One of the greatest contributions of India to the world is Holy Geeta. It is the song of god sung by sri krishna to arjuna as a counseling to do his duty in the battlefield of kurukshetra.
The bhagvad Geeta’s approach to management focuses on exploring the inner world of the self.
2. Introduction
One of the greatest contributions of India to the
world is Holy Geeta.
It is the part of the Epic Mahabharata.
“Srimad bhagvad Geeta” it literally means “song of the
lord/bhagvan”.
It is the song of god sung by sri krishna to arjuna as a
counseling to do his duty in the battlefield of
kurukshetra.
Arjuna got mentally depressed when he saw his
relatives in the battlefield with whom he has to fight.
3. Management
Management is the process of aligning people &
getting them committed to work effectively and
efficiently for a common goal to the maximum benefit
of society .
Management is a continuing process involving the
principles of : Planning, organizing , influencing,
controlling & decision making.
The general principles of effective management
applies in every field
4. Bhagvad Geeta & Management
The critical question in all manager’s mind is how to be
effective in their job.
The answer to this is found in the Bhagvad Geeta, which
says that ‘you must try to manage yourself’.
The western approach to management focuses in
exploring the external world of matter and energy.
The bhagvad Geeta’s approach to management focuses on
exploring the inner world of the self.
Managers can understand from Geeta the Organizational
Behavior in terms of employee’s individual behavior,
group performance and its environment.
5. Modern Management & Bhagvad
Geeta concepts
Utilization of available resources
The first lesson of management is to choose wisely &
utilize scarce resources optimally
During the curtain raiser before the Mahabharata
war, Duryodhana chose Sri Krishna’s large army for
his help while Arjuna selected Sri Krishna’s Wisdom
for his support.
It gives us a clue about the nature of the effective
manager, the former chose numbers, the later,
wisdom.
6. Karmanye vadhikaraste
--you have the power to act only
ma phaleshu kadachna
--you do not have the power to influence the result
Karmaphalehtur bhurma te
--therefore you must act without the anticipation of the result
sangostvakarmani
--without succumbing to inaction
7. yogastha kuru karmani sangam tyaktava dhananjaya
siddhyasiddhyo samo bhutva samatvam yoga uchyate
yogastha kuru karmani
--perform action being steadfast in yoga
Sangam tyaktava dhananjaya
--abandoning attachment
Siddhyasiddhyo samo bhutva
--become balanced in success and failure
Samatvam yoga uchyate
--evenness of mind is called yoga
8. Conclusion
Turn your weaknesses into strengths.
Share your responsibilities.
Right Team = Right set of individuals.
Know your enemy/challenges.
The Right managers: to inspire , invigorate, councel
in crisis.
Know ground realities, accept different ideologies.
Empower women