Application of

ramayana to
management
principles

INTRODUCTION
There are number of books,
journals and articles available, which talks
about various management theories. They
focussed management as a Science and
an Art of life.
But the way before modern days
management gurus gave their theories,
principles and concepts of management
the great writers like Tulsidas, Valmiki had
explained them in the ancient Hindu epic
Ramayana.

Now, as a management
students can we apply morals of
great epic Ramayana to the
management.???
The answer is yes..
then, lets see how Ramayana helps
us in getting things done!!!!!!!

Morals to
Principles

APPLICATION OF RAMAYANA
TO MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES

The scenario in Ramayana

In Ramayana when Rama, Lakshmana & Sita were

banished to forest unfortunately Sita was
kidnapped by Ravana.
Ravana was a very strong man he had lot of
powers.
It was a great challenge for Rama to face Ravana
and rescue Sita from Lanka.

Problem:
At the time when Rama, Lakshman &
Sita banished to forest unfortunately
Sita was kidnapped by Ravana.

Objective:
The challenge for Lord Rama is how
he defeats Ravana & gets back his
wife Sita with the help of Vanar sena.

This is what Management is all

about..

Ascertaining the goals, or job to be done.

Getting mentally prepared for it.
Having a right plan.
SWOT Analysis [strength, weakness,
opportunities and threats] of your business.
Leading a team- Leadership.
Organizing the resources required.
Coordinating with the people.
Controlling : checking things are
happening as per the plan.

EXAMPLES FROM RAMAYANA

Motivation & SWOT Analysis
One of the most obvious incidences, in
which management is very clearly visible is that
of Hanuman going to Lanka. His mission was to
locate Sita there and give her Lord Rams
message. When it became clear that Sita was in
Lanka, Jambvant asked Hanuman to go there. He
helped him in realising his true potential and
motivated him to go in the enemys camp.
Once mentally prepared for the job and
reached there, first thing which Hanuman did
was to completely analyse the situation in Lanka.
He did a complete study about the Lankans,
assessing their strengths and weaknesses,
the various threats and opportunities which
he had in the enemys camp.

LORD RAMAS QUALITIES- The Good

Leader in the epic
Ambitious.
Patience.
Confidence.
Visionary .
Good Organiser.
Compassion.
Smartness.
Positive view.

Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri

Ramayana Rama
Management

Sri Rama was firm and

brave to take all the risk to
protect the words of his
father (King Dasharatha)
gave to Kaikeyi
The mission of the army
led by him was to defeat
the Rakshasas and rescue
Sita.
The Ravanas army was a
powerful one, which had
defeated the formidable,
devas and vanquished
powerful kings -Rama led
what was essentially a
rag-tag army against
the sophisticated army
of Ravana

Change
management.

Clarity in vision.

Believe in your
abilities strengthen
them as per the
objective.

Traits of a Leader- Lord Sri

Ramayana Rama
Ramayana
Management
Rama
Rama was
was aaprince
princewho
who
interacted
interacted freely
freelywith
withthe
the
people,
people, He
He Developed
Developedgood
good
relations
relations with
withpeople
people
regardless
regardless of
ofsocial
socialstatus
status
and
and treat
treat everybody
everybodywith
with
courtesy
courtesy and
andrespect.
respect.
When
When Vibhishan
Vibhishanwas
was
defected, Rama took him
defected, Rama took him
under his protection. He
under his protection. He
then had a talk with the
then had
a talk
withsome
the of
various
army
chiefs
variousdisagreed
army chiefs
whom
withsome
Rama.
of
whom
disagreed
with
Instead of punishing them,
Rama.assuaged
Instead of
punishing
Rama
their
them, Rama
assuaged
suspicions
and
got themtheir
to
suspicions
and got them to
accept
his decision.
accept his decision.

Interaction and
building good
relations.

Consulting
subordinates for
their opinion.

The story
Ramayana
To rescue Sita from
Lanka -The number
of actions were
taken such as
sending out search
parties, building an
overseas bridge and
issuing a direct
challenge to Ravana.

Management
Planning as per
the objective

The story
Ramayana
Ramayana
Lord Sri Rama had
good relations with
the people even
though he was a
king, his actions and
thoughts were like a
common man, he
analyzed the ability
of each individual
and gave opportunity
to all.. Hanuman
the best example.

Management
Coordinating with
people to know
their abilities &
strengths, guiding
them to over come
the areas of
improvement as
per the objective.

The story
Ramayana
Ramayana
Rama divided Vanaras
into 4 groups, to search
Sita and one of the group
was headed by
Jambavanta in which
Hanuman was a team
player. After which Rama
directed the ways to
become proficient in
Gadayudda to strengthen
the team- and the group
of Jambavanta were
successful Hanuman
discovered Sita in Lanka.

Management
Directing as per
the plans and
policies.

The story
RAMAYANA
Lord Rama insisted his
team of Vanaras to
construct a Ram
Setuve over the sea to
connect the Lanka.
This helped Rama &
Vanaras to defeat his
opponent Ravana &
rescue Sita with less
life risk of Vanaras.

MANAGEMENT
Management controlmotivation &
energizing of the
team, communication
& risk management,
planning & scheduling,
execution, allocation
of the appropriate
resources for a
particular task,
decision-making, outof-box thinking to
solve problems,

Hanuman- An overview as per

management perspective.
He was very strong man physically and also
with his moral thoughts.
When he got an information that Sita was in
Lanka, Jambvant motivated Hanuman to go
there.- Hanauman took initiative and got
ready for the challenge.
He might have killed Ravana the day he
discovered Lanka. He had all the abilities to
kill Ravana, but he waited for the Sri Rams
directions - abiding for rules regulations
as directed by management

TEAM WORK:

Team work is an
important principle
in management.
Rama with
Lakshmana,
Hanuman, vanar
sena & with
squirrel applied
the same in search
of Sitaji & was
successful in the
mission.

Courage &
Compassion:
Shri Rama led an inferior
& less armed army
against the might of the
Ravanas elite army.
The Rakshasas army
was very potent, having
defeated the formidable
devas & vanquished
powerful kings.
Driven by Ramas
inspirational leadership ,
where courage&
compassion were the
major virtues his army
responded
magnificiently & carved
out victory.

FINALLY
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
TEACHING
NECESSARY
FOR ALL

1. He met Sita & gave her a ring.

2. Then he decided to eat fruits
3. He destroyed the entire forest
4. All the demons went to kill him
5. Demons were killed instead
6. Ravanas son Aksha also died
7 .Still Ravana laughed at Hanuman when the
latter entered inside
8. Hanuman went to search for Sita
9. Paid by getting his whole city (Lanka) burned
Never underestimate anybody

If you underestimate your friends

1. They lose trust in you
2. Try to behave like enemies
3. Friendship gets broken

If you underestimate your enemies

1. Case same as that of Ravana & Hanuman
2. Ravana ruined for that decision

As a good leaders in future we

should do