MAASAI APPROACH TO HUNTING: LESSONS FOR MANAGERS
The Maasai are among East Africa's foremost warrior tribe. Their prowess in war is legendary. .Their diet consists primarily of meat, milk and blood. Other than war, as pastoralists, they face a myriad of challenges to their herds. Their greatest predators and threat to their livelihood is the lion. To face this threat and defeat it, the Maasai would hunt and kill lions. Today, this threat has gone down with the creation of game parks and reserves where wild animals live under the protection of the state and with minimal contact and thus conflict with human beings. There are numerous managerial lessons that we can learn from the successful hunting of the Maasai.
Preparation is vital. This includes knowing your own strengths and weaknesses and then your enemies. This allows you the best plan of attack.
The lion is stronger than any Maasai warrior. It also mostly lives in a pride. Furthermore, it can run faster than man .knowing these, the Maasai warriors plan accordingly. They do not attack and fight a whole pride. They scatter the pride and focus on one adult lion. Not all the Maasai warriors go for the hunt. It is usually the young warriors of a particular age- set. These are strong and well trained men at their prime. They are ready to set their strength against …show more content…
Soon, spears start flashing. The spears are not thrown together but by the closest warrior who is not facing the lion head on. This forces the lion to turn to face the direction from which the pain has come from. As it charges, the warrior without his spear retreats as the others on the side advance and throw their spears. Not knowing the direction the next spear will come from, the cornered lion has to keep turning and attacking in different directions. As the attacks take toll on the lion, it is unable to break out of the circle and sooner or later a well aimed spear is bound to hit a vital
The Maasai are among East Africa's foremost warrior tribe. Their prowess in war is legendary. .Their diet consists primarily of meat, milk and blood. Other than war, as pastoralists, they face a myriad of challenges to their herds. Their greatest predators and threat to their livelihood is the lion. To face this threat and defeat it, the Maasai would hunt and kill lions. Today, this threat has gone down with the creation of game parks and reserves where wild animals live under the protection of the state and with minimal contact and thus conflict with human beings. There are numerous managerial lessons that we can learn from the successful hunting of the Maasai.
Preparation is vital. This includes knowing your own strengths and weaknesses and then your enemies. This allows you the best plan of attack.
The lion is stronger than any Maasai warrior. It also mostly lives in a pride. Furthermore, it can run faster than man .knowing these, the Maasai warriors plan accordingly. They do not attack and fight a whole pride. They scatter the pride and focus on one adult lion. Not all the Maasai warriors go for the hunt. It is usually the young warriors of a particular age- set. These are strong and well trained men at their prime. They are ready to set their strength against …show more content…
Soon, spears start flashing. The spears are not thrown together but by the closest warrior who is not facing the lion head on. This forces the lion to turn to face the direction from which the pain has come from. As it charges, the warrior without his spear retreats as the others on the side advance and throw their spears. Not knowing the direction the next spear will come from, the cornered lion has to keep turning and attacking in different directions. As the attacks take toll on the lion, it is unable to break out of the circle and sooner or later a well aimed spear is bound to hit a vital