Nuclear clarity!

From the little knowledge on management I have - I feel the management guidelines that evolve with time need to follow the basic idea of “the individuals must grow with the organisation” in true letter and spirit. Any other way around –individual grows, organisation doesn’t or organisation grows, individual doesn’t - is bad for the future of any organisation.

How to measure and assess growth objectively not subjectively needs to be predefined with clarity as per the mandate of the organisation. The old and orthodox method of measuring growth with budget allotted, percentage financial expenditure and physical progress is wrong. Here in science and technology we have to measure the intellectual contribution to society and the nation as a whole.

If it is basic research – it is measured in quality publications with good impact factor and citations, if it is R&D, it should be reflected in number of patents filed, technologies transferred and royalties earned.  If it is plant it measured by plant availability and if it is production it is measured by clear profit earned directly or indirectly.

Definitely we can always set our standards very low at the start and slowly raising the standards with time, experience and confidence gained.  But never the other way around as it will be highly demotivating for the individual employees and devastating for the organisation in the long run.

What is right now happening is that we are setting our standards very high. And when we are not meeting them we are justifying the whole process with large number of useless reports explaining on efforts put in, the experiments that failed and total money spent.

Another reason the management are demotivating the hard working young minds is by giving away the promotions, Performance related incentives (PRIS) and awards quite arbitrarily. The main reason it is not affecting the projects is that no project is time bound and none are required to be delivered.

There is a need for people with integrity and high caliber -promoting science and teamwork to be at right places in assessing the individual and projects without prejudice and not subjectively but rather objectively in fair manner under no fear.

The organisation can not force any individual to deliver high quality intellectual property or creativity, unless there is a war like situation and a sword is hanging over the head. Thus any organisation needs to motivate and give the young minds freedom and conducive environment  to deliver. And in the 21^st century the intellectual property will be the key to nation’s survival.