A kite is a tethered Aircraft. Kite flying is one of the most popular sports and festival in India. According to the Greek literature, kite-flying dates back to as old as 14th century and later came to India and other Asian countries. Kite Festival in India is popular the worldwide and celebrated with great fun and excitement.
We have been enjoying the festival of kites since childhood but we have never thought of lessons which kite flying can teach us especially business and management lessons.
Following are some lessons which can be learnt from kite flying:-
Kite flying is not an easy task. For a beginner, even after 10 tries, there still are possibilities that he may not be able to fly the kite. Just like business, it involves various skill and talent to take it to high up in the sky. Our hand start aching when we are into flying a kite for long time. And similarly one faces the lots of difficulties when he/she start a new business.
There are many different ways of flying kite and each way of it can be compared with different form of business organisation. Some people have the habit, skill and talent to fly the kite on their own like Sole Proprietorship form of business where whole business is handled by a single person similarly some have the habit to take the help of the others to fly a single kite like Partnership form of business where each partner take the help of the other to take important decision and to maintain stability in the market.
People use different types of strings for flying their kites. They will choose and use the best string to fly the kite high up in the air to give tough competition to other kites and will enable for their kites to stay for longer time in sky. Similarly all business organisations should adopt such ways and method to remain stable in their market and to maintain their goodwill in this competitive market. They should use the best marketing strategy suitable for their product