April 2008 - Posts - On The Job

April 2008 - Posts

White Elephant or fine race horse?

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
Few subjects have perhaps elicited the kind of attention executive compensation has in the last several years. There has been intense debate on why a chief executive has to be lured with nine figure pay packets even when the organization might not be performing so well. The criticism seems understandable given that average pay packets of CEOs in the...

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One Dollar Curry

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
There was a time when American dreams were like the stuff Bollywood is made of. Almost every one I knew or did not know aspired to be in the promised land. Among my friends and a huge cache of acquaintances, many got into premier engineering or medical institutes and later went to pursue higher education in the US of A. The laggards and happy-go-lucky...

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Reservations on reservations?

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
After a year of back and forth, the decision's out - 27% of seats at public institutions must be reserved for members of other backward classes. Readers of my column likely know how I feel about this but let me know if your workplaces or campuses are abuzz... Share this post: email it! | del.icio.us! | digg it! | newsVine!

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