The Vanguard Group

A Brief History 1986 – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) was founded by Government of India. 2002 – Tata Communications acquires 25% stake in VSNL. 2004 –VSNL International was launched. 2008 – Majority stakes acquired by Tata Group. VSNL renamed as Tata Communications Limited (TCL). 2009 – TGN-Intra Asia cable system was completed by TCL and Tyco Telecommunications. Introduction to the study, statement of problem and propositions Tata acquiredVSNL in 2008. Indian subcontinent…

determine specific aspects of positive caregiver-patient relationships using the mutual-participation model (Apollo, Golub, Wainberg & Indyk, 2006).The results were collected through seven focus groups made up of HIV positive patients. Through analyzing patient self-reports and verbatim recordings of the focus groups, positive caregiver-patient relationships proved to help individuals manage their illness. Three aspects of positive caregiver-patient relationships were identified including:…

minorities with Caucasians to see if there were differing views about the environment and if one group was taking more of an active stance. Research done by Johnson, Bowker and Cordell (2004) used the new ecological paradigm scale (NEP) to measure the variation in environmental beliefs amongst ethnic groups. The scale considered factors such as, environmental reading, household recycling, environmental group joining and participation in nature-based outdoor recreation. Their data showed that…

hard enough" while in reality society systematically caused their misfortune and not necessarily the individuals themselves. Because of stereotypes, the ethnic group are never given opportunities to redeem themselves and those who manage to become successful are often brushed off as exceptions. Because of this narrow-mindedness, the ethnic groups are never able to succeed due to the prejudice people hold against them, which cycles into their failures and hence "proves" that their stereotype is…

population, Also immigrants from Asia and Latin Americans have added a large measure of cultural and phenotypic devisers to the American population while others see new racial division arises as the immigrant groups are allowed to integrate with an expanded and privileged white population. While others groups are racialized as disadvantaged. Brown and black minorities and for this reason racial and ethnic identities are not mutually…

I, as an individual unit in this community, and I am struggling my best to be a better person in this business world. In order to improve myself, I need to find out what my strengths and weaknesses are. I did Self-assessment Exercises Prof. Bin Ma provide for us. It included eight different categories, which covered Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style, etc,. Actually, people usually had hard time to search one’s conscience without the help of outsiders. Perhaps, any processes in our life…

Interpersonal relationship skills are essential and may include persuasion or negotiation to convince the team to work together (Huber, 2014). Nurse Witte can move the team in the right direction by focusing dialogue on the goals and provide the group a description of the roles necessary to meet their objectives (Huber, 2014). As the team’s readiness increases the leader will clarify the group’s responsibilities, and when the team becomes more cohesive, they may become self-managed (Huber,…

To deliver on that promise, we have to understand and connect with our customers and communities. That means having a diverse group of associates who can represent all people”. This is the statement from Wal-Mart. They want to serve all people in all sorts of ways, and they believe by being diverse it will be accomplished. They have over 800,000 female employees, 255,000 African…

Although race is a social construction it has had serious effects on the daily life of individuals. Many individual think that racism is something at a personal level, through individual interactions. However, racism is something which affects minorities at a systemic level. It affects every aspect of society but individuals often don’t see how deeply invaded racism is into the system. One of these systems is the adoption process. The adoption industry is one that has biases because of the…

When I was little I lived in a very small town. A town so small that everyone knew everyone, we had two stop lights and a diner. The closest restaurant or department store was 30 plus minutes away. My fiancé grew up in grove city, He was one of the popular kids in school so he has a lot of friends who are of a different ethnicity. Growing up my parents let me adventure off, but never like what I did this past weekend. Mikey, my fiancé took me to one of his friends’ houses to hang out and watch a…