DIMENSIONS OF MANAGEMENT
 EDUCATION & RESEARCH
 

In the context of the imperative needs of Indian economy and the preconditions of multilateral cooperation among wealth-creating national. entities, the following broad themes and dimensions of management teaching and research seem to be emerging:

* Requirement of a well-co-ordinated and flexible orchestration of the government's industrial, technology, fiscal, trade, education, labour, rural development, infrastructure and economic policies directed toward expansion and technological upgradation of the national economy in an ongoing manner.

* Management of technology and innovation towards continual strengthening of the country's and the companies' technological capabilities through innovation; technology acquisition, assimilation and development, skill. formation and both short and long-term collaborative development of nationally relevant core technologies.

* Identification and creation of an easily accessible bank of best industry practices across the world in all areas ranging from Production and marketing to finance, logistics and R&D.

* Enhancement of the nationwide development and use of Information Technology for accelerating the operational metabolism of organisations towards breakthrough improvements in cost reduction, speed, output, quality and performance.

* Extensive use of Business Process Reengineering and Total Quality Management in and by Indian enterprises towards raising their productivity and quality to world class levels.

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* Regular scanning of the global economic and technological environment for identifying and tracting current and emerging developments, and defining the country's industrial, technological and developmental priorities in the light of global conditions and trends.