THE BIGGEST HURDLE FOR MOST MINORITIES IN CORPORATE America is not getting hired, it's retention and advancement--particularly for minorities who are middle managers looking to move into senior level positions. Ron Parker, PepsiCo's senior vice president for human resources, believes that a major disconnect between company management and minority is culture--both associated with race and a company's environment. Managing the corporate culture forces employees to understand the performance mandates of their position in the context of the company's political structure. With issues of race, cultural differences can discourage open communications between associates, which is crucial for company growth. For example, some minorities may not ask necessary performance questions, because they don't want to be perceived as inadequate. Conversely, some managers are reluctant to offer feedback to minority employees for fear of being seen as racist. "Sometimes, information ...
The Yahoo! Board of Directors has carefully reviewed Microsoft’s unsolicited proposal with Yahoo!’s management team and financial and legal advisors and has unanimously concluded that the proposal is not in the best interests of Yahoo! and their stockholders.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time Google was also intrested in buying yahoo so terry was looking big oppertunity from both side that may be the reason that he ask for more price then the actual share price at that time.
It's truly sad to see all the opportunity he missed. Yahoo was a great company and could have been the bestEveryone looks like a genius when times are good, and Semel rode that to good effect.
Kawalpreet Singh
MBA-1A