Essays, Commentaries, Jottings, Photography, Videos – In the Light of Sri Aurobindo
Regular visitors to Matriwords are familiar with our ongoing research and study that explores Sri Aurobindo's social philosophy to understand the deeper psychological foundations of some of the emerging theories and practices in the field of Business Management Studies. The three academic essays written as a result of this study, under the title "The Organisational Cycle" have been published over... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 1 REGULATED ACTION AND FOURFOLD ORDER OF SOCIETY Man is a fourfold being. In him operates the fourfold force of the soul. He is a worker and a skilled craftsman; he is engaged in commerce; he is a warrior and a conqueror; he is also a seeker of knowledge and a savant.... Continue Reading →
Given that money is in the news these days, especially in India, a lot is being said and written about money and economic development these days. We also published two short columns on our blogs (see here and here). We think that it is also an appropriate time to take a closer and deeper look at the Indian... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 4 Published in the February 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 128-146. An Inwardly Guided Decision-Making Approach What does this all mean for how we should make a decision? Or how we should resolve the crisis within when we don’t know what is the right thing to do? Again, this... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 3 Published in the February 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 128-146. Becoming Conscious For the purpose of our ongoing analysis, it is important to emphasise that a process of becoming self-conscious requires us to not only be aware of these different parts of our being, but more importantly to gradually... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 2 Published in the February 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 128-146. Looking Within This need to discover new powers and means within oneself opens the path to knowing oneself. The well-known management thinker, Steven Covey stressed the importance of this knowledge when he speaks of the second of... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Published in the February 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 128-146. Model-based Scientific Decision Making and its Limitations It is very typical of human reason to develop some kind of systematic model to represent the diverse set of variables present in the existing reality. We find examples of such... Continue Reading →
Published in the February 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 128-146. This paper is part of our ongoing research series, The Organisational Cycle. The series is based on our ongoing study of Sri Aurobindo’s social philosophy as presented in his work, The Human Cycle. It is an attempt to explore how some of the fundamental ideas presented in The... Continue Reading →
This is the concluding part of the series. Continued from Part 5 Published in August 2015 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 134-157. SHORTCOMINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT, BEYOND THE AGE OF REASONING Major criticism of the scientific management was that it tended to make workers into robots or machines. Several social scientists referred to... Continue Reading →
Continued from Part 4 Published in August 2015 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 134-157. OUTCOME OF THE AGE OF REASON: THE SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT It was believed that the capabilities of science can not only transform the physical world but also the arena of management. Scientific management introduced a novel way of organizing labor... Continue Reading →
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