Revised and Updated on December 18, 2008 Announcement/s and Notice Board Brief History When we decided to start our Management Consultancy business in November 1997, we realized the immense potential and power of internet in creating awareness. Internet is one more media option available like Print and TV. It was important that we establish our reputation at a global level, even though our market was not. One need not be big but one needs to be considered among the very best in any business. The problem was how to create an awareness about us at lowest costs and internet was the only media that met the criterion. We did not know a thing about internet and related technologies at that time. After hosting with various service providers, we have finally moved over to our virtual private server provider based in Houston, Texas, USA in July 2007. The server is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It has been a long learning curve. Thank you God. Announcement/s & Notice board: We are happy to inform that our Madhavan had received an invitation, dated September 14, 2001 after being nominated, from Boston, Massachusetts, USA based  "Who's Who Historical Society" to be listed in their 2001-2002 edition of International Who's Who of professionals. A part of their invitation is reproduced below: "This is the definitive work on the world's leaders in commerce, economics, policy and trade. Being nominated is an honor in itself. This society was founded in 1928 and lists professionals whose contributions shape and direct the destiny of nations" The image of the actual invitation can be seen by clicking here. On November 25, 2003, we had a request for a contribution of an article on the subject of "Performance Management Systems" from a senior faculty member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), Hyderabad, India. ICFAI University, is a non profit organization engaged in education, training and research in areas of finance and management. ICFAI is ranked 1st among all private business schools and 12th rank, overall in India. It is ranked 4th in Intellectual Capital. These details are as in the year 2004 and taken from various publications including their web site. They compile articles written by accomplished academicians from prestigious universities, from various international publications and websites like World Trade Magazine, McKinsey Quarterly, Pricewaterhouse Coopers,  Federal Reserve, SEC, Insight Japan, Business Finance Magazine etc., written by experts and publish them in their executive reference books. For small people like us it is an honor even to be noticed, leave alone to be approached for contribution of articles along with such highly regarded global giants. The article is titled "Performance Management Systems". We thought it fit to share this article with other readers and have published it in our domain for global readership as our editorial in the first weekend of December, 2003. However, it costs time and money to maintain a website like this, not to speak of opportunity costs. Details on psychographic and demographic profiles can be accessed by clicking here. We have published our ad tariff in a separate page. Please click here to access it. Outgoing business and commercial correspondence under any of Madgopes.com IDs have been stopped from June 2004. However, incoming e-mail is not barred. We have redesigned our banner with effect from December 2006. There are two versions. One is static and other dynamic. The main static version has an 'Ocean' background. It is symbolic. We are in the knowledge based business. The world of knowledge is symbolized by an ocean and we are one of the drops in it.  The geographic distribution of our readership from December 1998 to December 2006 is shown in the graphic below. It would be observed that USA and Canada, in the North American Continent, contribute 57% of the readership. Asia and Europe are on par, but Asia is expected to overtake Europe with exploding users of the internet. English knowing Asians are probably more than people whose mother tongue is English. However, USA and Canada will remain the largest, contributing nearly 50% of the readership, for quite sometime to come. South America will be the lowest for obvious reasons, as English is least understood there. The little readership comes from the Caribbean Islands, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, former British colonies and territories. African Continent has both English and French knowing nations. However, the penetration of the internet is very low due to high cost of access.  We at Madgopes.com attract the right quality of audience because we provide inspiring ideas and value to our clients and visitors. We can host domains for clients. We can create e-mail boxes. We can create sub domains. We can provide mail forwarding facility. We can provide an entry gateway for candidates to post their CVs directly at clients site. The possibilities are endless limited only by imagination. We can give critical comments on ads to improve them further. We can offer many value added services which very few can match at the costs we deliver. Most important is the fact that we are flexible to the needs of the customer. Please visit the following pages for more details. 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All our web and mail servers are based in USA. Instances have come to our notice that some people are using our pages, their portions and images without permission and it is a copyright violation. This is similar to stealing a newspaper from a newsstand. This does not apply to brief quotes as permitted under the US Copyright Act of 1976 (sections 107 and/or 108) and subsequent amendments, if any. However, this exception does not cover images. We have never denied permission to anyone for personal and non commercial use. Any unauthorized use will entail legal action by us and consequences of not taking permission can turn out to be very expensive. This may please be taken as a friendly warning, as Copyright and IPR violations are taken very seriously by the legal systems in all countries that have signed the convention. The cumulative requests for free pages crossed 3.5 million in April 2008. We have reorganized some folders and transferred some articles meant for general public to them. While we have uploaded the relevant articles to the respective folders and updated our article index pages, there is a possibility of some broken links. Please do inform us of such cases.  In July 2007, we had removed all forms from our web sites as spammers were misusing them. We are pleased to inform that we have identified an excellent service provider www.emailmeform.com, who offers such services and which are spam resistant. We have introduced the same for our various requirements from July 04, 2008.    Our Madhavan is one of the approved platinum, premium author and expert in the subject of Management at www.evancarmichael.com.  They are based in Toronto, Ontario State, Canada and have thousands of renowned global experts in various fields of business from A to Z. The most popular areas are Business Coaching where they have 26 Platinum authors, Marketing - 10, Sales - 23, HR - 3, Leadership - 6, Small business consulting - 6 and Management - 4. They have luminary contributors like Mr. Donald Trump, Mr. Zig Ziegler, Dr. Tom Peters, Mr. Jay Conrad Levinson and Mr. Michael Gerber ! He is one the 5 most popular experts at their site. He received an invitation from them in early May 2007 and started contributing management articles from May 15, 2007. The list of his articles can be accessed  at: http://evancarmichael.com/Management/1055/summary.php. The popularity of various articles can be accessed by clicking here. Most of his articles are on the first two to three pages in Google Search default page whether it be from USA, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Hungary, Philippines, Australia, India, Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore, Russia, Poland, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany or any other language and place where Google has its ubiquitous presence. There is not a single place in the world from where his articles have not been accessed. We are giving links to some image files to substantiate the above from a third party site, not our own. They are Google Search results pages and self explanatory. There is no need to expand any further. Search result 1 - on Why brands fail ? Search result 2 - on Vision Statement - Click here for the Google Japanese Translation Search result 3 - on Mr. Lee Iacocca - The Transformational Leader - This has been translated into all major European languages. Click here for the Russian translation of the article. Click here for the German translation of the article. Search result 4 - on Anatomy of a Crisis - Vioxx Case Search result 5 - on Importance of Production/Operations Management - This is listed in the first page by Google search out of 1,120,000 pages Search result 6 - The characteristics of Dysfunctional Teams - Click here for the Danish Translation Search result 7 - Sexual harassment at workplace Search result 8 - Business Ethics - Problems in Natural Environment - Exxon Valdez Oil spill incident Search result 9 - Motivation and Morale Search result 10 - Business Ethics - Cost Benefit Analysis - The Ford Pinto Case Search result 11 - In search of excellence - revisited Search result 12 - Social loafing in teams - Click here for the German translation by Google Search result 13 - Business Ethics - Social Issues - Blood Money Search result 14 - Managing cultural change - Problems of SMEs Search result 15 - Three most powerful women the world has ever seen - Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher & Golda Meier Search result 16 - Airline Mergers Search result 17 - Brand Differentiation - Click here for the Italian Translation Search result 18 - Recession 2008 in USA Search result 19 - Business Ethics - Technological Environment - Union Carbide Case, Bhopal, India Search result 20 - Workplace Management Search result 21 - What is a business cycle ? Click here for the Google Belgium translation in French of the article. This is ranked first by Google web search out of 8,000,000 pages. Search result 22 - Paradigm Shift  Search result 23 - Mr. Robert Townsend - Profile of a great leader Search result 24 - Model of Business Leadership - (Late) Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani Search result 25 - Broadbanding or Overlapping pay scales Search results 26 - Demands of the new workplace Search result 27 - Why is cash flow so very important ? Search result 28 - Model of Business Leadership - Dr. Jack Welch Search result 29 - Is Quality Policy Statement Necessary ? - This is on the first page of Google search out of 12,400,000 pages Search result 30 - Mr. James Burke - Leadership in Crisis Management. Click here for Google.hr translation of the article. Search result 31 - Why family managed businesses fail ? - Click here for a more recent search where it is ranked first out of 2,960,000 pages. Search result 32 - Workplace Management - Japanese Style Search result 33 - Leveraged Buyouts Search result 34 - What is Arbitrage ? - Click here for the Polish Translation Search result 35 - Megabrands, Perceptions & Reality Search result 36 - Does technology impact business cycles ? Search result 37 - The challenge, myth and role of corporate strategy - This is ranked on the first page out of 14,800,000.  Search result 38 - Flanking as a strategy in Marketing Search result 39 - Secrets of successful leadership Search result 40 - Recession 2008 in USA - Click here for the French translation by Google. Click here for a more recent search where it is ranked on the first page out of 25,400,000 pages Search result 41 - Customer Service Outsourcing Search result 42 - Performance Related Pay Search result 43 - The attitudes of senior and HRD people Search result 44 - Handling Criticism Search result 45 - Human Resources Outsourcing Search result 46 - Model of Business Leadership - Sir John Harvey Jones Search results 47 - Bad Bosses or leaders Search result 48 - Creativity Management - Click here for a recent search where it is ranked number 1 out of 681,000 pages by Google. Click here for a more recent search where it is ranked on the first page out of  1,270,000 pages. Search result 49 - Customer Satisfaction - Click here for the Chinese translation Search result 50 - Tips for becoming successful in sales Search result 51 - Business Ethics - The case of McDonalds Coffee Search result 52 - Model of business leadership - Mr. Donald Peterson Search result 53 - Using WebMail for office and personal use - the issues - Click here for the Google Mexico  translation in Spanish. Click here for the Google Brazil translation in Portuguese Search result 54 - What are hedge funds ? Search result 55 - Bad Bosses or Leaders Search result 56 - Profit & Loss Account Statement of a company. Click here for a search by Google Bahrain.  Search result 57 - Customer Satisfaction is preventing customer dissatisfaction Search result 58 - Ten factors that will make a manager succeed or fail Search result 59 - Biggest problem in management today - This is ranked on the first page by Google out of  9,850,000  Search result 60 - What is foreign exchange ? Search result 61 - Which is better- Profit and Loss account statement or balance sheet ? Search result 62 - Disparities in Global Wealth Search result 63 - What is expenditure ? - This ranked on the first page by Google out of 16,700,000 pages in a more recent search.  Search result 64 - Oil prices and its impact on economies Search result 65 - Treating people equally and fairly - is it a myth ? Search result 66 - Customer complaints handling at McDonalds Search result 67 - Action or experiential learning Search result 68 - The vision statements of top ten MMG Brands Search result 69 - Brand fight back - The case of McDonalds Search result 70 - What is the problem at GE ? - This is ranked first by Google out of 53, 300,000 pages on the subject.  Search result 71 - The top 10 global media brands as per MMG brands rankings - Click here for the Bulgarian translation of the article. Click here for a more recent search which ranks it first out of 4,330,000 pages. Search result 72 - Stagflation, Credit Crunch and FRB Policies - This ranked first by Google out of 620,000 pages.  Search result 73 - Leadership examples from real life and history - This ranked first by Google out of 99,200,000 pages. Please click here for the Romanian translation. Search result 74 - Why a web site is necessary for a business ? - This is ranked on the first page by Google out of 13,500,000 pages. Search result 75 - Whither financial services industry ? - This is ranked first out of 97,600 pages by Google. Search result 76 - The terrible 10 behaviors at workplace - This is ranked 13 out of 22,000,000 pages by Google Search result 77 - Treating customers with respect - This is ranked 2 out of 7,720,000 pages by Google. Search result 78 - The world after 2020 - This is ranked 2 out of 443,000 pages by Google. Search result 79 - Entrepreneurial Management - This is ranked in the first page by Google out of 240,000 pages Search result 80 - Self Esteem - This is ranked on the second page out of 856,000 pages by Google. Search result 81 - Government intervention in the present financial crisis - This is ranked on the first page out of 197,000,000 pages by Google Search result 82 - Corporate Reputation Matters - This is ranked on the second page out of 833,000 pages by Google. Click here for the Italian translation of the article. Search result 83 - Key Performance Indicators - This ranked on the first page out of 410,000 pages by Google. Search result 84 - The difference between Leadership and Management - This is ranked on the second page out of 737,000 pages by Google. Search result 85 - Common errors in decision making - This is ranked on the first page out of 11,900,000 pages by Google. Search result 86 - Devaluation of Sony's brand - This is ranked on the first page out of 441,000 pages by Google. Search result 87 - Strengthening of the dollar during the present financial crisis - This is ranked on the first page out of 2,680,000 pages by Google. Search result 88 - Preventing and Managing conflicts and disputes - This is ranked on the second page out of 593,000 pages by Google. Search result 89 - What's in a brand name - This is ranked on the first page out of 10,900,000 pages by Google. Search result 90 - The 14 Management Principles of Toyota - This is ranked on the first page out of 11,600,000 pages by Google. Search result 91 - Level 5 Leadership - This is ranked on the second page out of 1,820,000 pages by Google. Search result 92 - Business flops of famous brands - This is ranked on the first page out of 200,000 pages by Google. Search result 93 - When do brand or line extensions work ? - This is ranked first out of 15,100,000 pages by Google. Search result 94 - What is a Ponzi scheme ? - This is ranked first out of 92,400 pages by Google. All the above articles are available for global public access in our web site.  This is to inform all readers that all the pay for access articles are being transferred to MMG's site  with effect from December 01, 2008. This exercise is expected to be completed by end December 2008.  This also means that Madgopes.com will host only free articles, editorials and newsletters. Madgopes.com completes 10 years of web presence on December 16, 2008.  Thank you for your time. Have a great day, Information & Public Relations - MMG Communications for Madgopes.com Editorial Policy © Copyright, Dec-08 . www.madgopes.com . Without prejudice. All rights reserved