“Linking the Learning's of Bhagavad-Gita with Corporate Human Resource Management Practices”
Title
“Linking the Learning’s of Bhagavad-Gita with Corporate Human Resource Management Practices”
Author
Nishant Saxena
Assistant Professor-HR
Disha Institute of Management and Technology, Raipur
Abstract:
It is widely acknowledged that religion has a powerful influence over the human behavior. Human beings carry these learning’s to organizations, may be, in a dormant fashion. All religions have put forth basic guiding principles and tenets for mankind to follow. An interesting perspective is that we may integrate these learning’s with firms Human Resource Management. The Bhagavad-Gita is one of the best known and most frequently translated of the Vedic religious text. It has drama, for its setting is a scene of two great armies, banners flying, drawn up opposite one another on the field, poised for battle. It has mystery as Krishna demonstrates Arjuna; his cosmic form. How Krishna is acting in different potencies, is also explained in the text. It has a view of the ways religious life and treats of the paths of knowledge, works, discipline & faith and inter-relationships, problems that have bothered humanity in one way or the other. Although several studies have been carried out to integrate other school of thoughts such as Christianity, Islamic and Confucianism into HRM, limited studies have been done to explore and integrate the Bhagavad-Gita into HRM. Taking perspectives from the sculpture; Bhagavad-Gita, this paper presents a managerial grid to link its various learning’s with Human Resource models and practices.
Key Words: Human Resource Management, Bhagavad-Gita, Knowledge, Learning’s, Leadership
1. Introduction:
The Bhagavad-Gita is not simply a fountain of wisdom for philosophers. It reveals several secrets of the path to managerial processes. Written thousands of years ago, Bhagavad-Gita enlighten us on strategies and managerial techniques leading to a balanced state of affairs providing guidance to resolve conflict, poor
“Linking the Learning’s of Bhagavad-Gita with Corporate Human Resource Management Practices”
Author
Nishant Saxena
Assistant Professor-HR
Disha Institute of Management and Technology, Raipur
Abstract:
It is widely acknowledged that religion has a powerful influence over the human behavior. Human beings carry these learning’s to organizations, may be, in a dormant fashion. All religions have put forth basic guiding principles and tenets for mankind to follow. An interesting perspective is that we may integrate these learning’s with firms Human Resource Management. The Bhagavad-Gita is one of the best known and most frequently translated of the Vedic religious text. It has drama, for its setting is a scene of two great armies, banners flying, drawn up opposite one another on the field, poised for battle. It has mystery as Krishna demonstrates Arjuna; his cosmic form. How Krishna is acting in different potencies, is also explained in the text. It has a view of the ways religious life and treats of the paths of knowledge, works, discipline & faith and inter-relationships, problems that have bothered humanity in one way or the other. Although several studies have been carried out to integrate other school of thoughts such as Christianity, Islamic and Confucianism into HRM, limited studies have been done to explore and integrate the Bhagavad-Gita into HRM. Taking perspectives from the sculpture; Bhagavad-Gita, this paper presents a managerial grid to link its various learning’s with Human Resource models and practices.
Key Words: Human Resource Management, Bhagavad-Gita, Knowledge, Learning’s, Leadership
1. Introduction:
The Bhagavad-Gita is not simply a fountain of wisdom for philosophers. It reveals several secrets of the path to managerial processes. Written thousands of years ago, Bhagavad-Gita enlighten us on strategies and managerial techniques leading to a balanced state of affairs providing guidance to resolve conflict, poor
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