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KARPAGAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COIMBATORE -641 105 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES MBA I YEAR SEMESTER I (2010-12) 108390007- INDIAN ETHOS AND VALUES LESSION PLAN Name of the Faculty: M.Lors Porseena Course Objective: Indian Ethos is all about what can be termed as national ethos. Formally, the body of knowledge which derives its solutions from the rich and huge Indian system of ethics (moral philosophy) is known as Indian Ethos in Management (IEM). Is IEM some kind of Hindu concept of management? Certainly not. Management is behavioral science and it has to be culture specific. IEM has as its basis, the culture base of India and as a country whose culture has its roots in religion - it does draw its lessons from the religions of the land - be it Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other. Hourly Plan of topics to be covered:
Hour No Topics to be covered References Unit I INDIAN MODEL OF MANAGEMENT Books 1,2 Indian ethos : need, purpose and relevance Indian ethos: model of management in the Indian social political environment Distinctive feature of Indian ethos of management Indian heritage in business and management - quality Indian heritage in business and management economics of giving Assignment and Selfstudy

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Assignment (1) The matrix of vendantic philosophy and wisdom in aid of contemporary management and Indian heritage in business & management

Indian heritage in business and management law of karma; Introduction Law of Karma

The matrix of vendantic philosophy and wisdom in aid of contemporary management Unit II ETHICS (BUSINESS AND TEACHING) Religious view in business ethics

9 10 11 Ethical polity in business Scholars view on ethics Assignment (2) 12 Ethics in teaching Books 1,2 Ethical views on business and teaching

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Relevance of value in management

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Need for values in global change Indian perspective Unit III VALUES Books 1,2

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Purpose of values in business Science and human values Aristotle view on ethics to values Application of values in management Holistic approach for managers in decision making

Assignment (3) Science and human values, Aristotle view and stakeholder perspective

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Trans-cultural human values -introduction Trans-cultural human values in management Secular versus spiritual values in management Stake holders perspective in management Unit-IV INDIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GENERAL AND FUNCTIONS Of MANAGEMENT

24 Planning as a function of management 25 Organizing as a function of management Importance of leadership function in management Control as a management function Books 1,2, Assignment (4) Functions of management, holistic approach and organization behavior

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Function of communication in management Importance of decision making in the organization Approaches in management function

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Organization behavior and its implication to business Unit V SELF MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING TRENDS

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Indian education system Ancient Indian education system

Seminar

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Growth of Indian education system and the lesion form the system Lack of clarity about role and goal Time Management introduction and techniques Stress management and anger management Corporate governance and relevance of Gandhian thought for contemporary managers Books 1,2 Assignment (5) Clarity of goal and role and Indian ethos & corporate governance

Revision/discussion 39 40 41 42 43 Revision Revision Revision General Seminar General Seminar

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General Seminar

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General Seminar

Book no 1 2

Author name Nandagopal, Ajith Shanker Biswanath Ghosh

REFERENCES Book name Indian ethos and values in management Ethics in management and indian

Publication TMH VPH

Edition 2010 2009