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100			_aAshwani Kumar
245			_aThe structure and principles of public organization in Kautilya's Arthashastra
260			_c2005
300			_ap.463-88.
362			_aJan-Mar
520			_aBased on the famous Indian treatise on administration, Kautilya's Arthashastra, the paper attempts to describe and explain the concept of public organization in ancient India. Unlike "The Prince" of Machiavelli, Kautilya's bureaucratic welfare state presides over the vast range of public activities from the duties of kings, ministers, and officials to regulation of commerce, diplomacy, and even marriage and divorce activities. Based on the idea of a clear chain of command, Arthashastra gives a fairly decent account of Weberian elements of bureaucracy such as hierarchy, formality, professionalization and record-keeping. Contrary to the popular view of Kautilya as an apologist for unethical statecraft, this pape r portrays him as a remarkably astute thinker on the theory and practice of organization. Defining the highest goal of public organization in terms of social welfare (yoga-kshema), Kautilya emerges as one of the earliest precusors of modern concept of value based organization and leadership. - Reproduced.
650			_aArthashastra
650			_aKautilya
650			_aOrganizations
650			_aBureaucracy
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aIndian Journal of Political Science
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