(via Atanu Dey) New Zealand author Dr. Gordon Dryden, who showed Atanu and me around his home-country last year, breezed into India last month, and a week later flew out “head filled with a haze of contraditions”: Air travel: Horrified at the Air India trip from Hong Kong to New Delhi (“Do they really have [...]
Archive for December, 2006
A Kiwi’s Mind after visiting India
Posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Empty Soapbox
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »
(via GK Murthy) One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which [...]
Now Congestion Tax
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Airlines from today will levy a traffic congestion tax. Thanks to the slow growth of airport infrastructure and the rapid introduction of new airlines, metro airports in particular face high levels of congestion during peak hours. Planes hover around the airport, till they are give a landing spot, typical wait times can vary from 10-45 [...]
