Blood, Limbs & Brain of the organisation

Ever since the economic world exists people have been thinking of what is most important in an organization.

• -         Employee

• -         Finance or

• -         The owner/ Boss/ proprietor

Many people ask this to me as well. It is really difficult to tell what is more important. If boss is not there whole organization may never have existed. If employees won’t have been working, organization may have died in its infancy, & its needless to say everything is based upon finance.

True but what is most important. I think in a body called organization finance is like blood, employees are like limbs & proprietor is like a brain. 

If the blood circulation is not efficient, or there is a deficiency of blood, the body will feel weak & may cease to move. Whichever organ it is, it May not work up to expectations without proper blood supply. 

Similarly proprietor is no doubt the brain to think & give command or to control the whole body & direct it, to do right things in right direction.

 Limbs are again indispensable. Think of a man with a defected limbs. S/he is always at a disadvantaged position. So employees not only are required but are required to work perfectly. Imagine if any employee not working properly, or as found in some cases working against the organization will prove to be an auto immune disorder. S/he is to be removed immediately just as we cut down a body part with gangrene. It’s better to live without limbs than living with an auto immune disorder. 

Same is the case with proprietor in case s/he is on solution or not good will be like an mentally rewarded man using blood & limbs for useless or in some cases harmful things.

Here by calling proprietor a brain. I am in no way taking away the thinking task from employee’s links. Their thinking is very essential & useful is just like a reflex action helping the body to protect itself from unforeseen danger. Here it is to be noticed that brain (proprietor) should give limbs (employees) some liberty to take decision in emergency otherwise they may not be able to stop the unseen harm to the body. Also it is to be mentioned that money generation/ blood circulation & its proper use should be done by all without any need of supervision by brain just like cardiac system independent of brain does it.

If the above said concept is followed the organisation will definitely grow continuously. 

Now Some of you may be thinking what about old age. Just like a human body, organisation also acquires old age. Just like body can replace old & useless cells, similarly organisation should also be able to replace old machines/ technology/ employees, which are outdated or useless.

Remember Body becomes weak & old when it looses its capacity to replace old & useless cells with new & fresh ones. So if an organisation is not able remove any such machine, technology or employee which are good for nothing it will surely increase the burden on itself & will grow old & eventually die one day.

Again it is to be understood that its a collective responsibility of limbs & brain to act as an agent of change. Just like each system in our body is self protecting & is capable of Auto correction to an extent So should be the limbs. 

Also just like brain feels pain when the condition becomes more problematic or the problem goes out of the hands of (limbs) similarly the top management should come into picture when the employees are not able to tackle a problem.

If some one keeps the organisation according to the above said principle surely the life of the organisation will not only be very long, it will also be full of achievements.

By :- Rahul Goel

MD- Pragati Guru