Book Review from The Hindu Newspaper: Management ideas in the Tirukural

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

Tirukural is a tamil literary work composed by Thiruvalluvar and it

consists of 1330 couplets. To a greater extent in Tirukural,

Thiruvalluvar extracts the essence of Gita for ideal human behavior

for living. Ideal human behavior requires leadership qualities and

Tirukural (Tamil Gita) provides the lessons!

 

regards,

 

Ram Chandran

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Management ideas in the Tirukural

 

TIRUKURAL AND MODERN MANAGEMENT: S. Sundara Srinivasan; Minerva

Press, 13, Palam Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi— 110057. Rs.175.

 

BUSINESS and management in every society constitute an integral and

inalienable element of that society. It is, therefore, a logical

corollary that management and society will impinge upon each other a

mutual and reciprocal influence.

 

However, this does not preclude the postulate that the basic

management philosophy has an eternal and universal validity, which is

unbound by space and time; which is why we have a wealth of articles

and books relating to, besides reconciling and synthesizing, the

modern management thought with the traditional Indian ethos.

 

Saint Tiruvalluvar, in his Tirukural, has composed 1330 couplets,

divided into three cantos.

 

These are further subdivided into 133 chapters, each chapter devoted

to a select topic, containing 10 verses. In the words of the author

of this book: "It is a text for all human beings of all ages... .

Those who have studied the Tirukural will not be surprised to find

that a number of modern management techniques have their roots in

it."

 

This book extrapolates more than 180 couplets into the context of

current management precepts and practices; and expatiates upon their

timeless relevance and applicability. It contains nine chapters, of

which eight deal with different functions of management; whereas the

last chapter contains 20 case studies, which amplify and exemplify 20

couplets, at length.

 

The author has translated the verses into the anglicised format,

besides providing a gist of their meaning and his own commentary on

their significance for modern management.

 

The book will be found useful both by the teacher and the taught, in

the schools of management.

 

 

R. DEVARAJAN

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

advaitin, "Ram Chandran" <rchandran@c...> wrote:

> Namaste:

>

> Tirukural is a tamil literary work composed by Thiruvalluvar and it

> consists of 1330 couplets. To a greater extent in Tirukural,

> Thiruvalluvar extracts the essence of Gita for ideal human behavior

> for living. Ideal human behavior requires leadership qualities and

> Tirukural (Tamil Gita) provides the lessons!

>

> regards,

>

> Ram Chandran

> ==================================

>

> Management ideas in the Tirukural

>

> TIRUKURAL AND MODERN MANAGEMENT: S. Sundara Srinivasan; Minerva

> Press, 13, Palam Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi— 110057. Rs.175.

 

Namaste,

 

Tirukkural, first 108 of the 133 chapters, translated by the

late Swami Siva Subramania of Hawaii, as "Weaver's Wisdom', is online

at URL:

 

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/weaver/sectintro1.htm

 

[it also has the Tamil original].

 

Regards,

 

Sunder