The
economic scene today is going through a major upheaval with existing
paradigms not producing the desired results. We are realizing more
and more that no amount of fiddling with outer structures or systems
is going to solve the problems. Since the root causes are within us,
only a change in our attitudes, values, consciousness, can bring about
a lasting solution.
'Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management' (SAFIM) is a Centre
of Excellence in Management. Established by Sri Aurobindo Society,
Puducherry, Institute strives for an integral approach to management,
in all its multiple dimensions, based on a deeper vision of life.
ACCREDITATION
SAFIM is accredited
by National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) as"National
Centre of Corporate Governance".
(Ministry of Corporate Affairs,Government of India has set up the
National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) in partnership
with The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII),Institute of Company
Secretary of India (ICSI), Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
(ICAI), Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India (ICWAI) and
National Stock Exchange (NSE).
For details click here: http://www.nfcgindia.org/national_centre.html
ADVISORY BOARD:
Chairman: Justice
R. C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India
(Members in alphabetical order)
1. Dr. Abid Hussain, Former Indian Ambassador to USA
2. Dr. A. K. Balyan, MD & CEO, Petronet
3. Prof. Ashok Dutta, Director, IIM Shillong
4. Shri. Ashish Bhattacharjee, Director, Institute of International
Marketing, Kolkata
5. Shri. B. L. Bagra, CMD, NALCO, Bhubaneshwar
6. Prof. B. P. Bhatnagar, Former Vice Chancellor, J.R. Nagar Deemed
University, Udaipur
7. Shri. D. R. Mehta, Founder & Chief Patron, BMVSS and Former
Chairman, SEBI
8. Shri. J. K. Puri, Former President, ICWAI
9. Shri. M. M. Chitale, Former President, ICAI
10. Shri. N. J. N. Vazifdar, Former President, ICSI
11. Shri. R. Bandyopadhyay, Former Secretary, MCA, New Delhi
12. Shri. Justice R. C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India
13. Shri. R. Shankariah, Executive Director Finance, Jubilant Life
Sciences Ltd., NOIDA
14. Shri. Sunil Mitra, Former Finance Secretary, Govt. of India
15. Shri. T. N. Chaturvedi, Former Governor Karnataka & Kerala
16. Shri. T. S. Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner
THE
NEED
For
a long time, the art of management was based primarily on the development
of various skills, measured in terms of some hard bottom line indicators
like productivity, efficiency, profit, wealth creation or shareholder
value and, to some extent, on softer values like customer service,
quality, social responsibility and creativity.
There is, thus, renewed questioning of existing objectives, scope
and contents of business and management, and a search for a greater
and more fulfilling synthesis.
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THE
APPROACH
In
our approach, a human being is a four-fold being made of the body,
life (or the vital), mind and soul. Body is the most outer, physical
dimension of our being. The vital is the source of our sensations,
feelings, emotions, desires, passion, action and the vital energy
which animates our body and mind. The mind, in our conception, is
made of three parts: pragmatic mind which is the source of professional
competence and skill and works for the practical application of ideas
in life and action; rational intelligence which reasons, judges and
discriminates and generates ideas and concepts; the ideal, ethical
and aesthetic mind which is sensitive to higher values like truth,
beauty, goodness and harmony. And finally the soul, the fourth dimension
beyond the body, life and mind, which is above the rational mind,
deeper than the ethical and aesthetic mind, and is the seat of the
higher universal consciousness of the spirit.
The aim of this approach is to promote the harmonious and integral
development of all the powers, qualities, faculties and potentialities
of the four-fold being of man. However, our predominant emphasis will
be on the psychological and spiritual development of the individual.
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GOAL
The
goal here is to create an organizational environment which leads to
the integral development of the four-fold being of the individual.
Our central thrust is on the development of the individual. The development
of the group is achieved by ensuring that whatever inner development
the individual realizes in his consciousness is reflected in his outer
life - in work, action and relationship, in the material, economic,
social, political and cultural life of the organization. Thus there
is parallel and simultaneous development of the collectivity along
with the individual.
We are confronted with an evolutionary crisis between what man is
and what he can be. As the corporate world increasingly realises the
importance of higher motives in its workings, its objective is also
constantly evolving from profit maximization to customer satisfaction,
to corporate social responsibility, to sustainability, to knowledge
management, etc. But further steps remain to be taken. In a transformation
of human consciousness through a harmonious integration of our individual
and collective life lies the fulfillment of humankind's age long aspirations
and the solution to the crisis facing the corporate world today.
It is the aspiration and endeavour of SAFIM to work towards this transformation.
Vision
A beautiful and
harmonious equipment and organisation of outer life on the foundation
of a beautiful and harmonious Consciousness.
Vision is based on Integral Management
Integral
Management is the integration of human potential around Consciousness
which is the essence and source of human beings
The Objectives
1. To formulate
conceptual frameworks and methodologies through seminars, conferences,
publications, experiments, research and development in the area of
Spiritual and Value-based Management.
2. To design and
conduct management development and training programmes for students,
practicing managers and corporate leaders based on the concept of
Integral Management.
3. To develop
active, cooperative links with academic, professional and business
organizations with more or less similar aspirations or visions.
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ACTIVITES
SAFIM has taken up the following activities towards fulfilment of
this aim:
• Research
in the field of Integral Management.
• Arranged
talks and interactions, publication of books, audiovisuals etc.
• Conducting
seminars and conferences.
• Conducting
workshops for the non-managerial employees and
Engineering,
B-School students
and faculty members.
• Conducting
Management Development Programme for the corporate
executives.
The primary goal
of SAFIM is to carry out research in the field of Business Management
so as to develop a holistic insight into the human factor of an organization.
With Indian spiritual philosophy and psychology as a base we aim to
develop, demonstrate, and validate new and alternative systems of
transforming attitudes and values.
Publications
Our publications carry relevant research material explaining the concept
of Integral Management and its application. In this endeavour, we
have already published a few books and many research articles. These
articles are published mostly in reputed professional journals like
Journal of Human Values, IIM, Calcutta, Chartered Secretary, Chartered
Accountant, Quarterly Bulletin of the Association of Consulting Civil
Engineers (India), Vilakshan, Journal of Xavier Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar.
Books
Management by Consciousness by Dr. G.P.Gupta
India's Contribution to Management by Pravir Malik
Hollistic Management Compiled from Sri Aurobindo and The Mother
For a full list
of publications on Managment, please
click here.
Our monthly e-journal, "Fourth Dimension Inc. - Towards Integral
Management" (FDI), has already made its presence felt in corporate,
professional and academic circles.
URL: http://fdi.sriaurobindosociety.org.in
In FDI the following Topics we have covered:
1.
Dimensions of Creativity
2.
Work, Relationship and Meditation
3.
Is Nature She or It?
4.
Towards Integral Wellness: Individual and Corporate
5.
The Mighty Soft Revolution
6.
People: The Ultimate Bottom line
7.
Enron Syndrome
8.
Science of Accelerated Revolution
9.
Knowledge, Skill and Learning
10.Poise
of the Heart
Seminars
and Conferences
Formulating conceptual
frameworks and methodologies through seminars, conferences, experiments,
research and development in the area of Integral Management.
Download
Report of National Seminar 2010 PDF version
Developing
Cooperative links
Developing cooperative
links with individuals, voluntary groups and organizations, academic
and professional institutions, industrial and business organizations
in India and abroad.
Training
and Development Programmes
SAFIM strives to
bring together the best of Western management skills and technology
and the deeper values of Indian Yogic insights and fuse them into
a new synthesis.
Designing
& Conducting
Workshops, Training
Programmes for non-managerial employees and Engineering, B-School
students and faculty members.
Management Development
Programmes (MDP) for corporate executives.
Leadership Development
Programmes (LDP) for corporate leaders.
The main objective
of our module "Management by Consciousness" is to consciously
activate the hidden potentialities of consciousness and manifest them
in every activity of the corporate life. The topics are based on some
pressing needs of the contemporary corporate world. But our approach
is very different from the traditional training programmes. Our approach
is "within outward" relying mainly on the inner powers of
consciousness to bring the outer result. This explores the deeper
sources of every need, function and activity and seeks to consciously
fulfill the same in the outer activity.
Conducted Management
Development Programmes for Senior and Middle level Executives of some
renowned corporate like
NTPC, Oil India
Ltd.; PTC Financial Services Ltd.; ONGC; Rural Works Govt. of Odisha,
THDC Rishikesh, Dhamra Port Company; OHPC, Hindustan Paper Corp.ltd,
Sunrise Biscuit Co. Pvt. Ltd, Assam Petrochemicals Ltd, Assam Industrial
Development Corporation Ltd, Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited,
Assam State Electricity Board, Green Harvest India (Bio) Tech Pvt.
Ltd. Drugs India Pvt. Ltd, Torsa Machnies Ltd, Sterling & Wilson
Ltd, CESU; Trust Marketing; The Flavors India; Stickwell Industries;
Williams Hare; MBI Metalloys; NTrust Infotech; Nagarjuna Oil Corporation;
Siddhi Vinayak Fibre; Police Training School, Indore.
Faculty members
and students of various engineering and management colleges participated
like
IIM Shillong,
IIM Indore; ICSI New Delhi, SVNIT Surat; IMS Dehradun, SACAC New Delhi,
DIAS, New Delhi, A.D.Patel Institute of Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar;
SSB Intitute of Technology, Gandhinagar; VVP Engineering College,
Rajkot; Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Coimbatore; IIMT, Bhubaneswar;
SMV Engineering College, Puducherry; Sri Vaishnav Institute of Management,
Indore; Prestige Institute of Management, Indore, Institute of Management,
Dehradun, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore.
Resource
Persons
SAFIM is equipped
with the necessary training methodologies and a network of experienced
resource persons, from both academia and industry, who are strongly
oriented towards deeper values while being fully responsive to present
industry needs.
E-Learning
In an effort to
extend the effective reach of SAFIM's work in Corporate Training,
the Society has turned to distance learning and digital techniques.
The spread throughout the country of the electronic media has opened
up a new conduit for the diffusion of knowledge across the Globe.
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MANAGEMENT
TRAINING INSTITUTE
Matrikunj:
Learn and Grow Amidst An Organic Farm
Our International
Training Institute will be situated at 'Matrikunj', a peaceful organic
paradise. Foundation stone will be laid on 4th March 2012.
The word 'Matrikunj' means 'The Mother's Garden, 'a fitting name for
the 43 acre natural farm.
In 2003, the Sri Aurobindo Society developed Matrikunj into a centre
for research in natural farming methods, waste management, rain water
harvesting, green architecture and eco cooling.
Matrikunj is also located close to Usteri Lake, an oasis of lotuses,
birds, and many other wonders, in the Villupuram district of Tamil
Nadu, about 10km west of Puducherry.
We would like to invite the participation of management students,
faculty members and corporate executives to explore Integral Management
at our International Training Institute at Matrikunj, Puducherry.
All attendees will gain an understanding of the true fundamental principles
of Integral Management, which they will be able to use throughout
their career. Our methods of practice will help them visualize and
implement these tactics and practices to inspire themselves and others
towards a stronger, more integral organization.
Infrastructure:
We are dedicated to providing an environment that is conducive to
creating peace of mind for maximum creativity and absorption.
The training Institute complex will have a main conference hall, fully
equipped with the latest facilities and audio-visual equipment. The
hall will seat up to 300 persons with the option of dividing the hall
into work areas for 50 to 100 persons. There will also be smaller
rooms for break-out sessions.
A special emphasis will be placed on a healthy life-style. There will
be 100 fully furnished residential rooms for the participants and
the faculty, a fitness centre with a modern gym, a kitchen and dining
services providing healthy, organic food, a library, a computer laboratory
and a meditation hall. There will also be an auditorium to stage cultural
and musical programmes.
CONTACT
SAFIM
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management
Sri Aurobindo Society
Society House, 11, St. Martin Street
Puducherry 605 001. India.
Ph: 91-413-4209612, 2336396
Website
http://www.aurosociety.org
Email
info@safim.aurosociety.org
Download
SAFIM Brochure PDF version
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