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But why should anyone want to download this ?
Agree. These notes are not for "everyone".
I am acutely conscious that in another 25 years, no one will search for "INFORMATION" on Google - Yahoo - MSN etc. They will enter their current / expected "problem" in a hand - held device and receive readymade "solution / answer / advice" in milliseconds !
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✓ Communicating for Productivity (softcopy available)
✓ Quo Vadis? (floppy available)
✓ Prosperity Sharing – An unsolved issue
✓ Training – A solution
✓ Productivity – Vol. I / II / III
✓ Education Policy
✓ Kaun Banega BhagyaShaali?
✓ Elect Accountable Representative (EAR)
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Ask Sachin to scan/OCR, convert & deliver chapter-wise
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Softcopies available – Check with Reema.
Kaun Banega BhagyaShaali?
(Who will get lucky?)
This is not a parody of “Kaun Banega Crorepati?”
If anything, I have been inspired by KBC to envisage an engrossing / gripping TV program centered around recruitment, whose essential character is the convergence of TV / Mobile Phone / Internet (job portal).
Elect Accountable Representative (EAR)
The Governor of California (preceding Arnold Schwarzenegger) was recalled by the voter for leading the state of California into a bankruptcy.
If we wish to introduce a system of “recall” for the Councillors of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, then what should be its framework?
How do you set a “Management by Objective” for your Councillors?
How do you measure their performance?
How do you reward them for excellent performance?
Productivity – Vol. I / II / III
For Indian industry to compete globally, productivity must rise. There were many things that companies could do (to raise productivity) and then there were a lot of things the Govt could do. Tomes full of platitudes have been written by thousands of Govt.-appointed committees. This report is different. It spells out specific/concrete actions to be taken, by whom and when.
Education Policy
70% of students graduating from professional colleges are “unemployable” (according to some experts). Why has our schools/colleges failed to impart the skills needed by businesses/industries? Is there a deeper malice? Has anyone bothered to estimate what it will cost to implement the suggestions of the experts? From where will we get the resources? Are we putting the cart before the horse?
Communicating For Productivity
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Some 7500 letters written to workers / managers / union leaders, following a period of strike / go slow / murders (1979–1987), at Mumbai factory of Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
This direct / open / honest communication led to a remarkable atmosphere of trust between workers and management, which, in turn, increased productivity at 3% per year (ave.)
Quo Vadis?
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It was license/permit raj (regime) in 1989.
Indian corporates needed a Govt. license, even to manufacture needles / staplers!
And Govt. took from several months to several years, to grant such a license.
Corporates got licenses only to prevent competitors from getting one! -
Quo Vadis? was my attempt to envisage a vision for L&T (Larsen & Toubro Ltd) under such uncertain conditions.
Prosperity Sharing — An Unsolved Issue
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When a company prospers and makes profits — how should this profit get shared amongst the stakeholders? — viz: employees / shareholders / suppliers / customers / society, etc.?
How do you apportion their respective shares?
How do you decide who contributed and how much?
Training: A Solution
As today, skill-upgradation of employees was an issue, even [__] years back (– and, I am sure, it will remain so in 2050!).
Who should be trained? For what? When?
Technologies are constantly evolving. So are manufacturing methods and management processes.
Training — and continuous retraining of employees, is the only way to avoid obsolescence and getting overtaken by competition.
