Management - general
Infosys gives CEO Vishal Sikka 2-year extension
25 Feb 2016
Michael Pesch to head Infosys Consulting Holding
20 Feb 2016
Success Sutra in management
12 Feb 2016
Devdutt Pattanaik, author and leadership consultant talks to Swetha Amit on Indian beliefs about leadership, success and wealth and the constant desire to attain more
Putting women on top boosts profits: study
10 Feb 2016
A survey of 22,000 publicly-traded companies across 91 countries found that the presence of women in corporate leadership positions can boost a firm's performance, suggesting a reward for policies that allow women to rise to the top
Apple’s board rejects new diversity proposal
18 Jan 2016
Analjit Singh steps down as Max India split into three
16 Jan 2016
Max India has announced a three-way split with promoter Analjit Singh stepping down from chairmanship of most of his holdings and group companie
Sticking to SMART management is no longer smart
16 Jan 2016
Is 2016 the year to rethink the widely accepted SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timely) school of business management? IMD business school's Professor Amit Mukherjee says the fall of hierarchy and the rise of networks in today’s business environment challenge traditional management styles
Introspecting on the purpose of life
13 Jan 2016
Dr N S Rajan, group chief human resources officer, and member, group executive council of Tata Sons,.talks to Swetha Amit about making people introspect on his two liners
Cook is Apple’s lowest-paid exec at $10.3 mn
07 Jan 2016
In a year when Apple’s sales grew 28 per cent but shares fell for the first time since 2008, chief executive Tim Cook saw his compensation rise 11.5 per cent. Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president for retail and online stores, was the highest paid
Wipro appoints Abidali Neemuchwala as CEO, TK Kurien promoted as executive vice chairman
05 Jan 2016
Wipro, India’s third-largest IT exporter, has appointed Abidali Z Neemuchwala as its chief executive officer and promoted present CEO TK Kurien as executive vice chairman
Karan Adani appointed CEO of Adani Ports
28 Dec 2015
Resume fraud linked to job search envy
23 Dec 2015
KaloBios Pharma fires CEO Martin Shkreli
22 Dec 2015
Shkreli was pilloried for raising the price of a decades-old drug acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals to $750 a pill from $13.50, but his arrest last week was on unrelated charges
US B-school honours President Mukherjee for supporting open innovation
17 Dec 2015
President Pranab Mukherjee has been bestowed with the Garwood Award for 'Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation' by Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley
Audi AG names Stefan Knirsch to head R&D
05 Dec 2015
India is world’s third-highest in corporate fraud
26 Nov 2015
Indian companies are being ripped off by junior employees as well as by vendors, while private equity firms are being taken for a ride by promoters – and they aren’t doing enough to prevent this
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave
23 Nov 2015
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is going on two months paternity leave after the birth of his daughter
Citi MD Ashish Mehrotra appointed MD & CEO, Max Bupa
18 Nov 2015
Citibank managing director and retail head Ashish Mehrotra will take over as Max Bupa Health Insurance's managing director and CEO
Why corporations don’t always ‘learn’ their way to success
09 Nov 2015
A new study of the aircraft industry suggests that the belief in ‘learning by doing’ may be overstated. This study provides an alternative explanation for why we may observe a strong relationship between experience and performance, even without actual learning, says Jaideep Anand from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business
Twitter chief Dorsey to give a third of his stock to workers
23 Oct 2015
The unusual move comes as Dorsey works to rebuild employee morale and confidence at Twitter after a spate of high-level departures over the past several months
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