February 11, 2025

Bhartiya Management - MMS - Elective Course - Syllabus - Prescribed Text Books - 2024-25

   Elective Course 4: Bhartiya Management

Course Credits: 2

Course Outcomes:

● CO1: Understand the management lessons from ancient Indian philosophy and texts

● CO2: Applying the contexts from Indian philosophy in management discussion

● CO3: Analysing the Indian philosophical approaches to Leadership, Sarvodaya, Satyagraha and Trusteeship

● CO4: Evaluating the impact of Indian philosophical approaches in management of self and life skills

● CO5: Formulate Bhartiya Management Thought for Management Decision making,

Leadership development

Unit / 

Module

Content CO 

Mapping

Hours 

Assigned

1 Bharatiya Management - Tenets & Relevance:

A. Tenets of Bharatiya Management : The synthesis of important dimensions of Indian Culture , Indian 

Philosophy & Management

B. Role & Relevance of Self-Management & Social development; Swami Vivekananda's Four Yoga 

(Bhakti, Karma, Jnana & Raja Yoga)

CO1, CO2 5

2 Human Values Enrichment & Dimensions of Good 

Governance: 

A. Human Values Enrichment: Significance of the Theory of the Purusarthas ( Dharma , Artha, Kama & 

Moksha)

B. Good Governance approach: Bhagvad Gita's approach on Lokasamgraha & Mahatma Gandhi's 

emphasis on Sarvodaya.

CO1, CO2, 

CO3

5

3 Management Lessons from Ancient Texts:

A. Management Insights from Mahabharata - Lessons of Strategic Management from Mahabharata & 

Bhagwat Gita

B. Management Lessons from Arthashastra

C. Management Lessons from Panchatantra

CO2, CO3, 

CO4

5


4 Leadership Lessons from Indian Philosophy: 

A. Philosophy of Yoga : Patanjali's Yoga

approach on Astanga Marga

B. Saptanga Model of Leadership: Reflections on

Kautilya's Arthashastra

C: Samkhya philosophy, ‘Guna’ concept of Indian 

Vedic philosophy

D: Rajarshi Leadership; Indian Philosophy and 

Servant Leadership

CO4, CO5 5

5

A. Focus on life Skills Management &

Significance of Indian scriptures

B. Indian Philosophy & context of Social Responsibility & Sustainable Development.

C. Trusteeship concept of Mahatma Gandhi

D. Practical Application of Indian Philosophical Principles in Business - Discussion on Case Studies

CO4, CO5 5

Text Books:

1. Management by Values, by Chakraborty S K

2. Values of Ethics for Organization: Theory and Practice,by Chakraborty S. K.

3. Rajarshi Leadership, by S.K. Chakraborty & Debangshu Chakraborty

Reference Books

1. Leadership & Motivation: Cultural Comparisons, by Debangashu Chakraborty, S.

K. Chakraborty

2. Spirituality in Management: Means or End?, by S.K. Chakraborty, Debangshu Chakraborty

3. Leadership and Power: Ethical Explorations, by S. K.Chakraborty, Pradip Bhattacharya

4. The Arthashastra - Kautilya (translation by L N Rangarajan), Penguin Books

5. Indian Models of Economy, Business and Management Paperback,

by Kanagasabapathi P, Third Edition, Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited

6. Economic Sutra: Ancient Indian Antecedents to Economic Thought, by Satish Y Deodhar, Penguin Portfolio


Other Suggested Reading:

1. https://ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in/mgmtp05/chapter/indian-thought-and-management/

2. https://ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in/hrmp01/chapter/246/

3. https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/92306/1/Unit-9.pdf


Vedic Management - Krishna Yajurveda Statements - Mantras

https://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2025/02/vedic-management-krishna-yajurveda.html


Vedic Business and People Management Related Statements in RigVeda - A Selection

https://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2021/12/vedic-business-and-people-management.html


Rig Veda and Functions of Management - Planning to Control

https://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2022/05/rig-veda-and-functions-of-management.html


Vedic Management - Management Related Statements in RigVeda - Areas of Management

https://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2021/10/vedic-management-management-related.html














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