Synopsis:
Communication For Productivity
Letters written
to some 7500 Workers / Managers / Union Leaders, following a period of strike
/ Go slow / Murders (1979 - 1987), at Mumbai factory of Larsen & Toubro
Ltd. This direct / open / honest communication led to a remarkable
atmosphere of trust between Workers and Management, which, in turn,
increased productivity at 3% per year (ave).
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6 Aug 1986
To:
HIROSHIMA
We Remember
At 10 minutes
after 10 o'clock in the morning on
this day, forty-two years ago,
an atom-bomb fell
on Hiroshima. 1,25,000 persons
died immediately. They
were lucky. Thousands of others who
survived suffered horrible
diseases for many years. Those who are
still living today, will pray for
world-peace, at the Hiroshima Memorial.
An atomic explosion is very powerful. It has the capacity to destroy a whole city in few seconds. And today's atom-bombs are 1000 times
more powerful than the bomb
which fell on Hiroshima !
But the power of atom
can also be used
for peaceful and productive
purposes - such as for generating electricity in a power station. How does an
atom-bomb (or a peaceful atomic explosion) work ?
In simple language,
one atom is hit by another and
breaks-up into smaller pieces - say
10 pieces. Now these 10 pieces fly-out and hit 10 other atoms and break each of them into 10 pieces. So we
get 100 (10 X 10) pieces.
These 100 pieces hit another 100- atoms, and
break them up into 100 X
100 = 10,000
pieces. This goes
on and on.
It is called
a chain-reaction - •' like a chain-smoker who lights his
next cigarette with the first cigarette ', He
needs only one match-stick - at the beginning of the day.
Right now, at
Powai, we too are about to
see (and feel) a very powerful chain-reaction. In response
to my call for ideas on Economy-Drive, suggestions are exploding all around me !
So far I have received suggestions from :
NAME
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PSW - 2324
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PSW -2174
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M FARGOSE.
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PSW - 2324
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PSW - 2308
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PEW - 3222
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PEW - PUR
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A JOSHI
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J DOKE
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SHIPPING
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C BARRETTO
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I have personally
acknowledged each sender and I am already talking to
all the concerned people whether these
suggestions can save us money (and how much) and what
problems we may face (if any) in implementation. There
are so many that it is not
possible to reproduce them here. In course of time, I may publish some which
are of common-interest to the whole of
Powai .
In the meantime, I
am excitedly looking forward to
feel the vibrations of thousands of peaceful
explosions all around me.
Long live Peace
- Long live Hiroshima.
H.C. PAREKH
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