Singaporean Chinese rewrites Gita for managers
21 Oct 2013 5:22 AM IST
‘Management Efficacy - Wisdom from the Indian Bhagavad Gita and the Chinese Art of War’ reflects years of learning experience of businessman Charles Chow, who works on strategic interests of high potentials in Germany and India in education and environment through his East-West Group.
The book was released by Singapore minister for environment and water resources Vivian Balakrishnan at the Singapore Management University. Unlike the Chinese classic The Art of War that focuses on competition, ‘Bhagavad Gita’, deals with individual competitiveness, says Chow, a Roman-Catholic, in his introduction to the book.
Among the comparatives, the book looks at Genghis Khan’s ‘Art of Winning’ and Zheng He’s ‘Art of Collaboration’.
‘The Gita de-clutters the confusion between profit and purpose, and outlines tools and techniques for stronger corporate resilience and impactful leadership.’
‘To produce results, the focus must be on the delivery (process) instead of the deliverables (products). Gita rearranges commonly held perceptions about efficiency and effectiveness for efficacy, that is, to be really accessible, actually attentive and always appropriate - basically to be more aware of being aware,’ he says.
The book was released by Singapore minister for environment and water resources Vivian Balakrishnan at the Singapore Management University. Unlike the Chinese classic The Art of War that focuses on competition, ‘Bhagavad Gita’, deals with individual competitiveness, says Chow, a Roman-Catholic, in his introduction to the book.
Among the comparatives, the book looks at Genghis Khan’s ‘Art of Winning’ and Zheng He’s ‘Art of Collaboration’.
‘The Gita de-clutters the confusion between profit and purpose, and outlines tools and techniques for stronger corporate resilience and impactful leadership.’
‘To produce results, the focus must be on the delivery (process) instead of the deliverables (products). Gita rearranges commonly held perceptions about efficiency and effectiveness for efficacy, that is, to be really accessible, actually attentive and always appropriate - basically to be more aware of being aware,’ he says.
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