Drawing upon the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita a philosophical-spiritual world classic
this professional book highlights the spiritual and moral dimensions of management using an
inside-out leadership development approach. It interprets the Bhagavad Gita's teachings on the
personality types and psychological makeup of managers and employees self-knowledge and
self-mastery and the leadership concepts of vision motivation and empowerment. This book
covers topics such as training of the mind ethical leadership communication stress
management and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Collectively the enclosed contributions
provide managers with an enhanced outlook on management functions such as leading planning
organizing and controlling in today's organizations particularly those run by knowledge
workers. Management research in the 20th century has mainly focused on the industrial paradigm
characterized by a hierarchical structure of authority and responsibility with an
individualistic focus on the personality of the manager. However this traditional paradigm
cannot solve many of the problems that confront leaders and mangers today. Recent studies have
shown that values traditionally associated with spirituality-such as integrity honesty trust
kindness caring fairness and humility-have a demonstrable effect on managerial effectiveness
and success. Although traditionally interpreted as a religious-spiritual text the Bhagavad
Gita teaches these values which can be extrapolated and applied to practical management lessons
in today's corporate boardrooms. Applying the text of the Bhagavad Gita to the context of
management this book views the manager as an enlightened sage who operates from higher stance
guided by self-knowledge and self-mastery. It demonstrates how character is the key ingredient
for effective management and leadership. This book is therefore applicable to all managers
from first-line to CEOs in their management and leadership roles in organizations.
