Wednesday, August 30, 2006


Course for foreign executives wanting to work in India

THE Caltech Industrial Relations Center (IRC) for Executive Education, California, has announced the launch of a new course that will help American executives to successfully do business in India, a recent report from New York said.

The two-day course, Doing Business with India: Key Success Factors, is designed to provide American executives with the insights and perspectives necessary to confidently evaluate both the opportunities and risks of working in and with Indian companies.

According to Nick Nichols, director at the Caltech IRC, "US companies invest significantly in overseas outsourcing, and India is becoming an increasingly promising market for US products. This course helps executives understand the factors that are critical to being successful from a business and cultural standpoint." During the course at the Caltech IRC, attendees will have opportunities to share experiences about Indian business ventures. — IANS

Workplace wisdom

  • Employers who have policies on personal cell phone use in the office: 27 per cent

  • Employers with policies on the capture and transmission of images through camera phones: 19 per cent

  • Employers who have fired those who misused office phones: 6 per cent

  • Employers who have reprimanded those who abused phone privileges: 22 per cent

  • Companies that use video monitoring to fend off theft, violence: 51 per cent

  • Video performance of those in selected jobs:
    10 percent

  • Video all employees: 6 per cent

  • Companies that notify employees they’re being monitored: 85 per cent

Source: 546 respondents to the 2005 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Survey from the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute.

LA Times-Washington Post