Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
My Article on troubleshooting for expatriate CEO
MANAGEMENT
Troubleshooting for expatriate CEOs -- Manishankar Chakraborty
The Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG), coupled with the technical revolution has taken a center stage of the world economic activity. This has thrown open new vistas for all business organizations from across geographies, sectors and companies to scale up operations, not only in their native markets, but also in new ones across the globe. All these have compelled corporate executives to take up assignments in new locations, working with people from different nationalities, which in turn calls for high level of acclimatization capabilities, irrespective of their positions and functions. Peers, subordinates, superiors hailing from different ethnicity and background may actually be a boon in an era where business has no barriers. However, for that to happen, there should be a lot of maturity and understanding on the part of the top honchos .
© 2008 The Icfai University Press. All Rights Reserved
Source-http://www.iupindia.org/708/gc.asp
Troubleshooting for expatriate CEOs -- Manishankar Chakraborty
The Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG), coupled with the technical revolution has taken a center stage of the world economic activity. This has thrown open new vistas for all business organizations from across geographies, sectors and companies to scale up operations, not only in their native markets, but also in new ones across the globe. All these have compelled corporate executives to take up assignments in new locations, working with people from different nationalities, which in turn calls for high level of acclimatization capabilities, irrespective of their positions and functions. Peers, subordinates, superiors hailing from different ethnicity and background may actually be a boon in an era where business has no barriers. However, for that to happen, there should be a lot of maturity and understanding on the part of the top honchos .
© 2008 The Icfai University Press. All Rights Reserved
Source-http://www.iupindia.org/708/gc.asp
Friday, January 9, 2009
One of my old article on Privatization of Indian Higher Education published in The Hindu
Source- http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/03/21/stories/2005032100471100.htm
Read and comment on my article
. This was published in The Hindu, dated March 21st, 2005.
. This was published in The Hindu, dated March 21st, 2005.My article on SME in DNA, Mumbai, dated 9th of January 2009
Source- http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1220036
Home Money Comment
SMEs more prone to downturn blues
Manishankar Chakraborty
Friday, January 9, 2009 3:14 IST
The global slowdown is impacting all economies and India is no exception. Impact on the Indian economy may not be felt with immediate effect, but in the long run, it's going to have a bearing on the Indian populace.
Many leading businesses are feeling the heat and have started to take evasive action, either in the form of cost cutting or by halting production and expansion plans. If this is the state of big enterprises, imagine the impact on small and medium enterprises (SME) who have little resources and rely on bigger counterparts for a smooth functioning. The emphasis to boost the SME sector was felt long time back, however, only half-baked measures have been taken, resulting in these units fighting for their survival on a daily basis.
The major difference between typical organisations and SMEs is in the headcount and their overall scale. These make SMEs more susceptible to economic turmoil.
To quote from Wikipedia, "EU member states traditionally had their own definition of what constitutes an SME, for example the traditional definition in Germany had a limit of 250 employees, while, for example, in Belgium it could have been 100. But now the EU has started to standardise the concept. Its current definition categorises companies with fewer than 50 employees as "small," and those with fewer than 250 as "medium."By contrast, in the US, when small business is defined by the number of employees, it often refers to those with fewer than 100 employees, while medium-sized business often refers to those with fewer than 500 employees."
In the European Union, almost 99% of the firms are SMEs, employing 65 million people. Globally, SMEs contribute 40%-50% to GDP and in India, the sector accounts for 99% of business numbers and contributes 40%-50% to the GDP. It's, therefore, imperative for decision makers to understand the importance of the SME sector and make the necessary moves.
The author is an expert on SME and works for a Dubai-based firm.
Home Money Comment
SMEs more prone to downturn blues
Manishankar Chakraborty
Friday, January 9, 2009 3:14 IST
The global slowdown is impacting all economies and India is no exception. Impact on the Indian economy may not be felt with immediate effect, but in the long run, it's going to have a bearing on the Indian populace.
Many leading businesses are feeling the heat and have started to take evasive action, either in the form of cost cutting or by halting production and expansion plans. If this is the state of big enterprises, imagine the impact on small and medium enterprises (SME) who have little resources and rely on bigger counterparts for a smooth functioning. The emphasis to boost the SME sector was felt long time back, however, only half-baked measures have been taken, resulting in these units fighting for their survival on a daily basis.
The major difference between typical organisations and SMEs is in the headcount and their overall scale. These make SMEs more susceptible to economic turmoil.
To quote from Wikipedia, "EU member states traditionally had their own definition of what constitutes an SME, for example the traditional definition in Germany had a limit of 250 employees, while, for example, in Belgium it could have been 100. But now the EU has started to standardise the concept. Its current definition categorises companies with fewer than 50 employees as "small," and those with fewer than 250 as "medium."By contrast, in the US, when small business is defined by the number of employees, it often refers to those with fewer than 100 employees, while medium-sized business often refers to those with fewer than 500 employees."
In the European Union, almost 99% of the firms are SMEs, employing 65 million people. Globally, SMEs contribute 40%-50% to GDP and in India, the sector accounts for 99% of business numbers and contributes 40%-50% to the GDP. It's, therefore, imperative for decision makers to understand the importance of the SME sector and make the necessary moves.
The author is an expert on SME and works for a Dubai-based firm.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Link to find consultants-Management and Career
http://letusmakecareer.com/Management-Consultant.htm
Click the above link and find plethora of consultants including yours truly.
Click the above link and find plethora of consultants including yours truly.
My article on "Anti-terror Training as part of Academic Curriculum"
My article on this subject has been written with the intention that our country should have full proof counter terrorism measures in place, where a billion hands join together to fight the menace in unison. I apologise for the deleted portions on the edges as the article was too big to be scanned as a single piece. It was published in the leading english daily of Central India-The Hitavada, dated 6th of January 2009. Read and Comment.
Friday, January 2, 2009
My Old articles on-Outsourcing, Peer Learning and
These are old articles of mine published in The Indian Express. Read and Comment.
One of my old article on EDUCATED ILLITERATES
This is one of old article published
in the Indian Express. Read and Comment.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
My new professional associations
http://www.theceoinsights.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=36%3Amr-manishankar-chakraborty-&catid=74%3Aguest-editors&Itemid=116
http://www.tripuratalents.com/
http://www.mybigeconomy.com/editor_des.php?e_id=12
http://www.tripuratalents.com/
http://www.mybigeconomy.com/editor_des.php?e_id=12
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