Management Lessons from the Masters: Believe to Succeed Like Azim Premji

Rajiv Agarwal

ISBN 10: 9353337666 / ISBN 13: 9789353337667

Published by Rupa, 2019

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We must remain trustees of our wealth for society, not its owners. Azim Premji. To decode success, one must borrow a leaf from an accomplished life. In this book, author Rajiv Agarwal, also a management professor and family business consultant shows the strategies used by the czar of the Indian IT industry, Azim Premji, to chart his route for success. In the fourth book in the series, Management Lessons from the Masters, Agarwal analyzes various moves and decisions made by Premji before he became the face of corporate philanthropy. He shares an insight into the vision and principles of a man who started his entrepreneurial journey with a small vegetable oil company at the young age of 21 and went on to build Wipro, one of India s leading IT organizations. In this authoritative and compelling account, the author shows how Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro, fearlessly diversified the organization into varied industries (FMCG, IT services and infrastructure engineering). Besides, Premji also inspired entrepreneurs around the world to generously donate large parts of their wealth. Today, his endowment of $21 billion is among the top five endowments in the world. A must read for aspiring leaders as well as students, this book shows how wealth can be used to impact the lives of many, not just stakeholders of a business.(jacket).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Management Lessons from the Masters: Believe to Succeed Like Azim Premji
• Publisher: Rupa
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9353337666
• ISBN 13: 9789353337667
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

We must remain ‘ trustees’ of our wealth for society, not its owners. — Azim Premji To decode success, one must borrow a leaf from an accomplished life. In this book, author Rajiv Agarwal, also a management professor and family business consultant shows the strategies used by the czar of the Indian IT industry, Azim Premji, to chart his route for success. In the fourth book in the series, Management Lessons from the Masters, Agarwal analyzes various moves and decisions made by Premji before he became the face of corporate philanthropy. He shares an insight into the vision and principles of a man who started his entrepreneurial journey with a small vegetable oil company at the young age of 21 and went on to build Wipro, one of India’ s leading IT organizations. In this authoritative and compelling account, the author shows how Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro, fearlessly diversified the organization into varied industries (FMCG, IT services and infrastructure engineering). Besides, Premji also inspired entrepreneurs around the world to generously donate large parts of their wealth. Today, his endowment of $21 billion is among the top five endowments in the world. A must read for aspiring leaders as well as students, this book shows how wealth can be used to impact the lives of many, not just stakeholders of a business.

About the Author

RAJIV AGARWAL is a family business consultant with more than twenty years of experience. Considered a leading expert on family business in India, he has advised more than 1,500 families on succession, strategy and continuity. Currently a professor of Family Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, which is also his alma mater, Agarwal pursued his PhD from BITS Pilani and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He has been the visiting professor at IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore, and expert advisor on the Board of Academics, Department of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. He also writes for various publications on topics related to family business.