Sharda S. Nandram

Synchronizing leadership style with integral transformational yoga principles

In Chap. 16, Sharda Nandram presents with the principles of Transformational Yoga, a leadership style which she applies to a case study involving a multinational company, Wipro. The idea behind this model is that there are behaviors needed at the physical, vital, mental, and psychic levels in order to work on the spiritual level. The model defines the tasks needed at each level of an organization.

Introduction: Exploring Possibilities for a New Paradigm

In Chap. 1, the editors, Sharda Nandram and Margot Borden, present the trends in management and the role spirituality currently has. It elaborates on the definition of spirituality in the context of management and describes the application of the resource-based view on the concept of spirituality to offer the readers a new management paradigm.

Organizational innovation and integrated care: lessons from Buurtzorg

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the case of Buurtzorg Nederland as a good practice example of integrated care, focussing in particular on the organizational aspects of its innovation. As the field of integrated care is still in many ways in its infancy, it is hoped that lessons learned could help other agencies and other systems seeking to reform community-based care. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on a grounded approach, this case study is based on individual interviews with 38 respondents comprising staff, founder, co-founders, coaches, nurses, clients and a trainer and analysis of internal company reports. Findings – Based on the case study the authors suggest an integrated approach as the main explanation of the good practice at Buurtzorg rather than a focus on one single concept such as management structure, information and communication technology, community-based care or a patient focus. Next to the multi-level approach it furthermore shows a multi-dimensional approach as ...

The problem of rape in India : A multi-dimensional analysis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the problem of “Rape” in India from multiple perspectives and recommend measures for mitigating this crime from the country. Using the much highlighted incident of gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, India on 16 December 2012, the paper analyses the behaviour of the various parties involved in the case with the help of some sociological and psychological theories. Design/methodology/approach – A structured investigation through the technique of root cause analysis was applied to the gang rape case of 16 December 2012 to identify the true cause of the problem of rape and suggest the actions necessary to eliminate such reoccurrences in future. Findings – The analysis of the problem of rape in general and the gang rape case in particular presented numerous causes for this problem. Considering the complexity of question the authors have presented a multi-dimensional response to this problem. Research limitations/implications – Due to the sensitive natur...

Spirituality and Business

In Chap. 2, Sharda Nandram provides an overview of issues on spirituality and some definitions of spirituality in both nonacademic settings and academic literature. She makes a distinction between inner and outer spirituality. She explains the types of knowledge based on the work of Sri Aurobindo and the work of Harman on the epistemology of consciousness and discusses how these can help to explore spirituality in a scientific framework.

Vedic learning and management education

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how management education in India can benefit from applying a Vedic Learning style. It argues that transformational learning, a key to transforming mindset, also increases the importance of ethical behavior in management education. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature review of Vedic education principles and transformational learning. It focusses on how to apply it in the management education. Findings – It presents an analysis of Vedic Learning, the Indian mindset and the role of transformational learning in Indian management education. While there is a decline in practicing Vedic Learning in India, in fact, it carries a huge potential for all-round development which would transform management education. The paper proposes ingredients for management education following Vedic Learning in terms of philosophy, designing programs, teachers role, teaching environment and by integrating different types of skills for management. Prac...

The spiritual features of servant-leadership

In Chap. 19, Sharda Nandram and Jan Vos write about the spiritual foundations of Servant-Leadership. According to them, Servant-Leadership can be approached as a means to create a meaningful workplace for all of the stakeholders involved in an organization. It involves authenticity, listening to, and empowering employees. They explore the Servant-Leadership model as an alternative perspective for the development of a new leadership paradigm to give employees a higher level of meaning and to contribute to the transformation of the workplace.

Integral Transformational Coaching

In Chap. 12, Keizer and Nandram present the concept of Integral Transformational Coaching based on the concept of Flow and its effects on work performance. Integral Transformational Coaching is a method that prevents and cures unhealthy stress and burnout. They draw on some tried and tested spiritually based insights from the schools of mindfulness, coaching, and mental fitness. Their model is suitable for diagnosing and transforming individuals by a holistic coaching process that addresses behavior, thinking, feeling, and believing.

Leadership and Authenticity: The case of Buurtzorg Nederland

The research question of this chapter is to study the relationship between leadership and Yoga where Yoga is seen as an approach to view the world and a way to enhance virtuous behavior. So far leadership has been studied as style, an attribute, or trait. New models propose it as an activity. Here we propose leadership as a cognition and a virtue. The virtues of people are fueled by their authentic nature. Leadership and authenticity have been looked upon from various philosophical perspectives. The following pattern has emerged while studying a good practice in the community care “Buurtzorg Nederland.” There are three expressions of authentic virtues in this case: needing, rethinking, and common sensing. The Yogic intellectual capacity of Vivekam Buddhi acts as a way to enhance authenticity. It is argued that Yama and Niyama, that embody the psychological limbs of Yoga, act as the authentic virtue which creates the foundation for the Yogic Leadership. The basic Yogic principles of Abhyasa and Vairagya have been found in the role of leadership as a way to enhance authenticity as a virtue. They act like determinants along with Vivekam Buddhi (discriminative wisdom) in the proposed conceptual model of authenticity among leaders who takes a client center or customer center perspective in their organizing processes and decision-making design

Social entrepreneurship competence: evidence from founders of social enterprises in Romania

Social entrepreneurship has been defined until now by borrowing insights from commercial, Schumpeterian entrepreneurship as well as a new way of looking at non-profit work (Peredo and McLean, 2006; Short et al., 2009). Inspired by the use of a competence perspective to define entrepreneurship (European Commission, 2005), our main purpose in this article is to apply a competence perspective to social entrepreneurship, using a multidimensional framework. We start by looking at social entrepreneurship in the context of commercial entrepreneurship research. Next, we describe the concepts of competence and entrepreneurial competence as building blocks for our view. Then, we describe the research of the concept of competence for social entrepreneurship among 103 founders of social enterprises in Romania. Our main findings suggest that social entrepreneurship competence is comprised of a large spectrum of social and functional competences (rather than cognitive competence) and motivation to solve social problems.