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