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Chapter 8 - 8. LEARNING THE ORGANIZATION

I started visiting different offices and meeting people which was a faster pace adopted by me. It was surprising for all and more so for AGM (Per) who asked, "Sir you have been very much in a hurry and going around things and subjects so fast not experienced in the past by any of us. You have also taken only two cups of tea which run in multiples." I replied, "You are right. I am in a hurry as there are only two years for me to bring positive change in this company. I am seeing agony on every face which appears before me and try to estimate the quantum. I do not like to fail in my mission. Many of my friends advised me not to join this company and take unnecessary botheration. I should tell you that I have been working in difficult companies only for almost twelve years, perhaps my hard luck and everywhere a positive push was made and companies improved. I have taken this most difficult challenge but would like to experiment as head. I have seen most heads going in comfort and enjoying life, but I may not once again be lucky. I particularly need your help, as in the very first meeting you have given confidence." My AGM was perhaps shaken and said politely, "No sir, all will be doing their best and I am definitely with you. Only this Director is a negative person and always tries to harass employees in one way or other." "Also you have to take care as an HR man. After all, he is also your employee working in this company. You try to give him positive feedback and prevent him from doing wrong things. Next I will see how to set him in place. But keep a watch and don't trust everything that he does or says and have cross checks. Further we can manage" I suggested. AGM was baffled and thought about how to go about it. I left him on this and left my office at about 8.00PM again, something unusual for all. My technical officers kept busy preparing the folders I asked for my reference and knowledge, and a multi pronged approach was necessary to cut down on self-orientation. The new experiment was started and my mind got fully engaged. I already had developed a practice of forgetting the office on the main gate of office in order to keep my wife free from office problems, although she always insisted on sharing office news regularly as learnt from his eldest brother's habit who narrated long stories every evening to all family members, and the same was enjoyed by all. This was against my philosophy of working on which many times my wife lost her temper claiming that she was capable of understanding all and she could give valid suggestions for implementation. Honestly speaking in the past also throughout my career I got suggestions from her and framed strategies to deal with problems successfully. I also used her for intelligence on employees' wives who came to see her from time to time, and I was grateful to her for the free service she was providing in the interest of companies.