The economic reforms that began in the early 1990s brought many large multinational companies to India. A major challenge for these corporations was to manage the interface of global corporate culture and India′s powerful, traditional and widely varying cultural practices. Examining the Indian operations of five multinational organizations from three different cultural zones, this comparative analysis shows that each company brought to India its unique cultural imprint, while at the same time realizing the need to adapt management practices to the local setting.

Multinationals in India: Managing the Interface of Cultures

Business & Money

Sinha, Jai B.P.

International

SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Multinationals In India: Managing The Interface Of Cultures

Sage Pubns

"A careful reading of this well-written and timely book should be compulsory reading for our policy-makers, cabinet ministers, pracitisng managers, and students of business management and organisational behaviour." --The Hindu "All models in the book are fascinating... Prof. Sinha has spared no opportunity to make comparisons between western and Indian styles of leadership.  This is an excellent tool for any student of leadership -- not just in organizations, but also at the college level." --Indian Review of Books "That the book is highly readable, cultural in persepctive and integrative in nature says a lot for the author.  This volume will be of considerable interest to practising managers and to students of business management, organisational behaviour and social psychology." --Financial Express "Here is a book which makes one do a rethink on the value systems and a priority analysis of one's way of life." --Business Line Providing basic scientific knowledge on two of the most crucial aspects of organizational behavior, leadership, and power, The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power supplies empirical evidence and concrete examples, without resorting to statistics and jargon, allowing readers to understand complex concepts and structures. The author identifies effective styles of leadership and constructive uses of power and shows how a synergetic work culture can be developed within organizations. He also traces the concepts of leadership and power to their roots while highlighting controversies. The book then discusses their current status and the manner in which recent theories from India and Japan have given them a new perspective. Highly readable, cultural in perspective, and integrative in nature, The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power will be of considerable interest to practicing managers and to students of business management, organizational behavior, and social psychology.

The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This volume situates Indians in the contemporary world and profiles the major facets of their thought and behaviour; then goes back to trace their roots to ancient thought to see how the past predisposes and the present guides Indians in their everyday life. The volume begins with a conceptual framework showing how the Indian worldview has encompassed and enveloped a variety of ideas and influences from divergent sources. As a result, Indians are both collectivists and individualists, hierarchically oriented while respecting merit and quality, religious as well as secular and sexually indulgent, spiritual as well as materialists, excessively dependent but remarkably entrepreneurial, non-violent in principle but violent in practice and comfortable in shifting between analytical, synthetic as well as intuitive approaches to reality. Such a coexistence of opposites often causes inaction, hesitation and perfunctory action, but also equips Indians to be innovative by continuously aligning their thought and behaviour to the demands of a milieu. The milieu has an inner layer consisting of desh (place), kaal (time) and paatra (person), which are embedded in the larger societal contexts of castes and classes, poverty, corruption, fragmenting politics, conflicts and violence and unfolding global opportunities and challenges. Cultural heritage permeates in all these. Indians function in this tiered, multifactorial, dynamic space. 
This volume draws evidence from ancient texts and the latest national and international research, many of which were conducted by the author and his associates. It does not, however, hesitate to indulge in anecdotal evidence, cases and speculative ideas in order to complete the picture. The author takes an in-depth view of the Indian mindset without getting the reader lost in either the intricacies of ancient philosophical abyss or the trivialities of present-day non-events.

Psycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset

Philosophy

Springer

&#8203;This volume situates Indians in the contemporary world and profiles the major facets of their thought and behaviour; then goes back to trace their roots to ancient thought to see how the past predisposes and the present guides Indians in their everyday life. The volume begins with a conceptual framework showing how the Indian worldview has encompassed and enveloped a variety of ideas and influences from divergent sources. As a result, Indians are both collectivists and individualists, hierarchically oriented while respecting merit and quality, religious as well as secular and sexually indulgent, spiritual as well as materialists, excessively dependent but remarkably entrepreneurial, non-violent in principle but violent in practice and comfortable in shifting between analytical, synthetic as well as intuitive approaches to reality. Such a coexistence of opposites often causes inaction, hesitation and perfunctory action, but also equips Indians to be innovative by continuously aligning their thought and behaviour to the demands of a milieu. The milieu has an inner layer consisting of desh (place), kaal (time) and paatra (person), which are embedded in the larger societal contexts of castes and classes, poverty, corruption, fragmenting politics, conflicts and violence and unfolding global opportunities and challenges. Cultural heritage permeates in all these. Indians function in this tiered, multifactorial, dynamic space. This volume draws evidence from ancient texts and the latest national and international research, many of which were conducted by the author and his associates. It does not, however, hesitate to indulge in anecdotal evidence, cases and speculative ideas in order to complete the picture. The author takes an in-depth view of the Indian mindset without getting the reader lost in either the intricacies of ancient philosophical abyss or the trivialities of present-day non-events.

Culture and Organizational Behaviour is a textbook for management studies that highlights the effect of the confluence of Western and Indian cultural influences. It adheres to the syllabi of the organizational behaviour courses followed in most major universities and management institutes. The book presents basic knowledge of organizational behaviour as developed in the West, adds to these the latest global research findings, and situates them in the Indian cultural perspective. It also highlights the issues that emanate from the interface of the Indian culture and organizational behaviour.  Key Features: - Contains updated case studies from Indian organizations - Focuses on current and emerging strategies in organizational structures, leadership, power and politics - Covers topics like balancing work and other responsibilities, power and politics, and conflict and negotiation, which, though extremely crucial to organizational behaviour, have perhaps not got due attention in the existing literature - Presents the relatively unexplored effects of Indian culture on organizational behaviour. Provides a platform where both theoretical and practical issues can be addressed by managers, researchers, students and teachers alike.

Culture and Organizational Behaviour

Management & Leadership

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Multinationals in India: Managing the Interface of Cultures

Multinationals In India: Managing The Interface Of Cultures

The Cultural Context of Leadership and Power

Psycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset

Psycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset

Culture and Organizational Behaviour