ROLE OF LEAN MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN INDIA: A FACET OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH REFERENCE TO GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH

Globalization is a phenomenon for technology transfer among different countries. Technology is an embodied of backbone for national growth. Technology advancement and its effective results impact directly on the economic development. Technology transfer is the flow of knowledge or process of technology from one country to another country. It includes the flow of skills, values, organization, and capital from the point of generation to the site of adaptation and application. In today's modern era businesses were being keen on profitable exploitation through the appropriate technology transfer. Lean leadership can be considered as a way of sustaining and improving the employee performance in lean production systems. The present study focuses on the principles of lean leadership and the practices that can lead to improving the employee performance. Global competitiveness drives the organization for technology transfer as a reliable source for noteworthy upshot and making a profit out of it. The headway of technology transfer in the manufacturing sector in India has been magnifying with the potential prerequisite. The industries in India are upgrading with technology transfer in order to sustain in the market with the competitive edge. This study identifies the variables that affect the technology transfer and acts as a control measure in the implementation of the successful technology transfer. Finally, through the analysis, the study proved that the adequate transfer of technology increases the productivity of the organization.