February Issue

Divine Wisdom
and his wisdom. Lord Krishna couldn’t
decline so the vast army of Lord Krishna
was given to the Kauravas whereas
Arjuna, being a true devotee asked
nothing but Lord Krishna and his
wisdom for the Pandavas. This decision
that Arjuna took against the numbers
and in favor of quality turned out to be
climacteric as the war tilted in the favor
of the Pandavas due to Lord Krishna.
In line with the fundamentals of the
economy, businesses should realize
that adding input to a fixed resource,
will increase output to only a certain
extent, after which there will experience
diminishing marginal returns. A single
worker might not be able to produce
much in a factory meant to efficiently
operate with ten workers. However,
adding twenty workers in the same
factory might also prove to have a
negative outcome as will confusion
follow afterwards. The right way to go
about things is to balance the quality of
workers and the number of workers.
Human Resource Department is lagging
behind in the context of Nepal as many
corporate houses are yet to realize its
potential. Human resource management
has a pivotal role to play in an
organization by recruiting competent,
skilled human capitals that can manage
the workplace rather than just occupy
space in it. This not only highlights the
importance of the Human Resource
department but also the role of the staffs
in an organization.
In line with the
fundamentals of the
economy, businesses
should realize that
adding input to a
fixed resource, will
increase output
to only a certain
extent, after which
there will experience
diminishing
marginal returns.
If the outcome of the war of
Mahabharata and the events leading
up to the war has been successful
in showing anything, it is that the
decisions a manager takes will reap its
outcomes accordingly. This is not just
to persuade managers to focus on the
human resource but also to focus on the
future while making decisions today.
A startup might have different agendas
than that of a stable corporation or an
organization looking to retrench itself.
A manager for a startup should look for
ways to differentiate its product and for
that the managers must be willing to
invite innovation. If a firm is to retrench
itself, it must try to do so but not
losing the values that it has promised
in the market. These are the kind of
decisions that have to be foreseen. A
manager might make mistakes if they’re
overwhelmed with the task out of the
blue. It is to say that managers like,
Arjuna should always be on the lookout
for change.
Mahabharata may have long been
over, but it still leaves plenty of room
for thoughts even today. Undeniably,
Krishna or Arjuna, either might have
made great managers in the corporate
world today judging by their strategic
course of actions. However, it is for us all
to learn from this historic war that any
corporate individual with determination,
skills and right decisions can create
dynamic workplace and hence make
himself known as a successful manager.
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