THE PARABLE OF THE

SADHU
The Larger Purpose of
Organisations
Why does sadhu gets lost in
collective human action?
Sadhu as moral self
Sadhu as enemy
Organisations as selves
Corporate interests
Sadhu as other
Other mediated through social and
historical context
HUMANS ARE MORE THAN
OPPORTUNIST BEINGS
HUMANS AS MORAL BEINGS
Possibilities are squeezed out in the
instrumental organizational action
ORGANISATIONAL GOALS
Profits
INDIVIDUAL GOALS
Rewards
LOGIC OF ORGANISATIONS
Bureaucratic Impersonality
Defines rationality of modern society
Divn. of Labour
Authority
Rules
Career
Squeezes out moral spaces
1976 FORD
Net Worth: $ 7.7 billion
Revenues: $ 30 billion
Income after Tax: $ 983 million
Fuel tank behind the rear axle
Lack of crush space
53 fire deaths reported at the time of
writing the case
FORD PINTO CASE: Benefits
Savings: 180 burn deaths, 180 injuries,
2100 burned vehicles
Unit Costs: $200,000 per death*, $ 67000
per injury, $700 per vehicle
Total Benefits: $ 49.15 million
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* Calculated by National Highway Safety
Admin.: victims pain & suffering- 10k
FORD PINTO CASE: Costs
Sales: 11 million cars, 1.5 million light
trucks
Unit Cost: $11 per vehicle
Total Costs: $ 137 million
Lees Car
Normal time span from conception to
production of a new car model is about
43 months, Pinto schedule was set at
just under 25
Iacocca's speed-up meant Pinto tooling
went on at the same time as product
development
The limits of 2,000
GAP BETWEEN THE
POSSIBILITIES AND THE
REALITY OF ORGANISATIONAL
ACTION
POSSIBILITY OF TRANSCENDING THE
INDIVIDUAL BOUND OF RATIONALITY
NOTION OF ORGN. GOAL
PROBLEMATIC
Profit as an absolute end
Often coercive to instrumental
PURPOSE OF ORGANISATION
GOALS
LEGITIMACY
DIRECTION
MOTIVATION & PURPOSE
EVALUATION
PROBLEMS WITH GOALS
ABSTRACT
Operational Goals : Target - Constraint Chain
DIFFERENTIATION
ROUTINISATION
Rules, Procedures & Roles
INDIVIDUAL GOALS
Rewards & Punishment Inadequate
SHORT TERM Vs LONG TERM
WHOSE GOALS?