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INTERVIEW
Programmer's Heaven
Jayapal Yedla is an MBA specialized in Marketing and a BTech in Electronics and Instrumentation. He worked
with three major software companies in India and the US before starting a software solution company, in South
Africa EastSoft which is committed to research and developing software products on Banking, Insurance and
Finance. EastSoft has won a good reputation among its customers and has branches in more than one 10 big or
medium-sized cities in the country, where Indians form a major portion of the total population.
Interviewed by
-- MP Vishali
from IUP ,
Hyderabad.
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NEWSMAKER
Nusli Wadia: Corporate Warrior
-- MP Vishali
One of the key personalities in the development of the Indian Textile Industry, Nusli Wadia has always
been considered as a feisty fighter. He is the son of Neville and Dina Wadia, and the grandson of Mohammad Ali
Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Well-known as the Chairman and Majority Owner of Bombay Dyeing, India's leading
Textile company, he also has vast holdings in real estate across Mumbai.
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B-SCHOOLS
Accreditation
More Than a Branding Tool
-- Manishankar Chakraborty
Whatever may be the accreditation model, it is imperative for the regulators to
put in place rigorous checks and balances which are not only foolproof but
also ensure the continuous growth of the standard of services, benefitting society as
a whole.
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PERSONALITY
Shrink to Grow
Strategies in Turbulent Times
-- Samta Jain
The current troubled business environment calls for a revamp of the
complete management psychology and conditioning it to meet the challenges of
economic downturn.
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FINANCE
Gold ETFs
Glitter All the Way
-- Amit Singh Sisodiya
Gold ETFs have emerged as the new rage among investors who are looking
for asset classes other than equities, bonds, commodities, etc., to not only
reap rewards of resurgent gold prices but also to have diversity their
investment portfolio. However investors need to remember that like investment in any
other asset class, investment in Gold ETFs too is not without its share of risk.
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COVER STORY
Distance Education
Its Impact on India
-- Manabjyoti Choudhury
People are realizing, more and more, the need for knowledge in improving
their standard of living. A formal school education has been found to be inadequate
in undertaking the gigantic task of educating the increasing world population,
since many of them do not have access to formal schools. Distance learning is one
type of open learning system, which offers the students an element of flexibility
and autonomy to pursue the programs of their choice when and where they wish and
at a pace to suit their circumstances and convenience. The major characteristic
of this form of education is that more importance is given to spontaneous
individual effort of the learner, rather than the authoritative control of the teacher.
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B-SCHOOLS
MBA
The Winner's Choice
-- Vissapragada Srinivas
The right MBA graduates bring with them stupendous talent to the
organization that they join, and are capable of wearing different hats for different occasions.
It is the duty of management students to learn new things in their MBA program
in order to provide the perfect start to their professional careers. Young
MBAs should not assume that they are going to occupy a cushy chair in an AC office
with all the comforts, but must be prepared to sweat it out, if they want to do justice
to their degree.
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ECONOMY
Economic Turmoil
-- Savanam Chandra Sekhar
It seems the world economy is caught in the vicious circle of the Second
Great Depression, and its sweep is wider than that of the 1930s' Depression. While
the former affected mainly America and Europe, the present crisis has cast its
gloomy shadow across the entire globe.
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HRD
Incivility in the Workplace
-- Saswati Nanda and Vivekanand
Incivility in the workplace is largely an accepted fact of organization life but it
is rarely a topic of research and academic discussion. This article looks at
the concept of incivility within the broad framework of misbehavior in
organizations and looks at some of the determinants of incivility and its effects, both at
the individual and organizational level. The article ends with a few suggestions
on how to overcome incivility in the workplace.
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WORKPLACE
Fear of the Pink Slip
Making You Pale?
-- Bhawna Bhardwaj
This article discusses the issue of lay-offs all over the world. Strategies
to overcome anxiety and depression due to pink slips have also been
suggested. Positive attitude, motivation and looking for new opportunities can really help
in this downturn. Improving competence and updating knowledge and skills
has become necessary for ensuring greater job security.
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WORKPLACE
Personal and
Professional Conflicts
-- P Shyamala and Dr. S David Amirtha Rajan
This article proposes a framework of personal and professional
conflicts experienced by women lecturers. It also highlights the level of stress in
work-life balance due to role conflict.
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Legal Competency
Growing Necessity of Managers
-- Indranil Banerjee
It is imperative that the managers should be competent enough to interpret
the various legal repercussions of each of their deeds.
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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Labor of Love
A Catalyst Called Peer Inspiration
-- BVS Prasad
Success and growth achieved due to an inspiring element are invaluable
in comparison with the results achieved otherwise. The quality of output
is significantly greater when it is produced with passion and involvement.
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BOOK REVIEW
Global Brain
Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World
-- Authors: Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney
Reviewed by PV Murali Krishna and G Radha Krishna
Global Brain concerns customers, partners, suppliers, amateur
inventors, academic researchers, scientists, innovation brokers and a host of other
external entities. Reaching out to these entities for innovative ideas and technologies
has become imperative for firms to achieve and sustain profitability and growth.
The book explains how to execute network-centric innovation for better reach and
its impact on globalization.
© 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. IUP holds the copyright for
the review.
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