Abstract
Management challenges for any CEO are perennial, especially with people, processes technical, admin or legal and productivity. These three are interlinked and an expert CEO has to understand the linkage and how to make optimum use of the best output. It is a perennial process beginning with the self of the CEO and translating it to the people till the end result. Mahatma Gandhi the spiritual leader of India is a wonderful case study for many fields like management, leadership, politics, law and governance, spirituality and religion, economics etc. He has often be referred to by economists for his economic philosophy and practices in developing a nation economically and socially. He is also a study in finer elements of management like dealing with people, communication, process also called means and ends by him and ultimate productivity in terms of human output and products. In the fast-changing, dynamic and intensely competitive business environment, what can the CEOs and managers learn from Gandhi? What aspects of his life and work can be a guiding force to the industry leaders of today? How was Gandhi also a CEO who not only had a vision, leadership charisma and meticulousness till the end in execution? How would he have envisioned the various projects from mass movements to the establishment of innumerable institutions?
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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CEO-Manager, Management, People, Processes, Productivity, Business Leadership
