Unleashing Infinite Potential

In the ancient world, India stood foremost in Industry and Business. In ancient past one third of the world trade was India's share. Our ancestors were into global business -- with Europe, Middle East and South Asia. There is  wealth of knowledge, of unfathomable depth in the ancient Indian thought. Much of the combine wisdom of today's management is, but a small portion of the profound knowledge expounded in the vast domain of Indian scriptures, which  is rediscovered today.

The current idea in Indian Approach to management is to empower "Man".
The truth is Machines, Material and Money will be taken care of when Man is taken care of.
The three principles that need to guide Managers are: 

Tat Tvam Asi -- You are that (Supreme). Each one of us have immense potential. We were born with a supercomputer (our brain) , a stereo system       ( the ears_ audio visual unit) and best camera (the eyes).

Are we using these to their full capacity?

Mahatma Gandhi, Amithabh Bachhan, Sachin, etc., discovered their potential, translated their potential to performance and performed to their potential.

Holistic Approach:

Health of a company does not depend upon the economy or productivity but on one important aspect that is, how best it can satisfy the customers. In helping the society achieve its goal a company also seeks to maximize its personal interest. This is the application of holistic principle. --- Atmano Mokshaya Jagat Hitaayaca (for one's own emancipation or development and for the good of the humanity) The more closely a company concentrates on any of the problems of the society, the better it is able to solve its own problems.

Subjectivity:

Sukshana or the subtle subjective, intangible factors are equally important than sthula or gross, concrete, objective, tangible factors. In Hinduism. lord Shiva has three eyes. The third eye is the the eye of wisdom and intuition. A manager must develop his third eye -- vision, foresight an insight.

Management is not getting things done by others' but 'helping ordinary people to produce extra- ordinary." productivity of men's capacity is more important than plant capacity.

Today there are many professionals and industrialists who are great achievers but are unfortunately suffering from stress, competition, jealousy and psychological problems along with heart disease and diabetes.
On the other hand there are many who are contended and happy but are not achievers. What is needed today is a combination of these two qualities. One should be a great achiever and at the same time should live a peaceful life.

The top management's job is to envision. Managers's job is to produce performers to achieve the vision.

SWOT is an acronym of the internal strengths and weakness of a business and environmental opportunities and threats faced thereby. 

The story of the stag and his antlers explains how we should analyse our strength and weakness objectively. 
(visit this link for the story http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Stag-and-His-Reflection.html)

Strengths are resources, a skill to be in tune to meet the market demands and stand firm with competitors.

Weakness is a limitation or deficiency of resources, skill, capabilities, potentials that affect effective performance.
One needs to grab the opportunities analysing the positive and negative side of the coin.
Threat are like ticking time bombs, which are to be defused before they blast.
In all our activities we should get so much engrossed that one should forget oneself in the work being done. Such a performer will not care for success or failure because the work itself gives joy.
An artist who is at work, forgetting himself in the ecstasy of work is an example; that is being process oriented and not result oriented. Ensuring the best inputs in the process ensures the best results.
To conclude past is regrets +lessons; present is feverishness +action; future is anxiety +planning.
Though Karma Yoga one should learn to drop the regret, feverishness and anxiety. One should learn from the past, plan for the future and act well in the present.