What They Don’t Teach You About Indian Management Style : Unveiling R.O.S.H.I.N.I - the Bharatiya way of managing

I am fortunate to have read this book.The book has provided knowledge about how Indians behave in business, marketing and related functions.The book clearly describes how this varies within India among regions, communities, time, generations etc.Also, Mr. Anand has shared his hands-on experience of Japanese and American styles, which helps in understanding where Indian style is positioned in global space.Before this book, it could take years of observation and efforts and need good analytical skills to understand the contents discussed.The presentation of the book is crisp, pleasant and on to the point that it made the content into a capsule and I could swallow it in record fast time.I would recommend you to read this book once a year to help with doing business and marketing with ease in India.For others, the book can help in understanding some successful practices of Indians.Thank you, Mr. Anand for this book and expecting more from you.Best wishes,Lawrence Melit Palathingal

The book titled ”What they don’t teach you about Indian management style” gives good reading. The contents fully justify the title. The simple language with short sentences mostly written in active voice is direct and clear. The font and font size is quite reader friendly. The book reaches the reader with ease. The contents have remained focused on the title of the book throughout.The chapters are well demarcated. The quote in the beginning of each Chapter opens the chapter contents beautifully. One interesting feature of the numbering of the chapters is that the main chapters on ‘Exploring the Indian style of management’ are numbered as 5A to 5M symbolizing that the contents of these chapters are not mutually exclusive. These chapters clearly bring out the family traits and how they influence the business relations within and with (out) the organization.There are separate chapters on the management styles of business castes/regions like the Marwaris, Gujaratis, Chettiars and a few others. The chapter also discusses the secret behind the success of family run businesses like the TATA, Birla, Reliance, Godrej, Bajaj, Hinduja - to name a few and the changes happening to these business systems in the present times.Two separate Chapters on the Japanese system of management and the American system of Management gives a lucid picture of the global competitiveness of the Indian system.All the chapters have come out quite well. But my most liked chapters are 5E ‘Flexible Indians’ and ‘5F Thriving in a Crisis’. They are just beauties. The acronym ‘ROSHINI’ in the concluding Chapter 6, which also appears in the front page of the book, is brilliant!It’s interesting that whenever the Author refers to a gender neutral statement, he qualifies it by using ‘her’ instead of the usual ‘his’. This not only is gender sensitive but also promotes the policy of Gender and Development. Eg- Page 146 last sentence.I am sure the book is on its way to becoming a universal best seller. Overall three cheers for the Book ”What they don’t teach you about Indian management style”.

Very good book written in a simple language with great contents.. Different management styles are well explained with examples and very easy to understand.. The book captures in detail about ancient, pre liberalization, post liberalization of Indian management styles and how it evolved/adopted according to the policy changes, need of the hour situations.. It is a "must read" book not only for management professionals/students but also for all levels who can easily understand and gain knowledge about how the business is conducted at every level from a small shop to a big corporate..Kudos to the author..

Nicely written Book using simple language, is easy to read and captivating. Good use of real examples from the Indian Corporate world. Aptly timed book for today's VUCA world and makes one feel proud of us Indians. Congrats Anand!!- MANIKANDAN PARAMESWARAN

I have always heard about Indian jugaad.. this book beautifully articulate as to how “business runs in blood”. well explained through different examples from north to south & west to east of Indian subcontinent .. definitely a good book to read ..

It covers 3 styles of management American, Japanese and Indian. Lot of things one can correlate while working with these MNCs. The traits are well covered...and the Conclusion with ROSHINI is commendable.I would like read on the Chinese/Taiwanese style of management too! May be in Part 2!! :)

I have finished reading this awesome book in just 3 days , generally I take at least a month to read a book like this but this one is really enticing and sparked memories of my short stint with Mr. Anand as my manager at a Japanese MNC. I thoroughly enjoyed his analogy of Driving on Roads and Indian way of doing business and found hisway of mentioning Japanese way and American way of doing business highly insightfulOver all it's a great Read , right from the introduction by Mr. Anand's classmate till the disclosureon ROSHINI.Highly recommended for students , practicing mangers, business enthusiasts and for companies looking for entry to Indian Market , they may find the light to navigate in Indian Market thru # ROSHINI.

The book not only gives a historical perspective but also the practicality of dealing with a diverse socio cultural team of employees as well as business heads. Very interestingly and well written

Handy companion in my recent vacation trip! I grew up as a young adult in India and as a full blown adult in the US! Author’s narration hits closer to home as he is comparing India versus America versus Japanese style of management. I seem to have both India style and American style management blended quite naturally. World is getting flatter hence management and culture are also going to get normalized a lot with increasing global presence of companies. This is very evident in global organizations I have been leading the past couple of decades. Highly recommended for your reading pleasure! Congrats to my childhood friend! - Krishna Raman