Kumar introduces readers to India's preeminent global companies and explains how they differ from their international rivals. Every manager should understand the histories and the business trajectories of these prospective competitors, collaborators, and customers whose names will soon be as...

Pt. 1. The change problem and its solution. Transforming organizations : why firms fail -- Successful change and the force that drives it -- pt. 2. The eight-stage process. Establishing a sense of urgency -- Creating the guiding coalition -- Developing the guiding coalition -- Developing a...

Minds viewed globally: a personal introduction -- The disciplined mind -- The synthesizing mind -- The creating mind -- The respectful mind -- The ethical mind -- Conclusion: toward the cultivation of the five minds