Management lesson from Mahabharata
- 2. INTRODUCTION • Mahabharata is one of the greatest epics mankind has ever heard or read. • Mahabharata story has so much to teach us. There are a lot of skills and lessons we can learn from Mahabharata. • The corporate world is one of the best places where the ethics from the epic can be easily applied. • Mahabharata is the perfect guide be it for managing business relationships or achieving goals.
- 3. Team spirit 01 Strategy and leadership 02 Choose resources wisely 03 Division of work 05 Agenda Style Motivation is the key to success 06 Being focused 07 Diplomacy 04
- 4. Work together as a team and make decisions as a group for better results Kauravas : No team spirit. They all fought their individual wars. Karna : To prove his mantle against Arjuna. Pandavas : One team. One goal. Pandavas worked towards a common goal. Team spirit
- 5. STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP Krishna teaches Pandavas to make strategies. Krishna strategically headed Pandavas’ divisions of the army in such a way that they fight against the Kauravas’ army to win. Related to Management Strategy is necessary to adopt in the organisation to handle the tactical situation and leader is required to direct the group of people to achieve the common objective.
- 6. Choose resources wisely In Mahabharata, both Pandavas and Kauravas had the option to choose Krishna for their team. But displaying complete lack of vision and acumen, Kauravas selected Krishna’s army, and hence lost the war. A good manager is one who has an eye for talent. They must engage the right people at the right places.
- 7. Killed all the 100 Kauravas alone with his strength. Bheem Killed 2 sons of Karan, the dearest friend of Duryodhan. Nakul Killed 40 brothers of Duryodhana, and killed Shakuni. Sahadev A great warrior and the best archer of the world and he killed Bhishma, Jaydrath, and many other fighters of Kauravas. Arjun Division of work It is important to give the right work to the employees according to their skills and talent.
- 8. Diplomacy is important for the management DIPLOMACY The Pandavas played a trick by spreading the rumor that Ashvathama had died. Since Dronacharya was very intelligent, he sensed the trick and therefore decided to ask Yudhishthir because Yudhishthir was the most righteous among all the Pandavas who was determined to not speak a lie ever in his life. Diplomacy plays an important role in getting products sold. It is an important part of marketing communication and influencing customers through advertisements.
- 9. Motivation is key to success Motivation is the driving force that drives you to accomplish goals and it’s necessary for all types of success. Just before starting the war, Arjuna denied killing their relatives. Lord Krishna stood up and motivated him.
- 10. B E I N G F O C U S E D Focus should be on particular thing and other distraction should be avoided In gurukul learning both pandavas and Kauravas were guided by Dronacharya. Guru gave task to hit the bird in the tree. Before performing the task guru asked everyone, what you can see? Everybody had some answer. Guru stopped everyone to do the task He asked same question to ARJUNA Arjuna replied with full confidence, I can see the bird’s eye Gurudeva. Dronacharya gave permission to hit the bird eyes and Arjuna exactly hit the bird’s eyes.
- 11. The corporate world is one of the best places where the ethics from the epic can be easily applied. Mahabharata is the perfect guide for managing business relationships or achieving goals. Mahabharata is a great source of knowledge and management lessons. CONCLUSION
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