Chapter 7
Power and Politics
When the director of one of the premier management institutes in eastern India resigned, the board of directors selected Dr Chaturvedi, one of the senior-most professors who had been serving the institute for more than a decade, as a replacement. The reasons for selecting him were cogent and realistic. He knew the people around and the organizational culture like the back of his hand. He was qualified and well-mannered and was generally accepted by his colleagues. However, within a year of him joining the office, he got ousted. One of the main reasons being his straightforwardness in dealing with the day-to-day activities as well as tackling the all-powerful board members. Dr Chaturvedi ...
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