Notes On Management
Notes On Management
Notes On Management
MANAGEMENT &
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3. GLOBALIZATION AND CROSS-CULTURAL LESSONS
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THE 50 PRINCIPLES OF VIDUROPADESA
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CHAPTER-1
struggled with relationships at particular times in olden periods. Many economic theorists
during this period described the notion of management. Adam Smith and James Watt have
been recognized as two theorists who launched the world toward industrialization. Adam
Smith brought about the revolution in financial thought and James Watt's steam engine
provided cheaper power that revolutionized English commerce and industry. Both provided
the base for modern concepts of business management theory and practice. Adam Smith
explicated the concept of division of labour and Jacques Turgot described the importance of
direction and control. Smith stated that market and competition should be the controllers of
economic activity and that tax policies were destructive. The specialization of labour was the
basis of Smith's market system. According to Smith, division of labour provided managers
with the maximum opportunity for improved output. In the period of 1771–1858, Robert
Owens studied for concern for the workers. He was repulsed by the working conditions and
poor treatment of the workers in the factories across Scotland. Owen became a reformer. He
reduced the use of child labour and used ethical influence rather than physical punishment in
his factories. He reproached his fellow factory owners for treating their equipment better than
they treated their workers.
In quantitative approach of early management thought, Charles Babbage (1792–1871) is
recognized as the supporter of operations research and management science. Babbage's
scientific innovations are mechanical calculator, a versatile computer, and a punch-card
machine. His projects never became a commercial reality. However, Babbage is considered
the creator of the concepts behind the present day computer. The most popular book of
Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers, described the tools and
machinery used in English factories. It discussed the economic principles of manufacturing,
and analysed the operations and the skills used and suggested improved practices. Babbage
considered the benefits of division of labour and was a supporter of profit sharing. He
developed a method of observing manufacturing that is the same approach utilized today by
operations analysts and consultants analysing manufacturing operations. Other theorists who
contributed in quantitative approach of early management thought were Robert Owen,
Andrew Ure and Charles Dupin, Henry Robinson Towne.
Another theorist Baptiste, explained the significance of planning. But management appeared
as a different discipline in the second half of 19th century with the beginning of Joint Stock
Company. This type of enterprise separated management of business from their ownership
and gave emphasis to labour incompetence and improper systems of wage payments. To
resolve such problems, people began to identify management as a separate field of study.
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During 20th century, Management has become a more scientific discipline with standard
principles and practices.
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make sure they follow the prescribed method for performing their job and continue to plan
the work but use worker to actually get the work done.
Taylor's Scientific Management: Academic records indicated that F.W. Taylor and his
colleagues developed the first systematic study in management. He initiated an innovative
movement in 1910 which is identified as scientific management. Frederick Taylor is known
as the father of Scientific Management and he published Principles of Scientific Management
in which he proposed work methods designed to boost worker productivity. Taylor asserted
that to succeed in these principles, it is necessary to transform completely the part of
management and labour. His philosophy was based on some basic principles. The first
principle is separation of planning and doing. In the pre-Taylor era, an employee himself
used to choose or plan how he had to do his work and what machines and equipment would
be necessary to perform the work. But Taylor divided the two functions of planning and
doing, he stressed that planning should be delegated to specialists. Second principle of
Taylor's management approach is functional foremanship. Taylor launched functional
foremanship for administration and direction. Under eight-boss-scheme of functional
foremanship, four persons like route clerk, instruction card clerk, time and cost clerk and
disciplinarian are associated with planning function, and the remaining four speed boss,
inspector, maintenance foreman, and gang boss are concerned with operating function. Third
principle is elements of scientific management. The main constituents of scientific
management are work study involving work importance and work measurement using
method and time study, standardization of tools and equipment for workmen and improving
working conditions, scientific Selection, placement and training of workers by a centralized
personal department. Fourth principle is bilateral mental revolution. Scientific management
involves a complete mental change of employees towards their work, toward their fellow-
men and toward their employers. Mental revolution is also necessary on the part of
management's side, the foreman, the superintendent, the owners and board of directions. Fifth
principle is financial incentives. In order to encourage workers to give better performance,
Taylor introduced differential piece-rate system. According to Taylor, the wage should be
based on individual performance and on the position which a worker occupies. Economy is
the other principle of management devised by Taylor. According to him, maximum output is
achieved through division of labour and specialization. Scientific Management concentrates
on technical aspects as well as on profit and economy. For this purpose, techniques of cost
estimates and control should be adopted. Taylor concluded that science, not rule of thumb,
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Harmony, not discord, Cooperation and not individualism, Maximum output, in place of
restricted output, are key.
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3. Discipline: This discipline denotes "respect for agreements which are directed at
achieving obedience, application, energy and the outward marks of respect". Fayol
declares that discipline requires good superiors at all levels, clear and fair agreement,
and judicious application of penalties.
4. Unity of command: This is the principle that an employee should receive orders from
one superior only.
5. Unity of direction: Fayol asserted that unity of direction is the principle that each
group of activities having the same objective must have one head and one plan. As
distinguished from the principle of unity of command, Fayol observes unity of
direction as related to the functioning of personnel.
6. Subordination of individual interest to general interest: In any group the interest of the
group should supersede that of the individual. When these are found to differ, it is the
function of management to reconcile them.
7. Remuneration of personnel: Fayol recognizes that salary and methods of payment
should be fair and give the utmost satisfaction to worker and boss.
8. Centralization: Fayol principle of centralization refers to the extent to which authority
is concentrated or dispersed in an enterprise. Individual circumstances will determine
the degree of centralization that will give the best overall yield.
9. Scalar chair: Fayol believed in the scalar chair as a line of authority, a 'Chain of
Superiors" from the highest to the lowest ranks and held that, while it is an error of
subordinate to depart 'needlessly' from lines of authority, the chain should be short-
circuited when scrupulous following of it would be detrimental.
10. Order: Breaking this principle into 'Material order' and 'Social Order', Fayol thinks of
it as the simple edge of "a place for everything (everyone), and everything (everyone)
in its (his) place". This is basically a principle of organization in the arrangement of
things and persons.
11. Equity: Fayol perceives this principle as one of eliciting loyalty and devotion from
personnel by a combination of kindliness and justice in managers dealing with
subordinates.
12. Stability of tenure of personnel: Finding that such instability is both the cause and
effect of bad management, Fayol indicated the dangers and costs of unnecessary
turnover.
13. Initiative: Initiative is envisaged as the thinking out and execution of a plan. Since it
is one of the "Keenest satisfactions for an intelligent man to experience", Fayol
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Bureaucratic Management:
Bureaucratic management denotes the perfect type of organization. Principles of Bureaucracy
include clearly defined and specialized functions, use of legal authority, hierarchical form,
written rules and procedures, technically trained bureaucrats, appointment to positions based
on technical expertise, promotions based on competence and clearly defined career paths.
The German sociologist, Max Weber recognized as father of modern Sociology, appraised
bureaucracy as the most logical and structure for big organizations. With his observation in
business world, Weber summarized that earlier business firms were unproductively managed,
with decisions based on personal relationships and faithfulness. He proposed that a form of
organization, called a bureaucracy, characterized by division of labour, hierarchy, formalized
rules, impersonality, and the selection and promotion of employees based on ability, would
lead to more well-organized management. Weber also argued that authoritative position of
managers in an organization should be based not on tradition or personality but on the
position held by managers in the organizational hierarchy.
Max Weber (1864-1920) devised a theory of bureaucratic management that emphasized the
need for a firmly defined hierarchy governed by clearly defined regulations and lines of
authority. He considered the perfect organization to be a bureaucracy whose activities and
objectives were reasonably thought out and whose divisions of labour were clearly defined.
Weber also believed that technical capability should be emphasized and that performance
evaluations should be made completely on the basis of merit. Presently, it is considered that
bureaucracies are huge, impersonal organizations that put impersonal competence ahead of
human needs. Like the scientific management theorists, Weber sought to advance the
performance of socially important organizations by making their operations predictable and
productive. Although we now value innovation and flexibility as much as efficiency and
predictability, Weber's model of bureaucratic management evidently advanced the
development of vast corporations such as Ford. Bureaucracy was a particular pattern of
relationships for which Weber saw great promise. Although bureaucracy has been successful
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for many companies, in the competitive global market of the 1990s organizations such as
General Electric and Xerox have adopted bureaucracy, throwing away the organization chart
and replacing it with ever-changing constellations of teams, projects, and alliances with the
goal of unleashing employee creativeness.
Chester Barnard (1886-1961) also devised components to classical theory such as Follett
that would be further developed in later schools. Barnard, who became president of New
Jersey Bell in 1927, used his work experience and his wide reading in sociology and
philosophy to devise theories about organizations. Barnard stated that people join in formal
organizations to accomplish such goals that cannot be fulfilled by working alone. But as they
follow the organization's goals, they must also gratify their individual needs. Barnard came to
the conclusion that an enterprise can operate efficiently and survive only when the
organization's goals are kept in balance with the aims and needs of the individuals working
for it. Barnard denotes a principle by which people can work in stable and mutually
constructive relationships over time. Barnard believed that individual and organizations
purposes must be in balance if managers understood an employee's zone of indifference that
is, what the employee would do without questioning the manager's authority. Apparently, the
more activities that fell within an employee's zone of indifference the smoother and more
cooperative an organization would be. Barnard also believed that managers had a duty to
inspire a sense of moral purpose in their employees. To do this, they would have to learn to
think beyond their narrow self-interest and make an ethical promise to society. Although
Barnard emphasized the work of administrative managers, he also focused substantial
attention on the role of the individual employee as the basic strategic factor in organization.
are Douglas McGregor, Abraham Maslow, Curt Levin, Mary Porker Follelt, and Rensis
Likert. Behavioural Scientists hold the classical approach as highly mechanistic, which is
found to degrade the human spirit. They choose more flexible organization structures and
jobs built around the capabilities and talent of average employees. The behavioural approach
is based on the following principles.
1. Decision-making is done in a sub-optimal manner, because of practical and situational
constraints on human rationality of decision-making. The behaviourists attach great
weightage on participative and group decision-making.
2. Behavioural Scientists promote self-direction and control instead of imposed control.
3. Behavioural Scientists believe the organization is a group of individuals with certain
goals.
4. Behavioural scientists perceive that the democratic-participative styles of leadership
are enviable, the autocratic, task oriented styles may also be appropriate in certain
situations.
5. Behavioural scientists propose that different people react differently to the same
situation. No two people are exactly similar and manager should tailor his attempts to
influence his people according to their needs.
6. Behavioural scientists identify that organizational variance and change are
predictable.
Approach of Mary Parker Follett: Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) developed the structure
of the classical school. However, she initiated many new elements particularly in the area of
human relations and organizational structure. In this, she introduced trends that would be
further developed by the talented behavioural and management science schools. Follett was
persuaded that no one could become a whole person except as a member of a group. Human
beings grew through their relationships with others in organizations. In fact, she explained
management as "the art of getting things done through people." She took for granted Taylor's
statement that labour and management shared a common purpose as members of the same
organization, but she considered that the artificial difference between managers and
subordinates is vague in this natural partnership. She believed in the power of the group,
where individuals could combine their diverse talents into something bigger. Moreover,
Follett's "holistic" model of control took into account not just individuals and groups, but the
effects of such environmental factors as politics, economics, and biology. Follett's model was
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a significant precursor of the idea that management meant more than just what was
happening inside a particular organization.
Maslow's theory of self-actualization: His theory is recognized as Hierarchy of Needs. It is
illustrated in a pyramid and elucidates the different levels and importance of human's
psychological and physical needs. It can be used in business by managers to better understand
employee motivation. The general needs in Maslow's hierarchy include physiological needs
(food and clothing), safety needs (job security), social needs (friendship), self-esteem, and
self-fulfillment or actualization. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relates to organizational theory
and behaviour because it explores a worker's motivation. Some people are prepared to work
just for money, because of friends, or the fact that they are respected by others and
recognized for their good work. The final level of psychological development can be
achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled and the "actualization" of the full
personal potential takes place. In the organizational situation, if an employee's lower need on
the hierarchy is not met, then the higher ones are ignored. For example, if employees are
worried that they will be fired, and have no job security, they will not be concerned about
friendship and respect.
Douglas McGregor’s theory of management suggested that there is a need to motivate
employees through authoritative direction and employee self-control and he introduced the
concept of Theory X and Y. Theory X is a management theory focused more on classical
management theory and assumes that workforce need a high amount of supervision because
they are inherently lazy. It presupposes that managers need to motivate through coercion and
punishment. Theory Y is a management theory that assumes employees are determined, self-
motivated, exercise self-control, and generally enjoy mental and physical work duties.
Theory Y is in line with behavioural management theories. Theory X and Theory Y relates to
Maslow's hierarchy of needs in how human behaviour and motivation is the main priority in
the workplace in order to maximize output.
Theory X: The theory that employees are inherently lazy and irresponsible and will tend to
avoid works unless closely supervised and given incentives, contrasted with Theory Y.
Theory Y: The theory that employees are capable of being ambitious and self-motivated
under suitable conditions, contrasted with Theory X.
An influential theorist in behaviour approach of management thought was Likert. His
principles based on four Systems such as supportive relationships between organizational
members, multiple overlapping structures, with groups consisting of superiors and their
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Human Relations Approach: The human religionists, which also denote neo-classicists,
focused on the human aspect of business. These theorists emphasize that organization is a
social system and the human factor is the most vital element within it.
There are numerous basic principles of the human relations approach that are mentioned
below:
1. Decentralization: The concept of hierarchy employed by classical management
theorists is replaced with the idea that individual workers and functional areas (i.e.,
departments) should be given greater autonomy and decision-making power. This
needs greater emphasis on lateral communication so that coordination of efforts and
resources can occur. This communication occurs via informal communication
channels rather than the formal, hierarchical ones.
2. Participatory Decision-Making: Decision-making is participatory in the sense that
those making decisions on a day-to-day basis include line workers not normally
considered to be "management." The greater sovereignty afforded individual
employees and the subsequent reduction in "height" and increase in span of control of
the organizational structure requires that they have the knowledge and ability to make
their own decisions and the communication skill to coordinate their efforts with others
without a nearby supervisor.
3. Concern for Developing Self-Motivated Employees: The importance of a system of
decentralized and autonomous decision-making by members of the organization
necessitates that those members be extremely "self-motivated". The goal of managers
in such an organization is to design and implement organizational structures that
reward such self-motivation and autonomy. Another is to negotiate working
relationships with subordinates that foster effective communication in both directions.
Therefore, the human relations approach implies modifications in the structure of the
organization itself, in the nature of work, and in the association between manager and
assistant. Each of these changes depends upon assumptions about the individual, the
organization, and communication, just like any other theory of organizations. Elton Mayo and
others conducted experiments that were known as Hawthorne experiments and explored
informal groupings, informal relationships, patterns of communication, and patterns of
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internal leadership. Elton Mayo is usually popular as father of Human Relations School. The
human relation personnel advocate several factors - after conducting Hawthorne experiments
- which are mentioned below.
Behavioral Science: Behavioral science and the study of organizational behaviour emanated
during 1950s and 1960s. The behavioural science approach was a natural development of the
human relations movement. It concentrated on applying conceptual and analytical tools to the
problem of understanding and foresees behaviour in the place of work. The behavioural
science approach has contributed to the study of management through its elements of
personality, attitudes, values, motivation, group behaviour, leadership, communication, and
conflict, among other issues.
management can find resolution to specific situation. Theorists stated that there is no
effective way of doing things under all business conditions. Methods and techniques which
are extremely effective in one situation may not give the same results in another situation.
This approach proposes that the role of managers is to recognize the best technique in a
particular situation to accomplish business goals. Managers have to develop situational
understanding and practical selectivity. Contingency visions are applicable in developing
organizational structure, in deciding degree of decentralization, in motivation and leadership
approach, in establishing communication and control systems, in managing conflicts and in
employee development and training. The contingency approach is associated with applying
management principles and processes as dictated by the sole characteristics of each situation.
It depends on various situational factors, such as the external environment, technology,
organizational characteristics, characteristics of the manager, and characteristics of the
subordinates. Contingency theorists often implicitly or explicitly disapprove of the classical
approach as it focuses on the universality of management principles.
To summarize, there are important theories of Management and each theory has a distinct
role to play towards the knowledge of what managers do. Management is an interdisciplinary
and global field that has been developed in parts over the years. Numerous approaches to
management theory developed that include the universal process approach, the operational
approach, the behavioural approach, the systems approach, the contingency approach and
others. F W Taylor, Adam Smith, Henry Fayol, Elton Mayo and others have contributed to
the development of Management concept. The classical management approach had three
major categories that include scientific management, administrative theory and bureaucratic
management. Scientific management highlighted the scientific study of work methods to
improve worker efficiency. Bureaucratic management dealt with the characteristics of a
perfect organization which operates on a rational basis. Administrative theory explored
principles that could be used by managers to synchronise the internal activities of
organizations. The behavioral approach emerged mainly as an outcome of the Hawthorne
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studies. Mary Parker Follet, Elton Mayo and his associates, Abraham Maslow, Douglas
McGregor and Chris Argyris were the main players of this school.
9) Line of Authority: The line of authority moves from top management down to the
lowest ranks. This hierarchy is necessary for unity of command, but communication
can also occur laterally if the bosses are kept aware of it. The line should not be
overextended or have too many levels.
10) Order: Orderliness refers both to the environment and materials as well as to the
policies and rules. People and materials should be in the right place at the right time.
11) Equity: Fairness (equity), dignity, and respect should pervade the organization.
Bosses must treat employees well, with a “combination of kindliness and justice.”
12) Stability of Tenure: Organizations do best when tenure is high (i.e., turnover is low).
People need time to learn their jobs, and stability promotes loyalty. High employee
turnover is inefficient.
13) Initiative: Allowing everyone in the organization the right to create plans and carry
them out will make them more enthusiastic and will encourage them to work harder.
14) Esprit de Corps: Harmony and team spirit across the organization builds morale and
unity.
Taylor is most famous for his “time studies,” in which he used a stopwatch to time how long
it took a worker to perform a task, such as shoveling coal or moving heavy loads. Then he
experimented with different ways to do the tasks to save time. Sometimes the improvement
came from better tools. For example, Taylor devised the “science of shoveling,” in which he
conducted time studies to determine how much weight a worker could lift with a shovel
without tiring. He determined that 21 pounds was the optimal weight. But since the employer
expected each worker to bring his own shovel, and there were different materials to be
shoveled on the job, it was hard to ensure that 21-pound optimum. So, Taylor provided
workers with the optimal shovel for each density of materials, such as coal, dirt, snow, and so
on. With these optimal shovels, workers became three or four times more productive, and
they were rewarded with pay increases.
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Frank Gilbreth and his wife, Lillian Moller Gilbreth (who outlived Frank by 48 years!),
were associates of Taylor and were likewise interested in standardization of work to improve
productivity. They went one better on Taylor’s time studies, devising “motion studies” by
photographing the individual movements of each worker (they attached lights to workers’
hands and photographed their motions at slow speeds). The Gilbreths then carefully analyzed
the motions and removed unnecessary ones. These motion studies were preceded by timing
each task, so the studies were called “time and motion studies.”
Applying time and motion studies to bricklaying, for example, the Gilbreths devised a way
for workers to lay bricks that eliminated wasted motion and raised their productivity from
1,000 bricks per day to 2,700 bricks per day. Frank Gilbreth applied the same technique to
personal tasks, like coming up with “the best way to get dressed in the morning.” He
suggested the best way to button the waistcoat, for example, was from bottom up rather than
top down. Why? Because then a man could straighten his tie in the same motion, rather than
having to raise his hands back up from the bottom of the waistcoat.
Limitations of the Early Views
Fayol, Taylor, and the Gilbreths all addressed productivity improvement and how to run an
organization smoothly. But those views presumed that managers were overseeing manual
labor tasks. As work began to require less manual labor and more knowledge work, the
principles they had developed became less effective. Worse, the principles of Taylorism
tended to dehumanize workers. The writer Upton Sinclair who raised awareness of deplorable
working conditions in the meatpacking industry in his 1906 book, The Jungle, was one of
Taylor’s vocal critics. Sinclair pointed out the relatively small increase in pay (61%) that
workers received compared with their increased productivity (362%). Frederick Taylor
answered Sinclair’s criticism, saying that workers should not get the full benefit because it
was management that devised and taught the workers to produce more. But Taylor’s own
words compare workers to beasts of burden: The worker is “not an extraordinary man
difficult to find; he is merely a man more or less the type of an ox, heavy both mentally and
physically.”
When work was manual, it made sense for a manager to observe workers doing a task and to
devise the most efficient motions and tools to do that task. As we moved from a
manufacturing society to a service-based one, that kind of analysis had less relevance.
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Managers can’t see inside the head of a software engineer to devise the fastest way to write
code. Effective software programming depends on knowledge work, not typing speed.
Finally, early views of management were heavily oriented toward efficiency, at the expense
of attention to the manager-as-leader. That is, a manager basically directs resources to
complete predetermined goals or projects. For example, a manager may engage in hiring,
training, and scheduling employees to accomplish work in the most efficient and cost-
effective manner possible. A manager is considered a failure if he or she is not able to
complete the project or goals with efficiency or when the cost becomes too high. However, a
leader within a company develops individuals to complete predetermined goals and projects.
A leader develops relationships with his or her employees by building communication, by
evoking images of success, and by eliciting loyalty. Thus, later views of management evoke
notions of leaders and leadership in discussing the challenges and opportunities for modern
managers.
Management Ideas of the 1990s
Peter Drucker was the first scholar to write about how to manage knowledge workers, with
his earliest work appearing in 1969. Drucker addressed topics such as management of
professionals, the discipline of entrepreneurship and innovation, and how people make
decisions.
In 1982, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman wrote In Search of Excellence, which became
an international best seller and ushered a business revolution by changing the way managers
viewed their relationships with employees and customers.
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Chapter-2
MANAGEMENT GURUS
Management gurus have over the years transformed businesses with their intelligent
strategies, and given direction to millions of students and professionals on the best
management practices and winning ways. They have enlightened the world with a wealth of
information and taught invaluable lessons on discovering one's true potential.
They stand out for their wisdom, ability to think differently, face adversities with strength
and more importantly lead by example. India prides itself in having some of the best
management thinkers and scholars who have proved that, "Winners do not do different
things. It is all about doing things differently."
C K Prahalad
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He then moved to the US. At the Harvard Business School, Prahalad wrote a doctoral thesis
on multinational management in just two and a half years. He then returned to India, where
he taught at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Subsequently, he was the Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan
Business School and offered corporate strategy consultation to a number of multinational
corporations. He also headed a high-technology company called Praja Inc.
Ram Charan
He served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on corporate governance and was selected as a
Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He sits on the boards of
Austin Industries and Tyco Electronics. Charan runs his business management consulting
company under the name Charan Associates located in Dallas.
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Vijay Govindarajan
Shiv Khera
"If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem."
Shiv Khera's story is truly inspirational. Three decades ago, he
used to wash cars and sell insurance policies in the United States.
Today, he has a multimillion-dollar empire.
Shiv Khera is the founder of Qualified Learning Systems Inc. He
has established himself as an educator, business consultant and a successful entrepreneur. He
motivates and encourages people to explore their true potential and succeed in whatever they
do.
He has been recognized as a "Louis Marchesi Fellow" by the Round Table Foundation. Shiv
Khera's client list includes, among others, Lufthansa, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, Nestle,
GSK, Tetrapak, Phillips, Gillette, HSBC, Carrier, IBM, Ericsson and GM. He has authored
12 books including the best seller book, 'You can win'.
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Bala Balachandran
Rakesh Khurana
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Promod Batra
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John Kotter has been a Harvard Business School professor for over 30 years and is an
internationally renowned author on leadership and change. His 18 books include
international bestseller Leading Change and followed by Our Iceberg Is Melting, which
puts his 8-step process for change into a fun and easy to read format. In addition to the
Leadership Guru Award John Kotter was awarded, Business Week magazine rated
Kotter the #1 leadership guru in America based on a survey they conducted of 504
enterprises in 2001. After his 30 years of success in teaching, he decided to start a
company that would arm leaders to tackle the challenges of changing times, Kotter
International helps organizations execute Kotter’s strategies, and leaves them with the
capability to take on future business challenges and react to them quickly with agility
and direction. John Kotter received full marks on being unique with his concepts and
ideas. His presence on the stage alone commands absolute attention allowing listeners
to gather enough information to use in the future. His comeback to the guru list is
attributed to the licensing of his Leading Bold Change workshops based on his
bestseller Our Iceberg is Melting which is refocusing the international business public
to his global contribution.
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TOM PETERS
Navy personnel turned management professional Tom Peters writes and speaks about a
very special area of management i.e. personal and business empowerment and problem
solving methodologies. Peter went to Severn School for High School and attended
Cornell University receiving a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1965 and a
master’s degree in 1966. He later studied business at Stanford Business School
receiving an M.B.A. and Ph.D. In 2004 he also received an honorary doctorate from the
State University of Management in Moscow. He is called the most provocative and
engaging management guru in the USA. He is also called the Red Bull of management
thinkers. He is a best-selling author of the book "In Search of Excellence" which
became a bestseller and had exposure in the United States at a national level when a
series of television specials based on the book and hosted by him appeared on PBS.
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MICHAEL EUGENE PORTER
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JOSEPH STIGLITZ
Former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a professor at
Columbia University, Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is a great economist. He received the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 and the John Bates Clark Medal
in 1979. His latest book The Price of Inequality hit The New York Times best seller list
in 2012. He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization. Stiglitz
founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), a think tank on international
development based at Columbia University in the year 2000. He chaired very important
positions in institutions like Columbia University, University of Manchester's Brooks
World Poverty Institute, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Stiglitz has over 40
honorary doctorates and at least eight honorary professorships, as well as an honorary
deanship. Stiglitz's work focuses on income distribution, asset risk management,
corporate governance, and international trade.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese American essayist and scholar whose works
focus on problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty. He was born in Amioun,
Lebanon to Minerva Ghosn and Najib Taleb a physician, an oncologist and a researcher
in anthropology. He is a bestselling author and has been a professor at several
universities currently at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Oxford
University. His book The Black Swan was described in a review by the Sunday Times
as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II. In his career, he has
also been a practitioner of mathematical finance, a hedge fund manager, a derivatives
trader and is a scientific adviser at Universa Investments and the International
Monetary Fund. He criticized the risk management methods used by the finance
industry and warned about financial crises subsequently making a fortune out of the
late 2000s financial crisis.
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GARY HAMEL
Gary Hamel was recently ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the world’s most
influential business thinker and by Fortune magazine as the world’s leading expert on
business strategy. Hamel authored books like Competing for the Future Leading the
Revolution and The Future of Management and What Matters Now. In twenty years
Hamel has authored 17 articles for the Harvard Business Review and is the most
reprinted author in the Review’s history. He has also written for the Wall Street
Journal, Fortune, The Financial Times, and many other leading publications around the
world. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor of Strategic and International Management.
As a consultant and management educator, Hamel has worked for companies such as
General Electric, Time Warner, Nestle, Shell, Best Buy, Procter Gamble, 3M, IBM, and
Microsoft. His pioneering concepts such as strategic intent, core competence, industry
revolution and management innovation have changed the practice of management in
companies around the world.
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CHRIS ANDERSON
Born in London and brought up in the USA, Chris Anderson is an American author
and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and currently the CEO of 3DRobotics, a drone
manufacturing company. He worked with The Economist and WIRED magazine. He is
known for his 2004 article entitled The Long Tail which he later expanded into the
2006 book The Long Tail Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.
Anderson enrolled for a degree program in physics from George Washington
University and went on to study quantum mechanics and science journalism at the
University of California, Berkeley. He later did research at Los Alamos National
Laboratory. He began his career as editor at the two scientific journals Nature and
Science. He then joined The Economist in 1994 where he remained for seven years.
During his The Economist tenure he was stationed in London Hong Kong and New
York in various positions ranging from Technology Editor to US Business Editor.
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Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries had held professorships at McGill University the ecole
des Hautes Etudes Commerciales Montreal, and Harvard Business School, and has
lectured at management institutions around the world. He is the author, co-author or
editor of more than thirty five books and has published over 300 scientific papers as
chapters in books and as articles. His books and articles have been translated into thirty
one languages. He is the founder of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Centre, the program
director of INSEAD’s top management seminar The Challenge of Leadership Creating
Reflective Leaders, and the scientific director of the program Consulting and Coaching
for Change Executive Master’s Program. He has received INSEAD’s distinguished
teacher award five times. Vries is also the founder of the Kets de Vries Institute, a
partnership that counsels individual CEOs and top executive teams, using a clinical
orientation to leadership coaching and organizational transformation. He is best known
for bringing a different view to the much studied subjects of leadership and the
dynamics of individual and organizational change.
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BARBARA KELLERMAN
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Dr. Philip Kotler is a world famous Management and Marketing guru and a
distinguished professor at the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of
Management in Chicago. He is hailed by Management Centre Europe as the foremost
expert on the strategic practice of marketing in the world. Dr. Kotler is known to many
as the author of what is widely recognized as the most authoritative textbook on
marketing, Marketing Management. Also, he has authored or co-authored dozens of
leading books on marketing. In addition, Dr. Kotler has published more than one
hundred articles in leading journals including the Harvard Business Review, Sloan
management Review, Business Horizons California. Dr. Kotler presents seminars on
leading management and marketing concepts and developments to companies and
organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. A seasoned business concept guru, Kotler
is hired by businesses and organizations from every corner of the world to train up and
develop their people so as to prepare them for new challenges.
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LYNDA GRATTON
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NOEL M. TICHY
Dr. Noel M Tichy is an American management consultant author and educator. Dr.
Tichy not only extends his expertise to business firms and private sectors but also to the
academies as well. A dedicated Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human
Resource Management at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan,
Noel is also the Director of Global Business Partnership which ran the Global
Leadership Program. He has a great impact in developing senior executives managing
skills, especially in this age, when there are huge threats of globalization for small and
rising organizations. His past works include heading GE’s Leadership Center and also a
working as a professor at Columbia University Business School. Dr. Tichy is the author
of a good number of books. His most recent book is JUDGMENT How Winning
Leaders Make Great Calls. His huge contribution in management arena regarded him as
one of the Top 10 Management Gurus by Business Week. He is widely known in North
America.
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RHENALD KASALI
Rhenald Khasali is an academic and business practitioner who was born in Jakarta. He
is a respected professor at the Faculty of Economics Universities Indonesia and
Chairman of the Graduate Management Science University’s Faculty of Economics. As
a professor, he holds a Ph. D. from the University of Illinois. Several books have been
produced and among them are Nine Phenomenon, Business Success, Presentation
Change, Recode, Change Your DNA and many more. Rhenald Khasali focuses on
development business. He asserts that real luck is when opportunity meets with
preparation furthermore Entrepreneurship does not exist by itself, but must be created.
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HENRY MINTZBERG
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TAMMY ERICKSON
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CHARLES HANDY
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JONAS RIDDERSTRALE
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COSTAS MARKIDES
Costas Markides who holds the Robert P. Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership at the
London Business School is a professor of strategic and international management. A
native of Cyprus, Markides received a BA and MA in Economics from Boston
University, MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School. His books include All
the Right Moves A Guide to Crafting Breakthrough Strategy 2000 and Fast Second How
Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets 2005
with Paul Geroski. Fast Second is a metaphor of a landscape to describe the business
world dividing organizations into colonists and consolidators. The former ones are good
at exploring new business opportunities but the latter ones are better adapted to
commercializing them. Nowadays, Markides has turned his attention to how
management ideas can be used to address social issues such as reducing drug related
crime and improving education. Currently he is working on the topic of strategic
innovation, how companies can break the rules in their existing businesses.
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GARY BRADT
Who would never recognize the blockbuster book of Spencer Johnson called Who
Moved My Cheese an Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your
Life? Dr. Gary Bradt was chosen by Dr. Spencer Johnson, the renowned author of the
book as a speaker worldwide of the said book. Dr. Bradt earned his BA in psychology
from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh PA. He earned his doctorate in clinical
psychology from Hahnemann University and Hospital in Philadelphia PA which in 2007
honored him with the Excellence in Professional Psychology award. As a speaker, Dr
Bradt embraces his audiences with a powerful message, authentic stories, and some
humor to lighten them up. His topics include Change Management and Leadership. He is
uniquely qualified to bring off guidance and strategies on the subject of change in
adapting to and leading through change. Dr. Gary Bradt is also the author of the Ring in
the Rubble Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity which has
earned many compliments from readers.
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Chapter – 3
Despite the growing importance of global business, Fortune 500 companies have reported a
shortage of global managers with the necessary skills. Some experts have argued that most
U.S. companies are not positioned to implement global strategies due to a lack of global
leadership capabilities.
It’s easy to understand the problem: communicating and working with people from different
countries can be a challenge—not just because of language issues but also because of
different cultural norms. For example, in the United States, they tend to be direct in their
communication. If you ask a U.S. manager a question, you’ll tend to get a direct answer. In
other cultures, particularly in southern Europe and Japan, the answer to a question begins
with background and context—not the bottom line—so that the listener will understand how
the person arrived at the conclusion. Similarly, in some cultures, it is considered rude to
deliver bad news or say “no” to a request—instead, the speaker would give a noncommittal
answer like “we’ll see” or “we’ll try.”
Country-by-country differences are so prevalent that a worldwide team of scholars proposed
to create and validate a theory of the relationship between culture and societal,
organizational, and leadership effectiveness. Called the GLOBE Project, it included 170
researchers working together for ten years to collect and analyze data on cultural values and
practices and leadership attributes from more than 17,000 managers in 62 societal cultures. In
its 2006 report, GLOBE identified the following nine dimensions of culture.
Performance Orientation
Should you reward people for performance improvement and excellence? In countries such
as the United States and Singapore, the answer is yes. Organizations in these countries use
employee training and development to help people improve their skills and performance. In
countries such as Russia and Greece, however, family and background count for more than
performance.
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Uncertainty Avoidance
Life often brings unpredictable events, and with them, anxiety. Uncertainty avoidance
reflects the extent to which members of a society attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing
uncertainty. Should you establish rules, procedures, and social norms to help your employees
deal with uncertainty? In countries where uncertainty avoidance is high, such as Brazil and
Switzerland, the answer is yes. People in such societies want strict rules, laws, and policies to
eliminate or control the unexpected. Employees in these countries tend to seek order,
consistency, and structure. Countries with low uncertainty avoidance, in contrast, are less
rule-oriented. They tolerate a variety of opinions and are open to change and taking risks.
Countries with low uncertainty avoidance include Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Assertiveness
How assertive, confrontational, or aggressive should you be in relationships with others? In
highly assertive countries such as the United States and Austria, competition between
individuals and groups is encouraged. Managers may set up incentives that reward the best
idea, even if it is contrary to established practices. People in less assertive countries, such as
Sweden and New Zealand, prefer harmony in relationships and emphasize loyalty and
solidarity.
Power Distance
Power distance reflects the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and
organizations expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. Should you distribute
decision-making power equally among the group? In high-power-distance countries such as
Thailand, Brazil, and France, the answer is no. People in these societies expect unequal
power distribution and greater stratification, whether that stratification is economic, social, or
political. People in positions of authority in these countries expect (and receive) obedience.
Decision making is hierarchical with limited participation and communication. Australia, in
contrast, has a power distance rating that is much lower than the world average. The
Australian view reinforces cooperative interaction across power levels and stresses equality
and opportunity for everyone.
Gender Egalitarianism
Should you promote men rather than women? Countries with low gender egalitarianism are
male dominated. Men hold positions of power to a much greater extent in low-gender-
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egalitarianism countries like Egypt and South Korea. Companies operating in more gender-
egalitarian countries such as the Nordic countries, Germany, and the Netherlands encourage
tolerance for diversity of ideas and roles, regardless of gender.
Institutional Collectivism
Institutional collectivism refers to the extent to which people act predominantly as a member
of a lifelong group or organization. Should you reward groups rather than individuals? In
countries with high institutional collectivism such as Sweden, the answer is yes. Countries
with low institutional collectivism, such as in the United States, emphasize individual
achievement and rewards.
Humane Orientation
Should you reward people for being fair, altruistic, generous, and kind to others? In countries
such as Malaysia, this practice is more prevalent and encouraged than in low-humane-
orientation countries such as Germany.
Future Orientation
Will your employees favor activities that involve planning and investing in the future for
long-term payoff? Or do they want to see short-term results? Future orientation is defined as
one’s expectations and the degree to which one is thoughtful about the future. It is a
multifaceted concept that includes planning, realism, and a sense of control. Companies in
countries with high future orientation, such as China and Singapore, will have a longer-term
planning horizon, and they will be more systematic about planning. Corporations in countries
that are the least future-oriented, such as Argentina and Russia, will be more opportunistic
and less systematic. At the same time, they will be less risk averse.
managers. Loyalty to these managers is a high priority in Mexico, and trying to work around
them is a big taboo. Mexicans also have a less urgent approach to time. They see time as
more abundant than their U.S. counterparts. As a result, Mexicans thought that Americans
wanted to move too fast on decisions, and they perceived American directness in
communication as aggressive. Additional vignettes on managing across borders are shared
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Chapter-4
“VIDUROPADESA”
Hundreds of ancient Indian management books are available even today in the printed form.
Most important among them are Bhagavath Gita, Yoga Vaasishta, Sukra neetisaara,
in Ramayana and Mahabharata…and so on. These books and many other books of the same
quality explain the management messages adoptable and adaptable for the 21st
century. Here, we present a few messages from Viduropadesa in the same order as it is given
in his book. These messages are given by Vidura, to Dhrutharaashtra, when the latter was
terribly confused whether to support his son Duryodhana who was practicing all adharma
or support Dharmaputra who was the embodiment of dharma. At the junction of this
confusion and self-analysis, Dhrutharaashtra invited his brother Vidura for consultation and
for a solution to overcome the problems. The messages given by Vidura to Dhrutharaashtra
are known as Viduropadesha, which is a part of Mahabharatha, the great epic of Bharath.
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The 50 Principles
1. A scholar/ manager should have spiritual knowledge, devotion towards work, patience,
2. He should use the moral strength for protecting dharmic values; devotion towards work
should be used for earning money and controlling luxurious expectations and the spiritual
5. He should not get angry nor get excited / nor show the ego /nor be childish. He should not
8. Heat, cold, fear, happiness, unhappiness, luxury, poverty, etc., should not affect him
positively or negatively.
11. A scholar/manager should use his wisdom for dharmic mission and also for prosperity in
a dharmic way.
12. He should get away/ relieved from luxury / extravaganza in his life.
13. Expect what he deserves and whole heartedly work to achieve the goal (expectations).
14. Never ignore anything nor consider as silly; take the work seriously.
17. Never start any work without a deep understanding about the work.
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20. Never expect which you will not get; never feel sad on what you lost forever and keep
21. A manager should use powerful and attractive words during discussions.
23. His words should reflect his wisdom and should be capable for interpreting the rules
positively.
25. His knowledge + experience + wisdom + action should work complementary to each
other.
26. His qualification, method of action and attitudes should also complement each other.
27. He should never become crazy for money but should earn that through hard work.
28. Never give up any mission undertaken without completing it, however difficult may that
be.
29. Never interfere with others’ work if it does not come under your purview.
30. Treat the friends with the same dignity they show to you and never be over polite to those
who do not respect / love you and never give up any good friends.
31. Do not show affection / love to those who do not reciprocate and never try to fight with
33. Never ill treat your good friends and never do bad against them / others.
34. Never try to project yourself, never doubt others (for everything).
36. Respect the parents and forefathers, keep faith in the divine power and also try to make
good friends.
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37. Never enter into a house without invitation, never try to answer to a question without
asking and never try to put trust on those who are not trustworthy.
38. Criticizing others for doing something and doing the same thing by self is foolishness.
39. Knowing well that self is incapable of doing something and then getting angry on
others is foolishness.
40. Without knowing our own limitations and without doing any work / strain, trying to grab
41. Never advise those who do not deserve/ seek your guidance.
42. Try to follow the footsteps of highly educated, hardworking man who makes money in a
dharmic way.
43. Share the food and money with others for making friendship.
44. Remember that many people do heinous work and others suffer.
45. Many a times those who create problems escape from the punishment.
46. The arrow shot from a bow may or may not kill but the intellectual power shot from an
47. A poison and an arrow may kill only to whom it was given/shot, the advice of a manager
48. Never eat tasty food alone, never analyze a serious matter alone, never go for a long tour
alone, and never walk away from a group of people sleeping together.
49. Just as a ship is needed for crossing the ocean, similarly truth is needed for solving the
problems.
50. Only one criticism / blame may have to be faced by a manager having good patience.
That is ‘the manager is a coward’’ he will not have to face any other blame
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