Unravelling the Mystical Indian Organisation Culture – Cues for Globalisation

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dc.contributor.authorSalunkhe, Uday
dc.contributor.authorRao, P S
dc.contributor.authorMehta, Ketna
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-24T08:39:38Z
dc.date.available2016-06-24T08:39:38Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractA study of Indian culture is a mystical and fascinating voyage into the realm of esoteric, unique, typical images. The Indian civilization itself is over 5000 years old and is one of the most ancient and well-preserved cultures. This fact is very significant as it reflects on the way individuals interact and behave as leaders, teams and groups. With globalization and the cross-pollination of ideas, products, services the success or failure of any organization still rests with the connectivity and blending of people. The trust, faith and acceptance of different views is a fallout of the embedded culture called memetics – the study if „memes‟, a term coined by Richard Dawkins to denote the "gene of culture‟, that is the hypothetical building blocks of culture which may behave analogously to genes in biology. The culture origins of the Indian subcontinent can be tracked back to the Indus valley civilizations, the remains of which are cherished today as archeological treasures. Today, the culture diversity is marked by 25 states and 7 union territories and 24 chief Indian languages. There are 15 languages recognized by the Indian constitution and are spoken in 1600 dialects. Kautilaya's writing in the Arthashastra depicts that the foundation of India's social culture rested on a developed structure of law with popular sovereignty, organized administrative and judicial system, assurances of fundamental rights and liberties of the people, rights of inheritance and succession, ownership and corporate organization. In approximately all matters of life the rule was the governing principle. However, the Indian thinking about law starts from the concept of rit which is of Vedic origin. The rit, also known as order has been the basis of Indian culture, legal theory, politics and philosophy. The threads of Indian mores and practices were spun around the concept of rit which regulated individuals and social activities for achieving all the true goals of life in a just and equitable manner. India is proud of the adage “Unity in Diversity” which translates into a prolific merging of colour, caste, creed, ideologies and religions. India is one of the oldest civilizations and Indian culture is 5000 years old. In this paper an attempt was made to study organizational culture by segmenting the sample of the companies into Family -managed Companies Private sector companies Public sector companies Multinational companies An exhaustive questionnaire was prepared and administered covering various aspects. The study was carried out in the city of Mumbai, India through personal interview. The findings were presented after the overall analysis of the responses based on the questionnaire. This paper is a culmination of a research study conducted in India on “Changing face of Indian Organization Culture”. In particular this paper identifies and groups companies into four segments and dissects culture into: Organization Communication, Management team evaluation, work group assessment, management self-perception, organization relations and organization changes. This grouping and specific insights into the Indian cultural dimensions throws up cues for the global corporation intending to tie up with Indian companies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/1/70
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMemeticsen_US
dc.subjectIndianen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_US
dc.titleUnravelling the Mystical Indian Organisation Culture – Cues for Globalisationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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