Course Outline

Management Perspectives-I
Trimester 1, PGPM (2010-12), IBA-GN

Course Faculty: Dr. Subhash Sharma

Dr. Divya Kirti Gupta
Credits: 1.5

Course Objective:

This course on ‘Management Perspectives’ takes us beyond the traditional ‘principles of

management’. Rooted in the syadvad (multiple perspectives) approach to life, it provides an
overview of various perspectives and viewpoints that influence the discipline of management as well
as practice of management. These perspectives are analyzed and synthesized to get an integrative
and integral view on the evolution and future development of management thought & management
theory and its linkages with social concerns. In essence, this course suggests the need for paradigm
shift from ‘principles of management’ to ‘perspectives on management’.

Learning Approach:

Learning methodology includes ‘issues analysis’ as well as 3D approach of Discussion, Dialogue

and Discourse (Domination Free Discourse). This is further supplemented by small group
discussions and experiential learning exercises.

Session wise Outline/ Themes

Session I: Concept of Management

Four Dimensional View of Management, Historical Perspective: From ‘Scientific Management’

to New Age Management, Nine M Framework (From Mind to Marketing), Concept of
Management as ‘Joy of Living’

Session II: Routes to Reality

Understanding Reality ‘Out There’, Approaches to Knowledge Building and Its Applications to
Management, Grounded Praxis Approach to Management

Reading: Ch 1 (wwed)

Session III: Views, World Views and Modes of Thinking

Implications of World Views for Management Theory and Practice, Pentagon Analysis of
Modes of Thinking, Spider Web Exercise on Modes of Thinking,
Nine Dimensional Analysis of Managerial and Social Issues

Reading: Ch 2 (wwed)

Session IV: Development Vision: An Integrative View

Development Matrix and Arrows of Development, ‘Viswa Vision’ and Viswa Matrix for
National/ Local/Regional and Global Development Linkages, Paradigms of Development –
 Economic Development, Sustainable Development, Holistic Development, Emancipatory
Approach to Development

Reading: Ch 6, 7, 8 & 9 (wwed)

Session V: Overcoming Cognitive Dominance

Techniques of Mind Liberation, Implications for Management Theory and New Knowledge
Creation for Competitive Advantage

Reading: Ch 3 , 4 (wwed)

Session VI: Managing in M* Form Contexts

India as a Matrix Society, Managing Dialectical Intensities, Grey Area Management, Order-
Disorder and New Order Framework of Change

Reading: Ch 5, 10 (wwed)

Session VII: New Age Management Models

New Concepts in Management: Theory K, Negergy-Synergy Grid, OSHA Model, ‘MBA”

Model of Decision Making, Yin-Yang Matrix, CINE Matrix etc.

Reading; Ch 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 (wwed)

Session VIII: Subaltern View of Management Practices in an Organization

Typology of Subaltern Views—Positive and Negative, Subaltern Humor and Subaltern

Creativity in Organizations- Implications for Management Theory and Practice, Common Man’s
Wisdom and Management Theories, Tapping Subaltern Creativity of Employees for
Competitive Advantage.

Reading: Ch 21, 25, 26 (wwed)

Session IX: Towards Human Quality Development (HQD)

HQD in Corporate Management, HQD for Corporate Development, HQD Models

Reading: Ch 22, 23, 24 (wwed)

Session X: Future Directions in Development of Management Perspectives

Towards Development of Sacro-civic Societies, Development of Corporates as Sacro-economic

Entities, CSR and Good Governance as Integral Aspects of the New Corporate Model

Reading: Ch 27, 28 (wwed)

Evaluation:
Exam 50 marks
Assignments 30 marks
Class Participation 20 marks

Foundational Book:
Management in New Age: Western Windows Eastern Doors (wwed), Subhash Sharma, New Age
International Publishers, New Delhi, 2006
Reference Books: See the list of books on pp.232-237 of wwed