The challenges of Indian management [electronic resource] / B.R. Virmani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virmani, B. R.

Series:

Response Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--India.

Management.

Management--India--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Response Books ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Management in India is an amalgam of practices borrowed from the West-and. more recently from Japan-overlaid with age-old Indian values and norms that. are still extant. This book is a seminal attempt to understand the nature of Indian. management and how it can be institutionalized. With an in-depth historical perspective. and a thorough analysis of four types of Indian organizations-traditional. family-owned private sector; public sector; governmental departments and multinationals-the. author highlights certain common styles, policies and practices that are in consonance. with the Indian en

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Indian Management: An Overview; Indian Management through the Ages; Management Outside India; The Working of Indian Management: Typical Cases; Case Conclusions: Similarity in Differences; Indian Management Practices: Employees' Perspectives; After All, What is Indian Management?; Whither Indian Management?; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-367) and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-080-X

1-281-96528-6

9786611965280

81-7829-961-5

OCLC:

476231087