Quite often, in the stillness of night, when only the darkness filled my sleepless eyes, I have witnessed the beautiful similitude of my aspirations drawn on the white canvas of my room's ceiling. But with every dawn, as the colors get filled in the sky, the similitude melts and diffuses into the mundanity of day-to-day life.
Every dawn asks me the same question: why do we see dreams from our own eyes and live life through the eyes of others? Why does night encourages us to be a "Dreamer" while the day desires us to be a "Conformist"?
The first thought on this dissension could be a justification of conflict that is inherent in-between a thought and an action (but that purely rests on premise that every thought can't be translated into action).
The most disheartening facet of this has been the evidence of existent dichotomy everywhere: we, the great organizations, that have been built by us to the concept of independent nations. We, as humans, have witnessed glorious tales of sacrifices made by heroes and their armies. But every freedom has given rise to nations which have come into existence through different (or probably the same) interpretations of the existent rules, and have renamed "Slaves" of the erstwhile societies as "Citizens" of the new nation.
Not without saying, I do appreciate the difference of human existence without rights and with some rights. But what disturbs me is the fact I am being ruled over by the constitution of a sovereign nation (which was vision and interpretation of a society that existed six decades back), which in turn challenges the sovereignty of me as an individual. So, do we create institutions which bring only notional change into lives of people who are not only part of "US" but also constitute "US"?
As the dream melts with the dawn, another question bamboozles me. Why do we construct an institution where a herd of mediocrity is supposed to be led by excellence of one person? Why is the world conceptualized by a dreamer and built by conformists? And what do we want our institutions to be - a herd of conformists or a group of dreamers? Why can't institutions imbibe more brilliance than aspirations of one man, one rule, or one identity?
With the advent of globalization, which was founded on the philosophy of bringing homogeneity across human societies spread in different geographies, the concept of nations has slightly faded. But it has seen a growth of colossal organizations whose spread has been guided by the size of economies rather than of human societies.
Organization, as a concept, is intriguing in the way it defines its "Citizens" or "Employees", as they are commonly referred to. As the business evolved from satisfying the needs (which are basic to sustaining a human existence in this biosphere) to creating needs; the silhouette of corporate citizen has also developed from a vague concept into a discrete one. Although organizations function in a dynamic business environment, they instill uniformity not only in their process and products; but also in their employee behavior.
While uniformity in processes and products enhances quality and reduces cost (thereby increasing the end-user satisfaction), inculcating consistent employee behavior, it destroys the diversity which is mandated to cater to the unique and different demands of consumers.
But may be in the present design of globalised world, where people are not segregated on the basis of nationality, but rather on basis of their disposable incomes and demands, organizations have placed themselves astutely. Each organization tries to identify homogeneous pockets existent within the pie-bald human population. And thus, the success of an organization becomes directly correlated to the precision in identification of the homogenous pockets by it. Nevertheless, does this strategy warrant demanding a consistent employee behavior too?
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