The management bestseller book "Corporate Chanakya" written by Prof. Radhakrishna Pillai is based on relevance of Chanakya's tactics in today's corporate world.
He (leader) should constantly hold an inspection of their works, men, being inconstant in their minds.
Chanakya, an Indian monk and strategist is well known for his principles, ideas and his mighty intellectual valor of unifying India under one rule of Mauryan empire. Two books of Chanakya namely Chanakya Niti and Kautilya Arthashastra (economics) teach a lot and are relevant in today's world as well.
In this book, Radhakrishna Pillai has beautifully incorporated the essence of all 15 parts of economics written by Chanakya. He starts from ethics morality and takes the topic to very deep business understandings. His explanations interpretations of verses in Chanakya Artha shastra can change the way you look at your life. Must read for students, businessmen, entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs.
The book consists of 3 sections
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| Power |
1. Power :
This section involves responsibilities, dos and don'ts for a leader. How control the office, how to manage finances, how to deal with competition, etc are discussed with an artistic touch. The author relates the advises given to the Kings with modern day business leaders. It successfully delivers the knowledge without making a reader yawn.
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| Management |
2. Management :
Strategy, team work, dealing with employees is the core part of this section. Reading this section can make you a great time manager, and a master in organisational planning. This section elaborates how deep Chanakya used to think on every minute detail of administration.
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| Training |
3. Training :
This section is more useful to job seekers or newly joined corporate employees. It talks about how should one behave with boss, discipline at work place, how should you treat your juniors and how to train your subordinates perfectly.
Time to read : 2 Weeks
If you manage to read 1 hour per day(roughly 25 pages) you can complete this book in 2 weeks. Highlighting the important thoughts and verses by Chanakya is a good practice to take follow up.
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