Hrm & Thirukkural
HRM & THIRUKKURAL
BY Reshmi R (11AC23) Gunaseelan Mathivannan (11AC11) Nithin N (11AC15) Vinod M (11AC41) Vinoth Kishore A (11AC43)
1. ABSTRACT Tirukkural is a masterpiece of Tamil literature, composed during the last of the three Sangam eras. Kural continues to be important today, in the twenty first century, for scholars believe that Kural conveys many important messages to the society. Modern management could be read in conjunction with Kural and analogies could be drawn between them. The new theories in Human Resource Management are expressed in an abstract form in Kural. HRM has got four important functions viz. acquisition, development, leadership & motivation, and maintenance functions. Employees were just as much a resource as any other asset and needed to be carefully acquired, used and maintained. Thiruvalluvar has dealt with all the four functions of HRM in a subliminal way leaving the comprehension to the ingenuity of the individual who peruses them. His findings and human behaviour are not based on research or experimentation but by his genius, acumen and analytical power. Some of the aspects of administration covered in Thirukkural are astounding and are relevant even for the present day administration. Repeated reading of Thirukkural in conjunction with modern management will help us in understanding the aesthetic aspects and literary dimensions of the four management functions, planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 TIRUKKURAL Tirukkural constitutes one of the most important literary works in Tamil. It is generally reckoned that Kural was composed during the Sangam Period of literary development in Tamil (500-200 BC). Kural continues to be important today, in the twenty first century, for scholars believe that Kural conveys many important messages to the society. International
BY Reshmi R (11AC23) Gunaseelan Mathivannan (11AC11) Nithin N (11AC15) Vinod M (11AC41) Vinoth Kishore A (11AC43)
1. ABSTRACT Tirukkural is a masterpiece of Tamil literature, composed during the last of the three Sangam eras. Kural continues to be important today, in the twenty first century, for scholars believe that Kural conveys many important messages to the society. Modern management could be read in conjunction with Kural and analogies could be drawn between them. The new theories in Human Resource Management are expressed in an abstract form in Kural. HRM has got four important functions viz. acquisition, development, leadership & motivation, and maintenance functions. Employees were just as much a resource as any other asset and needed to be carefully acquired, used and maintained. Thiruvalluvar has dealt with all the four functions of HRM in a subliminal way leaving the comprehension to the ingenuity of the individual who peruses them. His findings and human behaviour are not based on research or experimentation but by his genius, acumen and analytical power. Some of the aspects of administration covered in Thirukkural are astounding and are relevant even for the present day administration. Repeated reading of Thirukkural in conjunction with modern management will help us in understanding the aesthetic aspects and literary dimensions of the four management functions, planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 TIRUKKURAL Tirukkural constitutes one of the most important literary works in Tamil. It is generally reckoned that Kural was composed during the Sangam Period of literary development in Tamil (500-200 BC). Kural continues to be important today, in the twenty first century, for scholars believe that Kural conveys many important messages to the society. International
References: 1. http://www.thirukkural2005.org/ 2. http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/downloads/Thirukkural.pdf 3. Dr. Spence Johnson - The One Minute Manager 4. S. Sundara Srinivasan "Thirukkural and Modern Management" 5. Gary Dessler, Human Resource Management The couplets used in this article are adopted from the English Version translated by G. U. Pope.