prasad1
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Corporate India has progressed in many ways in acquiring a global ambience – the open office concept was one of the early signs of it, later came the slicker offices, designed to be more ostensibly more employee-friendly, the greater reliance on global best practices in systems and processes, including on the factory shopfloor, a growing number of women in the workplace, sweat equity, quarterly reporting and so on.
One significant aspect of Indian corporate life that remains firmly rooted in the last century, however, is the culture of overt sycophancy and servility. This is no surprise, perhaps, when India’s largest companies continue to be family-owned and – managed and, contrary to exhortations about encouraging professional management, ensure that sons (and increasingly daughters) eventually take charge. But the real wonder is the durability of this culture in so-called professionally managed firms as well.
It would be fair to say that these proclivities are not entirely demand-driven. It is true that many bratty scions of large family businesses may require obligatory toadying in various forms. But respected senior executives seem to have no problem pandering to it. In short, India’s innately hierarchy-prone corporate culture produces its share of willing sycophants.
http://www.rediff.com/business/colu...orporate-executives-out-of-touch/20150625.htm
One significant aspect of Indian corporate life that remains firmly rooted in the last century, however, is the culture of overt sycophancy and servility. This is no surprise, perhaps, when India’s largest companies continue to be family-owned and – managed and, contrary to exhortations about encouraging professional management, ensure that sons (and increasingly daughters) eventually take charge. But the real wonder is the durability of this culture in so-called professionally managed firms as well.
It would be fair to say that these proclivities are not entirely demand-driven. It is true that many bratty scions of large family businesses may require obligatory toadying in various forms. But respected senior executives seem to have no problem pandering to it. In short, India’s innately hierarchy-prone corporate culture produces its share of willing sycophants.
http://www.rediff.com/business/colu...orporate-executives-out-of-touch/20150625.htm
