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Routes to Reality: ManagerialµSAW¶

 Application of Science, Art and Practical

Wisdom to Management

Subhash Sharma

Dean, Indian Business Academy

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Typology of Knowledge

Explicit Knowledge

Tacit Knowledge

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Approaches to Knowledge Building

Nature of reality: Ordered-Not ordered

Basis of knowledge: Objective-Subjective

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Approaches to Knowledge Building

Subjective Phenomenology Multiple

views/Perspectives

Objective Newtonian Chaos theory

Ordered Not ordered

Structured Unstructured

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Concept of Ordered-SubjectiveReality

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Not ordered subjective

Metaphor of moving clouds

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Knowledge Generation Window

Dynamic Interaction Between Practitioners and Academician

 Academicians

Known Not known

Known Text books What they don¶t teach

Guides etc. at Harvard Business

school

Practitioners

Journals Black box 

Not Known

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Process of Converting Knowledge intoWisdom

Knowledge---Action---Reflection---Wisdom

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Grounded Praxis Approach(GPA)

Grounded Praxis Approach to Management Philosophy

Praxis:

P:Philosophy

R:Reality Reality Action

 A:Action

Linkage between philosophyand ground reality: Vision and Action

E.g. linkage between

Ideal-Real

Success as GPA/ Life¶s GPA! Measure ur GPA on ten point scale

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Wisdom Equation

W = R + I

Wisdom = Reason + Intuition

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Difference between Science, art andwisdom

Broken Glass Experiment

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Managerial SAW and Levels of Decision Making

Strategic level-------------Wisdom Strategic

Managerial level---------- Art Managerial

Operational ----------------Science Operations

Strategic

Managerial

Operations

Science Art Wisdom

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Illustrations of Managerial SAW

Division D-Vision Direct Vision

Conquest of Quest of Merging with

Everest Everest Everest

Conquering Living with Harmony with

Nature Nature Nature

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Illustrations of Managerial SAW

Division D-Vision Direct Vision

Feminism Women Compliment Yin-

Vs Men yang

integrationConflict Copn Harmony

model model model

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Illustrations of Managerial SAW

Division D-Vision Direct Vision

Labour Labour Labour 

Capital Capital Capital

in Conflict in Copn in Harmony

Lines of Lines of Lines of Conflict Copn / Connectivity

Confidence

(loc) (loc) (loc)

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Illustrations of Managerial SAW

Division D-Vision Direct Vision

Democracy Democracy Democracy

Without with with

Responsibility Res. Res. &

Dignity

(HarmonicDemocracy)

New Mantras « . 247-251  

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Illustration of Managerial SAW

Clash Dialogue Confluence

of civilizations of civilizations of civilizations

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Illustration of Managerial SAW

Division D-Vision Direct Vision

Clash of Dialogue of Confluence of 

Civilizations Civilizations Civilizations

(Huntington)

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Illustration of Managerial SAW

Strategy Direct Vision

D-Vision

Mktg Fin HR POM IT «(Division)

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Management as Science, Art &

Wisdom: Brain Metaphor 

Wisdom

Science Art(Left side ) (Right side)

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Four Routes to Reality

Spirituality

Science Art

Philosophy

Wisdom can also be defined as Spirituality +Philosophy

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Four Routes to Reality

Spirituality

Science Art

Philosophy