AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE BUDDHIST MANAGEMENT OF NIMSESENG LEASING PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Abstract

Nimseseng Leasing Public Limited Company was established on April 19, 1985, by the Suwithsukdanon family. The company is now located in Chiang Mai Province, with 366 branches in 8 upper northern provinces, namely Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae, and Nan. The company runs commercial affairs such as financial services and money loans. The company’s vision is to be the leader in financial business for grassroots communities and to be an organization supporting Buddhism and avoiding all vices by promoting and supporting employees to reduce, refrain from, and quit all vices. The company applies Buddhist organization management in accordance with the Buddhist Weight Balance Scorecard for managing the organization in order to counterbalance Buddhist organization management, which consists of 5 aspects: (1) finance: compassion is adopted, (2) customer marketing: loving-kindness is adopted, (3) work performance: even and equal treatment (Samānattatā) is adopted, (4) learning innovation: investigation (Vīmaṃsā) is adopted, and (5) organization culture: being a scholar, having good friends, and the 38 Blessings (Maṅgala Sutta) are adopted for managing the organization.

The executives and employees of Nimseseng Leasing Public Limited Company have adopted the Buddha’s teachings in their normal and working lives, namely Four Gharāvāsa-dhamma, Four Holy Abidings, Four Iddhipādas, Four Saṅgahavatthus, the Buddhist Pañcasīla and Pañcadhamma, Kalyāṇamittatā, Yonisomanasikāra, Three Sucarita, Eight Aṭṭhaṅgika Magga, Two Lokapāla-dhamma, Two Sobhanakaraṇa-dhamma, Seven Sappurisa-dhamma, Seven Aparihāniyadhamma, and Dasarājadhamma.

In order to provide benefits and happiness to oneself, the organization, colleagues, customers, and society, the executives and staff should be happy and willing to help and take care of society, be happy to see the organization and society grow together, and be happy to create good people and return them to society.