Top managers should be ready to dirty their hands -- Imai
Imai has authored several books including Gemba Kaizen - a common sense, low-cost approach to management, which won the Shingo Prize and Kaizen-the key to Japan's competitive success.

Job hunting in Japan means battling employers' Web traps
The Internet is supposed to help Japanese college students simplify their hunt for jobs in this country's byzantine labour market. But just try telling that to Hiroko Utsumi, who recently had to navigate a three-hour electronic maze simply to apply for a gig at Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

IRMA ensures jobs for all in Class of 2000
The Institute of Rural Management at Anand (IRMA), the only institute of its kind in the country, has ensured cent per cent job placement for its 19th batch of just concluded two-year post-graduate Programme in Rural Management (PRM), equivalent to an MBA in rural management.


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