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Columbia Business School announced the appointment of Francine Lynch as Director of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM), an arm of the Schools Executive Education division. Ms. Lynchs responsibilities include audience development, funder relationships, and setting the strategic direction for current and future INM programs. She will report to Barbara Gyde, Executive Director, Marketing and Business Development at Columbia Business School Executive Education. Francine possesses a deep understanding of the management needs of the not-for-profit sector, said Troy Eggers, Associate Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School. She has demonstrated strong leadership abilities in her management

Just leave it to your boss New age firms are more than ready to give employees time off from work so that they can balance office with home. If the touchstone of a societys success is how much time it provides its people for leisure, India is definitely booming. Gone are the days when strenuous 15-hour work schedules were followed by some more work. The companies are finally paying heed that they need to maintain the work-life balance of the employees. And this is no philanthropy. The companies have realised that breaks and quality family time is a must if they

ManhattanGMATs Social Venture Scholarships As editors of a blog gaining some traction online, we get requests to promote certain products, events, or websites. We are always happy to get these requests, but mostly they are only peripherally related to the philanthropy sector so weve passed on them. In the case of the Manhattan GMAT Social Venture Scholarships, however, we jumped at the opportunity to involve the FLiP community. Here is the offer: Manhattan GMAT, the world is largest GMAT-exclusive test prep company, is offering up to 25 individuals the chance to take their preparation class (valued at nearly $1,400) for

Darice Paula Grippo, a vice president in the investment-research division of the Putnam Management Company in Boston, was married yesterday to Robert Leonard Wareham, a senior trust officer with the Old Colony Trust division of the First National Bank of Boston. The Rev. David Drew Rose, a United Church minister, performed the nondenominational ceremony at the Houghton Memorial Chapel at Wellesley College. The bride, who will retain her name professionally, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Paul Grippo of Orange, Conn. She was graduated from Wellesley College, where she was a Wellesley College Scholar, and the Harvard University Graduate

The Scotiabank Group today announced a $1.9 million donation to the Richard Ivey School of Business to fund scholarships for MBA and undergraduate business students. The Scotiabank Leadership Awards will create an endowment that offers two scholarships to exemplary students on anannual basis. The Scotiabank Leadership Awards will serve as key recruiting tools, enabling Richard Ivey School of Business to continue to grow and strengthen a curriculum that is already among the best in the world, said Sylvia Chrominska, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources and Public, Corporate and Government Affairs, Scotiabank. At Scotiabank, we are particularly interested in investing

Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (KSG) is a training program in India to strengthen the management skills of high level, policy makers, this January. Some 300 senior officials of India expects that the first four weeks of course, challenges of governance for India, kicking off at the end of the year. The course of the KSG's Executive Education Program, dialogue with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India a leading Management Institute. Faculty of IIMA KSG and negotiate curricula incorporating both presentations and exercises. The course is part of an initiative in collaboration with the Indian government, the formation of

Mumbai, June 13. A Government to strengthen the presence of the officers named in the offices of charitable institutions Maharashtra could trigger a flight of social activity and capital in the state budget, industry representatives have warned. The concern is the reaction to a recent report by the Commission of Maharashtra to the fact that the law recommends, among others, a government appointed Executive Officer in the offices of charitable institutions of all colors - hospitals, education and religion. Apparently, to exercise in the management of charitable institutions, representatives of industry, but believes that the excitement over the means at their

A new master of business administration program has been added to the College of St. Scholastica lineup for fall, and officials hope it sets the college apart from the rest of the pack. Based on feedback from focus groups in different parts of the state, the curriculum will include an emphasis on ethics and social responsibility, the international economy and personal coaching. “The MBA is offered by a lot of institutions, and in some sense it’s a crowded field,” said Beth Domholdt, vice president of academic affairs at the college. “But it’s a field we can be competitive in by playing to

Al-Boukhari was almost nothing to Malaysia among the richest men. He port facilities and an airport in southern Malaysia, and the accumulation of interests in real estate, hotels, power plants, rubber plantations, banks, retail and construction. It is possible that Al-Boukhari spray at the end of part or all of its plants in its foundation. This Malaysia some of the biggest companies and large infrastructure developments is not controlled by the government or a family, but by specialists, on behalf of charity. Khoo Teck Puat, a Malaysian, has lived in Singapore and in possession of nearly 15 percent of the Standard Chartered

It Bengal, the government 25 years aufzurütteln the benefits of public-private partnership for the provision of basic needs such as health and housing. Yes, indeed Calcuttans of debt less companies expect the value of houses? Calcutta is the "conservatism" of the subway, when it is a social commitment ambitious Big Business. In a survey of Teri-Europe (the Tata Energy Research Institute Europe wings) to measure public perception of corporate responsibility, Calcutta has the lowest level of expectations of corporate social action. Ritu Kumar, director of TERI-Europe, presented the results of a "snapshot survey during 2001 by ORG-Marg, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta

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