| Title: | Characteristics of Indian business leaders: The case of G.D. Birla | Authors: | Maurya, Manish Kumar | Keywords: | Leadership;Business leaders | Issue Date: | 2011 | Publisher: | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Series/Report no.: | PGP_CCS_P11_045 | Abstract: | The cultural and socio-economic context in which Indian Business leaders operate is very
different from the comparable context in west. As a result the characteristics of Indian business
leaders and their leadership styles also are different. This work attempts to understand the strand
of Indian business leadership by analyzing the biography of a prominent Indian business leader,
G. D. Birla, who represented the business community in India for several years. The method of
analysis employed is biographical analysis. Through this analysis I have attempted to identify the
characteristics exhibited by G D Birla as a leader, his evolution as a leader and reasons for his
fall as a leader. As the evidence suggests that cultural context in which a leader evolves has a big
role in shaping up the leader’s personality and leadership process, this work further delves into
Birla’s life and his cultural lineage to understand the context in which this leader evolved. | URI: | | | Appears in Collections: | 2011
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