Posts Tagged ‘Business World’

What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.

While this is a quote from Cool Hand Luke (a very old movie!), it is very appropriate for people in today’s business world. Business communication fails to achieve its intended purpose at least 70% of the time! The reasons varyfor example, many people do not listen well. Of course, all communication is two way. A [...]

Doing Business in Mexico

The majority of Mexican businesses are family-run concerns. Similar to the structure of the family, each business has an inherent hierarchy. To build a successful relationship you need to be very aware of who is at the head of this hierarchy and ensure you are talking to the person who can ultimately make the decisions. [...]

Organisational Culture

ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE Dr.N.C.Martin, Ph.DLecturer – HODDepartment of Social WorkShree Chandra Prabhu Jain College                                                                                                           Minjur, Chennai. IntroductionA noted scholar recently assessed downsizing as “probably the most pervasive yet understudied phenomenon in the business world” (Cameron, 1994). While we have become numbed by the near daily accounts of new layoffs, a New York Times national survey finding is perhaps more [...]