Tag: administration

• Going beyond “Management by Exception” – introducing “Management by Inaction”!

  If you have heard or read a little about management/administration theories, then you must have heard about “Management by Exception” (MBE). This simply means that the managers or bosses intervene in the work of their subordinates only when there is a deviation from the set goals/standards/parameters. Until and unless, the subordinates are achieving the set…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Sep 30, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, organization-theory, philosophy, public administration

  administration, company, goals, management, Management by exception, Management by Inaction, management theory, MBE, MBI, organization, subordinates, superiors, theory

• Journey from accumulating power to empowering others

  The concept of power is a very beautiful yet perplexing one. Power, in simple terms, is the “ability to get things done”. This definition is very simple yet very profound. Anyone who has the ability to get things done has power or can be considered as powerful. For example, if you can purchase a car,…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Aug 14, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, India of our dreams, Indian democracy and polity, organization-theory, philosophy, public administration

  ability, administration, authority, bureaucracy, citizen, democracy, empowerment, government, money, public administration

• Good planners, but bad executioners- the missing link?

  Since independence, there is one area where we have done great job! It is in planning things for welfare programmes, developmental initiatives, law & order, administrative reforms etc. For example, “Gareebi Hatao” as a policy goal was expounded in 1970s. When it was announced, there was much fanfare around it, elaborate planning would have been…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jun 15, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, India of our dreams, organization-theory, philosophy, public administration

  administration, bhagya, destiny, development, execution, fatalism, future, government, planning, present

• Do we really need a Chanakya in the current scenario?

  Philosophy of साम, दाम, दंड, भेद (saam, daam, danda, bheda)- a critical review A little while ago, I heard a politician making a remark that “saam, daam, danda, bheda, etc. whatever is to be used for winning elections, we will use that”. Sometime back, one of my acquaintances was telling me that in politics “saam,…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Aug 20, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, philosophy, Random moorings, The values of humanity

  administration, Arthashastra, bheda, Chanakya, daam, danda, diplomacy, ethics, goal, human values, humanity, Means-end, money, morality, politics, polity, power, realpolitik, saam, society, statecraft