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HOW TCS BUILT AN INDUSTRY FOR INDIA
What makes some organizations long-lasting? How come some chart a new course which others like to follow?Does this characterize them as ‘business institutions’ rather than merely ‘good companies’? How do two business leaders with radically different management styles embed values and practices into the sinews of a corporation through their thoughts and actions?These are some vital questions for India’s economic growth that find resonance in the incredible journey of India’s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The narrative relives the highs and lows in the life of this multibillion-dollar enterprise, as seen through the eyes of its architects—Faqir Chand Kohli (96), the founder, and his successor, S. Ramadorai (75). Between them, they spent 40 years making TCS an admirable industry leader and a corporation with agility, innovation and scale.Based on interviews with Kohli and Ramadorai, the authors provide an insider’s account of their grand vision of igniting India’s IT revolution. From the evolution of the offshoring model to harnessing the enormous opportunity offered by the Y2K problem, they offer rare insights into a company that they built, brick by brick.How TCS Built an Industry for India is the first book in the series, Shapers of Business Institutions, and is a unique blend of a must-read business biography and a management classic.
149 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2019
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R. Gopalakrishnan
56 books21 followersR. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty years. He has a wealth of practical managerial experience, initially in Unilever and more recently in the Tata Group. He has lived and worked in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled extensively all over the world. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics at Kolkata and electronics engineering at IIT, Kharagpur. He worked in the marketing function before moving to general management. During his years with Unilever, he was based in Jeddah as CEO of the Arabia unit; later, he was managing director of Brooke Bond Lipton India and then vice-chairman with Hindustan Lever. He has been president of the All India Management Association. Currently, he is the executive director of Tata Sons based in Mumbai. He also serves on the boards of other companies.
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October 9, 2021
A very well written book on a true gem of Indian industry - TCS, which has led the way and created the IT industry in India.
The book focuses on the first 2 CEOs of TCS - F C Kohli and S Ramadorai - people who nurtured and shaped TCS into the behemoth that it has become. It focuses on the key decisions in terms of technology, markets, business tradeoffs that they made but most importantly in terms of culture and thinking of TCS as a brand. It clearly showcases the difference between a shaper mindset and a leader mindset. As is clear from the book, the shaper mindset of these 2 legends played a key role in creating TCS and thus the Indian IT industry.
The book focuses on the first 2 CEOs of TCS - F C Kohli and S Ramadorai - people who nurtured and shaped TCS into the behemoth that it has become. It focuses on the key decisions in terms of technology, markets, business tradeoffs that they made but most importantly in terms of culture and thinking of TCS as a brand. It clearly showcases the difference between a shaper mindset and a leader mindset. As is clear from the book, the shaper mindset of these 2 legends played a key role in creating TCS and thus the Indian IT industry.
September 27, 2022
It’s a small read into the qualities of leaders of TCS that helped it succeed during challenging times.
However, it felt a bit boring as the most of the content felt like the read of a business studies book that we had during our higher secondary.
It will be interesting to see how the content will differ in the other books of the series. The business environment might be different but will there additional traits in the qualities of the leaders of those business that might differ from the ones that TCS’s leaders had?
However, it felt a bit boring as the most of the content felt like the read of a business studies book that we had during our higher secondary.
It will be interesting to see how the content will differ in the other books of the series. The business environment might be different but will there additional traits in the qualities of the leaders of those business that might differ from the ones that TCS’s leaders had?
March 21, 2021
Great read on institution building in India
Today TCS is the crown Jewel of the TATAs. This book takes you through a journey of the 2 shapers who are responsible for the same.
Today TCS is the crown Jewel of the TATAs. This book takes you through a journey of the 2 shapers who are responsible for the same.
May 10, 2021
Wasted opportunity to delve deeper into a beautiful company.
June 14, 2022
Great insights
This books gives a glimpse of wonderful journey and formative years of TCS, good insights and learnings to read. Good one
This books gives a glimpse of wonderful journey and formative years of TCS, good insights and learnings to read. Good one
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December 27, 2022Wow Very good Book.
The book is learning how tcs is built. Very nice book.
The book is learning how tcs is built. Very nice book.
February 26, 2023
Lovely book based on rare interviews with stalwarts such as Mr. FC Kohli and Mr. Ramadorai. Fun anecdotes and stories too :)
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