These days, Railway minister Laloo prasad yadav has become a much sought after C.E.O by management institutes. The dramatic turnaround of Indian Railways' finances and improvement in functioning is attributed to him. He is now the subject of a case study done by I.I.M-Ahmedabad. Suddenly, Laloo is in news for all the good reasons. But I am not surprised, this is our innate characteristic of labelling a person as corrupt and the next moment making him a hero and a role model. But I thought I.I.M's were saved from this malaise. Have they forgotten that this is the same Laloo who has brought Bihar to the current state of affairs, whose brother-in-law's still run a parallel law system in Bihar, who has been criticised by scholars and layman alike. How can I.I.M make such a person a subject of a case study. Have they fallen short on ethics or have they forgotten who Laloo is?
If this habit of making role models out of people who have achieved success or should I say made money by hook or crook continues, I fear some day we will have Dawood giving management lectures at I.I.M's on how to remain in hiding and then also run 'business' successfully. Probably the biggest catch of all will be Bin Laden teaching, as a visiting faculty, on how to compete with American companies and beat them on their own turf. As a youngster planning to pursue a management course I am confused by this whole affair. Should I know start following people who are successful without knowing the way they made their riches. Is the Tata philosophy of doing business with ethics and integrity flawed or not relevant in today's world. Any answers?
3 comments:
yup its going to be this way whether you like it or not.But why are you looking at the point that the Glass is half empty why dont you see the fact that our rail system has improved tremendously.Our rail system use to be a load to carry for the government but it was still running it.But after this man got charge he's made it into a profitable business.Which no man till date in the history has accomplished.And dont worry LALU will hopefully retire after the both of us join our respective management schools
i think railway has made this turnaround 'despite' lalu. if he can change the fortunes of railways than why doesnt he change Bihar, his home ground. Bihar is totally caste-riven today.Arun shourie once said that if he were the ISI he would not harass the Kashimiris, he would rather smuggle in 50,000 Ak-47 in Bihar, the caste-riven will kill themselves.
very true, if we consider these people as our role model, what will our next generation learn from them?
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