Modern Management in the Biblical Context: An Exploration

Abstract

All disciplines are rooted in their past. The conceptual framework of the discipline, theory and principles of the same has evolved historically from different social events and necessities. Our Great Epics like Bhagavat Gita, Vedas and Upanishats are treasures of knowledge; reflect the social organizations, events and social philosophies of that time and at the same time having multidimensional implications both in social and individual life and in different disciplines. The disciplinary relevance of such epics is one of the least explored research areas. The management as a separate discipline has evolved and developed only in the beginning of the 20 th Century. But the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of the same are rooted from the time immemorial. This paper analyses and evaluates the Biblical events and narrations having modern managerial theoretical and practical implications. For this, the modern management principles suggested by Henry Fayol are subjected for evaluation in the light of Bible in order to explore the contributions made by the Biblical events and narrations in the construction of theoretical and conceptual foundations for modern management theory and practice.