1. Good Afternoon
BY
M.UMESH CHANDRA.

2. INTRODUCTION
There are number of books,
journals and articles available, which talks about
various management theories. They focus
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.

3. Now, as management students, can we
apply morals of great epic Ramayana to the
management….???
The answer would obviously be
yes…..
then, lets see how Ramayana helps us in
getting things done!!!!!!!

4. APPLICATION OF RAMAYANA TO
MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
Morals to
Principles

5. This is what ‘Management’ is…
• Ascertaining the goals.
• Analyzing the desired goal.
• Making a right plan.
• SWOT Analysis [strength,
weakness, opportunities and
threats]
• Leading a team- ‘Leadership’.
• Organizing the resources required.
• Coordinating with the people.
• Controlling : checking things
weather happening as per the plan
or not.
Management
Planning.
Organising.
Directing .
Controlling.

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 and had lot of evil powers.
• It was a great challenge for Rama to face Ravana and
rescue Sita from Lanka.

7. QUALITIES POSSESSED BY LORD RAMA.
•Ambitious.
•Patience.
•Confidence.
•Visionary .
•Good Organizer.
•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
demons and rescue Sita.
• The Ravana’s army was a
powerful one, which had
defeated the formidable
devas and vanished
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 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.

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
to be attacked.

11. The story
Ramayana Management
• Planning as per the
objective.
Ramayana
• To rescue Sita from Lanka
- 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, taught 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
bridge 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 and energizing
the team, communication
and risk management,
planning and scheduling,
execution, allocation of
the appropriate resources
for a particular task,
decision-making, out-of-
box thinking to solve
problems, winning
strategy, rewards.

16. Management Lessons from King
Dasharatha
• King Dasharatha was the
father of Rama,
Lakshmana, Bharatha
and Shatrughna. He need
a teacher for them. On
the advise of Vasistha
The King selected
Vishvamithra as the
teacher.
• As per the boons given
by him to Kaikeyi to send
Rama to forest, he acted
as per them even not
necessary.
• Responsibility towards others.
Respecting the word of
superiors or the experienced
ones.
• Acting according to the word
given.
RAMAYANA Management

17. Management Lessons from Vasistha
Maharishi
• Answering or Communicating
to others in a way that doesn't
affect the relations between
them.
• Act to Forgive and provide a
new chance to prove
themselves.
• When Vishvamithra asked for
the holy cow, Vasistha
maharishi politely rejected as
to maintain good relation with
the king, but it was
Vishvamithra who called for a
war.
• Though it was He who cursed
Vishvamithra, He was the only
one to propose the name of
Vishvamithra in the court of
King Dasharatha as a teacher
to Rama and Lakshmana
RAMAYANA Management

18. Management Lessons from Vishvamithra
Maharishi
• When Vasistha Maharishi
refused to give the holy cow to
him, He tried a lot to achieve
it.
• Even after achieving more
powers than Vasistha,
respecting the word of
Vasistha, Vishvamithra
accepted to be the teacher to
Rama, Lakshmana.
• Hard work to be done in
achieving the desired goals.
• Respecting the one who even
critises.
RAMAYANA Management

19. Hanuman- An overview as per
management perspective.
• He was very strong physically and
also with his moral thoughts.
• When he got an information that
Sita was in Lanka, Jambavanta
motivated Hanuman to go there.
Hanuman 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 Rama’s
directions - ‘abiding for rules and
regulations as directed by
management’

20. TEAM WORK:
Team work is an
important principle in
management.
Rama with
Lakshmana, Hanuman,
Vanara sena applied
the same in search of
Sita and was
successful in the
mission.

21. Courage & Compassion:
Rama led an inferior and less
armed army against the
Ravana’s elite army.
Ravana’s army was potent,
having defeated the
formidable devas and
vanished powerful kings.
Driven by Rama’s
inspirational leadership ,
where courage and
compassion were the major
virtues his army responded
magnificently and carved out
victory.

22. EXAMPLES FROM RAMAYANA
Motivation & SWOT Analysis –
One of the most obvious incidences, in which
management were used is very clearly visible in that of
Hanuman going to Lanka. His mission was to locate Sita
there and give her, Lord Rama’s message. When it
became clear that Sita was in Lanka, Jambavanta asked
Hanuman to go there. He helped him in realising his
true potential and motivated him to go to the enemy’s
camp.
Once mentally prepared for the job and reached
there, first thing which Hanuman did was to completely
analyze 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.

23. As good leaders in future we need to
Self
awarenes
s/ Skill
assessme
nt
Skill
practice
Define
goal/
Definite
action
plan
Consolidat
e learning
Evaluate
change/
Establish
next phase