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Spirituality pervades every sphere, be it business, management, governance, health care, or any other secular engagements. This book explores and analyzes how spirituality can stall degenerative trends in these areas.After pioneering the indigenization of the soft aspect of management in India and four-and-a-half decades of teaching, S.K. Chakraborty, along with his co-author Debangshu offer glimpses of the deep-structure relationship between ethically healthy performance and spirituality. The volume is enriched with illustrations from the long history of spiritually inspired leadership practices that provide positive inspiration to Indian businesses and everyday life.The study cautions against a casual or glib approach to spirituality that can never be another instrument or program for the single-minded pursuit of unquestioned business goals. It should also not be treated as just another new pasture for so-called research. It is essentially not an intellectual landscape. It is, first and foremost, an experimental-realization journey for the sacred.
This book investigates whether spirituality serves as a functional tool for business optimization or as an end in itself for human development. The authors, S.K. Chakraborty and Debangshu Chakraborty, draw upon decades of academic experience and the history of Indian leadership to argue that spirituality must be integrated into the core of organizational ethics rather than treated as a superficial management technique. They present a framework that prioritizes internal realization over the pursuit of purely material or commercial objectives.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the indigenization of management theory, particularly for those interested in the intersection of Eastern philosophy and corporate governance. Readers frequently note the philosophical depth of the text, which challenges conventional, profit-driven approaches to organizational development.
Page Count:
254
Publication Date:
2008-03-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195692233
ISBN-13:
9780195692235
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