Category: Business Management

Gita & Business Management

Drawing a connection between the Gita, You, Inc. & Customer Mania (am reading the last 2 currently).

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Karmanyeva adhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana
Ma karmaphalahetur bhurma te sangostvakarmani.

“Thy business is with the action only, never with its fruits; so let not the fruits of action be thy motive, nor be thou to inaction attached.” Gita: Chapter II-47.

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In You, Inc., Harry Bewckwith makes a point about the dots & the lines. Urging readers to focus on a dot at a time w/o worrying too much about what line comes off the dots over a period of time. Only consideration for deciding on the dot being that it should result in learning & you giving your whole into pursuing it.

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In the Yum! Brand implementation of Customer Centricity, Ken Blanchard makes a mention of the fact that taking care of customers & employees was the primary focus of initiatives. Effort & resources were spent on this area. And profitability & shareholder returns were to be a by product of the primary focus areas.
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Is it time to quit your job?

Ten questions that will help you decide if its time to move on.
  1. Do you wake up excited to go to work?
  2. Do you like the people you work with?
  3. Do you see opportunities for professional development and continual learning in your current job?
  4. Do you feel that you’re adequately compensated for the work you do?
  5. Do you have a boss you respect and can learn from?
  6. Do you feel that you’re recognized for your accomplishments at work?
  7. Do you love to tell people about what you do?
  8. Do you have the tools and equipment to do your job well?
  9. Do you have the level of authority that you need to get your job done?
  10. Do you daydream about doing something different?

If you have responded negatively to most of these questions, its time for you to refersh your resume mate’!

Bangalore Wannabes

In this BusinessWeek slideshow are listed the top 10 countries with the potential to emulate the offshoring success of India / Bangalore.
Some notes:
  • Though debated in India, the article proclaims that a successful outsourcing industry can alleviate the poverty situation of nations. Slow but a sure process. Can it have a positive impact on the well being of a whole big nation like India?
  • There is also a mention of the presence of “right mix of educated workers, low-cost wages, technology infrastructure, and governmental support” for the Bangalore success to be emulated. Very debatable is the governmental support to the success thats come about in Bangalore. Most claim & there is sufficient evidence to prove that this industry in India has flourished inspite of the government. Now this is a skill worth emulating by the other industries. If this happens, it would result in a much more broad based development of countries like India.