The harmonious existence of spirituality and management creates healthy, happy and creative individuals who enhance the quality of work and productivity and ensure better service to the customer.
Spirituality, religion, ethics and humanism - all these belong to a common genre of human pursuit. Spirituality and religion have a transcendental dimension, while ethics and humanism are concerned with secular values.
The world of business has been ignoring the lessons of the above disciplines because of its perception that religion is sectarian, spirituality is mysterious, ethics is impractical and humanism is inefficient. It is only of late that business leaders have discovered the importance of spirituality and ethics in business and human resource development.
The business world is increasingly appreciating the importance of people in creating value and wealth. There was a time when it was believed that capital and technology were the critical factors in wealth creation. Today, dominant thinking is that innovation is the most vital factor in business and that individuals are the source of innovative ideas. Along with innovative ideas, a motivated workforce focused on shared goals, with a feeling of belonging to the organization, constitutes the core competence of a business organization. It is in this scenario that business is looking towards spirituality for insights and values that can be applied in personnel management and human resource development. |
