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• Only those references that are actually utilized should be included in the reference list and the same should be alphabetically arranged. References should be given in the APA format e.g.:

The Management Case section has two articles. S.Gangadharan in his paper takes the case of NLC and examines, how Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), can capitalize the current change situation and accomplish one of the prime objectives of privatization - “the wider distribution of PSE shares” by subsequent offer of government holding on the stock market through the gradual partial route. The case study by Parmar, Das and Dasgupta highlights the leveraging of IT in building rural businesses using the ITC e-Choupal initiative. The study compares the traditional mandi system with the e-Choupal system. The IT infrastructure used in the case has been described in detail. This case reveals important guidelines that can be greatly useful to all players interested to make it big in rural businesses.

In the discourse section we have included three articles, which includes a contribution from China by Dr Li Sheng Xiao and Dr Pankaj Madan who is currently on a visiting assignment in Shaoxing University, China. In another article in Discourse, Dr. Daryal and Ms. Makkar have attempted to examine, the organizational conditioning required to meet the challenges posed by the corporate environment and strategies needed for knowledge management and managerial excellence. The last article in this section is the keynote speech of Mr A.T.Raman in the hugely popular NICME HR Summit organized by NSB School of Business on March 14, 2008.  This summit was sponsored by Business Line and supported by a host of leading corporate sponsors. The Book Scan section carries a review each, of three books on management.