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G.D. Birla, J.R.D. Tata, Walchand Hirachand and Kasturbhai Lalbhai--four pioneers who were not afraid to think ahead and plan big, at a time when Indian industry had to compete fiercely for market share against the multinationals of the day. Together, they would lay the foundations for the golden age of Indian industry from 1951 to '62. In this bestselling book, the closest look at these legends this far, Gita Piramal compellingly brings alive their ambition ...
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 ...
The real stories behind Managing Radical Change. If one wants to build a ship, it isn't enough to drum up men to go to the forest and gather wood, saw it and nail the planks together, wrote Antoine de Saint-Exup'ry. Instead, one has to awaken in them a desire for the sea. World Class in India presents the stories of some Indian companies that have been able to generate among their managers this 'desire for the sea' - to overcome their resistance to change and ...
For corporate leaders, the challenge is to find new ways of doing things. Smart Leadership: Insights for CEOs presents twelve CEOs who have done just that, and set new benchmarks for growth and performance in their respective industry in the process. More outstandingly, whether it is Kumar Mangalam Birla, N.R. Narayana Murthy, Rahul Bajaj or K.V. Kamath, they have shown how such growth can be sustained, year after year, even as the business environment becomes, ...