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Abstract of Published
Papers
Vol III, No. 2, September, 2010 |
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Indian Management
Model- Leadership Perspectives
Prof..P.Kanagasabapathi, Director, Tamil Nadu Institute
of Urban Studies, Coimbatore
Abstract:
India is an ancient civilization with thousands of years of
history and continuity. The civilization could not have continued
for so long without strong economic systems remaining as the
foundation for its functioning and progress. Evidences indicate
that India remained vibrant with economic activities from
the earliest times. Moreover India was a pioneer in diverse
walks of life, with original contributions of the highest
order. As a result India remained a world leader till the
nineteenth century. For all her prosperity, India had to suffer
from the invasions and alien rulers for many centuries continuously.
Later the English domination resulted in a systematic destruction
of the time tested native systems. As a result the native
management and leadership models suffered. Hence when India
attained independence, she was a poor and underdeveloped country.
During the recent years, the country has been fast emerging
as a global power, in spite of lack of proper understanding
of the functioning systems and the resultant neglect of nurturing
and developing India-centric approaches. But all is not well
as we have many serious things to do. At the same time, the
western countries have been facing major problems at different
levels. It is high time we recognized the functioning Indian
models and developed new ones based on the ethos and realities
of the country. This paper discusses management models based
on Indian ethos with prime focus on leadership.
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Leadership: What it can learn from Buddha?
Sandeep Singh, Reader, SMS, Dr. S.C.Singh, Associate Professor,FMS,
BHU
Abstract:
Gautam Buddha, the awakened soul showed the light to this
world in sixth century B.C. and his teachings spread like
fire in many parts of the world especially in Asia. He was
an ethical and spiritual teacher who himself got enlightenment
and told this world that sufferings and miseries are the
part of the life and these sufferings can be overcome by
individuals only through nirvana which is the state of enlightenment.
This paper gives a brief overview of the life and teachings
of Gautam Buddha and tries to highlight some of the important
lessons which are extremely relevant for developing spiritual
and ethical leadership. No attempt is made in this paper
to present Buddhism as superior to other religions and philosophies.
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Business Ethics in Marketing: An Islamic
Perspective
Dr. Mohd. Zohair, Lecturer, SMS, Varanasi
Mohd. Wamique Hisam, Reader, SMS, Varanasi
Sunit Kumar Mishra, Lecturer, SMS, Varanasi
Abstract:
Ethics in business is critical for long term success of any
business organization. When it comes to business one of the
core function in business is marketing. Marketing is the link
between the organization and the outside world. Therefore,
ethics in marketing becomes crucial from the point of view
of business ethics. In this paper to understand marketing
ethics an Islamic perspective is highlighted. If understood
properly the teachings in Islam from the perspective of marketing
ethics can provide the deep insights to the professionals
who are involved in marketing function of business.
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The Scientific Spirit and the Quest for
Wisdom
Prof. P.Krishna, Secretary, Krishnamurti Foundation, Varanasi
Abstract:
Though modern science is of relatively recent origin in human
history, it has made very rapid progress and transformed outwardly
the manner of our living. It is said that our life outwardly
has changed more in the last one hundred years than it did
earlier in thousands of years. And this is largely because
of the scientific knowledge accumulated over the last three
centuries, and its application in the form of technology.
The impact of science on society is very visible; and the
results of progress in agriculture, medicine and health care,
telecommunications, transportation, computerization and so
on, are part of our daily living.
Despite this progress in science, and the consequent development
of technology and industry, with the attendant comforts as
well as power, in no part of the world are human beings happy
and at peace with themselves, living without violence. It
was hoped that the development of science would usher in an
era of peace and prosperity, but that has been belied. On
the contrary, if we look at the level of violence throughout
the world during successive ten-year periods since 1900, in
every decade, in every country, the crime-graph continues
to go up. What we see on the one hand is greater economic
prosperity, but on the other, greater violence, sorrow, anxiety
along with acute ecological imbalances and new diseases.
This paper explores that how the quest for wisdom with an
inquiring mind in the spirit of science is necessary for humanity
to develop the capacity to handle the knowledge which science
is generating.
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Spirituality, Metaphysical and Illness
Beliefs, and Health Outcomes
Dr. Purnima Awasthi, Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, BHU, Varanasi
Abstract:
The paper aims to reveal the multifaceted yet cherished relation
between spirituality and psychological wellbeing from contemporary
perspectives. The reactivity hypothesis suggests that in the
time of life threatening situations, pronounced, repeated
or prolonged stress responses contribute to the etiology of
hypertension, heart disease, infectious diseases and other
illnesses. Studies indicate that spiritual/religious individuals
experience a protective effect against the neuroendocrine
consequences of stress in such conditions. People may experience
and exercise spirituality as a resource to enhance psychological
well-being that may lead to improve physiological mechanisms
in their health problems. A number of reviews and meta-analyses
of epidemiological, medical and psychological studies have
provided important contributions to the study of spirituality/religiosity
and health outcomes. Considering spiritual, metaphysical and
health beliefs as an important ingredient of preventive, promotive
and curative aspects of health behaviour, psychological studies
of health, metaphysical and illness beliefs are briefly reviewed.
Though broadly conceived measures of health and illness beliefs,
and religious and spiritual commitment have been found to
be related to outcomes of health of people in Indian as well
as Western settings, less is known about the role of spiritual
beliefs (aside from attendance in religious institutions)
in the health behavior of people facing health problems in
different circumstances of life. In contrast to looking at
behavioral or structural aspects of religion such as participation
in religious institutions, there is a need to take account
of functional aspects of spirituality (e.g., coping strategies,
belief systems in the cognitive frameworks) as a way to understand
the mechanisms by which health outcomes of people may be influenced.
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Organizational Transformation through Spirituality
and Ethics
Prof. V.N.Rai, Dean, GBSA, Greater Noida and Ex-Managing
Director, KRIBHCO
Abstract:
The author was the Chairman and Managing Director in Fertilizer
Corporation of India Ltd., Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation
Ltd., Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. and Fertilizers and Chemicals
Travancore Ltd., Chairman of Oman India Fertilizer Company
Ltd. and Managing Director of Krishak Bharati Cooperative
Ltd. In this paper the author has made an effort to explain
the concept of spirituality and ethics as understood by him
and emphasize that how that understanding of spirituality
and ethics helped him in bringing out the transformations
in the above mentioned organizations when he got the opportunity
of leading these organizations.
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Leadership Lessons in Swami Vivekananda’s
Teachings
Sandeep Singh, Reader, SMS, Varanasi
Rishi Raman Singh, Sr. Lecturer, SMS, Varanasi
Abstract:
Swami Vivekananda in a short life of 39 years left such
an impression on this world that the relevance of his teachings
looks as contemporary today as they seemed hundred years
ago. He was a spiritual and enlightened soul who showed
this world that we all as human beings have infinite capacities
and the nurturing of these capacities should be the goal
of everybody. These infinite capacities can be realized
by acquiring higher knowledge. Swamiji travelled throughout
the world and taught the ideal of the ‘man-making
and character-building’. He propagated the message
of Vedanta philosophy and also established Ramakrishna Mission.
This paper is an attempt to extract some aspects from Swami
Vivekananda teachings which can have great relevance for
developing ethical and spiritual leadership.
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Changing Phases of Corporate Social Responsibility
Soamya Agarwal, Assistant Professor, ICBM School of Business
Excellence, Hyderabad
Tribhuvan Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, Department
of Management Studies, IFTM, Moradabad
Abstract:
Indian society has come a long way. Ancient Culture of
India is if full of spiritual and ethical values. In those
times, Kings and rulers used to refer Upanishads and Vedas
to take guidelines for ideal practices and decision making.
Today such kingdoms have converted into business empires
where business leaders make decisions that impact the business
and the society as a whole. As Business organizations play
a vital role in the management of demand and supply in the
society at one side and provide employment opportunities
on the other to allow the people to possess purchasing power,
it is therefore, important for them to follow ethical codes
and understand their true social responsibilities other
than their financial obligations towards shareholders and
financers.
With this view, this paper explores the changing phases
of leadership and social responsibility from kings to current
Indian business leaders. May be, it not a fresh thought
on this topic but the authors have tried to showcase the
current practices followed by various companies to discharge
their social responsibilities towards the society.
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram: A New Tool of Corporate
Governance
Sonu Dua, Lecturer, Deptt. Of Management, Lovely School
of Management, Lovely Professional University, Chaheru,
Phagwara
Ashu kakkar, Lecturer, Deptt. Of Management, Lovely School
of Management, Lovely Professional University, Chaheru,
Phagwara
Swati Goyal, Lecturer, Deptt. Of Management, Lovely School
of Business, Lovely Professional University, Chaheru, Phagwara.
Abstract:
In today’s scenario, the greed for earning more profits
or increasing the share value in the market is leading to
corporate scams of various types and dimensions such as financial
statement frauds. The motive may be different for different
organization but ultimately these companies are creating social
stigma on the face of the country and are playing with the
faith of investors. This paper has identified some of the
major scams in the history of the world and reason for the
same. This paper also highlights current black situation of
today’s corporate world. In this paper a new strategy
has been proposed for the controlling of such corporate scams
in future.
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Ethical Leadership through Higher Self
Hemant Kumar Yadav, Lecturer, SMS, Varanasi
S.P. Singh, Associate Professor, BSA College of Engineering
and Management, Mathura
Vineet Singh, Research Scholar, Faculty of Commerce, B.H.U.,
Varanasi
Abstract:
This paper aims at highlighting the fact that unethical behaviours
of leaders can be stopped not by focusing on the improvement
of the systems in which leaders operate rather the focus should
be on cleaning of the souls of the leaders. This paper attempts
to describe why focus should be on the leader instead of focusing
on the systems to avoid unethical behaviour of leaders, why
leaders behave unethically, what is ethical leadership, and
how leaders can transform themselves to become ethical leaders.
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Managerial Leadership: Development of an
Islamic Model
Bushara Bano, Research Scholar, Department of Business Administration,
Aligarh Muslim University
Farrukh Rafiq, Research Scholar, Department of Business
Administration, Aligarh Muslim University
Abstract:
Islam is a complete scientific system of living life. It guides
the mankind to eradicate their sufferings from all perspectives
like social, economical, legal, ethical, political, religious
etc. The subject of leadership is crucial in Islam. At one
place Prophet Muhammad (Saw) said,“ When three are on
a journey, they should appoint one of them as their commander.”(Abu
Daud, 2:721, Chapter 933, hadith 2602). The Holy Quran also
emphasizes the essentiality of leadership as a wish of Allah.
Allah says in Quran,”And We made them leaders guiding
(men) by Our Command and We sent them inspiration to do good
deeds, to establish regular prayers and to practice regular
charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only)”
(Al Qur’an1, Anbiyaa, 21: 73). Islam as a complete code
of life has a set of vision, principles, procedure, and guidelines
for managers to govern the human resources of any organization
in efficient and effective manner. Leadership in Islam is
a trust (amanah). It shows a psychological contract between
a leader and his followers that he will give his best to guide
them, to protect them and to treat them fairly and with justice.
This paper aims to identify the concept of managerial leadership
through Islamic perspective, shows the differences between
a western and Islamic leadership approach. It also points
out the essential and secondary attributes of a good manager
from Islamic point of view, explains Managerial Grid through
Islam. This paper also signifies the development of an Islamic
Leadership Model.
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