mahabharat final
TRANSCRIPT
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By C Rajagopalachari
DONE BY:
VISHAL ASRANI (102)RINALI DAFTARY (107)
VIRAL DOSHI (115)
POONAM RAICHURA (135)
JIGAR SATRA (138)
VINEET PARAMESWARAN (159)
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Longest epic 2m words
Quality, not quantity
What is found here, may be foundelsewhere. What is not found here, will not
be found anywhere
Equivalent to modern management bibles
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MYTH BUSTING
Not a mere war epic, nor fit only for
philosophers
Prominent management fundas Man Management
Organizational Behavior
Game Theory
MBO
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SOME SPECIFICS
Bhishma Honest manager caught in diametrically opposite clashes
Yudhisthira
Classic case of managerialacumen
Karna Manager who succumbed to pressures
Abhimanyu
Daredevil Leader without contingency plans, Chakravyuha
Draupadi
Typical woman powerhouse, motivated others
Krishna
Leader, manager
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ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW,
ITS ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW
The Mahabharata war was gigantic.
Every king and army from all over India
stood on that battlefield.
The importance of building a network of
relationships and developing a web of
influence. Today leaders often lack decision-making
power.
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MANY LIVES MANYMASTERS
Draupadi managed five husbands. So why
should it be hard to manage multiple bosses?
Draupadi did not choose her husband
Individual becomes a shared resource Satyabhamaasks Draupadi, What is your
secret?
Draupadis husbands had a different personality
Secrecy in a boss-subordinate relationship is
critical
Is Draupadi the ideal subordinate?
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SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
The great Indian epic is a big storehouse
of stories
Each story in itself is the source of
knowledge and new learning in various
fields of human life esp. management
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STORY OF YAKSHA (Dharma)
AND YUDHISTHIRA (Dharmaraja) In the forest, the Pandavas plan their 13th
year of exile to live in disguise and to work in
anotherkingdom. Nakul tries to fetch water
from alake but is told not to use the water byan invisible voice. He ignores the warning,
drinks the waterand falls down dead. His
brothers meet the same fate except for
Yudhisthiraanswers correctly. The Yakshareveals himselfas Lord Yamaand grants
back the lives ofall the dead brothers.
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT
CONCEPTS
Always learn the rules and meet the
terms before entering new game
Being smart thinker, wise and thought
leader
Making just decisions without any bias
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A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND
EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE
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A WAR ELEPHANT
C AH R I O T S
SEVEN HORSEMEN
TEN SHIELD BEARERS WITH ARMOR
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STRATEGY
To cope withenemys
formation
SIZE
SmallerArmy NEEDLE POINTFORMATION
Enabledconcentration
of forces rather
than deployment
EAGLE vs.
CRESCENT
FORMATION(on the 3rd
day)
Helped
break the
formationand created
confusion
and panic
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE:
DETERMINANTS & OUTCOMES
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PRESENTED BY:
Group 2
Vishal Asrani (102)
Rinali Daftary (107) Viral Doshi (115)
Jigar Satra (138)
Poonam Raichura (135)