Leaders as Managers: A Study of Entrepreneurial and Management Skills of Nation's Leaders

Abstract

This paper describes the qualities and managerial skills of entrepreneurs with special reference to Swami Vivekananda and Subhas Chandra Bose, who not only led the people of the country but also of the world. Going by the modern theories of Management, their personal, social and political actions establish them as managers and entrepreneurs of excellence. This paper examines the possibilities of managerial skills in the thoughts and actions of the spiritual and political leaders like Swami Vivekananda and Subhas Chandra Bose. With an appropriate evaluation of their worth, it also explores if the principles and values propagated by them hold any relevance in a different set up or organisation in the modern times and argues in favour of allowing them more space in a serious academic study of Management sciences.