SCMS
Centre for Research on
‘New Management Thought’
School of Communication and Management Studies
(SCMS) has initiated a Research Cell for identifying
and encouraging research in to new thoughts in
management. This initiative is in collaboration
with Prof.Subhash Sharma (currently Director,
Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore)
who has done pioneering work in conceptualizing
different thoughts and ideas on new management
theories and frame works. Prof.Sharma has published
several articles and books on new ethos in management
drawing from some of the most valued documents
like Vedas.
Management thoughts have evolved over a period
of time, mostly in the west. Concepts were developed
and these were questioned resulting in new concepts
and paradigms. The work of Prof.Subahsh Sharma
has contributed to a general awakening on the
possibilities of developing new concepts in management
in India, following the Indian Management ethos.
SCMS also thought appropriate to get involved
in this new wave of inspired research on conceptualizing
new frame works and paradigms in management thought,
by drawing from the Indian ethos
Therefore SCMS has initiated some new research
in identifying “The Cultural Correlates and the
Concepts of Effective Management” in the context
of Kerala.
Another area where SCMS proposes to get involved
in researching is on “The Managerial Dimensions
of Development”. The word ‘development’ has several
connotations and applied meanings depending on
the ideological baggage, ingrained in the conception
of development. This ideological baggage also
gives colours and shades to concepts of effective
management. In the context of Kerala this is assuming
considerable importance as different political
parties have defined the ultimate impact of development
based on their political ideologies. Such thinking
also generates new questions on what is “Successful
Management” or “Project Management”, defined rigidly
from ideologically ordained development.
