Decision-Making for Managers : The Jataka Way

Luis S.R.Vas and Anita S.R.Vas

Published by Unicorn Books, 2010

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Contents Introduction 1 Crossing the Wilderness 2 A Good Friend 3 A Lesson for Kings 4 The Lion and the Crane 5 The Demon with the Matted Hair 6 The Great Monkey King 7 The Strong-minded Snake 8 A Gang of Drunkards 9 A Huge Lump of Gold 10 A Prince of Monkeys 11 The Green Wood Gatherer 12 Two Mothers 13 The Wicked Lady and the Buttermilk Wise Man 14 Country Man and City Wife 15 The Fish Who Worked A Miracle16 The Shovel Wise Man 17 A Motherless Son 18 The Bull Called Delightful 19 The Phony Holy Man 20 One Way Hospitality 21 Poison Dice 22 Fear Maker and Little Archer 23 The Careless Lion 24 Clear-sighted the Great King of the WorldThe Jataka stories over millennia have been seminal to the development of many civilisations the cultivation of moral conduct and good behaviour and the growth of a rich and varied literature in diverse parts of the world The Buddha himself used Jataka stories to emphasise the importance of certain moral values The stories have also been used in corporate management workshops on decision-making based on traditional Indian values which tend to be forgotten in todays cut-throat competitionThe authors have collected some of the Jataka tales and appended to each of them insights for enlightened decision-making The book concludes with a chapter which will help you tie up your newly discovered decision-making insights to modern management techniques so that your decisions make the best of both worlds 128 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decision-Making for Managers : The Jataka Way
• Publisher: Unicorn Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Binding: pbk