How Mahabharata's Epic Tales Can Teach Us Modern Management Principles

Dear All,

I am attaching a very nice PPT presentation in which management principles are being correlated with our Epic Mahabharata. The creator is unknown, but whoever has done this job must be an intelligent person with a very in-depth knowledge of both Mahabharata and management principles.

Hope you will like it and enjoy! If you do, please download and share it with your friends, relatives, parents, and dear ones. Knowledge sharing is empowerment, and it is everybody's duty to empower society in a positive way.

Regards,
Laxmikant
Email: ldbhakre@gmail.com

Hi Laxmikant,

Thanks so much for sharing such inspiring management mantras from the "MAHABHARATA". It really binds me through each slide, which has such powerful meanings that can change anybody's life if applied. The last slide, which is the pictorial one, is so very beautiful.

Keep up the good work!

Dear Friends,

First of all, thank you very much for all your comments. Most of you found it useful, which is good.

Secondly, a few people have correctly commented that it has been repeated. Yes, it might be because:
1) it's hard to get totally fresh but GOOD material to share.
2) It's always good to repeat GOOD things, again and again over a certain frequency. In one of the chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says to Arjuna, "I am repeating again the principles to you so that you will understand well and follow correctly." I believe that if Lord Krishna feels it's necessary for a person like Arjuna, repetition is a must, and so we should also repeat.
3) And most importantly, it's not possible for all members to see the posts in one shot. Here itself is an example that 90% of people have said it's very useful and liked it. I guess they have seen this for the first time, even though it was repeated.

I hope you all agree with me.

Another point I would like to mention is that one person has asked for support from everyone for his submission. On that, I request to him, please don't hesitate to write to me at ldbhakre@gmail.com and ask for the help you want. I will do my best in my capacity.

Once again, thanks, and I will make efforts to keep posting "good" information.

Have a good day!!

Regards,

Laxmikant

Hi,

Thank you very much for this interesting presentation. It was immensely useful! The painting on the last slide is fantastic. Do you have any idea who created this painting?

Thanks again!

Dear Laxmikant,

I have already responded to your post. No doubt, it is very good and useful. Could you suggest any other PowerPoint presentation, or would you consider creating one from the Ramayana? There are wonderful lessons that one should learn from these epics.

Regards,
KS Rao

Dear Laxmikant "ldbhakre",

I agree with you on all three counts - it is hard to get good fresh material, it is always good to repeat GOOD things, and many members have not seen earlier posted material.

In fact, I am thankful to you because it is excellent material, and I had not seen it earlier!

Moreover, I am happy to note that you did not attempt to take any credit for it - "The creator is unknown, but whoever has done this job must be an intelligent person" - a perfectly right disposition and action.

All I want to request from you is, as Mr. Simhan - "nashbramhall" - has rightly pointed out along with the required link; just post a link to the material which you want to re-post or repeat.

This is not only the right way of referencing (if the whole thing is required to be referred); but it also gives credit where it is due.

Moreover, readers can themselves benefit from additional or related items associated with that link - like some additional information, corrections, additions, opinions of others, etc., which add value to the posted material.

I am herewith providing again the link to the original post in CiteHR, for the benefit of all.

https://www.citehr.com/156310-management-lessons-mahabharat.html

It is a relatively new thread, started on 14/04/2009.

Done this way, can anyone accuse me of plagiarism or repeating a post?

Kindly keep on giving references to good things that you come across on this site. In fact, you can refer to not just one but many such items in a single post or thread. So go ahead, point out good, exceptional materials; I am sure 100% of people will say it's very useful and will thank you for it.

Kindly remember, there is a difference between attaching an item (as if it is one's own or gives this impression) and referring to a link (which is proper, more convenient, and shows concern for the web server by not saddling it with unnecessary additional storage space).

Regards.

Extremely cogent and well-presented, our ancient scriptures are filled with management wisdom. However, we are unwilling to search and learn from them. Instead, we are more inclined to accept anything that is peddled from the West. Good show and thank you for sharing.

I shall be responding separately to Kadali Rao's request with some work which I have done on "Management thoughts from the Gita."

Commodore S. Shekhar
Email: cmdeshekhar@gmail.com

Hi,

First of all, congratulations for a deep research and an intellectual piece of work. It certainly speaks of management strategies. However, highlighting more truth in this, all the knowledge you provided is just material, nothing spiritual in it. There, you are losing connection. The real fact is all this knowledge is pure Vedic. Pandavas followed whatever Krishna wanted them to do, and Pandavas were following Vedic instructions as Yudhishtra was known as Dharmagya. Under his guidance, everyone followed. In short, there are thousands of instances in Vedas where we can learn, follow, and apply instructions in our daily lives if we know the actual structure of Vedas. Vedic knowledge is all spiritual and it is free for learning. You just need to understand the connection between Krishna, Vedas, and Mahabharata.

Hare Krishna

Dear friends

I got this ppt sometime back and shared it with my professor.

I am just jotting some of the management concepts it has captured.

Wonderful information coined in a beautiful way.

Just repeating the recap page matching the management concepts:

a) SWOT ANALYSIS & Environmental Analysis during Strategy making :::

Turn your weaknesses into strengths.

Know your enemy/challenges. Exploit its weaknesses. Take calculated risks.

Turn enemies into allies.

Know Ground realities. Accept different ideologies. Cooperate





b) MBO Concept of decision making & Team mgt and setting up of objectives (MBO - Management by Objectives):::

Share your responsibilities.

Teamwork scores over Individual Effort.

Right Team = Right set of Individuals. The right man for the right job.

Team interests over Individual interests..



c) Diversity HR practices::::



Empower Women. The Gender Balance is required for stability and administration.



Driving a value based organization / team building (values – commitment, mutual trust & respect)



Commitment scores over Competence.



d) SHRM – Strategic Human Resource Management: :::Recruitment / assignment of right jobs to right people which would help in achieving orgn's growth



The Right Managers : To inspire, invigorate, counsel in crisis .

Have a great day.

REgards

Jayashree Mukund

Dalmia cement

Very cogent and thought-provoking. Thanks. I am inspired to add my two-penny bit on "spirituality and stress." I am conducting a short workshop on this for the Ramakrishna Mission at Chennai on Sunday, 16th August.

Commodore S. Shekhar Director Sanjivini Human Resources Institute, Chennai

Hello Sir,

Wonderful presentation! However, there is a spelling mistake in "Dhristadyumna," the letter 'i' is missing here. Please don't mind this feedback because this kind of presentation is very essential to me as a trainer. Thank you.

With best regards,

Snehadri

The PPT is extraordinary. The person who created it must be really intelligent, as mentioned. Mahabharata, of course, is something each individual should know as an Indian. Thanks for sharing this. It really motivates me to change my weaknesses into strengths.

A truly magnificent way to learn the management morals of our great epic Mahabharata. I don't know your age, and I am 64 years old. Let me bless you with His grace. You are doing a humane service in sharing this info.

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Regards

Excellent! It is helpful to every HR person and student. Truly extraordinary and outstanding. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge. What a beautiful presentation imbibing management principles with Mahabharata.
Regards.