A Study of Mahatma Gandhi's Leadership in Operational Management

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Management and Operations

Table of Contents
• Slide 3: An overview of the individuals’ biography and career highlights
• Slide 4: An introduction to the key operations of the organisation they
transformed
• Slide 5: An evaluation how the internal and external operation management
environments created an atmosphere that allowed for that particular individual
and his respective leadership style to flourish
• Slide 6: How operational efficiencies improved to successfully meet business
objectives, using appropriate management and leadership approaches
• Slide 7: Conclusions and supported recommendations for future improvements
to be taken by the leader and the respective organisation, taking onto accounts
how different factors affect the business environment and wider community
• Slide 8: Bibliography
• Slide 9: Thank You

An overview of the individuals’ biography and
career highlights
• Mahatma Gandhi:
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
was the greatest Indian activist and
leader of the Indian Independence
Movement against the British
council.

An introduction to the key operations of the
organisation they transformed
• Key operations of Mahatma Gandhi:
• Strength Is Not Shown Through Muscle
Power: Gandhiji expressed his strength not
through muscle power, which forces to bend
others rather displayed through achieving
success in every fields of his life.

An evaluation how the internal and external operation
management environments created an atmosphere that
allowed for that particular individual and his respective
leadership style to flourish
• Using Gandhiji’s leadership style, the
organisation will not face any internal
conflicts in the internal functions of the
organisation
• Organisation must introduce strategist
approach to gain external benefits as the
management of the organisation create
different strategies

How operational efficiencies improved to
successfully meet business objectives, using
appropriate management and leadership approaches
• An effective leadership and
management style is needed to operate
organisational objectives in a better
way.

Conclusions and supported recommendations for future improvements to
be taken by the leader and the respective organisation, taking onto
accounts how different factors affect the business environment and wider
community
• Conclusion
• The research concludes that the concept of
leadership styles followed by Mahatma
Gandhi is quite different from other leader in
the world.
• Recommendation
• Leader in the recent time must maintain the
strategist approaches to gain competitive
advantage

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