Management Renaissance
Profit Meets Purpose
Published on 19. March 2026
284 pages
978-93-6952-797-7 (ISBN)
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This edited volume brings together nineteen compelling contributions from academicians, practitioners, and researchers worldwide, offering a powerful resource for scholars, managers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs seeking to build organizations that are not only profitable, but also just, inclusive, and future-ready.
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BISWAJEET PATTANAYAK is a distinguished scholar in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, and a former Professor at IIM Indore, Lucknow, and Mumbai. With over three decades of experience in teaching, training, consulting, and research, he holds a Ph.D. and D.Litt. in Organisational Behaviour and a D.Sc. in Management Science. He currently serves as President and Distinguished Professor of HRM at ASBM University, Bhubaneswar, and has earlier served as the Director of the Indian Institute of Bank Management, Guwahati under the Reserve Bank of India. An accomplished author and researcher, he has written 26 books and published more than 100 papers in reputed international journals. He is also a recipient of the Teaching Excellence International Award of ACBSP, USA, placing him among the top management educators globally.
KALYAN SHANKAR RAY is a Professor of Economics and Banking at ASBM University, where he was the founding Vice-Chancellor; he was a banker earlier. He has published several research papers and eleven edited volumes on management, and now edits the ASBM Journal of Management. He is a Fellow of the Indian Social Science Academy and holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and an MA in Economics from Utkal University with a PG Diploma in Bank Management (PGDBM) from the National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune. His areas of academic interest are Development Banking, Credit Management, Legal Aspects of Banking, and Organisational Effectiveness. Prof. Ray is a bibliophile and loves to laze with a book while listening to Indian classical music.
SMARAKI PATTANAYAK is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, with a doctorate from Ravenshaw University. She has also completed the Faculty Development Programme in Management at IIM Ahmedabad. In recognition of her exceptional contributions to teaching, student engagement, and academic leadership, she received the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award (USA) in 2023. She has published research in reputed national and international refereed journals, edited scholarly volumes, and contributed book chapters. Her work examines the human side of organizations, with a focus on psychological contracts, workplace happiness, and organizational culture.
PHALGU NIRANJANA is a Professor of OB & HRM in the School of Business at ASBM University. She holds a Master's degree and an M.Phil in Psychology, as well as a Ph.D. in Business Administration. She has to her credit forty-six publications in nationally and internationally refereed journals and fourteen books published by Sage, Response Books, Excel, and Bloomsbury. She has also presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. In recognition of her continued commitment to student success, she was honoured with the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award in 2022-becoming one of only eleven educators worldwide to receive this distinction.
KALYAN SHANKAR RAY is a Professor of Economics and Banking at ASBM University, where he was the founding Vice-Chancellor; he was a banker earlier. He has published several research papers and eleven edited volumes on management, and now edits the ASBM Journal of Management. He is a Fellow of the Indian Social Science Academy and holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and an MA in Economics from Utkal University with a PG Diploma in Bank Management (PGDBM) from the National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune. His areas of academic interest are Development Banking, Credit Management, Legal Aspects of Banking, and Organisational Effectiveness. Prof. Ray is a bibliophile and loves to laze with a book while listening to Indian classical music.
SMARAKI PATTANAYAK is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, with a doctorate from Ravenshaw University. She has also completed the Faculty Development Programme in Management at IIM Ahmedabad. In recognition of her exceptional contributions to teaching, student engagement, and academic leadership, she received the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award (USA) in 2023. She has published research in reputed national and international refereed journals, edited scholarly volumes, and contributed book chapters. Her work examines the human side of organizations, with a focus on psychological contracts, workplace happiness, and organizational culture.
PHALGU NIRANJANA is a Professor of OB & HRM in the School of Business at ASBM University. She holds a Master's degree and an M.Phil in Psychology, as well as a Ph.D. in Business Administration. She has to her credit forty-six publications in nationally and internationally refereed journals and fourteen books published by Sage, Response Books, Excel, and Bloomsbury. She has also presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. In recognition of her continued commitment to student success, she was honoured with the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award in 2022-becoming one of only eleven educators worldwide to receive this distinction.
