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以古老智慧打造现代商业领袖
2008-12-04
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LEAD WITH THREE-PART HARMONY 以古老智慧打造现代商业领袖
By Virginia Marsh 2008-12-01
Yoga, meditation and the teachings of the Hindu spiritual leader, Swami Vivekananda, are not usually among the components of a business education programme.
But the Indian School of Business, the Hyderabad-based institution established in association with the Wharton School and the Kellogg School of Management in the late 1990s, is set to change that with its new Centre for Leadership, Innovation and Change.
Clic is basing its teaching and research on three main areas and the interrelation between them: India's ancient wisdom traditions; cognitive science; and traditional western management theory.
“The bringing together of these three elements is what is unique,” says Prasad Kaipa, the centre's executive director, who divides his time between Hyderabad and Silicon Valley.
Wisdom traditions bring individuals “meaning, passion and commitment”, he says. The scientific and analytical elements provide “the tools and framework” while business practices give the “practical results and measurements”.
“If someone wants to become a global business leader they have to operate in the world of business, they have to use science and technology and they have to have a certain passion and meaning for what they do.”
Clic is the fifth of seven specialist research centres that ISB plans to establish. It already has centres in entrepreneurship, finance, IT and logistics/manufacturing. Still to come are real estate/infrastructure and marketing. Like the other centres, Clic's faculty will also be involved in teaching MBA and executive education students.
Prof Kaipa was initially drafted in to help design and develop the centre after first teaching in ISB's executive education programme. But he subsequently decided to take on its leadership, visiting Hyderabad six to eight times a year.
While ISB's MBA and executive education courses share many common features with business school programmes in other countries, the establishment of Clic and the other specialist centres was prompted by the desire to differentiate ISB as well as to conduct research relevant to the local environment.
“In terms of research, we said we would focus on emerging markets. There is certainly a gap as far as practices in these economies are concerned.” says Deepak Chandra, an ISB associate dean and a member of Clic's management council.
“If you look at research into management, it is largely being carried out in the west. What we found was that being anchored in India, we needed first to understand the Indian mindset and what holds people back.”
In addition, the school says western models are flawed, as witnessed by the corporate governance scandals of recent years, for example. Such failings give Clic an opportunity to develop new approaches in an economy that is growing in global importance.怎样防止脱发好用best expert forex排名好用吗不错左旋肉碱哪个牌子好祛痘怎样去除眼袋防晒腿部减肥方法卸妆如何保养脸部皮肤美白什么眼霜去细纹好补水润唇膏哪种好最好全身防晒什么牌子好
Specific areas of research already identified include leadership in family businesses, an important feature of the Indian economy. Another is leadership and change management in public sector organisations.
It is also interested in academic study of “softer” issues such as the role of emotional and even spiritual intelligence in developing resilient and results-orientated, yet caring, leaders.
As for the wisdom component, the school believes that many of the ancient principles that guide an individual's spiritual life are also relevant to business. “Clarity of intention” is one example given by Prof Kaipa. The puja, the Hindu ritual, starts with Sankalpam, the Sanskrit word for intention, helping the individual to focus. Similarly, clear intention is critical to success in business, says Prof Kaipa.
The scientific component reflects advances in the study of the brain in recent years, and is also a relatively new field even in the west.
“Employee engagement has become such an issue,” says Prof Kaipa. “What makes people learn? What motivates? How do people think?”
以古老智慧打造现代商业领袖
作者：英国《金融时报》维吉尼亚•马什(Virginia Marsh) 2008-12-01
瑜珈、默想以及印度教精神领袖辨喜(Swami Vivekananda)的教义，通常不在商业教育课程的范畴。
但印度商学院(Indian School of Business)新建的领导、创新与改革中心(Clic)行将打破这种局面。印度商学院总部位于海德拉巴，是上世纪90年代末与沃顿商学院(Wharton School)和凯洛格商学院(Kellogg School of Management)联合办立的。
Clic教学与研究的基础是三大领域及它们之间的关联：印度古老的传统智慧、认知科学以及西方传统管理理论。
该中心执行主任普拉萨德•凯帕(Prasad Kaipa)表示：“这三个要素的结合就是我们的独特之处。”凯帕的时间在海德拉巴和硅谷之间进行分配。
凯帕表示，传统智慧使人认识到“意义、激情和奉献”。科学分析要素提供“工具和框架”，而商业惯例侧重“实际结果和度量”。
“如果有人想成为全球商业领袖，他们必须在商业世界中经营，必须运用科学技术，必须对所做的事拥有一定的激情，理解其中的意义。”
印度商学院计划成立7个专业研究中心，Clic是第五个。该学院已设有创业、金融、IT和物流/制造中心，还将开设房地产/基础设施中心和营销中心。与其它中心一样，Clic的教员也将参与MBA及高管培训的教学工作。
凯帕曾在印度商学院教授高管培训课程。经过选拔后，他最初的工作是协助设计和建设Clic中心，但他后来决定挑起该中心的领导职责，每年到海德拉巴6至8次。
印度商学院的MBA及高管培训课程与其它国家商业院的课程有许多共同点，之所以成立Clic及其它专业中心，是希望印度商学院形成自己的特色，并开展与本土环境相关的研究。
印度商学院副院长、Clic管理委员会委员迪帕克•钱德拉(Deepak Chandra)表示：“在研究方面，我们说过我们会专注于新兴市场。就这些经济体的商业惯例而言，当然存在差距。”
“看看管理方面的研究，多数都是西方在开展的。我们发现，立足于印度，我们首先需要理解印度人的思维，理解是什么在阻碍人们。”
此外，印度商学院指出，西方模式存在缺陷，近几年的公司治理丑闻就是明证。西方模式的不足，使Clic得以在全球重要性日益上升的印度经济中探索新的方法。
已确定的具体研究领域包括领导家族企业，这是印度经济的一个重要特色。另一个领域是公共机构的领导与改革管理。
该中心也有兴趣就“软问题”展开学术研究，如情商甚或是灵商在培养适应能力强、以结果为导向但又关怀下属的领导人方面的作用。
至于智慧要素，该学院认为，许多指导个人精神生活的古老原则对商业也有意义。凯帕举出的一个例子是“意图明确”。印度教仪式puja就是以Sankalpam（梵语“意图”之意）开始，帮助个人集中注意力。同样，凯帕表示，明确的意图对商业的成功至关重要。
科学要素反映了近年来在脑研究领域取得的进步，这即使在西方也是相对较新的领域。
凯帕表示：“员工敬业度已成为这样的问题，什么促使人们学习？什么在起激励作用？人们怎么想？”
译者/岱嵩《FT商学院》
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