Response Books
55 books
This thoroughly revised third edition helps human resource managers and professionals understand, develop, manage and map competencies within their organizations. It presents the complete know-how of developing competency framework in detail. In this edition, several chapters have been expanded to provide a greater understanding of business strategies, environmental imperatives and the changing role of HR as a strategic partner. Developed over years of research ...
The business strategies of most companies in India are marked by the supply-sided, tunnel vision of the market and obsessively competitor-centred approaches.
Customer in the Boardroom highlights the need for companies to embed customer centricity into the heart of their business strategy development process if they are to continue to grow profitably and secure their future.
Rama Bijapurkar presents a compelling treatise on how to develop business strategy around ...
Darwin’s Brands traces the evolution of some of the most notable brands in the Indian marketplace by looking at the interplay of forces that created the environment in which they operated and the strategies they adopted. In a vibrant economy like India-where competition from novel and captivating launches is relentless; where customers preferences change rapidly-these winning brands have shown resilience and the ability to identify and seize opportunities. ...
A resource for industry professionals and consultants, this book on corporate strategy lays down the theories and models for revitalizing companies in the face of global recession.It discusses cutting edge concepts, constructs, paradigms, theories, models, and cases of corporate strategic leadership for bringing about transformation and innovation in companies. It demonstrates that great companies are those that make the leap from good results to ...
In this age of global economic crises, the need to renew our commitment to social issues becomes even more urgent. Reduction in public and private spending on social programmes throws up further challenges for the sustenance of development efforts. The book advocates countering this trend through “global social entrepreneurship” and the use of innovative, inexpensive and locally customized solutions.Using in-depth and contemporary case studies, the ...
Papers presented at the 12th Colloquium of Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies, held at Gurgaon in December 2007.
The book succinctly addresses relevant issues concerning the change-driven era. It is written in an easy to understand style, examples that merge theory and practice are presented which clearly demonstrates the author's vast practical experience. It is a must for any person's bookshelf wishing to implement organizational change.
Learning organizations are widely regarded as excellent workplaces, which foster employee involvement and personal initiative while motivating them to bring about a shared vision. Indeed, they are often referred to as the ‘ideal’ organizational models with the best management practices. This extremely interesting study on learning organizations provides a critical and illuminating insight into what really goes on in these so-called perfect work ...
Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: Twelve Drivers of Competitive Advantage, has been designed as a comprehensive text for any course dealing with strategy and supply chains. Written in an accessible and entertaining style, Mentzer identifies twelve drivers of competitive advantage as clear strategic points managers can use in their companies. These twelve drivers are derived from extensive research from more than 400 books, articles, and papers, as well as ...
This comprehensive book explores the theories of local economic development and addresses the dilemmas communities face. Emphasizing “community-determined processes’, the authors investigate planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resources development, as well as both low-cost and high technology economic development strategies. The book contains: Case studies, illustrations, and exercise which demonstrate how each theory can be ...
Corporate communication has come into its own. After decades in the shadow of public relations, it is today recognized as a holistic and important brand-building approach in the business world. This lucid book is a compelling introduction to contemporary corporate communications and its practical application in the modern oraganization. Joseph Fernandez makes a case for corporate communications the cornerstone of any corporate growth strategy. He does this by ...
It is widely recognized that community participation can play an important role in promoting primary education. It also has the potential to increase awareness levels and to bring about improvements in health and living conditions. In India, too, decentralization has been identified in recent years as an essential component of the processes of educational reform and change. This has resulted in many efforts to bring community and school closer together as also to ...
In the face of globalization, rapid technological change and increasing international competition, Indian organizations have initiated a wide range of changes in order to both survive and succeed. This book explores various facets of these change processes in order to understand why such initiatives either succeed or fail. Combining theoretical concepts with empirical examples from both the Indian context and international experience, this timely book discusses ...
This exciting and unique collection of essays focuses on one ingredient of the making of Indian Nationalism-viz. the ingredient of culture. The constitutes are emminent academics, art historians, photographers and dancers.
A multidisciplinary ethnographic study, based on first-hand field research and fresh theoretical explorations, constitutes a unique `situated` and contextualised view of children, childhood, schooling and learning.
This book explains and simplifies hard core advertising and marketing concepts while taking the understanding of Advertising to a higher level of insightful learning.
This book constitutes a comprehensive and in-depth study of federalism and devolution in the Sri Lankan context. The author leads us on a journey of discovery spanning various phases of the evolution of the problem, from pre-independence Sri Lanka to the victory of the Kumaratunga government in 1994, and its subsequent failure to implement the much promised federal structure for the country. How and why the Kumaratunga government failed is the main topic of this ...
The evolution of political parties and party systems in the world’s largest, most complex and volatile democracy reached a crucial stage at the turn of the century: The three general elections held in quick succession at the end of the nineties threw up three major trends; the decline of the Congress Party as the dominant pan-national party; the emergence of a ‘federalised’ party structure and coalition politics; and the apparent demise of the ‘Third ...
The ownership of intellectual property is an important concept that very often has international ramifications. In a world that is getting smaller every day, critical issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)—especially those that deal with copyrights, patents, and trademarks and geographical indications—are gaining in importance for global knowledge-based companies. This timely book discusses in detail the controversial TRIPS (Trade Related Intellectual ...
Labour-management relations and labour issues have assumed new dimensions in India consequent to economic liberalization and globalization. This book dispassionately discusses the changing perspectives and emerging issues in employer-employee relations in industry which have arisen in the wake of these rapid changes. Beginning with a history of the industrial relations system, Professor Venkata Ratnam assesses the social and economic impact of structural ...