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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)