As per agriculture census 2014, about 86 per cent of Indian farmers own less than two hectares of land. Hence, most Indian farmers are ‘economically marginalized’ and they are unable to earn enough to run their families. This dearth of liquid cash forces them to seek refuge in rapidly industrialising urban centres across the nation.
April 1, 2022LMS involves on boarding of teaching, learning, evaluation, inspection and administration among a host of other activities of education institutes on an online platform. The system helps bring transparency in the system and helps better collaboration through technology.
March 3, 2022After World War II ended, many such third world countries sprouted. But there was and is until today no book to guide them to rise. Lee had to dream and discuss with a few colleagues to convert the ideas into a reality.
May 10, 2021B-schools must start engaging both government and industry to strengthen financial position for knowledge creation.
July 2, 2019Only 35% of students get placed at the end of the MBA program, says a report, while students have to pay full fees in advance. The idea of 'Pay after Placement' model hence seems the need of the hour.
June 27, 2019Teamwork in business management is essential for the growth of individuals and companies as well.
May 24, 2019Over the next decade, travel and tourism is forecast to successfully continue its rapid expansion, overtaking huge global economic sectors such as communications, manufacturing, retail and distribution among others.
September 25, 2018Judges waste time on administrative matters which can quite easily be outsourced, says Ahmed Bilal Soofi.
September 20, 2018To bring an end to the pollution due to stubble burning, the Union government is finalising a scheme to finance straw management equipments. Disclosing this, Haryana chief secretary, DS Dhesi, who is member of the Prime Minister’s task force to tackle this issue, on Friday said under this scheme, straw management equipments will be provided …
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February 17, 2018In a country wherein, headways in business and technology happen just about every single day it becomes a pre-requisite to keep oneself abreast with contemporary advancements in management domains. Amidst such immense activity world over, it’s of utmost significance that an aspiring professional is adept with the management roles and decision-making abilities. An MBA thus …
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October 31, 2017Xavier School of Management announces its admission to virtual interactive learning postgraduate certificate programmes for business management and human resource management courses. These would be conducted through VCNow’s video conference based virtual classroom platform across 40 study centres in India. The duration is for a year including five days of campus staying at XLRI Jamshedpur. …
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October 27, 2017In the early 1990s Dr SK Chakraborty, professor of financial management at IIM Calcutta, made his way through the incredibly dense forest of our ancient scriptures to extract principles for setting up a new paradigm — the Indian system of management. The corporate world responded enthusiastically, helping to set up the unique Management Centre for …
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August 6, 2017I first met the author Shiv Malik in 1990 when he was heading the PEC. I was impressed by his innovative way of running his company and one of them was that he had followed the American system of not having peons to carry the files around. It was such a change in a public …
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July 15, 2017It is often said that the process of learning has no end, since knowledge is infinite. Yet many tend to become complacent about knowledge and skills after acquiring a job. No wonder there is so much investment by successful corporate houses in training and development of their manpower to constantly assist and motivate their staff. …
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June 30, 2017The world of business today is dynamic and challenging. Gone are the days when employees had singular responsibilities and hardly any performance appraisal. Employment, seemingly, is a corollary of education. And choosing career paths begins where education ends, and education never ends. And unless skills are continuously updated through education, retaining a given job itself …
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June 1, 2017‘Great vision without great people is irrelevant”, wrote Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. Extending this backward, even an ordinary vision without good people is not possible. It does not matter if the company were to be a manufacturing or a service organisation, large corporate or a small firm as people in the …
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March 23, 2017‘Great vision without great people is irrelevant”, wrote Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. Extending this backward, even an ordinary vision without good people is not possible. It does not matter if the company were to be a manufacturing or a service organisation, large corporate or a small firm as people in the …
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March 23, 2017