Management - general
Seattle CEO who took 90% pay cut to boost staff salaries faces hard times
03 Aug 2015
Seattle CEO Dan Price, who cut his own salary by 90 per cent to boost the minimum salary of his workers to $70,000, says he is nearly broke and had been forced to rent out his house
Toshiba's president Hisao Tanaka, two others resign over accounting scandal
21 Jul 2015
Toshiba's top executives set unrealistic profit targets that systematically led to accounting irregularities, which were “skillfully” hidden from outside observers
Gaming In The Workplace: Mixing Work and Play Can Motivate Employees
30 Jun 2015
Monica Rozenfeld, associate editor for the publication of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers highlights the importance of gamification at workplace
Government to make hiring and firing of workers easier for business
26 Jun 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, while addressing foreign business interests in the US, promised a globally compatible business climate in India with reforms in land, labour and taxes
Decision engineering helps make better choices
24 Jun 2015
Decision engineering, which also goes by the name decision intelligence, helps design decisions as if they were tangible projects, such as building robots or computer systems, using the same engineering methodologies and techniques, writes Monica Rozenfeld, associate editor for the publication of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
From the Big Apple to the humble jackfruit
17 Jun 2015
James Joseph, founder of Jackfruit365 and former director, executive engagement, Microsoft talks to Swetha Amit about his journey from working in a corporate cubicle to setting up his office space in God’s own country
More than 80% of firms say they've been hacked
15 Jun 2015
HSBC to axe up to 20,000 jobs: report
03 Jun 2015
HSBC CEO Stuart Gullivar is expected to announce major cuts at an investor meet next week as he seeks to reassure shareholders and investors that the bank’s restructuring and drive to cut costs are continuing
Frugal Innovation: the art of doing more with less
24 Apr 2015
Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu, authors of business bestsellers Jugaad Innovation and Frugal Innovation talk to Swetha Amit about the transition in the concept of innovation in organizations
Seattle CEO cuts own salary 90% to hike employee wages
16 Apr 2015
Dan Price, CEO of the largest payment processor in Washington, has reduced his own salary by 90 per cent so that his employees can make at least $70,000 annually
Satyam case: Ramalinga Raju gets 7-yr jail; ordered to pay Rs5-cr fine
09 Apr 2015
A special CBI court has found Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju, his brother B Rama Raju, former company officials and accountants guilty in India’s biggest corporate scam
Starbucks extends free college education for 4 years to all full-time employees
08 Apr 2015
Starbucks is, in effect, inviting its workers, from the day they join the company, to study whatever they like, and then leave whenever they like - knowing that many of them, with degrees in hand, would leave for better-paying jobs
Know thy banker — it could keep you solvent
By By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | 06 Apr 2015
An MIT Sloan School of Management study shows banks that have good working relationships with their customers reduce loan defaults
Key management changes at Isuzu Motors India
01 Apr 2015
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