Особливості культури менеджменту в Стародавній Індії
Features of Management Culture in Ancient India

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is theoretical analysis and generalization of the peculiarities of the management culture of Ancient India, which will contribute to the enrichment of cultural science with new knowledge about the formation of a culture of governance at the stage of the birth of world civilization. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical principle of cognition, systemic, civilization, sociocultural, activity, historical approaches, fundamental provisions of the theory and history of society, its culture and management. Common scientific and interdisciplinary research methods are used: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison, generalization, formalization. The scientific novelty of the results obtained is to identify and systematically generalize the features of the management culture in Ancient India. Conclusions. The main achievements of the management culture in this country are, firstly, the division of society into varnish, which was sacred and fulfilled an important administrative and regulatory function. Secondly, the creation of a hierarchical territorial-functional management structure using uniform laws and rules of conduct and the bureaucratic system of organization with elements of secular management. Unlike the Egyptian hierarchy, the Indian was not a rigid but decentralized system with a soft distribution of power. Thirdly, the power of the ruler was not absolute. It was entirely owned by the executive power, which was carried out by mantrines, overseers, and various officials belonging to the Ksatriyan varieties. Religious, judicial and conditionally speaking the legislative power was in the hands of the high priest and other members of the highest varnish of the Brahmins. Fourthly, the presence in the system of guidance of the advisory bodies – the mantryparishad and the secret council – is something like the modern bicameral system of representative power. Fifth, the substantial division of labor into the executive and managerial and the appearance of the first professional managers (mantrines, officials, supervisors etc.), and the development of general principles of governance based on the rule of law, utility and love.

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