Chanakya - the oriental doctrine creator, the modern management 'guru': an examination of the context
The modern world corporate management and corporate governance is dominated by the theories and practices of the US management system, Japanese management system and European management system. The Japanese have established the dynamics of human capital and knowledge management as the best practices for any organisation. The soundness of Japanese management is derived from its treasure. European and the US management system are known for their contributions in the industrialisation process of the world in the 19th and 20th centuries in the pre and post colonialism era. Indian oriental texts, gospels, practices, concepts, doctrines and arguments through logic are the sources of many Japanese management philosophies. India is a store house of pragmatic management and flawless applications in its ancient history phases. Proved and applied management of Chanakya during the Maurya Dynasty is historically evident as the best ever management practice India has followed. Arthasastra and Chanakya Sutras are the two gospels of Indian management, enough to establish (IMS) the Indian management system for the modern corporate world of 21st century.
A history of India
List of Illustrations. List of Maps. Series Editor's Preface. Introduction to Burton Stein's A History of India. Acknowledgements to First Edition. PART I. 1 Introduction. The Physical Setting. The Social Setting. Resituating Communities and States. Historian's Choice. PART II ANCIENT INDIA. Chronology. 2 Ancient Days. The Pre-formation of Indian Civilization. Vedic Culture. Political and Religious Developments. Religion in the Later Vedic Period. The Nature of the Mauryan Kingdom. Towards the Classical Pattern. Early Hinduism. Developments in the South. The Age of the Early Empires. The Gupta Classical Pattern. The Classical Pattern Elaborated and Extended: the South. PART III MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN INDIA. Chronology. 3 Medieval India. Introduction. Medieval Kingdoms. The Role of the Southern Kingdoms. The Advent of Islam. The Indian Development of Islam. The Deccan and the South. Vijayanagara. States and Communities. 4 Early Modern India. Introduction. The Mughal Empire. The Wars of the Mughal Succession. The Last Act of the Mughals. The Maratha Moment. The Shadow of Europe. 5 The East India Company. Introduction. The Joint Trajectory of Development. The Company Perpetuates the Past. The Emergence of a New Order. Mutiny and Revolt. Late Company Rule. PART IV CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIA. Chronology. 6 The Crown Replaces the Company. The Contemporary State. After the Mutiny. The Rule of the Raj. The Political Economy of the Late Nineteenth Century. Cultural Change, Education and New Classes. The Politicization of Class, Caste and Gender. 7 Towards Freedom. Two Types of Nationalism. Early Congress and Its Adversaries. War, Sacrifi ce and Mass Political Mobilization. Imperialism s Paradoxical Enemy. The First Campaigns. Between Campaigns. Conditions for a New Politics. 8 Gandhi's Triumph. Civil Disobedience. The Left in Politics. The Right Prevails. War and the Last Act Begins. The Bitter Victory of Partition. 9 New States, Old Nations. Territorial Passage. The Promises of Independence. Pakistan in Parallel. The Green Revolution: Promise of Plenty. Environmental Problems, Old and New. The Condition of Women: Broken Promises. Communal Politics: Shattered Pluralism. India and the World. Promises Kept, Promises Broken. 10 Another India. The Nehruvian Consensus. Eroding Consensus. Failure on the Left. Hindu Nationalism. Rise of the Hindu Right. Economic Liberalization. The Indian State. Notes. Glossary of Non-English Terms. Further Reading. Index.
Learning to be a sage : selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, arranged topically
Students and teachers of Chinese history and philosophy will not want to miss Daniel Gardner's accessible translation of the teachings of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)--a luminary of the Confucian tradition who dominated Chinese intellectual life for centuries. Homing in on a primary concern of our own time, Gardner focuses on Chu Hsi's passionate interest in education and its importance to individual development. For hundreds of years, every literate person in China was familiar with Chu Hsi's teachings. They informed the curricula of private academies and public schools and became the basis of the state's prestigious civil service examinations. Nor was Chu's influence limited to China. In Korea and Japan as well, his teachings defined the terms of scholarly debate and served as the foundation for state ideology. Chu Hsi was convinced that through education anyone could learn to be fully moral and thus travel the road to sagehood. Throughout his life, he struggled with the philosophical questions underlying education: What should people learn? How should they go about learning? What enables them to learn? What are the aims and the effects of learning? Part One of Learning to Be a Sage examines Chu Hsi's views on learning and how he arrived at them. Part Two presents a translation of the chapters devoted to learning in the Conversations of Master Chu.