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"The Mahabharata is not about good and evil instead, it teaches you that life isgrey. Defining the grey is not easy because it is deeply rooted to the context. So,negotiate the grey."

Spiritual discourse by a seer? No, words of wisdom for future global managers inan IIM-Bangalore classroom. What has the Mahabharata got to do with IIMs?Lots.

The great Indian epic can be used to compare each of the Pandavas tomanagers of today with their roles, strengths, weaknesses and consequences.

The popular elective course Spirituality for Global Managers hasmanagement students looking at Krishna as the CEO; Yudhishtir who bindstogether values; Bhima (outcomes); Arjun (learning); Karna (legitimacy); Nakul(process) and Shadev (purpose).

Says Ramnath Narayanaswamy, professor at IIM-B: "The Ramayana andMahabharata are outstanding texts for all times and can be contemporised to anyage. The Pandavas, Karna included, are each a great hero with a fatal flaw."

What is interesting is the way in which each of the Pandavas has been maderelevant in the management context. Explains Narayanaswamy: "Yudhishtir is the

mentor whose strengths are his values and beliefs. He stands for propriety but heis blinded by his code of honour. Similarly, Bhima is an 'executor' manager. Forhim, the outcome is supremely important, the bottomline matters hisweakness is he can be blinded by rage."

Nakul, points out the IIM-B professor, is the enabler the service hero of today.

"He's driven by process, but there's no active leadership. Sahadeva is thevisionary, but he is like the manager who stands for thought and no action.Karna's strength is personal loyalty, it also brings about his doom. He's like themanager of today who'd buy vegetables for his bosses," says Narayanaswamy.

Arjun stands for flawless perfection. His strength is that he's assailed by doubt,but he's willing to learn.

"Today's young managers are Arjuns, in search of their own heroism theywant to discover their own meaning in life," says Narayanaswamy.

But the best part is the course's attempt to "isolate the insides of religious
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traditions and contemporise them" in a managerial situation. "Scholars fromdifferent religious traditions deliver lectures. These include Hinduism, Christianity,Islam, Buddhism, Sufism, Jainism, Judaism and other religions, though the focusis not on scriptures. The focus is on spirituality, not religion."

Ramnath Narayanaswamy says: "There are three components in management the analytical (head), the emotional (heart) and the spiritual (soul). But,management education completely ignores emotional intelligence (EI) andfocuses only on analytical intelligence. However, our young future managersneed feeling and imagination. It's difficult to teach these as they are experience-driven. Life skills like creative thinking, listening, mentoring, working underpressure, empathy, team building all these come from EI."

War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

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The Mahabharata is not about good and evil instead, it teaches you that life is grey. Defining thegrey is not easy because it is deeply rooted to the context. So, negotiate the grey.

Spiritual discourse by a seer? No, words of wisdom for future global managers in an IIM-

Bangalore classroom. What has the Mahabharata got to do with IIMs? Lots.

The great Indian epic can be used to compare each of the Pandavas to managers of todaywith their roles, strengths, weaknesses and consequences.

The popular elective course Spirituality for Global Managers has management

students looking at Krishna as the CEO; Yudhishtir who binds together values; Bhima

(outcomes); Arjun (learning); Karna (legitimacy); Nakul (process) and Shadev (purpose).

Says Ramnath Narayanaswamy, professor at IIM-B: The Ramayana and Mahabharata

are outstanding texts for all times and can be contemporised to any age. The Pandavas,

Karna included, are each a great hero with a fatal flaw.

What is interesting is the way in which each of the Pandavas has been made relevant inthe management context. Explains Narayanaswamy: Yudhishtir is the mentor whose

strengths are his values and beliefs. He stands for propriety but he is blinded by his code

of honour. Similarly, Bhima is an executor manager. For him, the outcome is supremelyimportant, the bottomline matters his weakness is he can be blinded by rage.

Nakul, points out the IIM-B professor, is the enabler the service hero of today.

Hes driven by process, but theres no active leadership. Sahadeva is the visionary, but

he is like the manager who stands for thought and no action. Karnas strength is personal

loyalty, it also brings about his doom. Hes like the manager of today whod buy

vegetables for his bosses, says Narayanaswamy.

Arjun stands for flawless perfection. His strength is that hes assailed by doubt, but hes

willing to learn.

Todays young managers are Arjuns, in search of their own heroism they want todiscover their own meaning in life, says Narayanaswamy.

But the best part is the courses attempt to isolate the insides of religious traditions and

contemporise them in a managerial situation. Scholars from different religious

traditions deliver lectures. These include Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism,

Sufism, Jainism, Judaism and other religions, though the focus is not on scriptures. Thefocus is on spirituality, not religion.

Ramnath Narayanaswamy says: There are three components in management the

analytical (head), the emotional (heart) and the spiritual (soul). But, managementeducation completely ignores emotional intelligence (EI) and focuses only on analytical

intelligence. However, our young future managers need feeling and imagination. Its

difficult to teach these as they are experience-driven. Life skills like creative thinking,


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listening, mentoring, working under pressure, empathy, team building all these come

from EI.

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1. bhattathiri Says:

06/11/2007 at 06:51

Excellant

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2. bhattathiri Says:

06/11/2007 at 06:53

http://www.indialife.com/Religions/bhagavad_gita.htm

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3. vallabh Says:

06/11/2007 at 20:26

Krishna said that he ruled the three lokas (physical, mental and astral) with

knowledge from BhagavitGita. I feel this is the best approach for management.

For those who want to go in this direction, the Krishnavatara Vol 1 to 8 are the

BEST books.

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19/10/2008 at 04:16

One of the greatest contributions of India to the world is Holy Gita which isconsidered to be one of the first revelations from God. The management lessons

in this holy book were brought in to light of the world by divine Maharshi

Mahesh Yogi, Sri Shri.Ravi Shankar and Swami Bodhanandji, and the spiritualphilosophy by the great Adi Sankaracharya the greatest philosopher of India and

proud son of Kerala, and Sri. Srila Prabhupada Swami and humanism by Mata

Amritanandamayi Devi and Satya Sai Baba. Maharishi calls the Bhagavad-Gitathe essence of Vedic Literature and a complete guide to practical life. It provides

all that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level.

Maharishi reveals the deep, universal truths of life that speak to the needs andaspirations of everyone. Swami Chinmayanandaji preached and educated the

people and Swami Sandeep Chaitanyaji continuing the mission by keeping this

lantern burning always knowing the wishes of the modern generations. Arjuna got

mentally depressed when he saw his relatives with whom he has to fight.( Mentalhealth has become a major international public health concern now). To motivate

him the Bhagavad-Gita is preached in the battle field Kurukshetra by Lord

Krishna to Arjuna as counseling to do his duty while multitudes of men stood bywaiting. Arjuna face the problem of onflict between emotions and intellect . In

almost all of the cases, emotions win. Only a very

few people have a conflict-free emotion and intellect. Emotions, are required, for,without them, one is a mere robot. They make life pleasant as long as they are

sensible and within limits. It has got all the management tactics to achieve the

mental equilibrium and to overcome any crisis situation. The Bhagavad-Gita can

be experienced as a powerful catalyst for transformation. Bhagavad-Gita meanssong of the Spirit, song of the Lord. The Holy Gita has become a secret driving

force behind the unfoldment of ones life. In the days of doubt this divine book

will support all spiritual searches. This divine book will contribute to selfreflection, finer feeling and deepen ones inner process. Then life in the world can

become a real educationdynamic, full and joyfulno matter what the

circumstance. May the wisdom of loving consciousness ever guide us on ourjourney? What makes the Holy Gita a practical psychology of transformation is

that it offers us the tools to connect with our deepest intangible essence and we

must learn to participate in the battle of life with right knowledge?. It shows us

the path to handle the situation with equipoise mind irrespective of what comesour way and reminds us time and again, that what the right action is.

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Excellent

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6. bhattathiri mulavana Says:

17/02/2011 at 11:57

With competition hotting up between the corporate in India and around the world,

Human Resources Development (HRD), for achieving a particular task, with an

increase emphasis on productivity is becoming vital for corporate in India and

abroad.We need leadership, not just brains, says Roderick Wilkinson, Fellow of the

Institute of Personal Management, U.K. He goes on to give some examples on

what he means by this, For instance it was in Great Britain that AlexanderFleming who developed Penicillin, but it was business leadership that

commercialised in the U.S. It was a Scotsman named Baird, who invented the

Television, but it was again the leadership in Italy, U.S.A, Japan and othercountries that developed it beyond greater bounds than Britain, found possible.

Hence we need to realize that even the best brains need leader who can harness

their intellect and channelize it towards the productive results that will benefits us

allThe four fundamental functions of management process of modern management

are

(1) Planning(2) Organising

(3) Actuating

(4) controlling

Which were taught by Lord Sri Krishna to Arjuna 3000 years back through thedialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna, which became the Gita The

management epic.

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