1. INTRODUCTION
There are number of books, journals and
articles available, which talks about various
management theories. They focussed
management as a ‘Science’ and an ‘Art’ of life.
But the way before modern days
management gurus gave their theories, principles
and concepts of management the great writers
like Tulsidas, Valmiki had explained them in the
ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.
2. Now, as a management students can
we apply morals of great epic Ramayana to
the management….???
The answer is yes…..
then, lets see how Ramayana helps us in
getting things done!!!!!!!
4. Problem:
• At the time when Rama, Lakshman & Sita
banished to forest unfortunately Sita was
kidnapped by Ravana.
Objective:
• The challenge for Lord Rama is how he defeats
Ravana & gets back his wife Sita with the help
of Vanar sena.
5. This is what ‘Management’ is all about…..
• Ascertaining the goals, or job to be done.
• Getting mentally prepared for it.
• Having a right plan.
• SWOT Analysis [strength, weakness,
opportunities and threats] of your business.
• Leading a team- ‘Leadership’.
• Organizing the resources required.
• Coordinating with the people.
• Controlling : checking things are happening as
per the plan.
6. The scenario in Ramayana
• In Ramayana when Rama, Lakshmana & Sita were
banished to forest unfortunately Sita was kidnapped
by Ravana.
• Ravana was a very strong man he had lot of powers.
• It was a great challenge for Rama to face Ravana and
rescue Sita from Lanka.
7. LORD RAMA’S QUALITIES- The ‘Good Leader’ in the
epic
•Ambitious.
•Patience.
•Confidence.
•Visionary .
•Good Organiser.
•Compassion.
•Smartness.
•Positive view.
8. Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri Rama
Ramayana
• Sri Rama was firm and brave
to take all the risk to protect
the words of his father (King
Dasharatha) gave to Kaikeyi
• The mission of the army led
by him was to defeat the
Rakshasas and rescue Sita.
• The Ravana’s army was a
powerful one, which had
defeated the formidable,
devas and vanquished
powerful kings -Rama led
what was essentially a rag-
tag army against the
sophisticated army of
Ravana
Management
• Change management.
• Clarity in vision.
• Believe in your abilities
strengthen them as per
the objective.
9. Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri Rama
Ramayana
• Rama was a prince who
interacted freely with the people,
He Developed good relations
with people regardless of social
status and treat everybody with
courtesy and respect.
• When Vibhishan was defected,
Rama took him under his
protection. He then had a talk
with the various army chiefs
some of whom disagreed with
Rama. Instead of punishing them,
Rama assuaged their suspicions
and got them to accept his
decision.
Management
• Interaction and building
good relations.
• Consulting subordinates
for their opinion.
Ramayana
• Rama was a prince who
interacted freely with the people,
He Developed good relations
with people regardless of social
status and treat everybody with
courtesy and respect.
• When Vibhishan was defected,
Rama took him under his
protection. He then had a talk
with the various army chiefs
some of whom disagreed with
Rama. Instead of punishing them,
Rama assuaged their suspicions
and got them to accept his
decision.
10. Traits of a Leader- lord Sri Rama
Ramayana Management
• Following a code of
conduct and ethics.
Ramayana
• When Ravana swaggered to
battle on the first day
without adequate
preparations and was
rendered weaponless by
Rama, he was allowed to
return to his citadel
because the code of
chivalry followed by Rama
stipulated that an unarmed
enemy not be attacked.
11. The story
Ramayana Management
• Planning as per the
objective
Ramayana
• To rescue Sita from Lanka
-The number of actions
were taken such as
sending out search
parties, building an
overseas bridge and
issuing a direct challenge
to Ravana.
12. The story
Ramayana Management
• Organizing resources
which are required.
Ramayana
• Lord Sri Rama took the
army of vanara king
Sugriva teached them
the skills of facing the
enemy, motivated and
inspired them for the
mission of war.
13. The story
Ramayana Management
• Coordinating with
people to know their
abilities & strengths,
guiding them to over
come the areas of
improvement as per the
objective.
Ramayana
• Lord Sri Rama had good
relations with the
people even though he
was a king, his actions
and thoughts were like
a common man, he
analyzed the ability of
each individual and
gave opportunity to
all….. Hanuman the best
example.
14. The story
Ramayana Management
• Directing as per the
plans and policies.
Ramayana
• Rama divided Vanaras into
4 groups, to search Sita and
one of the group was
headed by Jambavanta in
which ‘Hanuman’ was a
team player. After which
Rama directed the ways to
become proficient in
Gadayudda to strengthen
the team- and the group of
Jambavanta were successful
– Hanuman discovered Sita
in Lanka.
15. The story
RAMAYANA
• Lord Rama insisted his team
of Vanaras to construct a
Ram Setuve over the sea to
connect the Lanka. This
helped Rama & Vanaras to
defeat his opponent Ravana
& rescue Sita with less life
risk of Vanaras.
MANAGEMENT
• Management control-
motivation & energizing of
the team, communication &
risk management, planning
& scheduling, execution,
allocation of the
appropriate resources for a
particular task, decision-
making, out-of-box thinking
to solve problems, winning
strategy, rewards.
16. Hanuman- An overview as per
management perspective.
• He was very strong man physically and also with his
moral thoughts.
• When he got an information that Sita was in Lanka,
Jambvant motivated Hanuman to go there.-
Hanauman took ‘initiative and got ready for the
challenge’.
• He might have killed Ravana the day he discovered
Lanka. He had all the abilities to kill Ravana, but he
waited for the Sri Ram’s directions - ‘abiding for
rules regulations as directed by management’
17. TEAM WORK:
Team work is an
important principle in
management.
Rama with
Lakshmana, Hanuman,
vanar sena & with
squirrel applied the
same in search of
Sitaji & was successful
in the mission.
18. TEAM PLAYER
A squirrel was picking up a little pebble in
her mouth and putting it alongside the
boulders. She was repeating this
continuously and effortlessly. She was
found by a monkey who started making
mockery of her and told to stay away as
she will die if she comes under the boulder
or the leg of any army.
“No work is big or small. It’s not the
stature of work that matters, but what you
learn from working that counts. Never
listen to people who tell you that the work
you are doing is demeaning or would
undermine your prestige. Remember,
work doesn’t undermine prestige, it is
absence of work that does.”
19. Courage & Compassion:
Shri Rama led an inferior &
less armed army against the
might of the Ravana’s elite
army.
The Rakshasas army was very
potent, having defeated the
formidable devas &
vanquished powerful kings.
Driven by Rama’s inspirational
leadership , where courage&
compassion were the major
virtues his army responded
magnificiently & carved out
victory.
20. Leadership and Initiative
• Chief strategist & a true
leader.
• Eliminating Rakshasas.
• Exhibited his immense
strength extraordinary
powers-
Destroying fortress of
Lanka.
Bringing Dronagiri Parvat
(Sanjivini Booti)
• Shri Hanuman lead the
vanar sen in search for
Sitaji (Initiation)
21. EXAMPLES FROM RAMAYANA
Motivation & SWOT Analysis –
One of the most obvious incidences, in which
management were used is very clearly visible is that of
Hanuman going to Lanka. His mission was to locate
Sita there and give her Lord Ram’s message. When it
became clear that Sita was in Lanka, Jambvant asked
Hanuman to go there. He helped him in realising his
true potential and motivated him to go in the enemy’s
camp.
Once mentally prepared for the job and reached
there, first thing which Hanuman did was to
completely analyse the situation in Lanka. He did a
complete study about the Lankan’s, assessing their
strengths and weaknesses, the various threats and
opportunities which he had in the enemy’s camp.
