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A recent
circular of Maharashtra Government requires that babus ( govt officers ) should
stand up from their seats, every time a MLA , MLC or an MP , enters and leaves
their office
Ostensible
reason offered :
Government
officers must treat elected representatives with " Honour " and
" Courtesy "
That
circular contains many other " DOs " and " DON'Ts " for
government officers , while dealing with elected representatives
I shudder
to think about what next the Government would want these officers to do !
May be
garland the MLA on arrival and walk-up to his car while leaving ?
Or , that a
Secretary must get up and offer his chair to a Minister who walks in and
himself shift across the table and occupy the visitor's chair ?
{ In
the past , we have had instances of officers tying the shoe-lace of a Minister
! }
That makes
me wonder :
What is the
" Character " of a Democratic Institution ?
Who is
responsible for building this " Character ",through personal
example ?
The
following instances may provide a clue :
>
During my tenure as General Manager - Powai Works at L&T( 1979-87 ),
whenever Mr Holck Larsen or Mr N M Desai ( Chairmen , at different
times ) , walked into my cabin , they insisted
that I do not get up from
my seat !
On many such occasions , they would start pacing the cabin from
end to end , telling me or listening to me - as
I continued sitting !
>
Whenever Mr Holck Larsen visited Madh Works , he would just peep into
my cabin and say ,
" Parekh , carry on with your work . I
know my way around the factory "
Then , he would just walk out and go around the factory , all alone ,
meeting and greeting hundreds of workers , at their
work places !
He just insisted that no Supervisor / Foreman / Manager
should stop his
work , in order to accompany him !
I wonder how many of our Ministers today , go around their offices ,
or their constituencies , without a retinue of Officers !
>
I even recollect an incidence when Mr Holck Larsen said :
" Parekh , can we go and try out the food being served in Workers
Canteen ? "
Then , when we reached there , he insisted on
standing in the queue
with the rest of the workers , to pick up his
food-tray !
Incidentally
, talking of a Manager having to vacate his chair for his boss ( a
practice ,
which , I believe is still prevalent in many organizations ), I remember an
instance when we hired a Maintenance Manager from one " Sethji
Controlled " company
After a few
days , I heard of severe resentment in that department
When I inquired
, I found out that he had the habit of asking his subordinate managers to
vacate / offer him their chairs , whenever he visited those section !
I was left
with no choice but to ask him to resign !
"
Yathaa Raja , Tatha Praja " ( People will emulate those in power ) , is
true even today
I request
others to comment / submit their own experiences of what goes into making a Great Organization
By
contributing their own similar experiences , they would be telling
Managers and Ministers :
" Here
is how we can imbibe a Democratic Culture to transform
India "
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hemen
parekh
10
August 2015
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