AMRITA SATWANI
MANAGEMENT GURUS
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"Strategy is about stretching limited
resources to fit ambitious
aspirations."
C.K. Prahalad
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Introduction… Prahalad was born and brought up in Coimbatore.
Started his career at a young age of 19 at the Union Carbide after taking a degree in Physics.
He was ranked as the world's most influential business thinker in The Thinkers 50 list
C.K. Prahalad is famous as the father of the concepts of core competency and the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
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Journey Of Life…
After graduating from Harvard, Prahalad returned to his master's degree alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management Ahemdabad
But he soon returned to the United States in 1977 & was hired by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he advanced to the top tenured appointment as a full professor
In 2005, Prahalad earned the university's highest distinction, Distinguished University Professor.
On April 16, 2010, Prahalad died of a previously undiagnosed lung illness in San Diego
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Journey Of Life…
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One of the top ten management thinkers in every major survey for over ten years
A brilliant teacher at the University of Michigan
Member of the Blue Ribbon Commission of the United Nations on Private Sector and Development
First recipient of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for contributions to Management and Public Administration presented by the President of India in 2000
Achievements…
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Well Known Works in Corporate Strategy…
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Honors and awards…In 2009, he was awarded:
Pravasi Bharatiya Sammaan
Padma Bhushan 'third in the hierarchy of civilian awards' by the GOI
Named as the world's most influential business thinker on the [Thinkers50.com] list, published by The Times
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The Bottom of Pyramid…Private Enterprise
Civil society organizations & local govt.
Development and aid agencies
BOP consumers BOP entrepreneurs
Economic Development
and Social transformation
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Way of Looking a company…Diversified company
Business units
End Products Leaves and Fruit
Smaller Branches
Major Limbs
Tree
Core Products
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Important Issues pointed out by him…
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Way of Looking at any Organization…
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What made him a Management Guru ? [4Is]
Insightful and definitely provocative
Interesting combination of an academic and a practitioner.
Intellectual thought Process formulated by observing businesses in action
Impressive and intelligent communicator par excellence and had ability to focus on the emerging scenarios