Managing Human Response: The Search for an Indian Model

In this Perspectives piece, N R. Sheth, a sociologist and an expert on industrial relations', reviews a recent book by S K Chakraborty, entitled Human Response in Organizations: Towards the Indian Ethos. In doing so, he presents the background to the search for models for managing human response in organizations, in the American and Indian environments. The evolution of management theory in the west shows how important it is for academicians and managers in India to develop jointly more effective models for managing human response in organizations to increase harmony and productivity. In view of the importance of the subject, Vikalpa is featuring this book review in its Perspectives feature. An article by S K Chakraborty on the quality of work life which rollows the book review clarifies the issues further and suggests some key ideas for a fundamental change in our perspective. These ideas will certainly need concretization through discussion and practice. We hope that managers and academicians will participate in this exercise in full measure.