“There is a fair amount of investments in Human Resources, especially in training...”

With a talent crunch being faced by the industry as a whole, GCPL has constituted a process called Talent Management. “In this, we try to identify the employees who are at the top of the performance ladder. The criteria for this are both performance and potential – Adi Godrej is involved with this and once a year we present the talent list,” says Sumit. Communication across channels has been made more effective over the years and despite the best of efforts, attrition issues exist in every organisation under the sun. Sumit reverts, “The way economy is changing, there would be an increasing number of employees willing to move on, and organisations, despite their efforts, would fail to satisfy all.” So the question remains – ‘How has GCPL addressed this menace called attrition, of late?’

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Bain strikes the right notes!

Bain Capital Partners, a Boston based private equity firm, finally got consent to acquire The Guitar Center, the biggest retailer of musical instruments in the U.S. The deal has been sealed at $1.9 billion and assumes the debt of $200 million which will drive the transaction to $2.1 billion. Bain Capital has also promised a premium of 26% at $63 per share to the shareholders of the retail firm. Guitar Center believes that Bain Capital has a successful track record and investment experience and the deal would be of interest both, to the company and the stockholders. Guitar Center has hired Goldman Sachs & Co. to proceed with the auction. The deal is expected to close by fourth quarter.

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Oil companies should behave both as ‘corporations’ and as ‘citizens’; both for their ‘shareholders’ and ‘the planet’!

Try asking the $233.3 billion giant BP this & it would perhaps flash its sparkling new logo & utter, “We’ve re-christened ourself to BP! – Beyond Petroleum!” It has earmarked a walloping $8 billion as investments (through 2015) to its alternative energy division. The $175.1 billion oil-engine Chevron, too, pledged $5 billion in renewable technologies (during 2002-2009). Then there’re giants Shell & ConocoPhillips, which have already invested a mammoth $1.68 billion on bio-fuels till date.

So, while these global giants are donning the ‘Go Green’ hat, the champion – Exxon Mobil which re-wrote history by scripting a heart-stopping $39.5 billion in profits in 2006, begs to differ! Its argument as Rex Tillerson, CEO, Exxon Mobil puts it, is “to go in and invest like everybody else... Why would a shareholder want to own Exxon Mobil? We’re only going to invest shareholder money where they can get the returns they expect with Exxon!” Even forecasts by US Fed’s Climate Change Program (which concludes that fossil fuels will supply a strapping 80% of total energy needs by 2100) & EIA’s Energy 2007’s outlook (stating that natural fuels will provide 80% of energy even in 2030) support Rex’s strategy to not jump illogically into renewables.

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Cadbury is not short of suitors!

From the time it has announced its intentions of splitting its sweets and drinks business, it is believed that Cadbury has received around 12 proposals for the drink business. Sources claim that two private equity consortium have already been formed for bidding purposes. The bid is being valued at $16 million. Dr. Pepper and Snapple are two of its brands in the beverages business. A consortium comprising of Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Lion Capital is supposed to be one of the parties in fray for cadbury’s business. Noticeably, Cadbury’s continental European beverages business was bought by Lion and Blackstone in February last year for $2.50 billion.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Makeover bug bites this ‘Axis’!

At a time when the stalwarts of banking industry are failing to impress investors and bulls of Dalal Street alike, it’s actually the minnows which are stealing the show. UTI Bank is one such bank and one just needs to glance at the financials to understand why analysts have recommended a ‘buy’ or ‘accumulate’ rating on UTI stock. India’s third largest private lender – UTI Bank registered net profits of Rs.6.59 billion for the year 2007, a massive 35.8% jump over last year. Today, with an impressive portfolio, UTI Bank offers its customers all the financial services ranging from corporate credit to retail banking to capital market services. One of the better networked banks in India, UTI Bank is giving a tough fight to the likes of ICICI Bank and SBI in terms of reach and expansion in metros.

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