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Global migration the new management challenge

News 24 September 2008 Nic Paton

Western businesses will have to look to emerging economies to plug their skills gaps as their own workforces age and shrink – creating a whole new set of management challenges.

UK firms failing to recruit international leaders

News 30 July 2008 Nic Paton

In the global business world it makes sense to recruit internationally-focused executives and leaders. So why do only a fifth of British employers agree?

Outsourcing is harder to manage than you may think

News 23 July 2008 Nic Paton

Outsourcing is much more complicated than simply shunting an IT function from the West to India or the Far East – as well as being much more challenging to manage.

Chinese managers underestimated by West

News 23 June 2008 Nic Paton

Complacent Westerners are seriously underestimating the threat posed by an up-and-coming generation of ambitious, well educated and imaginative Chinese managers.

Rising costs hit offshoring

News 18 June 2008 Derek Torres

With the cost of an employee in India now aything up to $US 60k per year, many multinational companies are starting to rethink their offshore plans.

Fear of offshoring worse than the reality

News 09 June 2008 Nic Paton

The fear may be all too real, but Western workers who assume their jobs are threatened by impossibly low-wage competition from India and the Far East are often simply wrong.

Law of unexpected consequences

News 11 April 2008 Bryan Alaspa

Time once again to visit the Corporate Cynic as he takes an in-depth look at the unintended effects of outsourcing.

U.S workers fear for their jobs as Indian salaries boom

News 22 February 2008 Nic Paton

As Indian workers are toasting record pay rises, their counterparts in America are bracing themselves for a wave of job cuts.

Today's leaders are the global generation

News 22 February 2008 Nic Paton

Today's up-and-coming business leaders are a 'global generation' unhindered by barriers of geography, culture or communication – but lacking in business education.

China to overtake U.S. as driver of world economy

News 25 January 2008 Nic Paton

China's emergence as a powerhouse of technological innovation may mean it soon overtakes the U.S. as the principal driver of the world's economy.

British CEOs are a declining species

News 16 January 2008 Nic Paton

With four out of 10 of the UK's top chief executives now coming from abroad, there are concerns that UK firms are not doing enough to develop home-grown talent.

An Interview with Richard D'Aveni

Interviews 11 January 2008 Des Dearlove & Stuart Crainer

Professor Richard D'Aveni has been described as a combination of Henry Kissinger and Sun Tzu. He talks to Stuart Crainer about his work and the challenges posed by emerging economies.

Indian workers are getting younger

News 10 January 2008 Derek Torres

I've been blogging quite a bit about India in the past few weeks, noticing in particular how they're slowly but surely adopting not just the best, but also the worst aspects of Western culture.

The many faces of employee engagement

News 09 January 2008 Nic Paton

For Britons and Americans it is all about respect. For Indians and French it is the type of work they are doing. For the Japanese, it is pay. Employee engagement takes many different forms around the world.

Go forth and speak English

News 06 December 2007 Derek Torres

The British Council, long known for their promotion of proper English skills the world over, is taking a bold new initiative, which could have quite an impact across Asia.

Raw deal for India's IT pros

News 25 October 2007 Derek Torres

Paging through the Times of India, I wasn't surprised to read a headline claiming that Indian IT professionals are among the worst paid in the world.

Overwork hits Indian health

News 28 September 2007 Derek Torres

As the incidence of work-related disease rises in India, Isn't it time to admit that human beings are not meant to work 12-16 hour days 6-7 days a week just to boost the bottom lines of companies thousands of miles away?

US firms slow to break down language barrier

News 25 July 2007 Brian Amble

In this era of instant global communications, American companies are far less adept at global brand management than their European counterparts. And they're suffering as a result.

Inequality fuels globalization backlash

News 23 July 2007 Brian Amble

A popular backlash is growing throughout the world's most developed economies against economic globalization, large corporations and excessive executive pay.

The new generation of entrepreneurs

News 19 July 2007 Nic Paton

A generation of thrusting young entrepreneurs from emerging economies are snapping at the heels of today's stuffy Western business leaders – who need to be careful that they don't get left behind.

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