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Now in Marathi, Canakya's Arthasastra deals with the different aspects of managing a kingdom, including management of men. The principles contained in Canakya's work have the unique distinction of being used successfully in practice to achieve good results on a sustainable basis. The management principles used in the USA or in Japan are derived from their own cultural background. There exists enough evidence to show that these systems, even when meticulously and earnestly adopted in India, rarely take roots or produce the desired results. We need to look for those principles that make sense in our own social and work culture and which would hopefully deliver better results for all concerned - the customers, the investors, the employees and the society. This book on the management philosophy and practice of Canakya is the author's earnest attempt to help Indian readership to become familiar with the great work of the First Total Management Guru of the world.
After taking his degree in textile technology from the University of Bombay (Mumbai) in 1957 at 21 years, Mr. Ashok Raghunath Garde joined ATIRA ? Ahmedabad Textile Industry?s Research Association. His work at this premier cooperative research institute turned out to be multifaceted: starting with applied research in spinning and weaving, he became a well- accepted consultant and trainer in technical and managerial areas for cotton based textile mills. Two ?ATIRA Silver Jubilee Monographs? which he wrote together with his senior Mr. T.A. Subramanian in 1974, based on the consultation and research work done at ATIRA, made his name known in the textile field in India and abroad. Mr. Garde has contributed to 9 more books, conceptualized TABLETS - Textile Association BookLETS for continued education, and edited Spinning TABLETS. He was Honorary Editor of the Journal of the Textile Association for over 21 years. He has published over 260 papers, including 14 in German, and has presented papers at over 110 conferences, several of them overseas. In 1990, he became the 5th Director of ATIRA. He was fortunate to be able to exploit available opportunities to turn around ATIRA, with the help of his senior colleagues, in a short span of 7 years.
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