tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604722717169210145.post3545973073427456111..comments2022-12-02T16:41:53.762+05:30Comments on EQUiTORIAL: Is culture pure corporate drivel?EQUiTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389176893782496493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604722717169210145.post-6315110337807120042014-10-18T19:37:28.936+05:302014-10-18T19:37:28.936+05:30In our experience, and we do services that bring e...In our experience, and we do services that bring exponential results in change in behaviour and performance... Organizations are living... and they are made of people. The purpose with which the organizations came to exist, and the values with which it is formed (usually a reflection of founders personality) dictates the organizational decision making and behaviour. This is subconsciously driven. Have you seen employees join a company, and their behaviour slowly changes to match that of the company. Have you noticed how we say, this person is not used to Corporate "Culture". Which means that person is not exposed or equipped to make meaning out of nuances of behavior in the corporate world. To answer your inquiry, does decision making and human behavior in the context of a business ecosystem have an implication on performance...the answer is obvious.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374987838293336940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604722717169210145.post-68743920998660807002014-08-13T18:58:21.189+05:302014-08-13T18:58:21.189+05:30August 13, 2014
Broadly culture can defined on th...August 13, 2014<br /><br />Broadly culture can defined on three counts<br /><br />1. Relationship of Man to Man<br />2. Relationship of Man to Material objects<br />3. Relationship of Man to Time<br /><br />On the first count we Indians are part of a very highly evolved culture, where every kind of social kinship or relationship is accurately defined and the codes of conduct viz-a-viz the other finely articulated. Cousin on the father's side has a different name from the cousin on the mother’s side. So also grandparents, aunts, uncles and spouses thereof on both sides! Such nuances and the genetically programmed bureaucracy thereof have made us a very absorbent culture. It is very difficult to destroy us and also very difficult to unite us in a sustained manner. …… On the other hand, on this front, the western culture is a very impersonal one where everyone is either an aunt or an uncle or a cousin or a grandma or a grandpa and all relationships are contractual<br /><br />On the second ‘Man to Material’ front unlike in the West we don’t care much for material objects despite or false possessiveness. We care little for maintenance of material objects and unless associated with religious rituals we couldn’t care a damn about taking care of them.<br /><br />On the third ‘Man to Time’ front we know where we stand in contrast to the West. We also know why we are so.<br /><br />Looked at through these three lenses nothing much has changed; improved or deteriorated over the past 100 years, so what are we cribbing about?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171896962179194467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604722717169210145.post-41723354255658604412014-08-13T18:07:00.938+05:302014-08-13T18:07:00.938+05:30Since you invoked the almost quaint genteel values...Since you invoked the almost quaint genteel values of the Murugappa, it is appropriate to examine the character of hyper-competitive, alpha male businesses in the financial markets. Cast your mind back to the recent Hollywood film "Wolf of Wall Street". The protagonist, Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio builds a business with a distinctive 'culture' too; mercenary, brutal, stretched taut to the break point and attracts a team that is nearly messianic in its zeal and cult-like in its unqualified deification of the boss. There is a morality tale in here too. Cultures are genetic material. DNA can be adaptive or not. Murugappa's DNA is adaptive. Lehman Brothers' DNA wasn't.paritoshzerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12687791835753344062noreply@blogger.com