000 01721nam a2200157Ia 4500
020 _a0670081310
082 _a658.4092
_bGOP
100 _aGopalakrishnan, R.
245 _aCase of the Bonsai Manager : lessons from nature on growing
260 _aNew Delhi
_bPenguin Books India (P) Ltd.
_c2007
300 _axxiv,264p.
500 _aCONTENTS : FOREWORD vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi SECTION I: ANALYSIS AND INTUITION 1. REFLECTIONS ON ARABIA 3 Intuition from the edges of analysis SECTION II: THE LEADER'S INTUITION 2. WHAT INTUITION IS 15 The idea of the 'BRIM' 3. DEVELOPING INTUITION THROUGH THE 'BRIM' 28 The value of anecdotes 4. LEARNING WHAT IS NOT TAUGHT 40 The nature of management SECTION III: INTUITION THROUGH VARIED EXPERIENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS 5. THE STUNTED CROCODILE 51 Learning from varied experiences 6. THE SNAIL AND THE LOBSTER 68 Learning from threats 7. BLUE TITS AND ROBINS84 Learning through sharing 8. THE FALCON AND THE ARAB 95 Learning through coaching SECTION IV: INTUITION THROUGH CONTEMPLATION AND REFLECTION 9. ARRIBADA OF THE TURTLES111 Renewing leadership 10. RICH ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH INTERDEPENDENCE133 Less resource promotes cooperation 11. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS147 When groups are wiser 12. BIRTH OF THE BUTTERFLY164 The inevitable pain of change SECTION V: INTUTION THROUGH PERCEIVING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS 13. ANTENNAE OF THE CAVE CRICKET 191 Sensing and touching 14. HOMING PIGEONS 208 Listening to the inaudible 15. THE INTELLIGENTLY STUPID VERVET 221 Folly of missing the context 16. EYE OF THE FLY 236 Effective, rather than efficient, leadership REFERENCES 258 INDEX 261
890 _aIndia
891 _aMTM
999 _c4031
_d4031