Introduction
Corporate culture can be defined as beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company 's employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions (Corporate Culture, N.D.). Global factors that affect organizations are defined as the following categories; political, economic, social and technological. Now when thinking about those two definitions and discovery skills with the mental picture of a successful innovative leader. Nayar is the only name which comes to mind when talking about innovating leaders. When Nayar become in charge of HLC, He envisioned his company becoming one of the biggest successful IT companies in the world. By applying an employee first, consumer second approach and was all applying discovery skills in the form of networking, observing. Nayar transformed HLC. In this paper, I will analyze the trends and skills that Nayar used to influence and create corporate culture, sparking innovation while incorporating the global factors that could affect the organization.
Corporate Culture fosters innovation using global factors
In 2012 Dess, Lumpkin and Eisner stated that to be a successful manager we must recognize opportunities and threats in their firm’s global environment. Which is why understanding global factors and how they play a role within the innovation process is important for leaders. Nayar, now known as an innovative leader, realized that the IT industry was on the horizon and HLC would need a strategic plan. As for
Introduction
Nayar is the only name which comes to mind when talking about innovating leaders. When Nayar becomes in charge of HLC, He envisioned his company becoming one of the biggest successes IT companies in the world. By applying an employee first, consumer second approach and was all applying discovery skills in the form of networking, observing. Nayar transformed HLC. In this paper, I will analyze the trends and skills that Nayar used to influence and create corporate culture, sparking innovation
innovative leader Vineet Nayar, a former CEO of HCLT. This paper examines and describes his leadership techniques within his organizations. In this paper, I will analyze the global trends that influenced the need for Nayar to create a more innovative organization. Also, this paper will introduce the five discovery skills and assess Nayar’s use of them as an innovative leader within his organization. Lastly, I will make recommendations for improvement on use of the discovery skills.
Factors in
Abstract
Vineet Nayar is a charismatic leader that utilized disruptive innovation to improve HCLT in the IT industry. The rapidly changing IT industry was trending in the global environment. Although HCLT was increasing revenue it was not increasing their market share. To transform HCLT into a market competitor Nayar utilized associating, questioning, observing, networking and experimenting to reach and accomplish HCLT's success. However, Nayar neglected the market status in the beginning of
collect and analyze trends.
In the Capella library, read:
* Hitt, Haynes, and Serpa's 2010 article "Strategic Leadership for the 21st Century" in Business Horizons, volume 53, issue 5, pages 437–444. This article provides you information on specific trends.
Case Study
In his book Employees
become an integral part of the innovative process within their organization. Former CEOs, Vineet Nayer of HCL Technologies, Steve Jobs of Apple and Jeff Bezos of Amazon are examples of leaders who were able to successfully utilize the five discovery skills described by Dyer, Gregersen, & Christensen (2011) to develop an innovative culture throughout their respective workforces in order to boost the overall innovation of their companies. Specifically, Nayer, was able to quickly surmise that his IT company
My philosophy in life is to "always love more than you hate." These intense, yet natural emotions have the ability to change the world for the better, or for the worse. Living by this credo motivates me to further my education and career in the social work field.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) lists the field 's core values as service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence (NASW Delegate Assembly, 2008). Unbeknown
the abolition of polygamous practices such as the Marumakkathayam system of inheritance amongst Nayar communities, whilst increasing nationalist sentiment contributed to the diminishing importance of unique matrilineal forms in Kerala in favour of the patrilineal inheritance that prevailed as a middle class norm in the rest of India. (Arunima, 2003). Note that I have made no distinction between “Nayar castes” and “a Malayali middle class”, necessitating the clarification of two dimensions: reconciling
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report attempts to examine the internal environment of Dabur India Limited, world’s largest Ayurvedic & related products manufacturer. It also examines how successfully Dabur has leveraged its internal factors for improving its brand equity & valuation. Further, this report also analyses how successful Dabur has been in serving the interest of its various stakeholders. The report discusses and analyses following forces that drive the internal environment of Dabur:
1. Vision
and work diversity. Some of the initiatives taken by the company are related to flexible work design, work life quality, employee benefits and employee training and development.
HCL’s tagline “Employee First, Customers Second” initiated by Vineet Nayar is one of the famous HRM practices to improve the work life. It involves employees in various activities beyond work. It provides a platform to interact with the CEO. It aids the employees in voicing their opinions directly to the CEO. The company