his own consultancy firm in France," Renault India said. Bilaine was country general manager for Renault in India.
The draft Companies Bill 2008 has identified the three key managerial positions as chief executive officer, chief finance officer and company secretary. By recognising these three key managerial positions, the Bill is fixing responsibility to bring out a system which is more accountable, transparent and workable, according to an official at the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
'We want to be in kids' learning like what Disney is to kids' entertainment.'
The directors who have come under the Company Law Board order are former chairman and founder of Satyam B Ramalinga Raju, erstwhile whole-time directors B Rama Raju and Rammohan Rao Mynampati, former CFO Srinivas Vadlamani and CS G J Jayaraman. They also have to submit details of their bank accounts and movable and immovable properties in India and abroad by February 20 this year.
A top management team of Anil Ambani group firm RNRL got stood up by Reliance Industries officials, who neither responded nor turned up for a proposed meeting to follow up the Bombay high court order on gas supply.
Swinging into action on the very first day of taking charge of the scam-tainted Satyam, its three-member board on Monday announced that top management would be changed and every effort made to address the prime concern of liquidity, including asking main clients to make advance payments.
It was an unusual sight at Satyam's headquarters in Hitec City on Wednesday. The otherwise lively campus wore a grim and sombre look with high security all around. The only activity witnessed was outside the campus where the media men -- both print and TV -- were parked in full strength hoping to catch a glimpse of the chairman, who reportedly reached office in the morning and announced his resignation from there.
Inida's top IT firm, Tata Consultancy Services, has enhanced total pay packages of its top management personnel and board members by over Rs 10 million -- in the process giving a better hike to its incoming chief executive officer than his predecessor.
The office of former prime minister Manmohan Singh may have taken a special interest to try and keep afloat Vijay Mallya's ailing Kingfisher Airlines against the run of play, e-mails and letters claiming this and accessed by CNN-News18 indicate.
Investors in Ranbaxy Laboratories got richer by over Rs 1,900 crore (Rs 19 billion) in a single day as the scrip surged by a little over 20 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday, a day after the pharma major announced a change of guard at its top management level.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore announces one year full time Executive Post Graduate programme in Management (EPGP) commencing in April 2009.
Top management of firms should be summoned for a few specified reasons and after written justification at a senior level.
An executive director of a bank could, for example, be elevated to the post of chairman of a different bank.
Premier League leaders Liverpool could only grind out a 0-0 draw at struggling Stoke City on Saturday, missing the chance to open a six-point gap at the top.
When the move was first thought of it was at the behest of Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India. Only Vistara and AirAsia were opposing it as they were doing the poaching, says Anjuli Bhargava.
India-born Vikram Pandit led world's biggest bank Citigroup is planning to overhaul its bonus system, aimed to increase co-operation and minimise in-fighting among disparate parts of the conglomerate, a media report said.
Bankers have suggested that the Reserve Bank of India lower the statutory liquidity ratio and the cash reserve ratio as the present liquidity crunch is affecting their business. During the mid-term resource management discussion with the RBI team led by Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan, the country's top bankers said the tight liquidity condition was pushing up the cost of funds and putting further pressure on margins.
The promoters of East India Hotels Ltd, owners of the Oberoi brand and the largest hotel chain after the Tata-owned Indian Hotels and ITC Welcome Group, are in advanced discussions with leading corporate houses and private equity firms to divest a strategic stake, possibly 26 per cent.
The rally followed the govt's plan to bolster state-owned lenders.
Corporate India is not bothered about the subprime crisis. I have not seen any large business house walk away from a deal on account of lack of funding.
Satyam is still to log out Raju, his brother and other members of his top management team, despite his quitting as chairman on January 7 after admitting to a Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78-billion) financial wrongdoing. His brother Rama Raju, who quit on the same day and is also in the jail, is still being presented as the managing director and member of the board of the scam-tainted company on its official website.
Maruti Suzuki India, which last year dropped Udyog as its middle name and appointed its first Japanese managing director, has set up a new management structure installing five Indians in crucial decision-making positions. This layer forms the second rung of the company's executive management, just below managing director S Nakanishi. Earlier, when Jagdish Khattar was the managing director, he was the only Indian in the top management.
It is mission damage control and ICICI Bank is pulling out all the stops. Weighed down by persistent rumours over its health, the bank's top management will meet senior employees on Monday to reassure them about their future.
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