One of the greatest contributions of India to the world is Bhagwad Gita which is considered to be one of the first revelations from God. It is the essence of Upanishads and a complete guide to practical life. It provides "all that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level."
To motivate Arjuna, who got mentally disturbed upon seeing those near and dear ones whom he had to kill in the war of Kurukshetra, Lord Krishna told him to perform his duty. In the eighteen chapters of Bhagwad Gita, one discovers wonderful management guidelines which are applicable even today.
The general principles of effective management can be applied in every field the differences being mainly in the application than in principles. Again, effective management is not limited in its application only to business or industrial enterprises but to all organizations where the aim is to reach a given goal through a Chief Executive or a Manager with the help of a group of workers.
The Leader's functions can be briefly summed up as under:
- Forming a vision and planning the strategy to realize such vision.
- Cultivating the art of leadership.
- Establishing institutional excellence and building an innovative organization.
- Developing human resources.
- Communication and Team Management.
- Motivation, Delegation, Appraisals.
- Taking corrective steps when called for.
Thus Management is a process of aligning people in search of excellence ensuring their commitment for the corporate goal.
The critical question in every Leader's mind is how to be effective in his job. Bhagavad Gita suggests 'one should always try to manage oneself'.
The Manager must reach a level of excellence and effectiveness which sets him apart from those whom he is managing, he must be an achiever.
In this context the Bhagavad Gita enlightens us on all managerial techniques that lead to a harmonious and balanced state overcoming conflicts and contradictions which lead to lower efficiency productivity, absence of motivation and lack of work culture.
Most of the management concepts like vision, leadership, motivation, excellence in work, goal seeking, work ethics, nature of individual, decision making, planning etc., are discussed in the Bhagavad Gita.
The ideas contained in the Bhagavad Gita tackle the issues from the grass roots level of human thinking as against the typical Western thoughts on management which tend to deal with the problems at superficial, material, external and peripheral levels.
Discover the leader within tomorrow is yours.-27.02.2015
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