Evolution of Management Thought
Although I have been a long-time student of Management Thoughts, there have been a few specific occasions, which gave me opportunities to give expression to my studies of Management Thoughts. (1) In 1979 at the Silver Jubilee Convention of Bombay Productivity Council, the theme of the convention was "Management Perspectives for the '80's". The first session was devoted to "Management of Men". During the discussions, I put forth an observation as follows - In the context of Industrial productivity, it is generally considered that in an industry there are two classes of people - the workers and the Management staff. It is also generally considered that the workers are not as motivated to Corporate goals as the management staff is. Responsibility of motivation of the workers vests or should vest with the management. The episode of गीतोपदेश arose, because Arjuna all of a sudden lost his motivation to fight. As the manager on the spot it became Lord Krishna's...