Introduction -- Step one: Increase urgency- getting people to say "let's do something" -- Step two: Build guiding teams- finding the right people to make change happen -- Step three: Get the vision right- seeing the future -- Step four: Communicate for buy-in- getting the message right and...

Tensions of organization design -- Aligning span of attention -- Unit structure -- Diagnostic control systems -- Interactive networks -- Shared responsibilities -- Adjusting the levers : three examples -- Designing organizations for performance.

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...