Mahabharata & Bhagavad Gita Management Lessons

The great Indian epic: Mahabhrata was written ages ago but it still holds a great piece of information and motivation.

Another holy book: Bhagavad Gita as told to Arjun by Lord Krishna during the Mahabharata also serve a great purpose to life.

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Takeaways:

• Turn your weaknesses into strengths.

• Turn enemies into allies.

• Share your responsibilities.

• Teamwork scores over Individual Effort.

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

• Commitment scores over Competence.

• Team interests over Individual interests..

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

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

• Know Ground realities. Accept different ideologies. Cooperate.

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

Resources:

http://www.theorderoftime.com/science/sciences/articles/gitamanagement.html

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/b/bhagavad_gita_and_management.html

http://www.slideshare.net/chiragdarji/management-lesson-from-mahabharat