Enlightened Management: Bringing Buddhist Principles to Work (Paperback)

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Product Description

• How to create a successful and harmonious business environment by bringing Buddhist principles to the workplace.

• Practical, time-tested methods that help transform your business environment into a productive and peaceful workplace.

• Includes a series of mental and physical exercises designed to help people cope with challenges they face when working in groups, offices, or industry.

The goal of management in most businesses, large or small, is to get people to work together successfully and harmoniously. This practical manual shows how Buddhist principles can be used to transform the workplace into a supportive, productive environment in which people are capable of maximizing their own potential. Using the ancient Tibetan text The Seven Points of Mind Training as its base, Enlightened Management shows how these time-tested methods can be used in a modern business environment with stunning success.

By applying Buddhist principles to the workplace the authors provide new insights into the true meaning of responsibility and the importance of focus. They teach how to relax under pressure and control emotions, and provide tips on constructive conflict resolution and understanding personal limits. More than just a book on achieving success, Enlightened Management is about creating happiness for all involved, employer as well as employee.

Packed with exercises and techniques tailored for today's workplace, Enlightened Management shows how to draw the best out of ourselves and our colleagues to create the productive, balanced, and happy office environment in which everyone dreams of working.

About the Author

Dona Witten is a management consultant for Ernst and Young and has served in similar roles for major companies such as IBM and Cadbury. She lives in Ohio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Park Street Press (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089281876X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892818761
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #899,275 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great ideas for relaxtion and enpowerment in management, October 6, 1999

By	"petsnme" (new albany, oh USA) - See all my reviews

I found this book to be interesting, well researched and her ideas on stress relief and managment principles were written in an easy to follow, likeable format. She involved the reader in an ancient world and plainly stated how these principles can be used in modern firms.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, August 30, 2006

By	Steve Burns "Life long learner" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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I had very high hopes for this book due to its title and was looking for how to more cohesively merge Buddhism with management in modern corporate America. My experience is that this book neither explained Buddhism correctly nor did it give good management principles. It was just some light reading and common sense. The meditation exercises at the end of the book were strange discussing different colors of light and using the four elements in meditation all that is needed is to focus on the breathe and observe thoughts without losing yourself in them, that is true meditation, simply sit. This book also focused to much time and effort on the self,which is the very thing we should be overcoming. This is a poor book on Buddhism and management.Keep Looking.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to Buddhist Principles at Work, July 10, 2006

By	M. Cleveland (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a terrific introduction to integrating Buddhist principles for Western business people. Part 1 of the book, written by an American business consultant, outlines the approach and discusses the basic tenets and how they apply to the business community. Part 2 contains practice exercises for general issues and specific concerns.
An excellent starter book for those interested in Buddhism in the work environment. Probably not appropriate for readers who already have a basic understanding.