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About the Book

The book ‘Principles and Practices of Modern Management’ inspired by the theories of Late Prof. C.K.Prahalad is designed to give a basic understanding of principles, concepts, and techniques of modern management by embracing fresh principles as a foundational part of a systematic approach to reinvent management. This book addresses the challenge of adaptability to modern business concepts and develop general framework for understanding management that applies to managers in all organizations—large or small, public or private, product-oriented or service-oriented, especially MNCs and caters specially to the management students and managers from developed and developing world

Topics covered in this book include values and ethics, communication, planning, decision making, organizing, leading, controlling, and innovation. The chapter on innovation highlights the principles that should guide the efforts MNCs make as they ratchet up their ability to execute in this shifting economy. The content also emphasizes upon the application of management principles and concepts to real-business situations.

About the Authors

Dr. Pankaj Madan, internationally renowned practicing professor and actualizer, is a multidisciplinary academician with degrees in Production Engineering, Management and Web Technology. He is a Practicing Professor and Corporate Trainer of international repute and is presently Associate Professor at Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar. In 2009-10 he was Director with COER School of Management, College of Engineering, Rookee and before turning to academia he had worked with two reputed Engineering Companies.

In the past Dr. Madan had taught at University of Southern Queensland in Dubai as an Asst. Professor and is Visiting Professor at Shaoxing University, China and CENTRUM Catolica, the Business Centre of the Pontifician, University of Peru. He is also listed as Premium Educator for Harvard Business School.

Dr. Madan is a quality consultant and imparts corporate trainings and consultancy on Quality Management and Career Planning. He has already authored 10 books and conducted more than 500 workshops and trainings. One of his books was also listed among Best –Sellers of India Today Book Club. He has contributed research papers to many national and international journals. He is associated with 15 universities nationally and internationally for various academic purposes and has professional links with many corporate bodies.

Dr. Ashutosh Priya is the Professor and Director of Management Studies at Amrapali Institute, Haldwani. He has wide knowledge encompasses Management, Economics and Law. Besides being a Doctorate in Economics he is also a qualified lawyer. He has more than 16 years of experience in academics and industry.

Dr. Priya has attended many workshops, faculty development programmes and seminars. He has presented papers in more than 40 seminars and more than 25 of his papers have been published in reputed management journals and edited two books in the area of Management.

Besides being a seasoned academician, he is known to be a good organizer of academic events. His areas of interest are Economics and International Business. His present area of research is “International Business & Entrepreneurship”.