Strategic Business Management and Banking

The post-reforms era in India has been marked with economic liberalisation, privatization and globallisation, especially following India’s entry into WTO. In sequel to economic, banking and cooperative sector reforms the country has witnessed an economic transformation, so much so that its GDP now stands next only to the Republic of China in Asia. Two distinct facets that made the economic transformation possible in the pursuit of integrating Indian economy with global economy are clearly the strategic business management policies of the corporate world, consistent with the National corporate world, consistent with the National Policy as well as a new paradigm in running Policy as well as a new paradigm in running banking sector as a professionally managed industry. It is in this conceptual framework that the present book is written on ‘Strategic Business Management and Banking’ in an effort to arrive at a symbiotic synthesis of the two emerging paradigms. Broad approaches used in Strategic Business Management include: Corporate Governance, Total Quality Management, Business Process Reengineering, Supply-Chain Management, Knowledge Management, Leadership Management, Stress Management etc. The various new paradigms conceived under Banking industry encompass: Financing industrial infrastructure, including for rural industries and agri-business, Global financing, Insurance, Micro-finance, Risk Management, E-banking, Retail banking, Management of Non-performing Assets, Cooperative (Banking) Sector Reforms, Financing Cooperatives under WTO regime. The book may be of emense value and use to the students of MBA, corporate executives, professional bankers, planners, economists, academicians and research scholars.