Management experts have called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to learn from Malaysia's Performance Management and Delivery Unit or Pemandu for key government programmes and reforms.
While Modi has not made any big-bang policy announcements in the first few weeks, barring a hike in rail tariffs and a message that other tough decisions are in the offing to revive the economy, his focus on first fixing redundant and problematic management structures has been welcomed by management experts.
"Narendra Modi is a natural leader. He understands how to lead and manage affairs efficiently," US-based management guru Ram Charan, an advisor to the world's top Chief Executive Officers told The Economic Times.
"Many people could take lessons out of his leadership style," said the report.
However, experts also believe that given the overarching role that the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) was taking on in the early days of Modi's regime, its effectiveness would play a key role in determining outcomes.
Moreover, given the variety of issues and stakeholders that the PMO would have to deal with, it will be better off focusing on the big picture rather than burdening itself by getting too much into the minutiae of things, they said.
For this, it could take a leaf from Malaysia's Pemandu, said the English daily.
"In charge of overseeing the progress of key government programmes and reforms, Pemandu works on the principle of setting goals for departments that work in synergy, letting them thrash out the road map for that goal's implementation and stepping in periodically to review the status and make course corrections," former chairman of Boston Consulting Group, Arun Maira was quoted as saying.
Parts of the Pemandu philosophy are already visible in Modi's decision to put a cluster of related ministries such as power, coal and renewable energy under one minister and inviting ministries with a similar or complementary mandate to make presentations to Modi together, said the report.
While Modi has not made any big-bang policy announcements in the first few weeks, barring a hike in rail tariffs and a message that other tough decisions are in the offing to revive the economy, his focus on first fixing redundant and problematic management structures has been welcomed by management experts.
"Narendra Modi is a natural leader. He understands how to lead and manage affairs efficiently," US-based management guru Ram Charan, an advisor to the world's top Chief Executive Officers told The Economic Times.
"Many people could take lessons out of his leadership style," said the report.
However, experts also believe that given the overarching role that the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) was taking on in the early days of Modi's regime, its effectiveness would play a key role in determining outcomes.
Moreover, given the variety of issues and stakeholders that the PMO would have to deal with, it will be better off focusing on the big picture rather than burdening itself by getting too much into the minutiae of things, they said.
For this, it could take a leaf from Malaysia's Pemandu, said the English daily.
"In charge of overseeing the progress of key government programmes and reforms, Pemandu works on the principle of setting goals for departments that work in synergy, letting them thrash out the road map for that goal's implementation and stepping in periodically to review the status and make course corrections," former chairman of Boston Consulting Group, Arun Maira was quoted as saying.
Parts of the Pemandu philosophy are already visible in Modi's decision to put a cluster of related ministries such as power, coal and renewable energy under one minister and inviting ministries with a similar or complementary mandate to make presentations to Modi together, said the report.
