3 Review(s)

This book is much more than a text on Indian Ethos and Management, a subject prescribed for courses in Management studies. It highlights the lessons that Indian tradition has for managers of the present and the future. Shorn of all mysticism, the book explains the message that thinkers of all ages have uniformly emphasized, as the essential dimensions of management of self and of the relationship to the environment. This is the core of Ethics, of Dharma and of Corporate Governance - The Authors This book weaves together the Indian Ethos and Management practices in a wonderful tapestry. The time honoured Indian concepts have been brought out in a brilliant manner that is easily understandable to everyone. The blending of concepts and day-to-day practices is indeed unique. The integration of all this into measures for personal effectiveness and leadership, as clearly brought out in the book, is most valuable. Altogether the book is an excellent effort and a much needed one in the present times, when there is a renewed interest on Ethics in Management. M. S. S. Varadan, Chairman, Kalpataru Research Foundation, Bangalore The authors have rendered a valuable service to students and teachers of management, by writing this simple and lucid text, linking up Ethics, Indian Ethos and Management. It would be useful not only for the BBA, MBA and similar formal courses, but also for executive programmes of professional associations and in-company training. I would also commend it to the lay reader. Self-management is a universal human challenge, independent of one's job and source of livelihood. This book brings together thoughts from scriptures, behavioural sciences, management and life. It emphasizes the similarity of the core ethical guidelines of all religions. Dr. M. B. Athreya, Management Consultant, New Delhi About the Authors S. Balachandran is a management consultant, based in Mumbai. Earlier he had held senior executive positions in the Life Insurance Corporation of India . He had served as a faculty in the National Insurance Academy and was a visiting faculty in a number of management institutes. He had conducted training programmes for various organizations in the private and the public sector. He is associated with the Insurance Institute of India and the Indian Institute for Banking and Finance in development of courses and as Chief Examiner. He has published a number of papers and articles. His earlier books are Managing Change, Trainer Effectiveness, Excellence in Services, Managing Ethics and Customer Driven Services Management. Prof. K. C. R. Raja is a management consultant and educationist. After working in senior management positions in a multinational company for twenty years, Prof. Raja moved into educational administration as the first Director of the Bombay University 's Garware Institute of Career Education and Development. Later, he was the Director of the Somaiya Institute of Management and the Director of the S. P. Jain Institute of Management. Prof. Raja was for long associated with the Bombay and the Ahmedabad Management Associations and with corporate training, where he had designed and customised training programmes, including cases and business simulations. He is an Advisor to the GIDC ROFEL Institute of Management Studies, Vapi and is on its Governing Body and also on the Advisory Committee of the Garware Institute, Mumbai B. K. Nair is a senior lecturer in Commerce and Business Management in the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai and has nearly thirty years of teaching experience. He is also a visiting faculty in the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He is a member of the Board of Studies in Business Management of the University of Mumbai and also member of various committees of the Mumbai University concerned with development of syllabus and curriculum.