Life is a big journey of many questions without answers. My life was also not different. From the time I started my under graduation, I was amazed by way organizations work. The co-ordination and execution in an organization and to make all the people to work towards a single goal was a kind of wonder to me.
To understand the complexities and principles under which an organization works was the driving force for me in deciding to join for one of the prestigious organization after my undergraduate studies. For long 46 months, I have tried for that. I have worked in various domains the organization could offer and took the responsibilities of activities inside and outside work life. Somewhere down the line, there are limitations for a person to go about understanding what’s in an organization. It was at that moment, I decided for taking up management course which, I thought, will provide me with a fast learning curve and the exposure.
When I was selected in one of the best institutes in India, it was like a dream come true. The second day started with the course of ‘Managing Organization’ which was my favorite. The course started answering many of my questions which I was unable to identify when I was working in my organization. Also with the first few classes, I could identify the reasons behind many of the processes in my previous organization.
Even though it was just 10 days since I have joined for PGPM, I was understanding how small I was, as an entity in the organization I worked. It was this subject which gave me those realizations. ‘Value Creation Model’ which was taught in the first class was really exciting. It dealt with the very basics of how an organization worked. Model started with naming organizational inputs (input which organization receives from environment) as Raw Materials, Money & Capital, Human Resources, Information & Technology ad Customers. If we look these inputs closely, we can realize that entire Management specializations are based on this organizational inputs.
Specializations in:
* Operations deals with handling raw materials
* Finance deals with handling Money and Capital
* HR deals with handling Human Resources
* Systems deals with Information and Technology
* Marketing deals with customers
The first lesson I understood was, having efficient managers in all these departments are essential for the success of an organization. And it is with the help of these managers, organization converts the inputs and add value to them in the form of machinery and human skills which is termed as Organization Conversion process. Finally, the organization releases output to the environment as finished goods and services, dividends, salaries and value for stakeholders. Finally, the model analysis ended with stating the importance of Organizational Environment which has a great influence in the success and failure of an organization. Handling customers, shareholders, suppliers, government, competitors and distributors are the ones dealt with organizational environment.
In a nutshell, I understood that the organizational structure is far more complex than I have imagined with the first few classes of this subject. But, it is just a start. Long 2 years of studies are yet to come. Long journey of knowing and understanding the world continues...
