Southwest Airlines of the USA has 20% lower cost than its competitors, and it has never suffered a loss in its 40 year history. Likewise, Tata Steel Ltd. is the cheapest steel producing company in the world, and celebrated 75 years of peaceful co-existence with its employees last year, with a workforce of more than 35,000 people in its Indian locations. Both these companies are the envies of the business world, and many try to benchmark their people management practices. But most of them do not succeed in doing so. What are the possible reasons for their failure--any suggestions?

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