Submitted By:

Nidhi Verma
 INTRODUCTION
 One of the greatest contributions of India to the world is Holy
Gita which is considered to be one of the first revelations from
God. The management lessons in this holy book were brought
in to light of the Maharishi calls the Bhagavad‐Gita the
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 and aspirations of everyone. Arjuna got mentally
depressed when he saw his relatives with whom he has to
fight. (Mental health 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 by waiting. 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.e world by divine Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi
 The Bhagavad Gita is a message addressed to each and every
human individual to help him or her to solve the vexing problem
of overcoming the present and progressing towards a bright
future. Within its eighteen chapters is revealed a human drama.
This is the experience of everyone in this world, the drama of the
ascent of man from a state of utter dejection, sorrow and total
breakdown and hopelessness to a state of perfect understanding,
clarity, renewed strength and triumph.
 The broad purpose is to explore the managerial effectiveness
from the perspectives of the Bhagavad-Gita, which presents
one of the Indian (Vedic) views on managerial effectiveness.
 The philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita should not be viewed from
spiritual perspectives only but also as a guide in developing
managerial effectiveness.
 The scope, content and context of managerial effectiveness is
wide, however there are three basic principles on improving
managerial effectiveness from the selected verses from the
Bhagavad-Gita.
 The three principles are mind management, management of
duty and the principles of self management.
 MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS

The Bhagavad-Gita was delivered by Sri Krishna to boost Arjuna’s

declining morale, motivation, confidence to his (Arjuna) intra-
Personal conflict, which was to fight or not to fight the war at
Kurukshestra. Sri Krishna gave not only spiritual enlightenment to
Arjuna ( and to all of us) but also the art of self management,
conflict management, stress &, anger management, transformational
leadership, motivation, goal setting and many others aspects of
management which can be used as a guide to increase our managerial
effectiveness. Unlike the western approach to managerial effectiveness,
which focuses in exploring the external world of matter and energy,
the Bhagavad-Gita recommends a managerial effectiveness approach,
which focuses on exploring the inner world of the self .
 When Arjuna saw
his friends and
relatives, he was
de-motivated.
Sri Krishna, played
the role of teacher
(management
trainer, developer),
to revive Arjuna’s
motivation
 Arjuna said: For the
mind is restless, turbulent,
obstinate and very strong,
O Krishna, and to subdue
it is, it seems to me, more
difficult than controlling
the wind.
Sri Krishna said: O
mighty-armed son of
Kunti (Arjuna), it is
undoubtedly very difficult
to curb the restless mind,
but it is possible by
constant practice and by
detachment.
 MIND MANAGEMENT
 Management development programs in organizations
should focus in creating and developing managers and
organizational members to be strong and be mentally fearless.
An untrained mind is very weak and unstable, as a result even
a small obstacle coming in its way may make it lose initiative.
Sri Krishna also mentioned that for one who has conquered
the mind, the mind is the best of friends, but for one who has
failed to control their mind, the mind will be the greatest
enemy.
In the chariot of the body, the
five horses represent the five
senses (tongue, eyes, ears,
nose and skin).
The reins, the
driving instrument,
symbolize the mind, the
driver is the intelligence, and
the passenger is the self.
Managers should use their
intelligence to control the
mind (the driving
instrument), they should not
let the mind to be controlled
by the senses.
 DUTY

 Duty is given great importance in the Bhagavad-Gita. Duty in

the organizational context goes beyond contractual agreement
in the employment relationship. Sri Krishna motivates and
Encourages Arjuna to do his duty and not to run away from the
battlefield. Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better
than not working. One cannot even maintain one’s physical body
without work Sri Krishna further stressed that duty needs to be
done without attachment & for those who do their duty without
attachment will attain the supreme goal .Sri Krishna instructed
Arjuna to perform his work (duty) for the sake of educating the
people in general.
 The success and failures of any organization can be attributed
to leadership. The manager (leader) in the context of organization
needs to set example to their followers as whatever the leader does,
the followers will follow and whatever standards or example the
leader sets people in general will follow. This lesson in leadership
given by Sri Krishna is not only limited to leaders in the
work organization but each and every leader, including kings,
ministers, community leaders, fathers or teachers.
 SELF MANAGEMENT
The Bhagavad-Gita stresses the importance of self management
which includes all aspects of management of oneself such as
managing life, time, stress, anger, fear and self-control.
In explaining the position of a self realized person , among others,
Sri Krishna stressed the aspects such as controlling the mind,
determination, giving up sense gratification, being free from
attachment and hatred, body and mind control, power of speech,
free from false ego, false pride and anger as essential part
of self management.
Sri Krishna described that from anger, complete delusion arises,
and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is
bewildered, intelligence will be lost and when intelligence is lost
one falls down.
MOTIVATION TO SUCCEED

The term “motivation” refers to the driving force (internal and

external), which explains behavior. Motivating employees
towards high performance is the task of every manager.
Although the level of motivation varies among individuals,
the manager firstly must understand the employee’s need.
In many verses of the Bhagavad-Gita, Sri Krishna motivates
and energizes Arjuna to do his duty. Sri Krishna focuses on the
internal (intrinsic) motivation more than external (extrinsic).
 TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

After hearing 575 verses from Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita,

Arjuna was motivated, energized and acted according to
Sri Krishna’s instruction. This is transformation management
(leadership), as quoted by Narayana (1998) who explained what
happened after the Bhagavad-Gita – “He (Arjuna) stood steady
on the ground with bow and arrow in hand. He lifted his arms
ready to fight the war”. Sri Krishna demonstrated transformational
leadership qualities in developing and guiding Arjuna to victory
in the war.
 The critical question in all managers' minds is how to be effective in
their job. The answer to this fundamental question is found in the
Bhagavad Gita, which repeatedly proclaims that "you must try to
manage yourself." The reason is that unless a manager reaches a
level of excellence and effectiveness, he or she will be merely a face
in the crowd.
 CONCLUSION
 The despondency of Arjuna in the first chapter of the Gita is
typically human. Sri Krishna, by sheer power of his inspiring
words, changes Arjuna's mind from a state of inertia to one of
righteous action, from the state of what the French philosophers
call "anomie" or even alienation, to a state of self‐confidence in
the ultimate victory of "dharma" (ethical action )
 When Arjuna got over his despondency and stood ready to fight,
Sri Krishna reminded him of the purpose of his new‐found spirit
of intense action ‐ not for his own benefit, not for satisfying his
own greed and desire, but for the good of many, with faith in the
ultimate victory of ethics over unethical actions and of truth over
untruth.
 Sri Krishna's advice with regard to temporary failures is, "No
doer of good ever ends in misery.“ Every action should
produce results. Good action produces good results and evil
begets nothing but evil. Therefore, always act well and be
rewarded.
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