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Managing Radical Change: What Indian Companies Must Do to Become World-Class
looks at what companies in India must do, not just to survive, but to rank among the best in their strategy, organization
and management. According to internationally acclaimed management gurus Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher A. Bartlett and industry
insider Gita Piramal, the problem is not that managers are unaware of the need for a radical response to the problems and
challenges posed by the new competitive, technological and market demands in India. But, trapped in an incrementalist mindset—that
change can come only by degrees—deep in their heart they do not feel the urgency that they profess.
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Only the Paranoid Survive
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New techniques, new approaches and new technologies upset the old
order and change the rules of the game. This is what trucking and air transportation did to railroads, what container shipping
did to traditional ports, what superstores did to small shops, what microprocessors did to computing and what digital media
might do to entertainment. Andrew Grove calls a very large change in one of the competitive forces in an industry, a “10X”
change, suggesting that the force has become ten times what it was just recently. In the face of such “10X” forces,
a company can lose control of its destiny. The business no longer responds to the company’s actions as it used
to in the past. What such a transition does to a business is profound, and how a company manages this transition determines
its future. Grove describes this phenomenon as a strategic inflection point.
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World Class in India presents the stories of select
Indian companies that have been able to spur their managers to overcome their resistance to change and begin the journey to
becoming world class. The cases in this book have been chosen from a cross-section of industries in different sectors and
range from family-run businesses to multinational corporations to government enterprises. They are drawn from extensive research
done by the authors over several years and show how companies have transformed themselves bottom up, revamping their strategies,
organisation and management. Organizations covered include Bajaj Auto and Life Insurance Corporation of India, Reliance, NIIT
and Wipro and more...
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The Tipping Point
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This fascinating book, by Malcolm Gladwell talks about how little
things can make a big difference. Though the book covers various social issues, business leaders can learn a lot about innovation,
especially disruptive innovation by reading this book. If we think carefully, disruptive innovations share a lot with epidemics.
Both result in major changes.So it is useful to understand how social epidemics occur.Social epidemics share a basic, underlying
pattern. Tipping Point is the name, Gladwell gives to that one dramatic moment in an epidemic when everything can change all
at once. Innovators can learn a lot by identifying and anticipating tipping points. The great innovators know how to
tip the world.
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The Machine That Changed The
World
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The Machine That Changed the World is a well-written book that highlights
comparisons and contrasts among automobile manufacturers. The book is written for a general audience interested in the topic
of automobile production. Of particular relevance to the technology educator however, is the time frame and scope of the book.
A chronological history of global automotive development and manufacture, from the industrial revolution to the present, provides
many useful insights to the technology educator. Among the most important of these insights are discussions of the origins
and future of manufacturing technology.
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Managing for Results
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This is one of the first ever books written on Business Strategy.
Drucker mentions that any organization must be focused on making the present business effective, identifying and realizing
the potential of the existing business and transforming the business to cope with the needs of a different future. Drucker
emphasizes that results and resources always exist outside the business. It is always somebody outside who determines the
success or failure of a business.
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Emotional Intelligence
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Why do people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well? According to Daniel Goleman, the
difference quite often lies in the abilities collectively called emotional intelligence. There is a strong link between
sentiment, character, and moral instincts. Impulse is the medium of emotion. The seed of all impulse is a feeling bursting
to express itself in action. Those who are at the mercy of impulse suffer from a serious shortcoming. The ability
to control impulse is an integral part of character. Similarly, the root of altruism lies in empathy and the ability
to read emotions in others. Self-restraint and compassion are the two values needed to build a moral society.
The author argues that emotional intelligence must be given much more emphasis in schools, colleges and the workplace.
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The Goal
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Anyone connected to manufacturing industry who has not read "The
Goal" should correct the matter as soon as possible. For one thing it is the most readable management book that it is
written as a novel with a believable story line. It is also the definitive book on Theory of Constraints, the theory
which says look after the bottlenecks and the rest will take care of itself. The novel can transform management thinking throughout
the world.
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Good to Great
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This book is about what separates the great
companies from the good companies. The author describes his work as a search for timeless principles – the enduring
physics of great organizations – that will remain true and relevant no matter how the world changes around us. The specific
application might change (the engineering), but certain immutable laws of organized human performance (the physics) will endure.
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The Alchemist
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Dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow the reader like echoes
of ancient wise voices in "The Alchemist", a novel that combines an atmosphere of Medieval mysticism with the song of the
desert. With this symbolic masterpiece Coelho states that we should not avoid our destinies, and urges people to follow their
dreams, because to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the way to find "God", meaning happiness, fulfillment,
and the ultimate purpose of creation.
It is an exciting novel that bursts with optimism; it is the kind
of novel that tells you that everything is possible as long as you really want it to happen. That may sound like an oversimplified
version of new-age philosophy and mysticism, but as Coelho states "simple things are the most valuable and only wise people
appreciate them".
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Count Your Chicken Before They Hatch
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Count your chickens before they hatch is a bestseller by Indian
business guru Arindam Choudhary where he discusses his theory "i" management, apart from general business theories. The book
starts off detailing qualities, skills & attitudes required to succeed in the business world today and goes on to explore
examples of people who made it big against all odds. Choudhary also explores the Indian psyche in depth and looking for qualities
such as passion, patriotism & integrity among the employees of various Indian companies he interacts with. He emphasizes the need for Indian corporations to follow management practices
that are suitable to Indian culture rather than blindly aping western management theories.
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This a story of a man who is deeply in Love with his wife even after
her death. A story of a kid who understand's his father's pain and more practical than his father. A story fo a girl who believes
in her instincts so much that she dares to break her engagement and run after this stranger who apparently is not interested
in her. This is a story about how they meet each other and instantly fell in love with each other forever. Very impressive
portrayal of human emotions.
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This is a story about a girl who dares to love a socially outcast
angry young man with no future. She not only teaches him how to control his anger but help him come out of his complex and
useless life to a great career. A touching love story.
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This movie is a typical commercial movie with all the songs and
dances to attract all kind of cine goers but I liked this movie for three reasons:
a) An affluent eligible bachelor wants
to marry a seperated woman along with her kid with no conditions attached to the marriage. Very unrealistic in today's materialistic
world but good to see it happening even on screen.
b) A single mother wants to give all the happiness under the sun to
her kid and tries to be supermom. Very encouraging to those women who spend the rest of their lives in tears if their husband
reject them
c) Aishwarya's decision of not forgiving her husband who has left her long back for money and another dame
and demands all his rights shamelessly after coming back.
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Notting Hill
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It is a romantic comedy about an ordinary man William Thacker
who is in love with the most famous movie star in the world Anna Scott. For both, something or someone seems to be missing.
And when Anna and William’s paths unexpectedly cross in the eclectic neighborhood of Notting Hill, romance is the last
thing on their minds. The Couple comes to face the ultimate question: can two people fall in love with the whole world watching?
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