ASSIGNMENT

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

MBA202

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT

SESSION:- 2019-21

SUBMITTED TO : SUBMITTED BY :

Dr. TULSEE GIRI GOSWAMI ABHAY KUMAR GUPTA

DUE DATE: 20-04-2020 2019MBA001

SEMESTER- 2

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Q. Describe only one concept or principle of HRM based on any one
particular Indian mythology series of your choice?

Ramayana is one of the great epics of India are a Holy Scripture which is
originally authored by sage Valmiki. It represents the duties of any relationship
which narrate the ideal characters like the ideal King, the ideal brother, the ideal
wife, the ideal servant, the ideal father and many more ideal characters. The
Ramayana tells the Ram’s journey.
The Ramayana range over the concept of Dharma and the human values.
Despite being one of the ancient Holy scripture even today we can learn
management and leadership lessons from Ramayana.

The management and leadership lessons that can be learnt from Ramayana are:

Ramayana and the Management

In simple terms, management of any kind is the act of bringing people together
to work for achieving your desired aim. Management has five functions
that involve Planning, organizing, commanding, controlling and coordinating.
There are many books, articles, journals that talk about management theories
and real life experiences, but before the today’s modern management gurus or
experts gave their principles and theories, Tulsidas and Valmiki had explained it
in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.

In Ramayana, it is explained that how one can mentally prepare himself for the
job and analyze the complete situation to win from the rivals. When Hanuman
gets an opportunity to locate Sita then how Jambavan motivated Hanuman to go
into the enemy house. When he reached the Lanka then he did a complete study
of the Lankans and analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. This is what
management is all about by ascertaining the goals, get mentally prepared for it,
having a right plan and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the
competitors. The SWOT (the strength, weakness, opportunity, threats) analysis
is one of the very important aspect of management.

In Ramayana, Rawan again and again shows the qualities of a bad manager, that
make bear him in the long run. As it is said that the Businesses are run on the
relations, the one who can keep good relations with the employees can do
wonders for his organization or company. All these things say about the great
deal of management. From Ramayana you can learn management lessons with
perfect examples of the ideal characters. Anyone can learn management lessons
from Ramayana and can be an effective manager in the corporate world.

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Here are some lessons that someone can learn and can apply in the
corporate world: Some Leadership Lessons from Ramayana to
become the effective managers in the corporate world:-
One of the top most management principle is to motivate your team. We can
learn this thing from Ramayana that when Hanuman went Lanka. Hanuman’s
mission was to find Sita there and convey her Lord Ram’s message. When it
was confirmed that Sita is in Lanka then Janmant asked Hanuman to go
there. Jamwant helped Hanuman to realize his true potential and motivated him
to go to Lanka. We can learn the lesson from Ramayana and can apply in the
corporate world that how Jamwant motivated Hanuman as a good manager to
help him in realizing his true potential and act like that.

A good manager or leader is the one who can get work done even by its
opponents. A good manager hears all the things that his subordinates say to him
and try to keep them together in the oddest situations. When the company or an
organization is not in good situation, thena good manager’s responsibility is to
listen to his subordinates and keep them together. In Ramayana, Rawan shows
the qualities of a bad manager many times. And this reason becomes the
departure of his kingdom. Rawan did not listen to his managers from the
starting and from that there is a situation came in the state of war with Ram
because of Rawan’s mismanagement, one of the wisest managers, Vibishan left
his kingdom in between a crisis.

There always comes a time when a leader has to create more leaders. So that
they can make their own independent decisions. And there is not anymore
dependency on anyone to make decisions in the bad situations. When the Sita’s
whereabouts was known then Hanuman, from his own burn the Lanka. The
Ram was not happy with Hanuman’s decision by burning Lanka. After that,
Hanuman stopped taking decisions on his own. Then Ram removes himself
from the scene so that Hanuman can take his own decision and rediscover
himself to make things right. During the war, the Mahiravan succeeded in
kidnapping both Ram and Laxman and take them into Patal Lok. From the
physical and intellectual power, Hanuman succeeded in rescuing both Ram and
Laxman and thus Ram created a leader and from that Hanuman could use his
abilities of leadership.

In Ramayana, two brothers Sugriva and Bali became enemy of each other. The
reason of enmity, of two brothers was misunderstanding or miscommunication.
Because of the sour events, Rama could do his task. In management, be careful
of happening miscommunication at any stage. This could lead to a big crisis.

A manager or leader should always motivate and believe in his team to achieve
desired goal. A manager who believes in his team definitely met with his goal
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achievement. The army of Rakshasa was very powerful and unbeatable. They
had defeated many devas and powerful kings. But the soldiers in the Ram’s
army were not originally soldiers and they had never experienced that
experienced army before. But the Rama built confidence in his army to fight.
By Ram’s confidence and enthusiasm make his army to fight and conquer
victory.

This is the top most management lesson one can apply in the corporate world.
Leaving the comfort zone is the most important thing in any business or
enterprise. In today’s world, the marketing experts or gurus who travel the
world, get good experience of customer’s taste or like, better serve the market.
In Ramayana, when Rama was ordered to live in the forest for the course of
fourteen years, then Rama and Sita took it as a challenge to involve with the
ordinary people of their kingdom to better understand their problems and
situations. They didn’t remain limited in the comforts of their palace. It helps
them to understand the ground realities in a better way.

A good manager’s responsibility is to make a clear plan and execute it

successfully step by step. In Ramayana, When Hanuman gets responsibility to
search Sita then Hanuman has done this task brilliantly and single
highhandedly. This way, he gave an introduction of his wisdom that how he
conducts himself in the task and single minded is a perfect example to be
followed by the managers in the corporate world. At the time of crossing the
sea, he rejected the invitation which was given by Mount Myna-aka to take
some rest in the way to better complete the task.

Having a clear vision is a very important thing in the corporate world as well as
in all aspects of life. A clear vision will always be a motivating factor in
focusing on the goal and not to be turned a side of it. It is very important for a
leader to have a clear vision that what he is aiming for and what consequences
he has to bear in the future. He should also becareful of his subordinates or
followers that who is helping him to achieve his goal. In the Ramayana, the
Ram’s vision was clear that he has to save his wife Sita and to defeat the evil
personalities. The clarity about goal forced his army to put their soul and heart
in the war to save Sita.

A good manager’s quality is to have patience in all the situations. Maintaining

cool in the bad situations helps a person to achieve its goal. In Ramayana when
Sita was kidnapped then Ram wandered resource lies in the forests to search the
Sita. In Ramayana, it is detailed that how Ram feels sad, deeply and the
memories which were linked with Sita. But his intense sorrow did not stop him
for searching the Sita even he did not know the single detail of the enemy. Even
in the worst situations while battling with Rawan, the Ram maintained his

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courage and patience and by doing this, he inspired his army to not only
continue the battle but even win it.

A good manager’s quality is to not to be attracted by doubtful attractions in his

way. In Ramayana, when Sita got madly attracted by a beautiful golden deer,
she refused to take notice to her husband’s advice. She could not pay attention
on that the deer could not be a natural deer, it can be an evil in the false
appearance. It is her unpleasant trouble of acquiring the deer to be
her playmate that forced Ram to go behind the scene. Afterwards it became the
way of getting her separated by his husband Ram and get kidnapped by Rawan.

Conclusion

The allegory of chariot, the warrior and the weapons have uncanny resemblance
to corporate behavior and governance. Valour is the ability to take hard
decisions and fortitude is the ability to defend and stand by those decisions. The
flag and banner of ‘steadfastness to truth’ and ‘ethical character’ are the core
values & ethics of a corporation. A corporation must have ‘strength’ of purpose,
ability to choose between right and wrong (‘Vivek’ is the word used in
Ramayana which is difficult to translate in English), ‘patience’ to implement its
plans and ‘care for others’ to drive it purposefully. The reins of ‘Forgiveness’,
‘Compassion’ and ‘Equanimity’ are the reins in the hands of leaders to control
and navigate the corporation. And ultimately, it is the ‘devotion to truth’ which
the intelligent leader must have to successfully navigate the corporation. The
governance tools or weapons and armour that the corporate leader should have
are the ‘dispassionate attitude’ and ‘absence of greed’, ‘intelligence’, ‘wisdom’
and attitude for ‘charity’(philanthropy). Role of the leader in corporate
governance becomes critical because often the leaders begin to equate
themselves with their corporation and their success or failures with that of the
corporation. It is here that hubris of leader comes in to play! His/Her dominance
dwarfs the organizational governance structures and instances of corporate mis-
governance are ignored or swept under the carpet to save his/her image. The
preaching of Lord Rama requires a leader to have ‘Pure and Steady Mind’,
‘quietude’ and adherence to ‘rules’ and ‘non-violence’ (lack of anger). ‘Respect
or quest for learning’ protects the leader.

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