The New Managerial Grid is a comprehensive revisi... more

The New Managerial Grid is a comprehensive revision in the light of the author's twenty-five years experience. It provides strategic new insights in boss or subordinate behaviour and its effects upon organization productivity and individual effectiveness. In addition to examining managerial theories, describing various facades, deceptive strategies, and proven diagnostic system, the book also contains several complete new features. One includes the correlation of extreme managerial styles with mental and physical health.... less

It is a dramatic situation; a U-turn for the Indi... more

It is a dramatic situation; a U-turn for the Indian Railways a loss-ridden organisation suddenly gets converted into a profit-earning establishment. It has been termed as the great turnaround the process and programme to rejuvenate the Railways economy, to create strength within the organisation by edging over others to have the competitive advantage and generate profits through services provided at affordable and reasonable rates.In this book an attempt has been made to analyse the growth pattern of the Railways its ups and downs; its managerial form and structure; its commercial framework, the new challenges which it is facing, and the progress report of its moving from doom to boom. This study has also given a profile of the leader of this movement and his style of working.... less

Did you know that Indians routinely put the comfo... more

Did you know that Indians routinely put the comfort of guests above their own, that unwritten contracts based on trust and honor are still a way of life, or that Indian Standard (Stretched) Time is not always precisely attuned to the clock? As with any foreign venture, awareness of Indias cultural norms can spell the difference between business success and failure.There is enormous opportunity for companies that want to sell to Indias one billion consumers or partner with Indian companies, but doing so isnt always easy. Inside the Indian Business Mind: A Tactical Guide for Managers offers a primer on the culture and its opportunities. This unique guide will help Western businesspeople enter the Indian market, make the best use of Indian manufacturing facilities, and create and develop successful, long-term business relationships with Indian business partners and teams.The book is not a list of dos and donts. Rather, it approaches doing business in India from the perspective of in-depth cultural models, translating cultural knowledge into practical working strategies. The authors, an Indian who has worked in the United States and an American who has worked in India, arm readers with an understanding of 11 primary cultural ingredients that come into play in business relationships with South Asians ingredients that can be mastered and adapted across many contexts to forge lucrative partnerships.... less