National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : HS1318 : Management and Ethics through Applied Ancient Wisdom { 3-0-0 / 3}

Subject Nature : Theory

Coordinator : Prof. Surabhi Verma

Syllabus

Unit 1: Introduction to the Discipline- Introduction to the Management and Ethics, various disciplines of Indian Education System, importance of science dealing with management and ethics, Treatise dealing with the management and ethics, fields of management, practices dealing the ethics.
Unit 2: Individual Governance- Management and ethical practices at the level of Individual, routine and conduct, conflict resolution at individual level, the concept of attachment and detachment, theory of selfless service, decision making, selection of best among the options.
Unit 3: Social Control- The concept of rights and duties, preservation of morals, violation of rules – justified or unjustified, the significance of relative profits, importance of devotion and commitment, leadership, accepting of challenges, welfare –its meaning and types, preservation of welfare of state and people.
Unit 4: Governance Procedure- Appointment of the ministers, duties of Government superintendents, treasury, spies, royal writ, Judiciary and punishment
Unit 5: Economic Dimension- Management and Ethics in Business, Human Resource Management, Ethical practices, leadership, quality preservation, Management Accounting, Body of income of the state, collection of revenue, forty ways of embezzlement of the revenue, punishment for the embezzlement of revenue, expenditure, Loss and Profit, Keeping up the Accounts, Recovery of Debts, Deposits of the state, Resumption of the gifts, Remission of Taxes.
Unit 6: Political Dimension- Six fold Policy- War, Combination of Powers, Agreement of Peace with or without definite terms, Double Policy, Circle of States, Conduct of Corporations, Secret means, planning of different Vyuhas in War.

Course Objectives

  • Cultivating strength and leadership quality among the students.

Course Outcomes

1. Knowledge about Management and Ethics based on Ancient Wisdom will provide the students basics to deal within oneself, industry and state policies. <br />2. This course will provide skills needed to be cultivated for attaining leadership qualities.

Essential Reading

  • Sri. Vacaspati Gairola, Arthashastra of Kautilya, Chaukhambha Vidyabahavan , Varanasi, India, 2013.
  • none, Srimadbhagvad Gita, Gita Press , Gorakhpur, India, 2017.

Supplementary Reading

  • S.D. Chamola, Kautilya Arthashastra and The Science of Management, Hope India Publications , Gurgaon, India.
  • none, Kautilya’s Arthashastra: The Way of Financial Management and Economic Governance, Jaico Publishing House , Mumbai, India.