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Disaster Management as a subject essentially deals with management of resources andinformation as far as a disastrous event is concerned and also how effectively and seamlessly one coordinates these resources. Disaster management, at the individual and or
DISCOVER ARJUNA.UNRAVEL THE REAL HERO IN YOU. Since time immemorial, Arjuna has come to embody strength, courage and valour. Legend has it that the great warrior from the epic tale Mahabharata, had excellent visual skills as demonstrated through the fabled Bird’s Eye shot. The stories of his sharp-sightedness and heroism have spread far and wide. Each one of us have Arjuna’s unwavering gaze to focus on our target and endeavour for the best. However, in our own lives, we are often unable to achieve our aims; we fail the allegorical Bird’s Eye test. Discover the Arjuna in You, based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, takes us through various phases of Arjuna’s life. It engages in t...
Citizen s Guide To Disaster Management: How To Save Your Own Life And Help Others is meant for general readers. Instructions given in the book can be used by any person for saving himself or herself, his or her family and also community, in case of a disaster. It is a comprehensive work which discusses both natural and man-made disasters. The author has provided a detailed discussion on what is disaster, the types of disaster and how to cope with them both during and after. Some of the salient features are: " Provides information on life-saving measures in case of disasters. " Familiarises the reader with the dangers inherent in various types of hazards and disasters. " Helps prepare a disaster plan for individuals, their business and the habitation. " Helps create a local disaster management cell in the affected area which would coordinate with like-minded people, local government agencies and active NGOs. " Helps prepare disaster supply kits to aid victims of a disaster.
This book is designed to meet the syllabus requirement of the Ethical Management taught at the BBA and MBA level. The book is highly structured, where the text is clearly divided into three sections Ethical Value, Value-based Management and Ethical Busi
This anthology examines how to cultivate human flourishing in the present-day boundary-less work environment. Anchored in the moral and spiritual dimension of well-being, it draws upon several allied fields such as workplace wellness in business and psychology. It utilizes findings from positive psychology, social psychology, organizational neuroscience, quantum physics, organizational behavior, and the world’s contemplative wisdom traditions to support the case for workplace flourishing. Chapters cover such themes as analyzing the cause of workplace disengagement and pathways to employee engagement; self-transformation as a prelude to transform organizations; and mindfulness as framework to enhance human flourishing. Research shows that organizations with higher levels of employee engagement routinely out-perform those with lower employee engagement. This book provides valuable insights into why employee well-being is such a powerful driver of employee performance and engagement and advances scholarship on how organizations can enhance workplace well-being and fulfillment.
Regular famines, frequent earthquakes, repeated floods, and similar natural calamities have always threatened human lives on earth. These environmental turbulences, in the recent times, have increased manifolds and the repercussions are felt day in and out. Uttarakhand was totally washed down by the 2014 Floods, Kathmandu got devastated by the 2015 Earthquake, and the list is endless. These increasing threats posed by the recurring natural disasters have made disaster management a prerequisite! This book provides various dimensions of Disaster Management, causes of disasters—both natural and manmade, threats posed and the ways of managing the same. Divided into 28 chapters, and organized i...
THE BHAGAVAD GITA COMES ALIVE is a brilliant new translation of India’s most enlightening sacred text. After 10 years of etymological and linguistic research, Jeffrey Armstrong | Kavindra Rishi's The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: A Radical Translation gets to the root of the Sanskrit-English translation conundrum and delivers the clearest, most universal and enlivening version of the Gita’s deep and profound wisdom ever written in the English language. It is essential reading for all seekers of wisdom. REVIEWS: https://gitacomesalive.com/pages/praise-for-the-translation BENEFITS OF THIS TRANSLATION: - Concise & easy to read. - True to the original meaning—has removed mistranslated words s...
This work grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on "Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being" sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The text considers multiple dimensions of health and well-being for workers and their families, children, and communities.
This reference work offers comprehensive perspectives on servant leadership. Featuring a cadre of leading world-class scholars, practitioners, and contributing authors from diverse fields of inquiry, it aims to collate research on servant leadership with a particular focus on its moral and spiritual dimensions.It is divided into sections that center on topics such as character, philosophical influences, diversity and inclusion, critiques of servant leadership as well as examples of servant leaders Though first introduced in the 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, the field of servant leadership is still lacking consensus on a definition and a theoretical framework. The goal of this reference work is to begin to fill this gap by assembling the scholarship of the top scholars in this field and providing a go-to source for information on the theory and practice of servant leadership. This handbook will serve as an essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students of organizational behavior, human resource management, and business ethics, as well as consultants and business leaders interested in discovering the best leadership models to suit contemporary organizations.
"Ever felt stuck or felt that learning has stopped? Do you have that zeal to be better than what you consider your best? At times, we need a nudge to come out of our comfort zone and reach the next level. We have an arsenal of nudges all around us that we fail to utilize—people. Both physically and virtually, people are a powerful source of personal growth. From soft skills to intrinsic qualities like grit and mental toughness, to extrinsic and domain skills, we have a vast library available to us at every single point in time. Reaching the Next Level puts you into the M.O.D.E, with the methodology of Mindset, Observation, Decision, Extraction, to capitalize on the amount of growth and qua...