Originally posted by: queenbee
pj04...... I agree with all the bits here but as for saying that armaan is the most imcompetent of the lot... did u know that mukesh ambani LIED about being an MBA from Stanford? this was a Tehelka expose... but since when has his qualification or lack of it made him an incompetent businessperson 😕 Even Reliance, for all its reputation and making-shareholders-laugh-all-the-way-to-the-bank philosoph ies and grandiose future plans is still DEBATING on introducing the concept of corporate governance... what does that say about the ethics and management principles of India's largest business house and possibly others? Mukesh Ambani has also been in the news for favoring or at least, seeming to favor certain parties who stand to benefit from several under-the-table transactions, floating fake investment companies for personal gain, etc etc. Yet a poll conducted of several members of the stockbroking community showed them backing Mukesh Ambani by a whopping majority - like u say, he is still seen as a trustworthy and capable businessman. If Armaan Suri employs some questionable tactics to ensure the survival of his company, THAT is seen as being spineless and incompetent!?!?!
Truth is, ethics and morals be damned, at least in India. It's the survival of the fittest. In fact, IIM introduced (or last I heard, was contemplating on introducing) a course on ethical governance in response to the growing need for educating management students on business malpractices - the scale of which is mindblowing at least in India. Everyone knows that more power breeds more corruption, not less... and Armaan Suri simply did what any Ambani would do too - he found a yes-(wo)man he could trust and control to buy enough time to turn the company around. What's so spineless about that? If Reliance was ever to face a financial crunch in the future, who knows to what lengths the Ambanis would go - and then go ahead and win "Businessperson of the Year" Awards to boot...if Armaan Suri does it, he's called a jerk!!??😕😕😕
very true queenbee...agree at most of what you have to say ....when i said incompetant...i meant he was most incompetant out of seths and suris.
on a different note let us be honest ....even in worst situations can you see ambanis hand over thier empire to a yes-woman. it is like handing over your destiny. what is funny is he felt that jassi was a better candidate than mallika(who would probably be more in his control) or aryan(ok...i agree that is like losing badly) but if he was so concerned about company , he should have considered all alternatives. by the way first lesson you learn in a management class or corporate world is to never trust anyone.....keep an upper hand .....and know that human factor is always unreliable. most top notch tycoons hesitate handing over thier empires to thier family members and spouses.....this guy hands it over to a girl outsidehis family(ok...she was an yes woman but it takes a sec for people to change when they have power_.as for what ambanis would have done in similar situation....they would have cheated, blackmailed, got more partners aboard,taken help from thier board of directors, married into money but never handed over the company to someone knowing that they would have lost it eventually....that is why they get businessman of the year award and armaan is called incompetant. also the way armaan handed over gm to jassi is know as corporate fraud(the law states the company cannot be tranferred to its employee in lieu of a small amount.....).which is what happened
on a different point of view......armaan is shamed and loses gm bcoz of his karam but pray tell me what was the fault of seths that they end up losing the company too(jassi has a complete contol over gm). jassi resigns after cooking up the numbers....everybody else is left to face the aftermath and clean up after her.ethically both armaan and jassi are responsible and should be punished equally.
Edited by pj04 - 20 years ago