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Well-mixed teams can develop new products faster
D. Murali
How do you establish trust in international projects? Sample this, from International Project Management by Kathrin K”ster (www.sagepublications.com): “A US-American project manager invited his Asian team members to where he was located in the USA on the East Coast. Instead of dining out with them in a high-class restaurant, he took them […]
Finance & Accounting
There is increasing realisation by State governments of the importance of non-tax revenue in the context of fiscal deficits ...
With the help of business analytics and real-time insight, the finance function has the potential to grow from the ...
Information Technology
Synergies that favour software
D. MuraliThe impressive performance of the software sector in attracting investment and augmenting exports is due to the fact that government evolved, implemented, and pursued on a sustained basis a proactive policy, says Ashok Kundra in India-China: A comparative analysis of FDI policy and performance (www.academicfoundation.com).
Setting up of STPs, implementing the recommendations of the […]
IT value that talks business
D. MuraliThere has never been a better time for a capable executive to take on the role of CIO (chief information officer), avers a new book from Harvard Business Press (www.harvardbusiness.org). “We would not be surprised to see executives on the CEO track make a point of adding the CIO role to their resumes, just […]
Management & Strategy
Well-mixed teams can develop new products fasterD. Murali
How do you establish trust in international projects? Sample this, from International Project Management by Kathrin K”ster (www.sagepublications.com): “A US-American project manager invited his Asian team members to where he was located in the USA on the East Coast. Instead of dining out with them in a high-class restaurant, he took them […]
Leading in the clever economy
How would you lead your ‘smartest, most creative people’? Here is guidance from Clever, a new book by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (www.harvardbusiness.org).
The simple definition of ‘clever’ that the authors begin with is ‘possessing skill or talent,’ according to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, rather than the popular connotation of ‘being overly smart and […]