8 Indians Among Top 50 Thinkers

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 21 November 2011, 15:58 IST   |    15 Comments
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Rakesh Khurana
6. Rakesh Khurana Ranked as 41st among the top management thinkers, Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower professor of leadership development at the Harvard Business School. His main focus is into macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. Famous for his book Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs, Rakesh has authored and edited four books and several articles. His managerial articles throw light on the problems associated with fascinating leadership. "From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession" is his second book that deals with the expansion of American business education and the profession of management elevated fundamental queries about the efficiency of business education and the types of business leaders and managers they have been educating. Khurana is also the co-author with Nitin Nohria, that positions dominance for generating value for society as the purpose of management.