Introducing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to a Spiritual and ‘Superstitious’ India?

The Bhartiya (Indian) biocentric worldview and associated social responsibility as an integral part of society. Without any formal structures of social charity, the Bhartiya way of life is intertwined with social responsibility. Some of important concepts presented include: First being from Bhartiya traditional values and belief of nishkaam karm meaning selfless action. Second is the […]

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Exploring Indigenous Concepts of Public Administration: Learning for leadership and governance.

The discourses on public management majorly focus on the managerial approach in public sector organisation and employees. Public governance orientation is also focussed on decentralized institutions. Both are about instilling competitiveness and an attempt towards displacing the rule bound and hierarchical concepts of public Administration. Kincheloe and Steinberg (2008) suggested in their study on indigenous […]

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A Post-colonial Perspective towards Education in Bharat

The article explores what could be a post-colonial perspective to the education delivery. If we believe that majority of the problems faced in Bharat have their roots in the colonial residue left in the society post-Independence, we should explore what can be done today. For this exploration was made whether gurukul system of indigenous education can provide […]

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From growing convergence of spirituality and leadership towards a unified leadership theory

In recent times, researchers’ interest in understanding the nature of leadership’s relationship tospirituality has been fuelled by a striking commonality among successful leaders with regards totheir spiritual propensities. More so, now that the issues such as business ethics, socialresponsibility and meaningfulness in work are taking prominence in organizations, the need forresearch is being felt to […]

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