Elephants and Cheetahs
the beauty of operations
$41.61
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2021
Summary
Elephants and Cheetahs: Finding the Soul in Strategy
Do systems have souls? This book, inspired by a well-received elective at IIM Ahmedabad, delves into the challenging trade-offs found in operating systems and business model design, seeking answers to this profound question.
It prompts business leaders to consider two key sets of existential questions: Does my organization possess a soul, and if so, what strategic decisions foster its external orientation and synthesis? Se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143451730 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143451731 |
| Author: | Saral Mukherjee |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House India |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 20mm |
About The Author
Saral Mukherjee
Saral Mukherjee is an associate professor in the production and quantitative methods area at IIM Ahmedabad. He specializes in Operations management and is involved in research, teaching and consulting in the area of supply chain redesign, operations strategy, marketing-operations interface and managing platform businesses. He is the recipient of the ‘Marti Mannariah Gurunath Outstanding Teacher Award’ at IIMA in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and the ‘SRK Distinguished PGPX Faculty Award’ at IIMA in 2017 and 2020. A production engineer from Jadavpur University, he has worked on production shop floors before joining IIM Calcutta as a doctoral student. His academic career spans close to two decades at IIM Ahmedabad during which he has taught core courses on Operations, Marketing and Ethics for MBA students as well as working executives.
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