This document outlines some basic principles of management from ancient Indian wisdom: - Each person has divine potential and can achieve miracles through self-development. - A holistic approach sees all of humanity as one and aims for individual and social welfare. - Both subjective qualities like courage and objective outputs like money are important. - Karma yoga means prioritizing duties without attachment to rewards and doing work for salvation and society's good. - Yoga Karmasu Kaushalam means excelling at work with devotion without being work-obsessed. - Cooperation is a powerful motivator and united effort leads to prosperity over excessive competition.

1. ASNAD P A

2. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AS PER
ANCIENT INDIAN WISDOM AND INSIGHT
 Each Soul is a Potential God
 Holistic Approach
 Equal importance to
Subjectivity/Objectivity
 Karma yoga
 Yoga Karmasu Kaushalam
 Co-operation

3. Each Soul is a Potential
God
 Every Human being has a Spark of
Divine
 Divine means perfection in knowledge,
wisdom and power
 Immense Potential Energy for Self
Development
 Make Impossible a Reality or Perform
Miracles and bring Prosperity to his
organization along with Harmony,
Happiness and Personal Devpt

4. Holistic Approach
 Based on Spiritual Principle of Unity,
Oneness, Non-dual or Advaita concept
 Entire Humanity is One
 ‘Atmano Mokshartham Jagat Hitya Cha.’
(For gaining perfection in individual life,
as well as for the welfare of the world.)

5. Equal Importance to Subjectivity /
Objectivity
 Subject is subtle and intangible
 Object is concrete and tangible or visible
 Qualities such as courage, vision, social
awareness, fearlessness, integrity, pure
and clear mind, truth, etc. are subjective
and has equal importance to that of
Tangible things like Money, Material etc.

6. Karma yoga
 Identifying priorities and trying to
Achieve them
 A person must have accountability
 Gita says that do your duty without ego
and without calculations of gain or loss.
 One has no control over the future
hence never waste your present in
useless dreams of future hopes and
fears of present actions.

7. Karma Yoga
 Why do I work?
 For my own salvation and personal growth
 For the good of the world
 Money is important but running behind
money all the time leads to tension,
stress and total loss of peace

8. Yoga Karmasu Kaushalam
 Yoga means excellence at work
 Kaushalam denotes doing work with
devotion and without attachment i.e.
without being a workaholic
 You have no anticipation of reward, or
personal gain
 In total quality management (TQM)
Karma Yoga and Yoga Karmasu
Kaushalam provide valuable
contributions

9. Co-operation
 Indian ethos says that for human beings
co-operation is a powerful motivator
 The Gita says: “By co – operation and
mutual help all shall achieve the highest
human welfare”
 Excessive competition at work can destroy
many young people and our social life.
 Cooperation, united efforts and striving for
success leads to all round prosperity and
success in any field of human enterprise.