INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT

The book titled ‘INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT’ authored By Prof J.A.Kulkarni of ASM Group Of Institutes Pune India is in a way a collectio and narration of several Innovative concepts developed by Prof J.A.Kulklarni over more than 12 years of his teaching for MBA studies and presenting research papers in National & International Conferences,besides Prof Kulkarni is supported in his explorations of academic concepts by his nearly 37 years of Industry experience and advanced training in management he received in Germany. The major topics on concepts coverd and detailed in this book are focused on areas such as: 1. Organisational Appraisal through use of ‘SWEAT ANALYSIS’ methodology, a totally new concept of application of strategic thinking & planning for business realities for global organisations. This technique replaces the conventional SWOT analysis which according to the author renders itself inadequate for current day uncertain and volatile business environment.The author also has developed a process for application of the SWEAT Methodology for organisational appraisal which is explained in the book.A Rersearch Paper was presented in MTMI 2008 Conference in Tiwan) 2. The book also deals on new concepts in Managing for Business Sustainability with references and quotations from global conventions and latest developments in the regulatory and reporting requiremenrs on Sustainability. This topic also covers certain explanation on the Triple Bottom Line Approach for Sustainability reporting. 3. The Author has devloped a new methodology of assessment of ‘Business Complexity Management’ ( His research paper was presented in IAMB conference in Warsaw Poland in 2012).The Author focusses on three major factors which influence Business complexity Finance, Technology and People as aspects for comprehensive clarity for Complexity analysis The author has developed a Complexity matrix diagram which would help understand the real life situation on Business Complexity which many times happens to be one of the major detterrent to organisational Growth. 4. The Author while attempting to connect his new concepts with the overall business needs of today has dwelt on related topics for continuity in reading and appropriate comprehension of the Innovative concepts introduced in the book. 5. A new topic on ‘Employability Conundrum’ has been added wherein the authors tries to compare the famous Newtonian derivation E=MC2 to a new concept on Employability E= M(Mindset)x C=CharectorX C = capability)C2 The author has further gone on to develop a graphic representation on the concept on employability explaining as to how aspects of Mindset, Character & Capability of any individual influences his/her chance of employability and growth, Also explained is the relative importance of aspects of human values(quality) and Capability(Performance) influencing Employability. The Author has suported his concept on employability by presenting primary data collected and analysed by two global institutes, the ASM Group in India and CETYS univesity Mexico which conducted a survey on Competance measurement of MBA students at both the locations .The observations support the fact that the value System and the performance criteria play an important role in deciding employability of B- school students 6. The author further has dealt in details on his new concept of ‘CT Scan Methodology’ for Business Case Study Analysis. The same authors 1st Book titled ‘Case Studies in Management “ has been published by M/S Pearson India in 2011. The Book contains different topics on Case Study development and case analysis with 20 Indian Business Case Studies.the Book has received a very good response from students and faculty in Management studies (4.5/5.0 rating)The Authored has used in his new book certtain extracts from his book on Case Studies. 7. A very important aspect of this present book is it contains nearly 15 new case studies developed by the author on different topics which with the help of the CT Scan methodology support the reader to understand the invidual case studies and analyse the contents for answering and resolution of issues in the respective case study 8. The book in general is meant for the academics as also for business executives engaged in organisational appraisals (Portfolio Analysis etc) along with business complexity measurement as they proceed to impliment different strategies for business growth and sustainability.The book also will be of immense help for the talent acquisition, talent management and succession planning functions of the Human Resources department of global business organisations.