Lord Krishna- the ultimate Management Guru

Although the topic could have been elaborated as much as Bhagavad Gita itself but I had a challenge to fit this article in 250 odd words for college magazine. I am greatly influenced and follower of Gita. Here is my sincere efforts.

Lord Krishna taught Arjuna self-development which is key to leadership skills.

If individual wants he can make or unmake. Many corporate can follow the teaching of the Gita for human resources development of the managers and workers.

What do Siemens India Ltd., Silicon Graphics DCM Data Systems, Ambuja Industries and Times of India have in common with Federal Express, American Airlines, New York Times and General Electric Inc. The fact is that all of them have realised the role as well as importance of the individual in human resource development and that self-development is the key to development of organization. The power of individual has been realised since eternity starting with Lord Krishna to present day.
“We need leadership, not just brains,” says Roderick Wilkinson, Fellow of the Institute of Personal Management, U.K

The 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 the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna, which became the Gita –The management epic.

Gita teaches the fundamentals about the development of individuals mind, concentration, self control, development of the character, knowledge, virtues, duty, work, action, devotion, leading to liberation. The Gita teaching will help the development of human resources, which is an asset to the organisation. One of the major goals of management is to develop human resources into hard to replace assets of a firm.