PULL TOGETHER TO SURVIVE

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).

7 Aug 1984

To:

Dear Friends                  

PULL TOGETHER TO SURVIVE

In  the following  article you  will read  about the  10  best factories of America.

Somewhere in  this article, the  above mentioned words  ("pull together  to  survive"-) appear.  I  think  this is  the  main message  of this  article  - and  for all  of us  in Powai,  a badly-needed message.

Can you  locate these  words ?   If you can,  write to  me and tell me the paragraph  in which these appear.

Do you think there  are other messages in this article  which, we, in Powai,  ought to follow ?   Please send me before  30th August   1984,  a  200-word  write-up   (English,  Hindi,   or Marathi) on what,  according to you, are the messages and  how we can adopt the same in Powai.

The  best write-up  will be  published  in Powai  pageant.   I thought of announcing  a cash prize of  Rs.200/- for the  best write-up.  Then,  when I looked  at the following  tabulation, I  realized  that an  L&T  employee cannot  be  motivated  any longer with a prize of Rs.200/-  !!

MONTHLY PAY PACKET
GRADE	Min.	Max.	GRADE	Min	Max
	Rs/month	Rs/month		Rs/month	Rs/month
US	1619	2368	TA I	2792	3605
SSB	1624	2589	H.V. Driver	1893	3108
SSA	1637	2909	Clerk III	2211	3654
SB	1892	3144	Clerk I	3122	3978
SA	2134	3342	Steno B	2511	3679
HS	2553	3552	Sr. Steno	3432	3978

(Monthly pay packet excludes bonus and ex-gratia)

From the following  article, can you  find out what motivates American  employees  (all employees)  ?  - and  will  it work equally well in India ?

H.C. PAREKH