Better Management & Effective Leadership Through the Indian Scriptures

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Pustak Mahal, Sep 18, 2007 - Management in literature - 207 pages
Management as a subject and various theories associated with it are largely considered as brainchild of the West. the moment this topic is raised, the names of western thinkers, such as F.W. Taylor, Robert Owen and Peter F. Drucker, come to our mind. However, the fact is that all the management theories and hypotheses propounded so far, draw heavily from the Indian scriptures. Indian sages and gurus, like Sukra, Kautilya and Vedavyas laid the foundation to better management through their literary works as early as in the pre-Christian era. This book, Better Management and Effective Leadership through the Indian Scriptures, aims at discovering the treasure hidden in the Indian texts, making the management scholars all over the world feel proud of our literary heritage and appreciate the farsightedness of the Indian thinkers. It is an endeavour to reveal that, be it in any sphere of academics, Indian scholars were in no way secondary to their western counterparts; they were rather the precursors.
 

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Contents

The Basic Managerial Functions
20
Self Development
28
Cultivate Your Workforce
38
Management by Example
45
Manager as a Leader
52
Managing by Least Supervision
61
The Knack of Winning People
74
Crisis Management
84
Manage Your Writing
114
Discipline
131
The Regulatory Provisions
146
Training
169
Money Management
176
On Saying No
188
On Contradicting
196
Epilogue
202

Manage Your Speaking
98

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