3Continent Master of Global Management 2013-2014
Graduate School of Business Administration
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Indian Spirituality and Leadership
Instructor: Professor Satya Chaitanya
Contact:
09470357129; [91] 0657-2436251
Course Readings:To be supplied to the students
Books for Reference
The Bhagavad Gita
The Dhammapada
Mahabharata Shanti Parva
Bringing Yoga to Life: Donna Farhi
The Yamas and Niyamas: Deborah Adele
Introduction and Course Objective
The job of an executive today is more challenging than it has ever been in the past. His pace of work is hectic and unrelenting, and the content of his work is varied and fragmented. His responsibilities involve supervising, planning, organizing, decision making, monitoring, controlling, representing, coordinating, consulting and administering and he is called upon to play the leader role, the liaison role, the entrepreneur role, the disturbance handler role and the negotiator role, to mention just a few. And he has to do all these under severe constraints of numerous kinds imposed upon him.
In order to be able to effectively meet the challenges of this situation and to thrive under them, executives today need an inner core of serenity, rootedness and flexibility as well as the different competencies these develop such as energy, drive, passion, intelligence, imagination, creativity and so on. Indian Spirituality and Leadership is a course designed to help this universally felt need of future executives.
Course Content
- Spiritual Foundations of Managerial Effectiveness
- The Gita, Karma Yoga and India’s Philosophy of Performance Excellence – 1
- The Gita, Karma Yoga and India’s Philosophy of Performance Excellence – 2
- Yoga, Meditation and the Modern Executive
- Self-Management: Taking Charge of Self to Lead Self and Others
- Stress Management and Its Seven Dimensions
- Leadership Excellence and the Gunas
Methodology:
The course will be taught through lecture cum discussion sessions. The participants are expected to read and reflect on the relevant reading materials provided to them before coming to class so that they can effectively participate in classroom discussion. Much of the learning shall come from classroom discussions; hence attendance in all classes is mandatory.
Classroom Code of Conduct
-Carefully read the 3C MGM Programme Academic Policies.
-Class attendance is essential to your learning. Unauthorised absence will automatically reduce your course grade.
-Use of Laptop, Tablets or PDAs in class is to be avoided
Evaluation Pattern
As per institutional policies.
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