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Multi-dimensional Application of Anekāntavāda
Demonstration 2 A — > A -
B B
'A 'wins by changing direction. It is he who directs B.
I give below a list of items where the anekantic approach plays significant role in management.
(i) By spending more on customer satisfaction through research, invocation, quality control, better Service etc. the company can earn times more than what it has spent.
(ii) Saving on small things if ignored absolutely leads to big losses while being over concerned about saving on small things often leads to higher costs. The golden mean is to be followed. The miser and spendthrift both commit the same mistake of not knowing where to stop.
(iii) The management ought to adopt the right strategy and make the right moves at the appropriate time. For instance it should know when to discard the old machinery and install a new, when to add and to the stuff and when to retrench. It should know when to
orders for how much and how to maintain inventory records control. It should know when to take loans from banks and when to seek public money through offer of equity shares and/or debentures.
(iv) If the management adopts an absolutistic attitude of discarding as scrap every spare that gets damaged even slightly then it would cost the company too much leading to financial crises. On the other hand if the spare parts were sought to be used till they become absolutely unusable it would fell upon the life of the machinery and quality of products. Eventually it would lead to loss of profits. Hence anekantic approach if using the spares to the extent that quality is not effected significantly is desirable.
(v) Expenses incurred for labour welfare, environment purity consumer satisfaction etc. turn out to be good investment, thinking in terms of long terms goals of the company. It earns the company good repute and better quality of services from satisfied labour. This in turn
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