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VEDIC LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT EXPRESSION OF VEDA AND THE VEDIC LITERATURE
Modern Management and Ancient Vedic Management Discover the Fabrics of Immortality in the Management G.SAIKRISHNA, M.B.A DIRECTOR OF YUVA FOUNDATION
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VEDIC LEADERSHIP
Sri Krishna (Father of Vedic Leadership)
Modern Management and Ancient Vedic Management Discover the Fabrics of Immortality in the Management G.SAIKRISHNA,
Director of Yuva Foundation OPP: Vidyanagar Vidyanagar Bus Stop, Hyderabad, (AP), INDIA. Web: www.yuvafoundation.com www.yuvafoundation.com,, Email:
[email protected], Contact number: +91 - 09247816033
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The modern management concepts like vision, leadership, motivation, excellence in work, achieving goals, meaning of work, attitude to wards work, nature of individual, in the the Baghvad Baghvad Gita with a sharp insight and finest finest analysis analysis to rime through our confused grey matter making in highly eligible to become a part of the modern management syllabus. Leade Leadersh rship ip is an impo importa rtant nt facto factorr for for makin making g any type type of organ organiza izatio tion n successfully. Through out the history it has been recognized that the difference betw between een “succe “success” ss” and “fail “failure ure”” whethe whetherr in a wa warr, a polit politica icall movem movemen ent, t, a business, or a team game, can be attributed largely to leadership. In this context the Baghvad Gita expounded thousands of years ago by the Super Management Guru Krishna, enlightens us on all managerial techniques leading to a harmonious and blissful state of affairs as against conflicts, tensions, lowest efficiency and least productivity, absence of motivation and lack of work culture etc common to most of the enterprises today. BASS, BERNARD (1989):
Good leaders are born not made. Who have the desire and willpower, they become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of selfself- study study,, educ educati ation, on, traini training ng,, and experi experienc ence. e. This This guide guide wil willl help help you you throug through h tha thatt proces process. s. Good Good leade leaders rs are conti continua nually lly wo worki rking ng and study studying ing to improve their leadership skills: skills: they are not resting on their laurels Effective leader qualities were discussed in Vedas and Baghvad Gita. For Example:
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MODERN MANAGEMENT RALPH STOGDILL:
Surv Survey eyed ed more more than than 5000 5000 Lead Leader ersh ship ip studie studiess and conclu concluded ded that that succes successs full full leaders tend
to
have
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following
VEDIC MANAGEMENT SRI KRISHNA (BAGHVAD GITA) (2.23) _
qualities:
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“ Naianam chindanti shastrani _
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Strong desire for accomplishment
nainam dahati pavakah .
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Persistent pursuit of goals
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Creativity and intelligence used to
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na chainam kledayantyapo _
solve problem
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na shoshayati marutah ”
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Initiative applied to social situations
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Self-assumed personalities
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Willi illing ngne ness ss
to
acce accept pt
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beha behavi vior or
Weapons cannot claim him nor fire burn him
consequences •
Low susceptibility to interpersonal •
stress
Water cannot wet him,
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High tolerance of ambiguity
nor wind dry him
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Ability to learned of ambiguity
away
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Ability to influence other people
. HE IS THE LEADER
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ability interaction
to
structure
social
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ATTITUDE TOWARDS TOWARDS WORK Three stone-cutters were engaged in erecting a temple. A Human Resources manager asked them what they were doing. The response of the three workers to this innocentlooking question is illuminating. 'I am a poor man. I have to maintain my family. I am making a living here,' said the first stone-cutter with a dejected face. 'Well, I work because I want to show that I am the best stone-cutter in the country,' said the second one with a sense of pride. 'Oh, I want to build the most beautiful temple in the country,' country,' said the third one with a visionary gleam. Their jobs were identical but their perspectives were different. What Gita tells us is to develop the visionary perspective in the work we do. It tells us to develop a sense of larger vision in one's work for the common good.
* JAI GURU DEV *
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Dedicated To His Holiness Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, The Guiding Light of the Discovery of Veda and the Vedic Literature in Vedic Management
‘Here is the first and final disclosure of knowledge that presents every human being as the embodiment of the total creative process in Nature and renders human life as a field of all possibilities.
“This offers mastery over Natural Law to everyone and perfection to every HIS HOLINESS MAHARSHI MAHESH YOGI
(Dawn of Total Knowledge )
nation Heaven on Earth.”
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