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Interview with Kashi R Balachandran on Management Guru

November 2010 - By Dr. Nagendra V Chowdary

A guru is one who propounds new ideas on management, who can differentiate between regions, changing world economies, cultures, practices, incentives and politics in various countries to ascertain where certain theories may be applicable and where they may not be.
— Kashi R Balachandran
Effective executive interview with Kashi R Balachandran on Management Guru

Kashi R Balachandran is a professor of accounting and operations management at New York University Stern School of Business. He teaches courses in management accounting, management control systems and financial accounting.

Professor Balachandran joined Stern in 1979. His primary areas of research include optimal operation of service systems, incentive contracts and mechanisms, transfer pricing determinations, conceptualization of unused capacities and their optimal utilization, warranty contracts, quality enhancement programs and reporting, activity-based costing systems, business measurement systems and optimal performance evaluations.

    In addition, he has contributed to sustainable business development, global warming research and management educational process. He has written and published more than 75 articles in leading academic journals of economics, accounting, operations research and management science. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Senior Consulting Editor of Jornal of Applied Management Accounting. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of several journals, he has refereed for numerous journals and research funding agencies. He has organized numerous conferences and symposiums for JAAF in New York and Europe.

Before joining Stern, Professor Balachandran taught at the University of Wisconsin, the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Kentucky, and was a visiting professor of management control and performance measurement at SDA Bocconi University, Italy, University of Rome-Tor Vergata and International University of Japan. He is also a Chair Professor at Tunghai University and a regular participating professor for the Italian Summer School for doctoral students from around the world. He has served as the associate director of the Ross Institute of Accounting Research and doctoral program director of accounting at New York University and a member of the Wisconsin Governor’s Commission on Education. He has lectured internationally in the United States, Europe and Asia in several conferences and universities. He served as a member of the Asian American Advisory Council to the Governor’s office in New Jersey and is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Indian Institute of Finance Business School in India. He has given executive seminars at the Stern School of Business and internationally on Information Analysis for Managerial Decision Making and related topics.

Balachandran earned his Bachelor of Engineering (with honors) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras, India; Master of Science in industrial engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in operations research from the University of California, Berkeley and his certificate in management accounting from the Institute of Management Accountants.

Useful for Understanding of:

  • Significance and Qualities of Management Gurus, especially Indian Management Gurus
  • Contributions by Indian Management Gurus
Originally Published in Effective Executive, IUP
Effective Executive Reference No. 03M-2010-11-08-06
IBSCDC Reference No. INT0136
Year and Month of Publication November 2010
Keywords Management Gurus, Indian Management Gurus, Kashi R Balachandran, C K Prahlad, Ram Charan, Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, Thought Leader, Management Thinker

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