-Performance management in India. The India economy has been on “overdrive” since the early 1990s and there is intense international business activity, including a significant increase in foreign direct investment going into
India as well as India firms going abroad. The intense international business activity is leading to a change in
traditional values, at least in work environment, from more collectivistic to more individualistic and short-term.
Nevertheless, the traditional paternalistic values do not seem to be changing, and they pose a challenge for the
Implementation of performance management systems in which the supervisor serves as a coach instead of as
a “boss” (See chapter 9).