Rethinking Management

  • 28/04/2008

  • Business World (Kolkata)

TRANSFORMING CAPITALISM Business Leadership to improve the world for everyone By Arun Maira Nimby Books Mentor Series, Pages: 211; Price: Rs 595 In 2006, when the dow jones was reaching heights never reached before as was the Indian Sensex, a recent multi-country survey by an international management consultancy showed that trust in corporations was very low everywhere. Evidently, even though as consumers people may be satisfied with the products and services provided by corporations, and as investors delighted by their stocks' performance, as citizens they expect much more of corporations. What do they expect? What should corporations and their managers be doing differently? And, what can business schools do to help corporations? These were questions addressed at an important meeting in Cleveland, USA, in October 2006. The subject of the meeting was