Table of Contents

Preface
Papers
Routes to Peaks for Building Corporate Renaissance - Asha Bhandarker and Pritam Singh
Strategic Positioning Choices for Indian Business: Beyond Jugaad into the Next - Orbit Arun Kumar Jain and Ajay Singal
Finding the Future and Making it Happen - John Pisapia
Managing Performance: Beyond Value Based Leadership - Shivganesh Bhargava
Empowerment Practices and Corporate Effectiveness: Either Go Democratic or Go Bust - Subir Verma
Antecedents of Employee Performance and the Role of Job Satisfaction as a Mediator - Soumendu Biswas
Managing Talent Through Employee Engagement Strategies - Jyotsna Bhatnagar
Bharat Petroleum: Building Capabilities through Competency - S Mohan
Architectural Innovation and SAIL′s Strategic Response - Shubhabrata Basu
CEO Leadership, Organizational Culture and Employee Affect Responses at the Workplace - Asha Bhandarker, Ashita Goswami and Kshipra Rustogi
Managerial Work Values in Public Sector Banks in India: An Exploratory Study - Deepa Mazumdar
Emergence of the Born Global Entrepreneur: An Indian Case Study - Sumati Verma
Orchestrating Change: Shared Intentions is the Key Factor Enabling Change to Happen - Davide Sola, Marie Taillard and Giovanni Scarso Borioli
New Terrain of Leadership Development: An Indian Perspective - Meena Surie Wilson and Ellen Van Velsor
American HRM Techniques Fit Poorly in Latin America - Alfredo Behrens and James Wright
Twin Born Antipodes: Leadership and Management as Methods of Organizational Rule - Armen E Petrosyan
2: Dialogues with Change Masters
Bharti Airtel: From Best to Next
Towards Transformation: K.R. Kamath′s Odyssey
Towards Cutting Edge Competitiveness: Issues and Challenges for Indian Managers
March Towards The Next Horizon: Lessons in Capability Building in Maruti
Towards HR Integration With Business
Cultural Routes to Excellence: The LG Experience
Kaleidoscope of Leadership: The Ageless Mantra
Towards the Next Orbit: Wisdom for HR Professionals - Subir Verma
Index

About the Author

Subir Verma is Fellow (PhD) from IIM, Ahmedabad and M.A. (Gold Medalist) and M.Phil in Political Science from Delhi University. He has more than 16 years of teaching experience and has been a visiting faculty at ESCP-Europe, Paris. He was earlier the Chairman of the flagship MBA program, Chairman of the Corporate Relations and Placements Committee, and Chairman of the EQUIS Accreditation at MDI.

Professor Verma has consulted with top MNCs in India on their Organization Design, Change Management, and Leadership Development. He has also designed and delivered numerous workshops, both in class and outbound-based experiential learning, on leadership, teamwork, managerial effectiveness, and negotiation skills for the middle and senior level of management of several reputed public and private sector organizations.

Professor Verma has edited two books, viz. Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization (along with Pritam Singh, 2009) and Creating Boundaryless HR (2009), and published several articles in reputed national and international journals. His forthcoming book on M.K. Gandhi: An Epitome of Leadership is slated for publication next year. At present, he is engaged in carrying out the AICTE funded research on “Identification and Benchmarking of Best Practices in Organizing and Managing in Corporate India.” Professor Verma has presented his research papers in several prestigious international conferences such as of the Academy of Management, World Congress of Sociology, Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies, International Human Resource Management, and the European Group of Organization Studies.

Professor Verma is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, some of which are the Dr Karan Singh Gold Medal, Professor C.J. Chacko Prize, UGC Fellowship, Club Internationale (Paris) Fellowship, and the AICTE Research Grant. He is on the editorial board of the International Strategic Management Journal. He is a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Researchers on Organization Studies and Member of the American Academy of Management, International Sociological Association, and the National HRD Network.

Reviews

Towards the Next Orbit: A Corporate Odyssey is a succinct analysis of what is in store for, and what is expected of, the HR professionals in the remaining decades of the millennium. The book deserves to be read by every aspiring HR professional.
*The Hindu*

The book is divided into two parts. Part one consists of papers with a dominant academic flavor…these papers cover a wide range of topics…The second part consists of interviews with some prominent business people on a variety of issues. These interviews are rich in data, and offer a valuable glimpse into the beliefs some corporate chieftains of India hold about business environment, problems faced and likely to face, strategic choices made, and what succeeds…this book will prove useful for practitioners groping for innovative and spirited ideas.
*Journal of Human Values*