2. What is Management ? The basic of management reveal how diverse and varied work force and skills operate and co-operate to bring about success and progress to any company or commercial effort. Management is the art of getting things done through and with people is organized groups. It is the art of creating the environment in which people can perform and individuals could cooperate towards attaining of group goals.
3. TIMES OF INDIA TIMES OF INDIA is a leading English News Paper language broadsheet daily news paper in INDIA. It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & co.ltd (THE TIMES GROUP) of the SAHU JAIN family. The news paper has the widest circulation among all English language broadsheet in the world in 2005, the news paper reported that (with a circulation of over 2.4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau Of Circulation as the world’s largest selling English broadsheet.
16. PROCESS OF CIRCULATION The printed newspapers have to be dispatched to various distributors across the region. Transportation is normally through private contract carriers within local area, public transport in case of longer distances and through couriers in other cases. Hawkers, vendors and book stall owners are the last link of the supply chain before newspaper reaches readers. The hawkers' remuneration is also normally based on the commission system and is generally the highest in the entire supply chain.
17. COMPETITOR The tough competitor s for TOI are – INDIAN EXPRESS HINDUSTAN TIMES
18. Aggressive pricing strategies adopted by both the companies to counter each other. However, to gain a bigger share, Hindustan Times' vice chairperson ShobhanaBhartia chalked out a restructuring plan with an investment of Rs.4 billion TOI V/S HINDUSTAN TIMES
19. The Times of India group has not only challenged, but also sought damages worth Rs 100 crore (about US $ 22 million) from Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Limited for making false readership claims. TOI V/S INDIAN EXPRESS