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Indian Ethos For Management: Each Soul Is A Potential God
Indian Ethos For Management: Each Soul Is A Potential God
MANAGEMENT
Holistic Approach
Holistic approach in Management is based on spiritual principle of unity,
oneness, non-dual or Advaita concept. Under this principle of unity, the
universe in an undivided whole where each and every particle is connected
with every other particle. Thus, entire Humanity is ONE.
Such an integrated human personality of self-developed manager and
worker can assure best and competent management of any enterprise,
involving collective works and efforts. It will achieve perfection or excellence
in whatever sector you work. This is the ideal of Indian ethos : ‘Atmano
Mokshartham Jagat Hitya Cha.’ (For gaining perfection in individual life, as
well as for the welfare of the world.). This is the message for all managers and
workers given by the Indian ethos for management.
Karma Yoga
It is yoga of selfless service to others. Karma Yoga is all about identifying
your priorities and trying to achieve them. Also, a person should have
accountability i.e. he should always hold only himself responsible for whatever
goes right or wrong. This brings about the union of human being with the
Divine.
Gita says that do your duty without ego and without calculations of gain or
loss. One should believe in Nishkama Karma i.e. fruits of work should not be
thought of while performing the duty.
The memorable words of Gita are “ To work only you have the right and you
have no right to the fruits of work”. However, this does not mean that one
should work day and night and the returns that he gets should be almost
negligible. What the Gita tries to say is that let not the fruits of action motivate
you as they might just divert your attention from work. When you are doing a
job, put your heart and soul in to it. One has no control over the future hence
never waste your present in useless dreams of future hopes and fears of
present actions.
WHY DO I WORK?
1. For my own salvation and personal growth.
2. For the good of the world.
The inner joy of doing something gives the doer a sense of achievement and
also helps him in respecting himself more than he used to. Money is important
but running behind money all the time leads to tension, stress and total loss of
peace. Self-motivation can assure self-development. When work is performed
without passion, hatred, arrogance and desire we have individual development
and social good.
Indians always had two great truths of successful, harmonious and happy life:
Co – Operation
Healthy competition is a powerful motivator for excellence and success,
especially business success. The idea of cut-throat competetion is founded on
the concept of ‘struggle for existence’ and survival of the fittest.
Indian ethos says that for human beings the royal road is co-operation as
a powerful motive for team work. We are human beings having mind and
power of discrimination.
The Gita says : “ By co – operation and mutual help all shall achieve the
highest human welfare.” Unity is strength. Even in the holistic approach, we
stress the co-operation integration, synthesis and team – spirit for
extraordinary performance, for enduring harmony and peace, because in our
hearts chamber is living the pure conciousness of the Divine, i.e., Purnatman.
Peaceful co-excistence, harmony, not struggle is the rule. Indian insight
endorses this in the management of any enterprise.
Excessive competetion at work can destroy many young people and our
social life. Co-operation, united efforts and striving for success leads to all
round prosperity and success leads to all round prosperity and success in any
field of human enterprise.
Divinity of a human being is not merely a notion but a truth which can be
experienced in the stillness of the mind.
Balance is the keynote of Indian thought. We have synthesis, harmony
between the dual concepts.