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Recommended Readings by Vijeth Shetty
Vijeth is from the Class of 2010 and is currently working as GM (Sales) - Karnataka with PepsiCo India, based out of Bangalore. Prior to this, he worked with ITC in both sales & brand functions. Before ISB, he was working for M/s Ashok Leyland in Mumbai handling their sales, after-sales & customer marketing for Mumbai region.

Vijeth is a Mechanical engineer from NIT Warangal, Class of 2006

“The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement”, by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The Goal is a management-oriented novel by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, a business consultant whose Theory of Constraints has become a model for systems management. Learnings from this book can be applied not only in the operations domain but also in sales & marketing functions, where there are several stake holders with their respective bottlenecks in the chain.





“Iacocca”, by Lee Iacocca              
Iacocca is Lee Iacocca's bestselling autobiography. Most of the book is taken up with reminiscences of Iacocca's career in the car industry, his rise & fall in the Ford Motor Company and then his resurrection at the Chrysler Corporation.





 “My years with General Motors”, by Alfred Sloan
My Years with General Motors is a modern classic for those who love management books. During his fifty years in General Motors, Sloan achieved some of the most impossible triumphs. The book is divided into two parts.  The first part describes the steady growth of the company and its relevance and impact on the automobile industry and the second part describes the details of the different segments like distribution, engineering, overseas operations, defense products and the war. 

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