INTRODUCTION

There are number of books, journals and articles available, which talks about various management theories. They focussed management as a Science and an Art of life. But the way before modern days management gurus gave their theories, principles and concepts of management the great writers like Tulsidas, Valmiki had explained them in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.

Now, as a management students can we apply morals of great epic Ramayana to the management.??? The answer is yes..

then, lets see how Ramayana helps us in getting things done!!!!!!!

Morals to Principles

APPLICATION OF RAMAYANA TO MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

Problem:
At the time when Rama, Lakshman & Sita banished to forest unfortunately Sita was kidnapped by Ravana.

Objective:
The challenge for Lord Rama is how he defeats Ravana & gets back his wife Sita with the help of Vanar sena.

This is what Management is all about..

Ascertaining the goals, or job to be done. Getting mentally prepared for it. Having a right plan. SWOT Analysis [strength, weakness, opportunities and threats] of your business. Leading a team- Leadership. Organizing the resources required. Coordinating with the people. Controlling : checking things are happening as per the plan.

The scenario in Ramayana

In Ramayana when Rama, Lakshmana & Sita were banished to forest unfortunately Sita was kidnapped by Ravana. Ravana was a very strong man he had lot of powers. It was a great challenge for Rama to face Ravana and rescue Sita from Lanka.

LORD RAMAS QUALITIES- The Good Leader in the epic Ambitious. Patience. Confidence. Visionary . Good Organiser. Compassion. Smartness. Positive view.

Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri Rama

Management Sri Rama was firm and brave Change management. to take all the risk to protect
the words of his father (King Dasharatha) gave to Kaikeyi

Ramayana

The mission of the army led by him was to defeat the Rakshasas and rescue Sita. The Ravanas army was a powerful one, which had defeated the formidable, devas and vanquished powerful kings -Rama led what was essentially a ragtag army against the sophisticated army of Ravana

Clarity in vision. Believe in your abilities strengthen them as per the objective.

Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri Rama

Ramayana
Rama was a prince who interacted freely with the people, He Developed good relations with people regardless of social status and treat everybody with courtesy and respect. When Vibhishan was defected, Rama took him under his protection. He then had a talk with the various army chiefs some of whom disagreed with Rama. Instead of punishing them, Rama assuaged their suspicions and got them to accept his decision.

Management Interaction and building good relations.

Consulting subordinates for their opinion.

Traits of a Leader- lord Sri Rama

Ramayana
When Ravana swaggered to battle on the first day without adequate preparations and was rendered weaponless by Rama, he was allowed to return to his citadel because the code of chivalry followed by Rama stipulated that an unarmed enemy not be attacked.

Management Following a code of conduct and ethics.

The story
Ramayana
To rescue Sita from Lanka -The number of actions were taken such as sending out search parties, building an overseas bridge and issuing a direct challenge to Ravana.

Management Planning as per the objective

The story
Ramayana Lord Sri Rama took the army of vanara king Sugriva teached them the skills of facing the enemy, motivated and inspired them for the mission of war. Management Organizing resources which are required.

The story
Ramayana Management Lord Sri Rama had good relations with the Coordinating with people even though he people to know their was a king, his actions abilities & strengths, and thoughts were like guiding them to over a common man, he come the areas of analyzed the ability of improvement as per the each individual and gave opportunity to objective. all.. Hanuman the best example.

The story
Ramayana
Rama divided Vanaras into 4 groups, to search Sita and one of the group was headed by Jambavanta in which Hanuman was a team player. After which Rama directed the ways to become proficient in Gadayudda to strengthen the team- and the group of Jambavanta were successful Hanuman discovered Sita in Lanka.

Management Directing as per the plans and policies.

The story
RAMAYANA
Lord Rama insisted his team of Vanaras to construct a Ram Setuve over the sea to connect the Lanka. This helped Rama & Vanaras to defeat his opponent Ravana & rescue Sita with less life risk of Vanaras.

MANAGEMENT
Management controlmotivation & energizing of the team, communication & risk management, planning & scheduling, execution, allocation of the appropriate resources for a particular task, decision-making, out-ofbox thinking to solve problems, winning strategy, rewards.

Hanuman- An overview as per management perspective.

He was very strong man physically and also with his moral thoughts. When he got an information that Sita was in Lanka, Jambvant motivated Hanuman to go there.Hanauman took initiative and got ready for the challenge. He might have killed Ravana the day he discovered Lanka. He had all the abilities to kill Ravana, but he waited for the Sri Rams directions - abiding for rules regulations as directed by management

TEAM WORK:

Team work is an important principle in management. Rama with Lakshmana, Hanuman, vanar sena & with squirrel applied the same in search of Sitaji & was successful in the mission.

TEAM PLAYER

A squirrel was picking up a little pebble in her mouth and putting it alongside the boulders. She was repeating this continuously and effortlessly. She was found by a monkey who started making mockery of her and told to stay away as she will die if she comes under the boulder or the leg of any army. No work is big or small. Its not the stature of work that matters, but what you learn from working that counts. Never listen to people who tell you that the work you are doing is demeaning or would undermine your prestige. Remember, work doesnt undermine prestige, it is absence of work that does.

Courage & Compassion:

Shri Rama led an inferior & less armed army against the might of the Ravanas elite army. The Rakshasas army was very potent, having defeated the formidable devas & vanquished powerful kings. Driven by Ramas inspirational leadership , where courage& compassion were the major virtues his army responded magnificiently & carved out victory.

Leadership and Initiative

Chief strategist & a true leader. Eliminating Rakshasas. Exhibited his immense strength extraordinary powersDestroying fortress of Lanka. Bringing Dronagiri Parvat (Sanjivini Booti) Shri Hanuman lead the vanar sen in search for Sitaji (Initiation)

EXAMPLES FROM RAMAYANA

Motivation & SWOT Analysis One of the most obvious incidences, in which management were used is very clearly visible is that of Hanuman going to Lanka. His mission was to locate Sita there and give her Lord Rams message. When it became clear that Sita was in Lanka, Jambvant asked Hanuman to go there. He helped him in realising his true potential and motivated him to go in the enemys camp. Once mentally prepared for the job and reached there, first thing which Hanuman did was to completely analyse the situation in Lanka. He did a complete study about the Lankans, assessing their strengths and weaknesses, the various threats and opportunities which he had in the enemys camp.

As a good leaders in future we should do