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I remember ever since I was in the ninth grade in school, I started spending holidays and weekends at the factory accompanying our Uncle Manohar Singh ji. It was great fun and many days were spent absorbing so much by just casually observing things. We used to supply a lot of manufactured components to the famous motorcycle manufacturing company 'Ideal Jawa' in Mysore. At that time they produced 1500 motorcycles each month. Produced under license from the Czech manufacturer Jawa, beyond doubt it was India's finest motorcycle, I often accompanied my Dad, Uncle and quality staff whenever they visited the Jawa plant in Mysore for a number of issues. I observed, but did not realise until much later, that the plant had a rather large workforce yet there were very few managers, supervisors and other staff. Ideal Jawa was owned and managed by the dynamic duo Irani brothers Rustom ji (Commercial) and Farouk ji (Technical). Rustom ji & Farouk ji personally worked very hard, driv...

The organisation that Silos built. What is a silo. ? It is a long tubular structure mainly used for storing grain, sugar, cement etc. Observe and you see that Silos have an opening only at the top and another opening at the bottom. Most organisations structures are built like silos, tall structures encapsulating a group of people and activities which are called departments, sometimes they are also called organisational verticals. The silos only connect at the top and sometimes at the bottom. At the top of each silo is the department head. Everything has to come in and go out through this person. Silo's are structured linearly. Power and authority reduces as you go lower down the silo. At the top of each silo is a boss called the General Manager and then below that person there is Senior Manager, and so on until you get to the very bottom where there will be staff members and worker. At the bottom of the silo, exist junior most employees and workers These are the people who have to ...