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Monday, December 3, 2018

Nexus between Corporate World and Politics


It was unusually late that day. Mrs Anita Bhat started worrying. “Why hasn’t he reached home yet, it’s pretty dark outside?”

Her husband Kunal was quite punctual as far as returning home from the office was concerned. He didn’t mind going to office couple of hours earlier than the normal start time. But he must come home in time. 

Feeling disappointed, Anita returned to the dining room. Her parents were visiting her. Presently they sat around the dining table.

“He hasn’t still reached home. Seems to have got stuck in the office or in the traffic. But at least he could have telephoned. I think we should start the dinner,” Anita declared to her parents.

Her father proposed, “Why not wait for another ten minutes? Did you try ringing him?”

“I did. But he isn’t taking my call.”

“Perhaps he might have switched it off and didn’t realize it.”

…………

In the office Kunal Bhat had shut off his desktop computer at his usual pack up time. As he was about to walk toward the parking lot, his cell rang. His CEO spoke, “Hey Kunal, good thing I caught you in time. You will have to hang around a bit. I have something very important for you. I will call you soon.”

Kunal Bhat was one of the senior managers in the corporate office of the company. His company Global Chemicals was about to start the construction of its latest unit in Bhavanipur, a small town near the capital city of the country. Global Chemical’s corporate office also operated from the capital. Kunal Bhat was one of the five key managers responsible for the construction and commissioning of the new Bhavanipur plant.

Kunal waited in his cabin. He wasn’t quite happy about the wait. His punctuality in returning home was getting disturbed. From his cabin he started staring at the CEO’s office (situated diagonally opposite his) as if his boss would call him sooner if he kept staring at the boss’s cabin. But that was not to happen.

Then he found one of his colleagues briskly walking toward the CEO’s cabin. After about fifteen minutes his colleague came out, head bent in a pensive mood. When he came out he was holding a large sized briefcase.

Kunal saw this kind of activity being repeated by his other three colleagues too. One by one each one of them had gone inside the boss’s cabin and came out with the identical large sized brief case. Kunal talked to himself, “This whole thing seems a bit extraordinary to me.”

And while he was thoroughly absorbed in his thoughts his cell buzzed. He heard the boss say, “Kunal, you can walk in now.” To this he responded, “I will be with you in a minute.”

He entered the CEO’s office. His CEO also happened to be the chairman of the company’s board of directors. As Kunal entered he saw that the company’s chief internal auditor Rustomji was also present there. He noticed a large sized brief case in the auditor’s lap. It was identical to the briefcases he had earlier seen with his four colleagues.

“Sit down, Kunal. Won’t take more than ten minutes,” the CEO announced.

He then looked at the auditor and gestured. The auditor placed the briefcase on the table in front of Kunal.

The CEO spoke with Kunal in a hushed voice, “This briefcase contains money in cash currency. Don’t ask me how much. But it’s lots of money and you will be its custodian for a night. You also need to keep the whole matter strictly secret.”

At this stage Kunal looked at Rustomji, the chief internal auditor. Kunal debated in his own mind how could it be a secret when one more person was sharing the room and seeing this transaction live.

The CEO guessed Kunal’s worries. He said, “Don’t worry. I fully depend on our chief internal auditor for all such secret matters of the company. Rustomji personally handles enormous amounts of this kind of money for our company. So rest assured about the secrecy part.”

“OK, sir,” Kunal managed to whisper sheepishly.

“Now, let me tell you what you are supposed to do with this briefcase. Carry it with you and place it in a secure corner of your home. You have to safeguard it just for a night. Tomorrow early morning a person will meet you. He will open an envelope and show you the password written on the paper taken out of it.”

The CEO gestured at the chief internal auditor again. This time the auditor handed a sealed envelop to Kunal.

The CEO then continued his instructions, “Keep this sealed envelope with you. Don’t open it now. Open it in front of the visitor tomorrow. The paper inside contains a password that exactly matches with the password the visitor will show you. Make sure that the two passwords match perfectly well. After making sure, handover the briefcase to him. Do not get into any dialogue with him. You job ends there. Then forget about this entire episode. Its confidentiality and secrecy are of utmost importance for your own sake. It might put you into some problem if you share it with anyone else. Now you can go. Yes, one more thing, handover the two papers with the passwords to Rustomji tomorrow as soon as you walk in.”

He came out of the boss’s office all nervous and with head bent. He had seen the same kind of posture of his other four colleagues just a few minutes earlier. His brain became numb. He couldn’t think anything. He did not even realize that he should let his wife know that he would be reaching home late.

…………

At home, the ten minutes wait was almost over. Anita and her parents started the dinner. Around this time Anita heard the click of the latched door at the main entrance of the house.

She got up from her seat and spoke out excitedly, “Finally Kunal seems to have come. Now I’m going to take him to task for coming late without even letting me know.”

Her mother held her back. “Sit down, Anita. Relax. There must be some definite reason. Let him settle down. And yes, ready his plate.”

Kunal walked in with the briefcase held close to his bosom. Presently he settled on his chair. Anita walked to him and requested, “Let me deposit the briefcase in the study. A new briefcase?”

Kunal was a bit slow in his response. He however managed to speak, “No Anita. It’s from the office. No, don’t bother to take it to the study right now. I will do it after the dinner.”

Anita sensed something amiss in Kunal’s behavior and voice. But she did not probe.

Her father broke the silence. “Kunal, are you aware that our Prime Minister is addressing a big rally in the town where you are erecting your new plant? Any participation of your company in the rally? The rally is quite significant since the next general election is around the corner.”

“Yes, I am aware of tomorrow’s Bhavanipur rally. I am not sure of our company’s participation in it. My CEO or other directors may or may not attend. But I’m definitely not going there.”

Dinner over, Kunal walked toward the study with the briefcase. Anita followed. As they entered the study, Kunal locked the room from inside. He abruptly spoke, “Anita, sit down. I have something very important to share with you. It has been disturbing me for last an hour or so.”

“Tell me about it. It will ease out your burden,” Anita said while putting her hand on Kunal’s shoulder. 

“What I’m going to tell you must remain with you a secret. You see this briefcase; it contains lots of cash currency. This will be with us only for tonight. Tomorrow early morning I will hand it over to a person I have never met earlier.”

“But how are you sure it contains lots of money. Did you check it up?”

“My CEO gave it to me and told me so.”

“No, Kunal that’s not correct. We must be sure that it has money and nothing else. We might get into big trouble if you find tomorrow morning that it does not have the enormous amount of money your boss told you about.”

“You are right, Anita.”  Kunal then opened the briefcase. Kunal and Anita got a shock of their life. They hadn’t seen so much money at one place in their entire lifetime so far. Simultaneously they were scared too.

Anita warned Kunal, “In the past few weeks lots of thefts have taken place in our neighborhood. I am really scared. How are we going to save it from any theft?”

Kunal understood Anita’s point. He kept looking at her as if he wanted a solution.

Anita did propose a solution. She said, “I’m going to request my parents to stay back. We will let them know about this money. All the four of us will keep awake the whole night playing cards game. We will have chai (tea) and pakoras to go with it. It will be fun. You know that my parents love freaking out like this once in a while.”

Kunal and Anita roped in Anita’s parents into their secret. When Anita’s parents saw the money, they were shocked too. They felt Anita’s plan to save the money from any possibility of theft was quite in order.

…………

Next day in the office….

As directed by his boss Kunal straightway went to Rutomji’s office. Rutomji, Kunal and his other four colleagues connected with the Bhavanipur project were of the same hierarchical rank. Therefore Kunal always found it in order to walk into Rustomji’s cabin without any prior notice or appointment or other formalities.

To his surprise, his four colleagues were already sitting with Rustomji. He found them handing over the pairs of papers with the passwords on each one of them. He immediately came to the conclusion that the CEO had asked them to carry out the task of transferring the moneybags just the way he was asked.

He pulled a chair and sat down. All of them looked at each other. As Kunal was in the process of handing over the papers with the passwords to Rustomji, one of them insisted, “Rustomji, it won’t be fair until you tell us all about it. Why were we made to do something so strange? And where is the boss? I had been to his cabin this morning to seek clarification on this despite his snubbing yesterday. Yesterday he shut me up by saying that certain things should be left unexplained. So tell us.”

“OK. I will tell you guys everything because the boss is not around today. He has gone to Bhavanipur to have a brief meeting with the Prime Minister before the Prime Minister’s rally there. He has to have the Prime Minister’s blessings for starting our business at Bhavanipur.”

Kunal interrupted. “Yes, why not seek the Prime Minister’s blessings? After all the ruling party has favored us by allotting the land for our plant at Bhavanipur for a song. Our company must return the favors.”

To this Rustomji added, “Only seeking blessings is not enough in such cases. You need to dole out huge sums of money to the ruling party and the concerned politicians. Also you need to contribute toward the fund required to distribute the money to the crowd hired as an audience in the rally.”

“You mean the audience is hired? I thought it was a hearsay.”

“Yes, hired. It is one hundred percent truth. In every political rally the crowd assembles only because the political party arranging the rally pays them. Greater the crowd, grander becomes the image and power of the leader addressing it. And for attracting large numbers of people you have to distribute large sums of incentive money. The unknown person to whom you transferred the money in the big briefcases was none other than the contractor appointed to hire buses, hire men and women for the audience, pay them the incentive money, transport them in the buses to the venue of the rally and deposit them as a dummy audience. Our company is repaying the favors showered by the ruling government till date.”

“Unbelievable,” quipped all the five managers sitting in front of Rustomji.

“Now for god’s sake do not tell the boss that I told you all.”

“But how do you account for this money that the company gives to the ruling party and also to the politicians in their personal kitty?”

“What we give is unaccounted money. We do not keep any account of such money, nor we pay any kind of taxes on it. It is pure black money.”

“But how do you generate this kind of money in the company and who all know about it?”

“Now don’t ask me further. The company has its own ways to generate the black money. Very few people including me know about it entirely though. But one thing is sure- the black money is required for buying the governments and the politicians and having an upper hand over them. It is also required to bag the sales orders for the company and for many more similar things- the kickback money. Now please go away. I have told you enough.”

Kunal and the other four managers got up from their seats and walked out of Rustomji’s office thinking pensively about many aspects of the corporate and political character.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Playboy Manager


Vinny Ahuja, the HR chief of Integrated Medicines division of Universal Medi Corp was in conversation with division's executive vice president- the number one at division's hierarchy, "Sir, can I schedule the interview for your personal secretary the coming Friday? I have personally shortlisted the best from the candidates I have interviewed."

Rupesh Lahiri, the executive vice president nodded, "It's OK, go ahead. Hope, she is the best. I was fed up with the last one whom I had to finally fire."

"Well, I exactly know your requirement by now. Anything else I can do for you, sir?"

Without answering, Rupesh Lahiri cut off the phone connection. Lahiri hated Ahuja but he had to bear with him because of the secret knowledge Ahuja had of him, the knowledge that could ruin his career.

Lahiri was the rising star of Universal Medi Corp. None had seen the kind of phenomenal growth Lahiri had achieved in the company. He had become the darling boy of the entire board. The members of the board of directors had already decided to include him in their rank very soon.

But Ahuja could definitely puncture this prospect because he knew why Lahiri had requisitioned the transfer of Sevak Lal from the Surgical Instruments division of the company where Lahiri was the boss before taking over the executive vice president's position in Integrated Medicines division.

Within an year of taking over Integrated Medicines division, Lahiri reorganized his setup to create a new position. He wanted to fill it up by positioning a real competent guy. And as per him Sevak Lal was that guy. Sevak Lal was his right hand man in many ways. Sevak Lal had worked for Lahiri as his executive assistant in Surgical Instruments division of the company.

But instead of directly asking for Sevak Lal, for his own reasons, Lahiri decided to go through the proper channel and roped in the services of HR of the division. That's the first time he came across Ahuja. He spoke with Ahuja, "Mr Ahuja, can you please help me in recruiting the best possible professional from the industry for this new position? You must have seen the reorg chart by now."

Ahuja replied, "I have, sir. I will start the process of recruitment the soonest. And sir, you can address me by my first name Vinny."

"Great. Do it fastest, on yesterday basis. Thanks Vinny and keep me posted."

Accordingly, Ahuja brought before Lahiri many competent professionals but Lahiri rejected each one of them for one reason or the other. He almost reprimanded Ahuja, "You are not helping me out. Almost more than three months are gone and I am still at the same place. Please get me the right person. And to make things easy for you Vinny, I will suggest Sevak Lal's name. Have you heard of him? He works in our Surgical Instruments division."

"I know him. But will his current boss release him?" Ahuja was not pleased with the idea of recruiting Sevak Lal. He had shown lot more competent professionals to Lahiri.

"I will like you to convince all the concerned persons in Surgical Instruments division and get Sevak Lal here soon in case you are not in a position to fix up some other guy."

"I will speak with all the concerned persons and make sure that Sevak Lal is transferred to our division soon." Ahuja was left with no alternative, he seemed to have already wasted three precious months of the company as per Lahiri.

After this meeting Ahuja got very curious. He thought, "Why the boss is so much interested in Sevak Lal despite the fact that I have shown him much better candidates? I must find the answer."

So he contacted his HR counterpart in the other division where Sevak Lal was working. These two HR guys were great friends having passed out from the same college. And Ahuja was stunned by what this HR counterpart told in utter secrecy, "Ahuja, listen carefully. What I am going to tell you is very explosive. A rumor kept on circulating in our division while Lahiri was the boss here. Rumor was about Sevak Lal being used as a pimp by Lahiri. Lahiri, it seems is a great playboy and Sevak Lal used to arrange girls for him. That may be one strong reason for Lahiri wanting Sevak Lal under his wings again. You know the habits die hard. Hope you understand what I am hinting at. Now don't ask me more, I wish to be kept out of it. However I will send your formal request of Sevak Lal's transfer to our chief boss here."

In the mean time Lahiri had spoken with Sevak Lal, "Sevak, please talk to your boss and get your transfer formalized. I want you here immediately. I am recommending a promotion for you and raise in your salary on transfer. This is just the start. You will keep on getting your goodies as in earlier times once you come here. So join me soon."

"I too look forward to serve you again sir," said Sevak Lal.

Within a few days after this Ahuja completed all the necessary paperwork and Sevak Lal was brought in Integrated Medicines division to work for Lahiri.

Sevak Lal occupied a house in the company's township that was at a few minutes distance from the office of Integrated Medicines division. In fact he insisted for it, "I need to be near the office. I need to give more time to this new department. If I live in the city I will need to commute a lot and I do not wish to waste my time."

The HR manager of Surgical Instruments division had given an idea of Lahiri-Sevak Lal modus oprendi. And so Ahuja kept an eye on the activities going on at Sevak Lal's house in the company's township. Sevak Lal was a bachelor and had no family. So he used to take lunch in the division's cafeteria and his house used be locked throughout the office hours including the lunch time.

Though for the first few days of Ahuja's surveillance of Sevak Lal's house nothing extraordinary happened, he continued his watch over the house. And one day he found that during the lunch time Sevak Lal's house did not have a lock on the main door of the house and Sevak Lal's car was parked outside the house.  Then after about half an hour or so he was surprised to see Lahiri coming out of the house instead of Sevak Lal. Lahiri looked around, got into the car and headed for the office. Ahuja hanged around making sure that nobody was watching him. After a few minutes a lady walked out of the house. She walked for a furlong or so where a car was parked. She got into it and drove away.

Ahuja captured the entire episode on his cell phone- a complete video. That evening, he rang Sevak Lal and said, "You know that in addition to looking after the HR function I am also responsible for admin and security affairs of our township. I am a bit concerned about the safety and security of your home in the township. I happened to see some unusual things happening in and around your house during the lunch time while you were still in your office. Please come to my office, I need to talk to you personally about it."

Sevak Lal got a shock of his life hearing what Ahuja was narrating to him. He simply replied, "I will meet you in your office immediately."

Ahuja locked up his cabin while he was negotiating with Sevak Lal. He mentioned to Sevak Lal in a no-nonsense tone, "Now that you have seen the video, will you please tell all about it to your master Lahiri or do you think I should approach him?"

"No, I will do it myself. Tell me what you want."

"Tell him that in addition to the video I have some more interesting stories up my sleeve. I know now why he fought tooth and nail to promote two of his most incompetent subordinates and pressed the performance evaluation committee to make exception to the company rules."

"What do you mean? He looks after the interest of his subordinates and so fights for the growth of his people. I know him well. What's wrong with it?"

"Yes, he does look after the interest of those of his subordinates who let him sleep with their wives. During the last performance evaluation round at least one manager had secretly told me about it since he was an eyewitness to Lahiri visiting the house of one of the managers who was favored by Lahiri. He keeps that video with him as a weapon in case he is wronged any time in future by Lahiri."

Sevak Lal couldn't argue any more. He knew it was true. He was a close associate of Lahiri in such matters.

He asked Ahuja, "OK. Now Ahuja, what do you want from me?"

"Go tell Lahiri all about what I know of him. Tell him also that I know about his elevation as a director on company's board. Now he should be in a position to press for my promotion as the group HR chief at the corporate level bypassing other four HR chiefs of various divisions, most of them being senior to me. The next round of promotions is around the corner. I will cooperate and play along if he agrees or you know what I can do."

And the meeting between Ahuja and Sevak Lal was over.

After a few days of this meeting, Sevak Lal met Ahuja once more and informed, "Boss agrees with your terms. Let me congratulate you, your promotion will be announced soon. Your new title will be Group/Corporate Vice President (HR). However, as a last assignment at your existing level, the boss has requested you to formally schedule an interview with a candidate whom I want him to appoint as his personal secretary. Here is her resume." Then Sevak Lal walked away.

Ahuja rang Lahiri this morning to check with him, "Sir, can I schedule the interview for your personal secretary the coming Friday? I have personally shortlisted the best from the candidates I have interviewed."

(Two years later Rupesh Lahiri was fired from the company unceremoniously not for the sexual harassment or sexual assault of the female employees but for screwing up company's one of the prestigious projects. Till the time he was seen as a vital instrument in bringing in tons of money for the company he was treated as a superhero by all despite the fact that two courageous female employees had filed complaints of sexual harassment/assault by Rupesh Lahiri to the corporate HR of the company to which even Vinny Ahuja had turned a blind eye).

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(The term "management" here does not limit itself to just about business management but it encompasses management of all kinds of things like life management, home management, family management, health management, travel management, food management and so on).

Home Pages for All the Topics

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2. (Home Page for All General and Psychological Counseling) http://counselingfamily.blogspot.com/

3. (Home Page for All Home Tips: Home and Family Managementhttp://home-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/

4. (Home Page for All Products: Products Knowledge Managementhttp://products-all.blogspot.com/

Topics Starting with Numbers

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(5S Housekeeping at Home: Home Managementhttp://5s-housekeeping-home.blogspot.com/

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A
(ABC Analysis or Pareto Analysis or 80/20 Rule) http://abc-pareto-analysis.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.net/index.php/2011/07/20/abc-analysis-or-pareto-analysis/
(Activity Based Costing- ABC) http://activitybased-costing.blogspot.com/
(Advertising) http://advertising-mass-communication.blogspot.com/
(Anecdotes in Management) http://management-anecdotes.blogspot.com/
(Anger Management) http://controlling-anger.blogspot.com/
(Articles, blogs and knols of Shyam Bhatawdekar: Home Page) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Assertiveness) http://assertiveness-skill.blogspot.com/
(Assessment Centers) http://assessment-centers.blogspot.com/
(Authentic and Free Management Notes) http://authentic-management-notes.blogspot.com/
(A to Z of Management Systems) http://a-z-management-systems.blogspot.com/
(A to Z of Quality Techniques) http://a-z-quality-techniques.blogspot.com/

B
(Balanced Scorecard) http://balanced-scorecard-system.blogspot.com/
(Basic Statistics) http://statistics-basic.blogspot.com/
(Behavioral Safety) http://behavioral-safety.blogspot.com/
(Benchmarking) http://benchmarking-system.blogspot.com/
(Body Language or Non-verbal Communication) http://body-language-communication.blogspot.com/
(Books- Best Books) http://best-book-list.blogspot.com/
(Books- Best Management Books) http://best-management-books.blogspot.com/
(Boundarylesshttp://shyambhatawdekar.blogspot.com/
(Brainstorming) http://brainstorming-technique.blogspot.com/
(Branding- Personal/Professional Branding http://professional-branding.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/
(Business Ethics and Ethics in Management) http://business-management-ethics.blogspot.com/
(Business Plan) http://business-plan-preparation.blogspot.com/
(Business Process ReengineeringBPRhttp://business-process-reengineering-bpr.blogspot.com/

C
(Career Planning within Organizations) http://organizational-career-planning.blogspot.com/
(Case Method) http://case-method.blogspot.com/
(Case Studies in Management) http://corporate-case-studies.blogspot.com/
(CEO Roles, Qualities and Competencies) http://ceo-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Change Management) http://manage-change.blogspot.com/
(Child Development: Stories for Childrenhttp://stories-children.blogspot.com/
(Children’s Behavior Problems: Family Managementhttp://child-behavior-problems.blogspot.com/
(Coaching) http://coaching-skill.blogspot.com/
(Communication) http://communication-for-business.blogspot.com/
(Competencies- Life Managementhttp://shyam-bhatawdekar.blogspot.com/
(Competency Matrix/Competency Mapping: Success by Building Competencies/Skills) http://competency-matrix-mapping.blogspot.in/
(Competency Mapping) http://competency-map.blogspot.com/
(Competency Matrix) http://competency-matrix.blogspot.com/
(Conflict Management) http://manage-conflict.blogspot.com/
(Corporate Governance) http://corporate-governance-policy.blogspot.com/
(Cost Management) http://cost-management-control.blogspot.com/
(Cost of Quality- COQhttp://cost-of-quality.blogspot.com/
(Counseling at Workplace)http://counseling-skill.blogspot.com/
(Counseling: Psychological) http://counselingfamily.blogspot.com/
(Creativity- Out of Box Articleshttp://wow-idea.blogspot.com/
(Creativity and Innovation) http://creativity-management.blogspot.com/
(Critical Thinking skills) http://critical-thinking-skills.blogspot.com/
(Cross Cultural Etiquette and Manners) http://cross-cultural-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Customer Orientation) http://customer-orientation.blogspot.com/
(Customer Relationship management- CRMhttp://customer-relationship-crm.blogspot.com/

D
(Daily Management) http://daily-management.blogspot.com/
(Decision Making) http://decision-making-role.blogspot.com/
(Delegation) http://delegation-skill.blogspot.com/

E
(Effectiveness and Efficiency) http://effectiveness-efficiency.blogspot.com/
(Effectiveness Management: HSoftwarehttp://humansoftware.blogspot.com/
(Efficiency Techniques: Work study: Motion and Time Study) http://work-study-measurement.blogspot.com/
(Efficient Work Methods or Practices) http://efficient-work-methods.blogspot.com/
(Email Etiquette) http://email-etiquette-manners.blogspot.com/
(Emotions) http://emotion-feeling.blogspot.com/
(Emotional Intelligence) http://emotional-quotient-intelligence.blogspot.com/
(Empowerment) http://employee-empowerment.blogspot.com/
(Enterprise Resource Planning- ERPhttp://erp-management.blogspot.com/
(Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur) http://entrepreneurship-entrepreneur.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment Management- English Movieshttp://popular-movies.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment Management- Hindi Movieshttp://hindi-movies-choice.blogspot.com/
(Executive Etiquette and Manners) http://executive-manners.blogspot.com/
(Exit Interview) http://exit-interview.blogspot.com/

F
(Financial Ratios and Financial Ratio Analysis) http://financial-ratios.blogspot.com/

(Financial Services) http://finance-related-services.blogspot.com/
(Free and Authentic Notes on Management) http://authentic-management-notes.blogspot.com/
(Functions of Management) http://functions-of-management.blogspot.com/
(Food Management: Recipes, Easy to Cookhttp://easytocook-recipes.blogspot.com/
(Food Management: Recipes, Exotic) http://tastetherecipes.blogspot.com/

G
(Games and Icebreakers for Trainers) http://training-games.blogspot.com/
(Gemba Kaizenhttp://gemba-kaizen-improvement.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge Management- GKhttp://general-knowledge-gk.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge Management- Top 5/Top 10 of Everythinghttp://top-five-everything.blogspot.com/
(Genuine Professional- Long Articlehttp://professional-genuine.blogspot.in/
(Global Mindset) http://global-mindset.blogspot.com/
(Goal/Target Setting) http://goal-target-setting.blogspot.com/
(Good Boss) http://good-boss.blogspot.com/
(Great Professional)  http://professional-genuine.blogspot.in/
(Group Discussion) http://group-discussion-gd.blogspot.com/
(Group Discussion for Job Seekers and Students) http://group-discussion-gd.blogspot.com/
(Group Dynamics) http://group-dynamics-process.blogspot.com/

H
(Health and Safety Management) http://safety-health-management.blogspot.com/

(Health Management- Cholesterol Controlhttp://controlling-cholesterol.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Homeopathyhttp://homeopathy-medicines.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Exerciseshttp://exercises-plan.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Quit Smokinghttp://quit-smoking-plan.blogspot.com/
(Health management- Swine Flu and Its Preventionhttp://swine-flu-precaution.blogspot.com/
(Health Management- Walkinghttp://walking-plan.blogspot.com/
(How to Be a Good Boss?) http://good-boss.blogspot.com/
(How to Get Promoted?) http://get-promoted.blogspot.com/
(How to Save Money?) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(How to Save Money?- Long Comprehensive Article) http://manage-moneysaving.blogspot.in/
(Home Management- Home Page for All Home Tipshttp://home-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/
(HR Dynamics) http://hrm-dynamics.blogspot.com/
(HR Strategies and Functions) http://strategic-functions-hrm.blogspot.com/
(Human Capital Architecture) http://human-capital-architecture.blogspot.com/
(Human Relations) http://human-relations-aspect.blogspot.com/
(Human Resource Management- Comprehensive Coverage of HRM) http://human-resource-management-hrm.blogspot.com/
(Human Resource Planning) http://human-resource-planning.blogspot.com/
(Human Software- HSoftware) http://human-software-hsoftware.blogspot.com/

I
(I Am Liberated- Life Management) 
http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(I Am OK, You Are OK) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Icebreakers and Energizers) http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com/
(Internal Motivation or Self Motivation) http://internal-motivation.blogspot.com/
(Interpersonal Relations) http://interpersonal-relations.blogspot.com/
(Interview Skills) http://interviewing-skill.blogspot.com/
(Interview Preparation for Job Seekers) http://interview-preparation-jobs.blogspot.com/
(Interview Questions) http://interview-question-bank.blogspot.com/


(Johari Window) http://johari-window-model.blogspot.com/
(Just in Time Management- JIThttp://just-in-time-management.blogspot.com/

K
(Kaizenhttp://kaizen-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Knowledge Management) http://knowledge-management-initiative.blogspot.com/

L
(Lead Time Management) http://lead-time-management.blogspot.com/
(Leadership) http://lead-max.blogspot.com/ and http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com
(Lean Enterprise) http://lean-organization.blogspot.com/
(Learning Organization) http://learning-organization-profile.blogspot.com/
(Life Management- Latest HSoftware Model) http://life-effectiveness.blogspot.in/
(Life Management- I Am Liberated; Freedom from Shackles and Burdens) http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(Life Management: Success in Life) http://success-complete.blogspot.in/
(Life Management: My Exotic Dream: World Peace and Other Good Things of Life)
(Life Positions and OKness) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Life Skills) http://life-skills-competencies.blogspot.com/
(Listening) http://listen-skills.blogspot.com/

M
(Management Anecdotes) http://management-anecdotes.blogspot.com/
(Managenent Books- Best Books) http://best-book-list.blogspot.com/
(Management Book- Best Books) http://best-management-books.blogspot.com/
(Management Games, Management Exercises, Icebreakers and Energizers)http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com/
(Managing Life- Freedom from Shackles and Burdens) http://i-am-liberated.blogspot.in/
(Management in Life, Profession, Family and Society) http://life-effectiveness.blogspot.in/
(Management Information System- MIShttp://management-information-system-mis.blogspot.com/
(Managing/conducting Meetings) http://managing-meetings.blogspot.com/
(Management Notes- Free and Authentic) http://authentic-management-notes.blogspot.com/
(Marginal Utility) http://marginal-utility-concept.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Management Overview) http://marketing-management-overview.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Orientation) http://marketing-orientation.blogspot.com/
(Marketing Management Tasks) http://marketing-management-tasks.blogspot.com/
(Market research) http://market-research-function.blogspot.com/
(Market Segmentation) http://market-segment.blogspot.com/
(Mentoring) http://mentor-mentorship.blogspot.com/
(Money Management: How to Save Moneyhttp://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(Money Management: How to Save Money- Long Comprehensive Article) http://manage-moneysaving.blogspot.in/
(Motivation) http://motivation-people.blogspot.com/
(Management Encyclopedia- Everything on Management and Leadership) http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com

N
(Negotiation Skills) http://negotiating-skills.blogspot.com/
(Negotiation Tactics) http://negotiation-tactics.blogspot.com/
(Non-verbal Communication or Body Language) http://body-language-communication.blogspot.com/

O
(Objection Handling) http://objection-handling.blogspot.com/
(OKness or Life Positions) http://life-positions.blogspot.com/
(Opportunities in Recession) http://recession-opportunity.blogspot.in/
(Organization Development- ODhttp://organization-development-od.blogspot.com/
(Organizational Culture) http://organizational-culture-values.blogspot.com/
(Out of Box Ideas) http://wow-idea.blogspot.com/
(Outsourcing) http://outsourcing-contracting.blogspot.com/
(Ownership on Job) http://job-ownership.blogspot.com/

P
(Paradigm and Paradigm Shift) http://paradigm-mindset.blogspot.com/
(Parental Responsibilities- family managementhttp://parental-responsibilities.blogspot.com/
(Pareto Analysis or ABC Analysis or 80/20 Rule) http://abc-pareto-analysis.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.net/index.php/2011/07/20/abc-analysis-or-pareto-analysis/
(Participative Processes, Participative Management- Democracy) http://democracy-liberation.blogspot.com/
(Performance Management: Wholesome HR System) http://performance-management-appraisal.blogspot.com/
(Performance Management and Appraisal) http://performance-appraisal-management.blogspot.com/
(Personality) http://human-personality.blogspot.com/
(Personal Branding) http://professional-branding.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/
(Positive Strokes) http://positive-strokes.blogspot.com/
(Presentation Skills) http://presentation-effectiveness.blogspot.com/
(Problem Solving) http://problem-solving-skill.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge: Home Page for All Products) http://products-all.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Carshttp://cars-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Chocolateshttp://chocolates-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Flowershttp://flowers-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Greeting Cardshttp://greeting-cards-products.blogspot.com/
(Product Knowledge- Cell Phoneshttp://mobilephones-products.blogspot.com/
(Professional- Genuine Professional) http://professional-genuine.blogspot.in/
(Professional Branding) http://professional-branding.blogspot.com/ or http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/
(Profit Improvement) http://profit-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Project Management) http://management-of-project.blogspot.com/
(Psychological Strokes) http://positive-strokes.blogspot.com/
(Public Speaking) http://public-speak-skill.blogspot.com/

Q
(Qualities of CEO) http://ceo-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Quality Circles History) http://quality-circles-history.blogspot.com/
(Quality Circles) http://quality-circles.blogspot.com/
(Quality Function Deployment- QFD and House of Quality) http://quality-function-deployment.blogspot.com/
(Quality Gurus) http://quality-gurus.blogspot.com/

R
(Recession: How to Avert Recession, How to Combat Recession and Then, How to Move Ahead?) http://recession-global.blogspot.in/
(Recession Management) http://recession-management.blogspot.com/
(Recession: Opportunities in Recession) http://recession-opportunity.blogspot.in/
(Recruitment and Selection) http://recruitment-selection.blogspot.com/
(Research Methodology) http://research-work-methodology.blogspot.com/

S
(Safety and Health Management) http://safety-health-management.blogspot.com/
(Sales/Selling Process) http://selling-process.blogspot.com/
(Sales Promotion) http://sales-promotion.blogspot.com/
(Save Money) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/
(Self-awareness: Getting Introduced to Self) http://self-concept-awareness.blogspot.in/
(Self-concept) http://self-concept-image.blogspot.com/
(Self-concept) http://self-image-concept.blogspot.com/
(Self-confidence) http://self-confidence-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Self Development) http://managing-self.blogspot.com/
(Self Motivation or Internal Motivation) http://internal-motivation.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar's articles, blogs and knols: Home Page) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar's Effectiveness Model- HSoftwarehttp://humansoftware.blogspot.com/http://human-software-hsoftware.blogspot.com/
(Six Sigma) http://six-sigma-system.blogspot.com/
(Six Thinking Hats) http://six-thinking-hats.blogspot.com/
(Soft Skills) http://soft-skills-competencies.blogspot.com/
(Soft Skills/Competencies: Details of Each Competency) http://soft-competencies-skills.blogspot.com/
(Spiritual Quotient/Intelligence) http://spiritual-quotient.blogspot.com/
(Stories for Children for Child Development) http://stories-children.blogspot.com/
(Statistics- Basics) http://statistics-basic.blogspot.com/
(Strategic Management) http://strategic-managing.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://managing-stress-strain.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management: Stress Freedom: Long Comprehensive Article) http://stress-freedom.blogspot.in/
(Sub-contracting) http://outsourcing-contracting.blogspot.com/
(Success) http://success-achievement.blogspot.com/
(Success in Life: Life Management) http://success-complete.blogspot.in/
(Supply Chain Management) http://manage-supply-chain.blogspot.com/
(Supply and Demand) http://supply-demand-laws.blogspot.com/
(Swine Flu and Its Prevention) http://swine-flu-precaution.blogspot.com/

T
(Talent Management) http://managing-talent.blogspot.com/
(Team Building) http://team-building-working.blogspot.com/
(Telephone Etiquette) http://telephone-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Three Sixty Degrees Appraisal System) http://three-sixty-degrees-feedback.blogspot.com/
(Time Management) http://time-life-management.blogspot.com/
(Total Productive Maintenance- TPMhttp://total-productive-maintenance.blogspot.com/
(Total Quality Management- TQMhttp://total-quality-concept.blogspot.com/
(Training and Development) http://training-function.blogspot.com/
(Training Games) http://training-games.blogspot.com/
(Trainers’ Qualities) http://trainers-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Train the Trainers) http://train-trainers.blogspot.com/
(Train the Trainers) http://train-trainer.blogspot.com/
(Training of Trainers- Comprehensive at One Place) http://training-of-trainers.blogspot.com/
(Transaction Analysis- TAhttp://transaction-analysis.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Travel and Sightseeing Management- Indiahttp://india-tours-sightseeing.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Travel and Sightseeing Management- Worldhttp://sightseeing-guide.blogspot.com/
(Tourism, Trave and Sightseeing Management- World Heritage Siteshttp://world-heritage-spots.blogspot.com/
(TRIZ: Inventive Problem Solving) http://triz-problem-solving.blogspot.com/

V
(Value Engineering/Analysis) http://value-engineering-analysis.blogspot.com/

W
(Winners and Losers) http://winners-losers.blogspot.com/
(Work Study: Method Study and Work Measurement) http://workstudy-measurement.blogspot.com/
(Work Methods or Practices: Efficient) http://efficient-work-methods.blogspot.com/
(World Class Manufacturing) http://world-class-manufacturing.blogspot.com/
(Writings of Shyam Bhatawdekar on Management) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Written Communication) http://written-communication.blogspot.com/

Z
(Zero Based Budgeting) http://zero-based-budgeting.blogspot.com/