“Young professionals, to survive and succeed, should understand the changing dynamics at the international level, in the political, economic and social spectrums and adapt yourselves to meet the changing requirement,” K. Ganesan, Vice-President, Human Resources, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai, said in Coimbatore on Saturday.
Delivering the graduation day address at Sri Krishna College of Technology, he said they could afford to ignore this only at the peril of them becoming ‘bonzai managers’ in the words of R. Gopalakrishnan, a member of the Think Tank of the House of Tatas.
“Who is a bonsai manager? Professionals who choose to stay put in small ponds without exposure to international dynamics never grow beyond certain limits and in fact tend to become ‘bonsai managers’. You have to decide whether to become a global citizen – for whom the world is the market and for whom opportunities are global – or a bonsai manager,” Mr. Ganesan said.
Explaining the concept of globalisation, he said it not only brought expanded opportunities, but along with it the global woes. The country could not insulate itself from the troubles and turmoil that gripped certain countries in Europe and the United States, he added.
“In the history of individuals or in that of a nation, there comes an event or a process that transforms the individual or the country in question beyond recognition. The development of infrastructure in the U.S., the industrial revolution in the U.K., the dairy and dairy product development in Denmark, development of automotive industries and electronics in Japan, oil and oil products in Saudi Arabia, etc., were the tipping points of these countries,” he said.
He urged graduates to act as the tipping point and add value to themselves.S. Malarvizhi, Chairperson and Managing Trustee of Sri Krishna and VLB Institutions, and G. Ramesh, Principal of the college, were present.
