Comments on: Shaping the nation’s fabric through Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s winning military strategies

By: Dushan Vas

Dushan Vas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:58:06 +0000

Gen Fonseka had the following two in the mind with the support of the state.

Above all, before drawing the correct strategy, he saw the problem correctly. With that he made these conclusions,

– LTTE will never ever come to a negotiated settlement via talks
– Given right strategy LTTE can be defeated.

By: myil selvan

myil selvan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:32:42 +0000

Tells you what the business community is all about; racism, greed and fleeting fads. The business community has been part and parcel of the propagation of this racist war.
Not at all surprised that PIMA invited Sarath Fonseka. Lesson to be learnt for business: if your competitor tries to beat you, Kill him!
Sarath Fonseka strategist in killing but NGO’s strategists in saving!

By: Heshan

Heshan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:37 +0000

*What he did is only reproducible at a great cost.*

If it is reproducible in the first place.

By: Heshan

Heshan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:43:41 +0000

No business strategy can ignore market conditions and market factors. Even monopolies are not immune. As I said, Fonseka fought his war in a vacuum. In today’s world, you can’t run a business in a vacuum. Therefore, Fonseka’s “strategy” of capitalizing one’s personal strengths and mitigating the opponent’s is not something he engaged in on any scale comparable to what a real business undergoes. Fonseka was allowed to mitigate the enemy using unrealistic and improbable methods that have no parallel in the civilian world. Could he have done it any other way… if the answer is no, then we definitely cannot draw a comparison to any business model. What good is a model if it can’t be tweaked and scaled to fit the appropriate circumstances? As I said, “vacuum.” What he did is only reproducible at a great cost.

By: Tharaka

Tharaka — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:23:23 +0000

Heshan your points are applicabe if the PIMA session was about HR and ethics. PIMA session was abouit strategy. In strategy you dont talk in details. You think and work holistically. Its simply abbut capitalising your oppotunities using your streanghts and mitigating your threats by moving out from your weak areas. From the perspective of business strategy that is all that matters.

By: Heshan

Heshan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:10:30 +0000

Fonseka should also explain why 10,000 Sri Lanka Army soldiers died and how many were permanently disabled. He should also explain what benefits these soldiers get. A mud hut on a few acres of land? What kind of way is that to treat the workers?

By: Heshan

Heshan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:06:45 +0000

*on a day-to-day basis

By: Heshan

Heshan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:04:31 +0000

I believe he was successful because:

1. He studied his enemies.
2.He planned each activity.
3.He promoted people based on skill and expertise in battle.
4.He was uncompromising in achieving tasks assigned to him.
5.From what we know he is not corrupt.

Let me add to this list.

6. Had help from China
7. Had help from Iran
8. Had help from India
9. Had soldiers from India
10. Was allowed to kill anyone who got in his way, whether Lasantha W. or a Tamil civilian hiding in a bunker
11. Was allowed to drop as many bombs on Tamil civilians as he wanted
12. Was allowed to kill any LTTE who surrendered, on site (as execution video shows)
13. Did not have to answer to any media

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No business in the real world can run like this. For example, the media is very important in advertising. One cannot send white vans to hunt down unfriendly media. One cannot execute opponents. One can drive them out of business, sure. Any business in the real world runs the risk of failure, on a day-to-day business. To minimize this failure, experts are hired. But these experts are not free. They charge very high consulting fees. The free help that Sarath got from India,China, Pakistan,etc. – this does not happen in the business world. If a business is not self-sufficient, it files for bankruptcy. There are a few exceptions as we have seen during the Recession, but that is extremely unusual.

So now, based on the above, it is obvious that Fonseka could not run a business like he ran the military. Businesses ply their trade on the market, and the market is all about competition. Competition is not possible without regulation. There is no regulation in the Sri Lanka Army, and Fonseka knows it well.

By: Sinhala_Voice

Sinhala_Voice — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:36:18 +0000

Gen.Sarath Fonseka did his job to the best of his ability risking his own life and his families.

ALL other military chiefs FAILED to achieve what he managed.

I believe he was successful because:

WELL THESE ARE THINGS NOT MANAGERS OR COPORATE SECTOR SHOULD FOLLOW. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA AND THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW.

IF THEY DO THE COUNTRY WILL PROSPER IF NOT WE WILL FAIL MISERABLY.

By: Tharaka

Tharaka — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:54:02 +0000

Yes we saw so many “Morally correct” business leaders virtually begging through NGO’s to do business in their dream eelam land. Now all of them caught red handed and in remand.

Ruwan for not doing MBA at PIM. Good for you do it at Imperial College and serve your white master. Do not do it at colombo also because they gave a Doctorate to Gota. Do not visit out side colombo all of them voted for Mahinda. Its ok serve INGO who plunndered tsunami money to build luxury bunkers for peelam king. Its ok to keep your mouth shut for human shields.