Unfortunately business has become a war. A no holds barred, cut-throat interaction that has reduced it to a war.Otherwise business is business and it can be done in that way without resorting to a war. But as society and life gets complex, business is forced to be reduced to a war to come out trumps.
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Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group
| 02 14 2011 15:35:10 +0000
In Clausewitz's terms, the era of "set-piece" competition is over. We have entered the era of total competition. No matter your industry, company, or nationality, there is a battle-ready competitor somewhere who is busy thinking how to beat you. There are no safe havens.
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Santosh Bhim, Junior Assistant, U.P.P.W.D.
| 02 03 2011 13:42:44 +0000
Thanks Sujatha for the Invitation. I would like to add that regular business, say fixed customer,fixed production at regular interval of time,when there is no much of the competition then yes business is business, like in rural areas in old days. But now one can not sustain profit margin with changing the clients requirements, cost, competitors,it is not just possible to take business as business. Even NGOs,non-profit making organizations are also to be one - up to get the business.Nobody sees their future completly secured in this competitive edge. Business is taken as war by just every businessman but just its going unsaid. There should be some common goal,noble cause besides making profits for each business.
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Dhawal , IT Consultant, Electro Industries
| 02 03 2011 13:21:48 +0000
Yes, it's nothing less than a conventional war these days without of course any "killer" weapon!!! other than that one needs to plan, strategise, deploy manpower, track the movement of the competitors, differentiate between performers & non-performers etc etc. So, why not we term it as a modern-day 'war'!!!
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Partha Pratim Ray, Freelancer, Freelancer
| 02 03 2011 12:56:21 +0000
People like it as they treat during operation. For compteter it may be war and also for terrorist feel war like business..................I think people on the board think differently but
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Nem Singh, Consultant, Consultancy Firm
| 02 03 2011 11:55:37 +0000
Sujatha I tend to agree with you but the war is also a business not by any group but by a country, who wants to sell warheads and other materials related to war in order to run their economy without any trouble and all the arms producing factories work without loosing of any jobs etc.
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Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant
| 02 03 2011 11:04:14 +0000
business or war what ever it is - survival is the prime factor. if it is genuine result will be good one. if it is not genuine, result becomes criminal mznner
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kannan , Head/VP/GM-Accounts, own office
| 02 03 2011 10:55:45 +0000
Thanks Sujatha for the invite. I believe Business starts with Survival (Make sure you are safe), then gets into series of battles ( Call it as competition) where the need of beating others is required to grow and reach the top ( otherwise the competitors would kill you)and then the sustainability at that level. I agree with Mr Anantha. You can call Business as an "Ethical War".
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Ankur Agrawal, Partner/Principal/VP, PeopleLogic Solutions
| 02 03 2011 08:29:57 +0000
War is the oldest form of Competition between human organisation. In this Competitive era we have entered in total competition.No matters what your company, what your idustry is. There is a battle ready competitior to beat you in your business.
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Tanima , First Medical Services Pvt. Ltd.
| 02 03 2011 07:20:25 +0000
Business is like a war these days, its amply evident from the Radia tape revelations - how the corporates waged war in getting the spectrum allocation in 2G case - this is now in public domain, but there are other business wars happening very subtly, which are yet to surface openly. Corporates have added another major dimension to our democracy - fifth pillar - defining and deciding policies of governance!
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 02 03 2011 07:10:25 +0000
To use Clausewitz's terms... "the era of "set-piece" competition is over. We have entered the era of total competition"
Irrespective of your industry, company, or nationality, there is a battle-hardened competitor somewhere who is busy thinking of ways to beat you. There really are no safe havens....or are there?
In the ever evolving quest for strategic change, business has much to
learn from war. Both are about the same thing: succeeding in
competition. Even more basic, both can be distilled to four words:
informed choice/timely action. The key objective in competition -
whether business or war - is to improve your organization's performance
along these dimensions:
- To generate better information than your rivals do
- To analyze that information and make sound choices
- To make those choices quickly
- To convert strategic choices into decisive action
Choose your side and convince others that you are right!
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Vincent Churchill, Director on Board, Middle Eastern Trade Ltd.
| 02 01 2011 16:09:07 +0000
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Business is to make profits/create opportunities/passion/etc. We cannot compare or relate with WAR! I agree Anantha Shayana views.
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Sridhar S, Business Technologist
| 02 05 2011 11:20:48 +0000
The argument put forth by Sujatha are far and few in today's world (if you look back at the case of two major textile organizations in the 1980s) . Businesses have become more professional and care about their reputation. Today's businesses are won or lost on type of relationships cultivated, your brand equity and value to customer. Customers are conscious of the fact that they need value for their money and are willing to bring in a David instead of a possible war mongering Goliath who may not give the expected ROI. Also competition is always good for business as it will create better product offerings. The way u run a business has an associated reputation factor in the long run which many corporations are aware of
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Harish Lalapeth, Sales Lead, Infovista
| 02 04 2011 07:26:50 +0000
I guess it depends upon the way you look at competition and excellence...If you dont draw a line between healthy competition and virtual war you gonna end up at wrong side of fence..I would like to know the view point of business tycoons..dat would seperate water from milk...
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Ravi Kumar Choudhary, Planning Manager, Encube ethicals Pvt. Ltd.
| 02 03 2011 13:41:40 +0000
sure business is not zero sum game, every one can grow but war is zero sum game, ones loss is another's gain.many war tactics can be applied in business to get competitive advantage but war is very different from business. business promotes prosperity in the world while war led to destruction, example is Iraq
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Danish khan, Business Analyst, cognizant business consultancy
| 02 03 2011 10:14:57 +0000
nicely pointed out Mr.Anantha,i don't have much to add, so i agree with you Thanks for inviting me on this debate sujatha, i agree with Anantha on this,he has made very good and clear points on his comments
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karthikrathnam , Branch manager,
| 02 03 2011 08:33:16 +0000
Good business is based on collaboration. In an economy where everyone wants to improve their own living conditíons collaboration is a better strategy than war. The Nobel Prize in Economic 2005 was given to for exactly that claim. Good business is based on trust especially long term good business. The first victim in war is trust. It takes a lifetime to rebuild trust. Today there are no winners of a war only loosers - at least as far as I know
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Kaj Voetmann, Senior Consultant, Beren
| 02 03 2011 08:08:24 +0000
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