A presentation on managing organizational

and management challenges in India

By
P Kiran Kumar
JM(M),WRM
Emp.no:121135,
on dt: 24/4/10
View in brief

What is an organization ?

and

What is management?
 Organizational challenges.....are a pack of hidden
opportunities

 Where they lie……………………… everywhere both with in and

out side the organizational boundaries.

 How to identify them… - some times Strategic

plans . -some
times the critical success factors
 critical success factors

 Cost
 Productivity
 Consumptions
 Marketshare
 Customer satisfaction index
 Employee satisfaction
 …………………………etc
OC-1 New Global Industry Structure

 Globalization
 Liberal Government policies

Ex : auto mobile industries steel industries

Adapting the global standards such as ISO, ISI etc.

Keen observation of market share
cost control & good will
OC-2 Changing Of Consumer Landscape

 Highly Informed customers about quality price and safety and etc.
 Variation in consumer spectrum

Ex: cars, cellular phones etc

maintaining strong relationship with customers

research towards the need of the customer
tailoring the product to local conditions without diluting brand name
consumer satisfactory index
OC-3 Environmental Constraints and Scare
Natural Resources

 Air water and land Pollutions due to emissions

 Scarcity of natural resources like water, land and minerals etc

Ex: vizag,VSP

using technological upgrading of operations which leads to low

pollution
 waste management and recycling to the best
 effective utilization of natural resources
 following norms
OC-4 Retaining Talent and Managing HR

 This is toughest one on the Mc Kinsey Global Survey.

 Retaining the talented is difficult in organizations as opportunities are

overwhelming around the world.

Ex: No time bound job for talented in many MNC’s

Hygienic living standards and educational health facilities by
HMT ,TATA AND VSP

giving freedom, loyalty

maintaining fair transactions and performance oriented bonus and other
amenities
employee satisfactory index
Oc-5 Organizational Diversity

 Diversity existing in - gender

- regional
- religion
- professional
Ex: every organization

 it is an opportunity rather than a challenge

 sometimes it strength than weakness
 it provides enormous information and leads to fruitful discussions
Oc-6 Beating Complacence

 organizations are quite relaxed when they are

- monopolies
- having maximum market share
- getting huge profits for the past etc..

Ex: Times of India, IBM

 analyzing the strengths, opportunities and threats in and out

 should seek further growth
 taking up the unsolved less important challenges that makes competitive
edge
 analyzing each and every critical success factor
Management challenges
Mc-1 To be Objective

 Objectives provide the direction in which the firm must move

 Hence manager must constantly monitor the progress and activities of

the firm

 Evaluation of alternatives for their contribution for the achievement

of objectives

 EX: A pharmaceutical company wanted to start packing business and

later paper manufacturing
Mc-2 Managing survival and growth
 “Survival of the fittest”---- is the law of jungle holds true here

 Survival of the firm is the critical task of the manager and he should actively seek growth of the
firm

 Factors influence are two types

Internal and external
Choice of technology govt. policies
Competency of Labors laws and regulations
Company image changing customer taste
Fin resources increasing competition
Mc- 3 Meeting the challenge of change

 Any firm operates under social, political, technical and cultural

environments which are always change
 Manger must be change-agent
 He should first adapt and absorb the change

 It is responsibility of the manager to ensure that the change is introduced

and incorporated in a smooth manner with least disturbance and resistance

 Ex: introducing computers in Govt. offices

Mc-4 Managing the obsolescence

 Mangers or executives after working for 20-25 years reach a stage of saturation

 Some cases they are unable to relate the latest management skills and feel
totally lost.

 Ex: removing of top level mangers in IT firms

 To over come : conducting the training classes

 Giving scope to learn other areas of interest

Mc-5 Coping with the public criticism and
political opposition

 Large business groups are targets for public and political criticism

 Criticism arise from political or personal reasons

 To avoid these , keeping all the activities absolutely legal and fair

 And manager must maintain low profile about his company

 He should feed the correct information to media and political people

 . Ex: satyam , OMC

Conclusion of the session

 Challenges

create future plans,

help to prepare strategy,
gives opportunity to test strengths
Bibliography

 Organizational challenges of global trends : A Mc Kinsey global

survey

 BMA Review November edition

 Management functions and behaviour study book by IGNOU

? Any queries