Just like ‘Ramayana’, the epic of ‘Mahabharata’ also has many management lessons for the present day business leaders and managers. Greed, jealousy, quest for power, trying to achieve goals irrespective of the fairness of the means deployed – all these contradictions in life are very poignantly brought out.
Here are some lessons which could be drawn from the epic.
- Merit over Birth
When it comes to announcing a successor to his vast kingdom, King Bharata does not choose any of his own sons. Instead, he names
Bhumanyu whom he considers more capable to manage the affairs of his kingdom. In a dynastic rule, seeds of democracy are thus sown.
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