The subject here is what Ajantha Dharmasiri calls a caring craft — the work of stimulating hearts and minds in order to create distinct value. The book takes the form of conversations on that craft rather than a single continuous argument, and practising managers sit at the centre of them.
The intended reader is anyone concerned with getting the best out of people: managers in post, those moving into roles where results depend on others, and readers who think about how organisations treat the people inside them. Dharmasiri's own framing of the reading experience is a double one — the pleasure of coming to a meaningful understanding of the key concepts, and the pressure of applying them appropriately once understood. That second half is the part most management writing leaves out, and it is stated plainly here.
The conversational structure means the book can be read in sections as easily as straight through. It is written in English and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co., a long-established Sri Lankan publishing house, which places the material in a local professional context even where the ideas themselves travel.
Of interest to readers in human resource management, leadership development and organisational behaviour, and to Sri Lankan management students and practitioners looking for writing on people management produced close to home.
- Author: Ajantha Dharmasiri
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552122682
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