Insights from indian practices and ethos

INTRODUCTION:
“Indian Ethos For Management” is an
application of the management which is revealed
by our ancient wisdom brought into our “Holy
Books” like Gita, Upanishads, Bible and Kuran.
According to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary Ethos is defined as “the set of beliefs,
ideas, etc. about social behaviour and relationship
of a person or group” while Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary defines it as “the moral ideas
and attitudes that belong to a particular group or
society”.

Basic Principles:
There are six basic principles which are derived from
our holy books and are applied in today’s
management world. They are:
 Each soul is a potential of God.
 Holistic Approach.
 Equal importance to subjectivity & objectivity.
 Karma Yoga.
 Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam .
 Co-operation .

Each soul is a potential of
God:
A human being has a soul , a spark of the Divine.
The Divine resides in the heart of the person. We
all can say that a human being has immense
potential for his self-development. A partnership
between Man and God can bring impossible work
into reality. But a man can achieve all this only if
he works according to the god. He should be fair
to the society without being injustice to other.
Yes we all know that “GOD HELP ONLY
THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES”

Holistic Approach:
Hostilic approach refers to all Humanity in One.
It refers to the principle of unity, the whole
universe in an undivided world. It refers to the
unity which means connection of every particle
with each other. Such an integrated human
personality of self-developed manager and
worker can assure best and competent manage
ment of any enterprise, involving collective
works and efforts.

Equal importance to
subjectivity & objectivity:
Indian ethos for management distinguishes between
subject and object. Subject is subtle and intangible
whereas Object is concrete and tangible . We have
the concept of the third eye, the eye of wisdom. It
see’s even the things which the normal eyes don’t. It
can see the subject i.e. invisible. Human and ethical
values or qualities such as courage, vision, social
awareness, fearlessness, integrity, pure and clear
mind, truth, etc are subjective, subtle and intangible
concepts. These subjective qualities are as important
as money, materials, machines, information or data
or even human skills. Inner resources of human
beings are more powerful than external resources.
“Creator is subjective.”

Hence, wisdom manager/ worker is much more
important and valuable than knowledge manager/
worker. Therefore, manager must develop his third
eye, ‘Jnana Chakhu’ , the eye of Vision intution,
insight, foresight and such other divine qualities or
values. This is the essence of Indian ethos for
management.

Karma Yoga:
It is yoga of selfless service to others. Karma Yoga is all about
identifying
your priorities and trying to achieve them. Also, a person should have
accountability i.e. he should always hold only himself responsible for
whatever
goes right or wrong. This brings about the union of human being with
the Divine. Gita says that do your duty without ego and without
calculations of gain or loss. One should believe in Nishkama Karma
i.e. fruits of work should not be thought of while performing the
duty. The memorable words of Gita are “ To work only you have the
right and you have no right to the fruits of work”. However, this does
not mean that one
should work day and night and the returns that he gets should be almo
st negligible. What the Gita tries to say is that let not the fruits of action
motivate you as they might just divert your attention from work. When
you are doing a job, put your heart and soul in to it. One has no
control over the future hence
never waste your present in useless dreams of future hopes and
fears of present actions.
WHY DO I WORK?
1.For my own salvation and personal growth.
2.For the good of the world.

Yogah Karmasu
Kaushalam:
Excellence at work
through self-motivation
and self development with
devotion and without
attachment.

Co-operation:
It is a powerful instrument
for team work and success in
any enterprise involving
collective work.

Items Management (Oriented by
Science and Technology,
Western Approach)
Management (Oriented by
Values and adopting holistic
approach, Indian and
Eastern)
Belief Production, Productivity, Profit
at any cost
Material gain with belief in
achieving human and social
welfare in unison
Guidance Management guided by mind
only, led away by ego and
desire. Soulless management
Management by
consciousness, power beyond
mind i.e., soul. Interiorized
management
Emphasis Worker development,
management of others, profit
maximization, human being
only given lip sympathy
Development of man,
integrated growth harmony,
happiness and health,
management of self
Tools 5 Ms as Resources – men,
money, materials, machines
and markets. Science &
Technology, information for
decision making
Men, machines, materials and
methods as conscious partners
– all having consciousness
whether manifested or
dormant. Information and
intuition for decisions. Ethics
and values combined with skills

What constitutes Indian
Ethos?The salient ideas and thoughts of Indian Ethos in
Management revealed by our ancient scriptures are:
 Atmano Mokshartham, Jagat hitayacha: All work is an
opportunity for doing good to the world and thus gaining
materially and spiritually in our lives.
 Archet dana manabhyam: Worship people not only with
material things but also by showing respect to their
enterprising divinity within.
 Atmana Vindyate Viryam: Strength and inspiration for
excelling in work comes from the Divine, God within,
through prayer, spiritual readings and unselfish work.
 Yadishi bhavana yasya siddhi bhavati tadrishi: As we
think, so we succeed, so we become. Attention to means
ensures the end.

 Yogah karmashu Kaushalam, Samatvam yoga
uchyate: He who works with calm and even mind
achieves the most.
 Parasparam bhavayantah shreyah param
bhavapsyathah: By mutual cooperation, respect and
fellow feeling, all of us enjoy the highest good both
material and spiritual.
 Tesham sukhm tesham shanti shaswati: Infinite
happiness and infinite peace come to them who see
the Divine in all beings.
 Paraspar Devo Bhav: Regard the other person as a
divine being. All of us have the same consciousness
though our packages and containers are different.

Quality of Work Life and
Work Ethic:
 Why work?
To purify the mind and the heart (Chittashuddhi) and to
become wise; to provide public benefit.
 What is work?
To nurture each other. It is a form of Yagna, sacrifice. It is
the worship of the Divine.
 How to work?
With the spirit of renunciation, i.e., Tyag and to serve
others without self-interest.
 Spirit of work?
Excellence and perfection in work.

Golden rules of Ethics:
The following are the forms of the golden rule in
ethics. Each of these forms the basis of all human
values. These are the core values to change one first.
 Everything you want others to do to you, you shall do
to others.
 Do not treat others the way you don’t want to get
treated.
 Do not do anything to others which if done to you,
would cause harm to you.

Values v/s Skills:
 To ‘become’, we need values. To ‘do’, we need skills.
 ‘Becoming’ (needing values) must precede ‘doing’
(needing skills). Values should act as the basis of the
skills acquired.
 Values are the means of perfection. Skills must have
sound system of values as the base. Otherwise, one
can manipulate skills for ulterior motives.
 Values are internal, dealing with internal development
of a person, purifying mind and heart. Skills on the
other hand only make a person proficient. Values are
the means of perfection of personality.

Stress & Indian Ethos:
Stress is a dynamic condition in which an individual
is confronted with an opportunity, constraint, or
demand related to what he or she desires and for
which the outcome is perceived to be both uncertain
and important. More typically, stress is associated
with constraints and demands. The former prevents
an individual from doing what he/she desires while
the latter refers to the loss of something desired. The
word ‘stress’ is derived from the Latin word ‘Stringer’
which means to “draw tight”.

Consequences of Stress:
There is almost a unanimous view that there are four
components of the consequences of stress. These are:
 Physiological – blood pressure problems, problems
related to the heart, indigestion, insomnia, etc. These
are termed nowadays as lifestyle diseases.
 Emotional – anxiety, anger, depression, fear
(phobias), etc.
 Behavioural – over dependence, argumentativeness,
disturbed work life/schedule, etc.
 Cognitive – adverse effects on mental functions such
as reasoning, thinking, concentration, and memory,
and incapability in decision making.

Methods of Stress Prevention
(What our Scriptures say):
 Effective management of the 5As.
 Developing a spirit of progressive
renunciation.
The ethic-moral law of cause and effect
(The Theory of Karma)
Conscious efforts towards developing a
healthy personality.

A few Guidelines:
Stress is a reality of modern life; there is no escape
from it. Our objectives should be how to:
 increase the threshold level (between challenges &
stress).
 prevent ourselves from becoming stressful .
 effectively cope with stress so that we can soon revert
back to the stress-free state.

Practical Steps:
 Control anger by all means.
 Exercise regularly.
 Have good food habits.
 Work efficiently but avoid competition with others.
 Don’t be a workaholic.
 Look for ‘sat sangh’ (company of wise and good
people).
 Remember The Theory of Karma.
 Be content with whatever you have .

Thank You.
Team Infinity :
Rishabh Sharma.(Leader ,editor &
Research Worker)
Tarun Tikoo.(Research Worker)
Aman Shiva Mahajan .
Jayant Shah.
Signing

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