Seven Virtues of Great Men and Organizational Administration
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The decision-making in administration influenced the success of organizational administration because it was the process of critical thinking and data synthesis to create, to assess and to select the best alternative choices, which was utilized as an operational or practical way to achieve the operational objectives. The effectiveness of decision-making depended upon two main factors: the critical thinking skill and data or information for analysis, which the academic called the managerial knowledge because it was the content that the administrators should know to enhance administrative functions. With the purpose of education, the managerial knowledge was divided into four aspects: environmental, organizational, task or mission, and personal. According to the comparative analysis between the managerial knowledge and the seven factors of Sappurisa-dhamma, the Buddhist teachings on the qualities of a good man or a perfect man, the paired relationship between them was found: the environmental aspect paired with Parisanyuta (the knowledge of the society), the organizational knowledge paired with Atthanyuta (the knowledge of the purpose or the consequence), the knowledge of tasks or missions paired with Dhammanyuta (the knowledge of the cause), Mattanyuta (the knowledge of the moderation), and Kalanyuta (the knowledge of the proper time), and Puggalaparoparanyuta (the personal knowledge and the knowledge of the individual), and Attanyuta (the knowledge of oneself). The synthesis of content relationship revealed coherence between the qualities of a good man and the organizational administrative process. In addition, the administrator clinging to the seven qualities of a good man or the seven virtues of a gentleman. The results of the synthetical linkage distinctly demonstrated the particular relationship and consistency between the seven factors of Sappurisa-dhamma and the managerial administration processes. In addition, the administrators adhering to Sappurisa-dhamma were qualified not only as good and perfect men, but as successful administrators, as well.
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