Opening the doors to THE INDIA WAY of Doing Business

Indian business leaders “have a much higher capacity to handle ambiguity in business situations” in the words of MICO’s M. Lakshminarayan, and thus, “are very, very flexible in handling problems.” These turbulent and uncertain times call for just such CEOs believe Professors Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh and Michael Useem at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Their forthcoming book The India Way – How India’s Top Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management published by Harvard Business School Press, is a result of interviews with Indian business leaders and makes some compelling arguments why India Inc. is distinctive and relevant for the developed world;

In less than two decades, Indian companies have managed not only to overcome a 1000 years of dependence but they have caught up with some of their better known western competition in some industries. It is indeed an impressive record.  By Kamini Banga (Read more)

Product Description

This title offers innovative management practice from India’s leading companies and what companies everywhere can learn from it. For much of the last century, the practice of management was dominated by Western, particularly U.S., models. Even economies emerging in the latter part of the century evolved toward the Western paradigm. But today, we see a distinct model of management developing in India and, so far, it has been remarkably successful. India’s top companies are growing at staggering rates and doing so with an innovative and vibrant set of management practices – especially in strategy, leadership, governance, talent and organizational culture. Not bound to Western thinking or practice, Indian leaders are creating a new model for leading and running companies. And just as American managers turned to Japan in the past for innovative management methods, they can now look to India for what it takes to build fast, flexible and lean enterprises. Written by the Wharton India Team (talent guru Peter Cappelli, strategy gurus Harbir Singh and Jitendra Singh and leadership guru Michael Useem) and based on decades of experience consulting and teaching in India along with over 100 interviews of the heads of India’s largest companies, this book closely examines what Indian managers do differently and how their management innovations work, which of these innovations could be transferable to the Western context and ultimately how this new management model could one day modify or even supplant the old.

About the Author

Peter Cappelli is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School. He is the author of several books and articles and frequently cited in the business media. Harbir Singh is Professor of Management and Co-Director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School. Jitendra Singh is a Professor of Management at the Wharton School Michael Useem is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School. He is the author of several books and articles.

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