Was Yahoo's Terry Semel The Worst Internet CEO Ever? (YHOO) We like Terry Semel. He was friendly to us in the brief period in which our Yahoo-Analyst / Yahoo-CEO careers overlapped. As Yahoo shareholders, we also enjoyed Terry's early years as CEO, when Yahoo worked its way through its post-bubble collapse and the stock jumped about 7X. So we will begin this brief essay on Terry's horrific mistakes by giving credit where it is due. Terry got to Yahoo at the time when it needed his skills and experience the most: When it was reeling from the bubble-bursting and in desperate need of both adult supervision and crisp decisionmaking. In Terry's early years, the company turned its display advertising business around, and--for a brief, happy period--almost regained its 1990s mojo. Alas... Then came a series of mistakes that has left Yahoo in today's desperate straits, barely able to control its own destiny. Terry doesn't bear direct responsibility for every one of thes...
Organization Behavior (MB 102) Session 2010-2012 Course Instructors : PP Singh & Sneha Sharma +91-9914551155 +91-9317552855 pctepps@gmail.com Snehasharma28@yahoo.co.in COURSE DESCRIPTION This course deals with human behavior in organizations. Understanding what shapes the way organizations work. Business is about people. From the smallest enterprise to the largest corporation, organisations are created and designed by people to fulfill human objectives. Organisational behaviour (OB) seeks to understand how we can do this in the best way. This course aims to provide better understanding of human behaviour in organisations. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. To gain a solid understanding of human behavior in the workplace from an individual, group, and organizational perspective. 2. To obtain frameworks and tools to effectively analyze and approach various organizational situations. CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT 1. Attendance Criteria – 75% 2. You are expected to be cla...
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