I have tried to relate the epic tales from Mahabharata to some distinctions in contemporary management.

1. Mahabharata Lessons For
Contemporary Management
PRESENTED BY SHASHIKANT LAMANI 1MS14MBA43
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Mrs. PADAMLINI SINGH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
MSRIT.

2. Organisation Structure
Kaurva Ltd.
• CEO -- Duryodhana
• President - Dhritarashtra
(Duryodhana's father)
• Chief Mentor --Bhisama
Pandava Ltd.
• CEO – Arjun
• President - Yudhisthira
• Chief Mentor – Lord Krishna

3. Vision:The President of Kaurava Ltd .. Dhritarashtra had no vision at all . He c'd not override his
weakness for his son . He was used by Shakuni and Duryodhana.
The President Pandava Ltd.. Yudhisthira was a man of great vision and was respected even by his
competitors

4. 1 Akshouhini = 21,870 chariots,
21,870 elephants,
65,610 horses and
109,350 foot-soldiers
(in a ratio of 1:1:3:5).
Logistics
Kauravas :
11 Akshouhini
Pandavas:
7 Akshouhini

5. Recruitment: What do we seek when hire people to work for us Narayana or
Narayani Sena? Do we see who they are or do we focus only on qualification?

6. Decision Making : Making it or Breaking it. It is the art to take right
decision at the right time. One should grab the opportunity at the
right time to gain advantage over the competitors.

7. Strategies: Abhimanyu & Chakra-Vyuha
Kaurav -- They converted their strength into weakness as they use to indulge in war with other
kingdom which caused both loss of men and creation of enemies. Pandav -- They utilized their exile
period in which Arjun acquired Divyastra and Yudhistir formed the strategy of war by taking
teaching from different Gurus.

8. Merger:Any combination of two or more business enterprises into a single
enterprise. Pandava : Yudhishtira sent messengers to invite kings to join him.
Yuyustu and Ghatotkacha joined.

9. Negotiation: Negotiation is an important skill in business. How to negotiate?
There aren't any standard rulebooks for it. But even much before the modern books
started wring on it, Mahabharatha gives us some guide lines to negotiate.

10. Commitment: There was lack of commitment from Kaurav's .Their main warriors
like Bheeshm and Dronacharya didn't wanted war and promised not to kill any of the
Pandava's. Karna was fighting the war just to be loyal to Duryodhana but wasn't fully
involved in the war as he promised not to kill any Pandava except Arjun.
Abhimanyu and Ghatotkatch sacrificed their life for their team . Both of them contributed a
lot as Abhimanyu fought with 7 Maharatis single handed and Ghatotkatch took away half of
Kaurava's army with him.

11. Team Building: kaurva- Bhishma and Karna both use to hate Shakuni and his
tactics . It means they didn't have faith in their key strategist.
Pandava-They respect each other and use to listen to their CEO. They had a mission
and a common goal and they worked for it.

12. Leadership:A careful study of this great epic teaches us important lessons from the
perspective of leadership too. , Lord Krishna can be best described as ‘The greatest crisis
Manager’ the world has ever seen.

13. Reference:
• www.youtube.com/businesssutra
• Goole images
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELs0fDWAfMA&index=6&list=PL
q_quoo0Ap9vKW4SYJYJVFACi9OSY0Ij1
• Economics Times news paper

14. Thank You