Synopses & Reviews
The accelerating spread of mammon worship, galloping commercialization of science, technology and academia along with the crumbling traditional norms which upheld social conduct, have all combined to produce increasing evidence of worrisome abuse and misuse of power in all channels of life. The book examines this global problem from multiple perspectives.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
A: Secular Insights
1. Leadership Power: Development and Application, R. K. Dasgupta
2. Management of Power in Government and the Corporate World, Hiten Bhaya
3. Management of Power in Society: Some Lessons from Tagore, Guttorm Floistad
4. The Feminine in the Management of Power, Shashi Mishra
5. Managing Power among the Vanquished: The Question of Cultural Values in Postwar Japan, Sugita Yoneyuki and Marie Thorsten
6. Management of Power: The Indian Ethos, Hiren Mukherjee
7. The Nature and Operation of Power in Society and Organizations: An Interdisciplinary, Neo-Weberian and Ethical Framework, Milan Zafirovski
8. Use and Abuse of Secular and Sacred Power, Arabinda Basu
B: Spiritual Insights
9. Spiritual Power and Social Action: Some Lessons from Swami Vivekananda, M. V. Kamath
10. Management of Power: The Approach of Mahatma Gandhi, Rajmohan Gandhi
11. The Trajectory of Power: From Control to Self-control, Peter Pruzan
12. Wisdom Power: Beyond Rational Humanism, S. K. Chakraborty
13. Management of Power n Sri Aurobindo: The Ascent from Self to SELF, Manoj Das
14. The Corporate High Road: The Power of Spirit, William C. Miller
15. Gandhi and Power, Gedong Bagoes Oka
C: Applied Insights
16. The Anarchic Power of Money, Ross McDonald
17. Managing Power in Independent India: Executive, Judiciary and Business, C. R. Irani
18. Managing Power: Corporate Humanism, Pradip N. Khandwalla
19. Bureaucracy and Power, P. S. Appu
20. Corporate Social Responsibility: Minimizing the Abuse of Power, Bruce Lloyd
21. Management of Power in the Defense Services: Values Dimensions, Shankar Roychowdhury
22. Management of Power: Indian Private Business Organizations, S. Ambirajan
23. Managerial Power Over Meaning: Whither Human Values?, Bengt Gustavsson
24. Power in Politics: Ethical and Moral Dimensions, Madhu Dandavate
25. Managing Power: A Bureaucrat's View, M. N. Buch
26. Judicial Power: A Management Mess?, V. R. Krishma Iyer
D: Sagacious Insights
27. Management of Power in Ancient Indian Literature: A Brief Survey, Shekhar Sen
28. Management of Power: Lessons from the Ramayana, C. Panduranga Bhatta
29. Management of Power: Insights from Mahabharata, Pradip Bhattacharya
Index