Management - general
Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi to replace Kalanick as Uber CEO
28 Aug 2017
Iranian-born Dara Khosrowshahi will have the daunting task of mending Uber's image as he succeeds co-founder Travis Kalanick, who grew Uber into a $20-billion annual booking business before scandals forced him out
Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong sentenced to 5 years’ jail; appeal likely
26 Aug 2017
A Seoul court passing the verdict on the Samsung heir said “unethical collusion between political power and capital” had led to “mistrust in the morality of the Samsung group”
Nandan Nilekani vows to clear Infosys of bad blood
26 Aug 2017
Nilekani made it clear that he has no intention to stay long or become CEO of the company, but said he wanted to see Infosys as a board-managed company with high standards of corporate governance
Nandan Nilekani likely to make a comeback at Infosys
23 Aug 2017
A prominent investor advisory firm has suggested that Infosys must convince Nandan Nilekani to rejoin the board as its non-executive chairperson
Learn to walk away, senior Infosys official tells Narayana Murthy
22 Aug 2017
“Learn to walk away, as you had promised when handing the reins to Vishal [Sikka],” says an open letter to Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy from Omkar Goswami, a former Infosys board member and currently a member of its business process outsourcing (BPO) unit
Post Sikka exit, 3 US law firms launch probes into Infosys
19 Aug 2017
The law firms, representing institutional investors, are looking to pin Infosys on securities fraud or other unlawful business practices by its officers or directors, to recover stock market losses
Vishal Sikka quits as Infosys CEO; U B Pravin Rao takes over
18 Aug 2017
When former SAP CEO Visahl Sikka took over, Infosys was lagging behind industry growth. During his tenure as CEO, Infosys revenues have grown, with strong margin performance and cash generation
RAND survey finds US jobs gruelling
14 Aug 2017
Beyond the comfort zone
04 Aug 2017
Former managing director of Kimberly Clark Lever, Prakash Iyer is a best-selling author, leadership coach and a motivational speaker. In this interview with Swetha Amit, Iyer talks about his latest book on entrepreneurial stories
Tata Group to expand foods business, consolidate other operations
31 Jul 2017
The group will leverage the `Tata’ brand to consolidate its defence, financial services and infrastructure operations into more focused businesses
Workers at Wisconsin company to get microchips
25 Jul 2017
Larsen & Toubro’s Subrahmanyan takes charge as new CEO
01 Jul 2017
Subrahmanyan is credited with successfully completing some of L&T’s largest infrastructure projects, including new airports in major cities, metro, and freight corridor projects, helping to grow its construction business to rank among the top 25 global contractors
Bullying in organisations begets whining: study
22 Jun 2017
It has been said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Now new research suggests that such a dynamic can play out in organisations, where bullying within decision-making groups appears to go hand in hand with whining.
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