Management in India: Trends and Transition (Hardcover)
by Herbert J Davis (Editor), Samir R Chatterjee (Editor), Mark Heuer (Editor)
ISBN: 0761933638
Publisher: SAGE Publications (January 1, 2006)
Available also as used from http://www.amazon.com
Book Description
This book discusses the emerging changes in Indian management culture both at the macro and micro levels and their impact on domestic and multinational businesses based in India. The book explores how the attitude, orientation and practice of management have been slow to adapt though the Indian business scenario is changing rapidly. A central dilemma faced by Indian managers is how to change policies both at the enterprise and the employee level to match an increasingly global and international environment. Indian management culture and emerging challenges, leadership styles and leadership issues that face Indian corporations, ethics and values and their impact on leadership and management culture, the issues confronting global corporations working in India, handling human resources issues in the Indian context and the emergence of the new global Indian manager are the key issues discussed in this book.
Review
This book is remarkable as the contributors and editors are spread over many countries. In eight sections, this book tackles issues such as: the influence of national culture on organizations and how societal value orientations impact on the workplace, leadership styles in Indian organizations, the impact of ethics and values on day to day management, the specific issues that global corporations working in India face, human resource issues with a special focus on gender, how to manage strategic alliances in India and lastly how the global manager succeeds or fails in India.
This is not an easy to read "How-to-do-list" book for the impatient 5-minute manager. In fact, there is no mention in this book about personal behavioural aspects of a foreigner attempting to avoid cultural faux pas and learning about cultural do's and don'ts. Such information might be very valuable to the foreign global manager dealing with India. Students and serious managers will find the academic style and approach balanced with frequent comparisons to other countries and cultures and other models. There is an entire chapter about the "Application of American Management Theories and Practices to the Indian Business Environment: Understanding the Impact of National Culture" with suggestions for further research. This book is a demanding read, but bountiful to the patient and methodical reader.
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