The term Work Culture is hugely attached to lives of all of us and may be that is why the term has become so commonplace. Ask any employee about the kind of company he/she wants to work with and you will definitely find 'good work culture' as one of his criteria in his wishlist. Ask any employer why should any employee work with him and the answer, in most of the cases, will have the phrase ' we have a good work culture'. Now what befuddled me was the meaning of the term - work culture. What in hell, or may be heaven, does the word work culture mean. Why is it so much talked about and why do people long for good work culture. Seems like offices with good work culture besides giving good salary doesnt demand any work or may be employees are allowed to come at any time and leave at any time they want or may be they are granted unlimited leaves every time they ask for it. But no, though workplace rules may deny all of the aforementioned things and yet the place may have a good work culture. I'd just like to share what I came to understand about work culture after working for 3 months in my workplace.
Why does anyone do a job....simple.. to earn money. So do your work, get your salary. Where does the 'good work culture' gets into picture. Well it gets in when our emotions come into action at the work place and being humans it is almost impossible to just block emotions from our response system.
Imagine:
You do your job sincerely and report it to your boss but you dont get back any reply or feedback Your boss not knowing what are you working on or if you were on a leave
Working in team where no one knows what the other team members did
And now imagine:
You do your job sincerely and report it to your boss and he discusses it with you, envisages problems attached with it, shares his experience with you or instilsl some more creative thoughts in you
Your boss asking you how far has your work progressed and discussing the problems you are facing
Working in a team so nicely gelled that you just feel at home though in office with them.
Well, if you imagined that and felt something in response you've got the meaning of work culture. Though I may have stretched the imaginations beyond practical limit, the work culture at any place will be tilted more towards either of the limits. Good work culture motivates people to work harder. It makes each and every employee feel that their contributions were valuable. Everyone feels a sense of attachment towards the work place. Everyone feels they are capable of doing something and are hence wanted. These feelings give pleasures which no other thing could give. Nothing!!
May be that is why work culture is so important.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Way Ahead
The Indian Filmdom is producing movies like never before. I'm not concerned with the number of movies released every year. Its rather the quality of movies which interests me. Movies like TZP, Munnabhai I&II, 3 Idiots are in true sense, revolutionary. These movies reflect the thoughts of great thinkers and visionaries of our bollywood industry.
What is so different about these movies is the message they convey to their audiences. These movies compels the audiences to think. They stir thoughts in their minds. Though these movies have flaws like over-emphasizing and things which we find in most bollywood films, what sets them apart is that at the core of the movie lies a thought, an idea which show us a way for the betterment of tomorrow, for freedom of thought and action, for chasing what you believe in and for making this society a better place to live.
I do not intend to say that these movies change the way we live life, because the thoughts stirred are not sustainable. The thoughts lose its charm within few hours for some and few days for the rest. As soon as people start handling their regular affairs and start facing the same problems those thoughts just get wiped off from their mind. The thoughts fail to percolate through every individual's life into their everyday affairs. But nevertheless what is important is those few hours and days which is spent over the movie. It is with the integration of those few hours and days the result, which the movie makers wanted to achieve, will be achieved. Those few hours would sow the seeds of revolutionizing the minds of the people. The bollywood industry needs more thinkers like Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan. And its not only upto the thinkers to improve the quality of life we live. Everyone of us who agrees to their thoughts should try applying those idea in our day to day affairs. This is how the result will be achieved and the world will become a better place to live.
What is so different about these movies is the message they convey to their audiences. These movies compels the audiences to think. They stir thoughts in their minds. Though these movies have flaws like over-emphasizing and things which we find in most bollywood films, what sets them apart is that at the core of the movie lies a thought, an idea which show us a way for the betterment of tomorrow, for freedom of thought and action, for chasing what you believe in and for making this society a better place to live.
I do not intend to say that these movies change the way we live life, because the thoughts stirred are not sustainable. The thoughts lose its charm within few hours for some and few days for the rest. As soon as people start handling their regular affairs and start facing the same problems those thoughts just get wiped off from their mind. The thoughts fail to percolate through every individual's life into their everyday affairs. But nevertheless what is important is those few hours and days which is spent over the movie. It is with the integration of those few hours and days the result, which the movie makers wanted to achieve, will be achieved. Those few hours would sow the seeds of revolutionizing the minds of the people. The bollywood industry needs more thinkers like Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan. And its not only upto the thinkers to improve the quality of life we live. Everyone of us who agrees to their thoughts should try applying those idea in our day to day affairs. This is how the result will be achieved and the world will become a better place to live.
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