Business Management

This book provides practicing managers, consultants and advanced students of business with the design and implementation of sound management control and reporting systems in India.... More

Incorporating the authors' experience in both industrialised and developing countries, with public and private organisations, with managers and administrators, farmers and teachers, rural development workers and members of cooperatives, this book is the most comprehensive work in the field of traini... More

"An excellent initiative to make learning of OB more meaningful in the current turbulent environment." ???K. RamachandranIndian School of Business, Hyderabad "A pioneering work in the field...there is hardly any research-based work on the subject in the Indian context." ???Mathew J. Manimala Indian ... More

Incorporating the authors' experience in both industrialised and developing countries, with public and private organisations, with managers and administrators, farmers and teachers, rural development workers and members of cooperatives, this book is the most comprehensive work in the field of traini... More

This is an intelligent manager's guide to understanding and surviving in the corporate environment. Filled with practical tips, insightful discussions and advice, the book provides a new perspective on progress, competition, change and many other work-life issues. Chapters cover: power and politics ... More

In today's turbulent business environment, the conventional bases of competitive strategy are increasingly being eroded. In such an environment, the ability to generate and acquire new knowledge is becoming an essential prerequisite to success. This comprehensive book, the first to emanate from Indi... More

The author of this volume presents the theory that innovation is something "outside" the organizational framework and shows how the capability to innovate can be built into the fabric of an organization in eight steps. He offers a model that managers can adopt and implement in their organizations, u... More

Organizations all over the world are finding it increasingly difficult to respond to the rapid pace of technological, economic, and socio-political changes. This is more true of developing countries like India where organizations are additionally facing fierce competition, rapid changes in market co... More

It is universally accepted that leadership is a developmental process that requires both training and a life-time of continuous learning. This absorbing collection of 15 original essays provides an analysis, framework and methodology to deal with the leadership crisis in India. The contributors expl... More

The importance of leadership in any organization is a widely accepted and much studied phenomenon. However, the authors of this book maintain that most research on leadership has focused only on the leader and ignored subordinates, treating them as a homogeneous entity and passive recipients of lead... More

Family business in India face an uphill task in adapting to the new business climate ushered in by the opening up of the economy. Nurtured during the protectionist years of the licence Raj, they todaly run the risk of being relegated to the slidelines unless they can quickly transform themselves int... More

Patterns of Work Culture explores work cultures in Indian organizations and suggests strategies to create a work culture which will enable organizations to remain competitive in an increasingly globalized market.... More

Patterns of Work Culture explores work cultures in Indian organizations and suggests strategies to create a work culture which will enable organizations to remain competitive in an increasingly globalized market.... More

This book posits that development process as a whole can be sustained only through inter-group, inter-organization and inter-community collaboration. Just as developing individual skills does not necessarily make an effective team and developing groups does not automatically translate into an effect... More

Sampat P Singh provides a conceptual understanding of the relevance and significance of the discourse on leadership, drawing from an intensive content research which is based on literature as its principal subject. Interspersed with examples and anecdotes, Leading presents an alternative way of look... More