An Organizational StudyGroup 8

Badanapuram Bharath (1311008)

Joydeep Paul (1311021)

Pritam Saha (1311034)

Sandip Hazarika (1311047)

Sujitha P (1311061)

Objectives

To understand the organizational structure and strategy

To understand the organizational environment

To understand the organizational culture and control mechanisms

Overview

Funds- Problems of sustainability and scalability. Funded by corporations, trusts,

HNIs

Shukla Bose: Founder & CEO, Women Entrepreneur of the

year in 1995

Educates children from slums, orphanages and those abandoned by providing schooling, physical education

and counselling services to students and parents as well

Bangalore based not for profit organization. 4 primary schools, 1

middle school, 1 junior college

Parikrma programs

Upcoming revenue generating program: Education Transformation Centre

360 degree development program: Circle of Life-Education (ICSE English),

Nutrition (Three meals), Healthcare (Comprehensive) and Family Care

End to end program: Provide job oriented education. Financial support for college

education after high schools

Organization Structure120

teachers

45 support staff

5 in Resource

Mobilization Team

1 dedicated IT resource

Learning organization

Parikrma is a learning organization with an entrepreneurial structure

Operational Workflow

Director

Resource Mobilization Team Principal Quality Head

Non-Teaching Staff Teaching Staff

Accounts Kitchen StaffSecurity Guards

Drivers Regular Volunteer

Structural Dimensions

Low Formalization

Limited Hierarchy of Authority

Moderate centralization

High Professionalism Low specialization

Contextual dimensions

Environment: Complex and unstable

Organizational Techniques: Traditional method of blackboards

Goals and Strategy: Education and social upliftment of poor children

Culture: Flexible

Environment & its challenges

Many competitors, fragmented fundsIndustry

Unaffordability of good teachersHuman Resources

Children of 5-18 years, family income ~ 3000 p.m.₹Socio-cultural

International teachers and donorsInternational:

Low tech. Databases by technology companies for CSRTechnological

No support, rather resistanceGovernmental

Negative economic outlookEconomic

Inter-organizational Linkages

Cultural aspects

Creativity, communication, collaboration

Encourage social capital, relationship building

Moving towards formalization

Control strategies

Diagnostic control: ASSET test, continual evaluation of teachers

Belief Systems: Passion for helping children,

teaching

Interactive Control Systems: Informal face to face communication

IT systems: Database application-COLA and

DREAM

Recommendations

Maintain Knowledge management systems

Sharing of resources across NGOs

Increase social presence Expand to new locations within Bangalore

Recruit more teachers