Analysis of the Case
a) Important notes
Background: Avdhash Kaushal, chairperson of Rural Litigation and
Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), a premier NGO in Dehradun, Uttarakhand (a
state in North India) p1
Main task: fight for the rights and privileges of people from marginalized
societies, and especially for communities in the hills p1
RLEK identified adult education as the key to ensuring empowerment of the
community, and the group later extended its adult education program to
other marginalized communities as well p2
RLEK’s objective was to preserve the Van Gujjars’ identity and help them
during the time they migrated to other regions. P3
RLEK decided to institute a program that would prepare women for this
political opportunity and thus ventured to open a new unit called PRAGATI
(Panchayati Rule and Gender Awareness Training Institute). P3
Urgent problems
i. RLEK had to decide whether to scale up its operations in order to train these
elected female representatives for the purpose of strengthening governance
at the grassroots level. P1
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Holding on to employees.p1
Many fund providers had become more watchful and were now looking to
distribute their support to operations that displayed superior operations and
management capabilities. P1
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Hydro electricity project had been stalled .p2
How to empower women at the grassroots. P4
How to balance funds, fame against real bottom line (concerned the
development of marginalized and underprivileged people).
b) Likely causes
i.
The sate of Uttarakhand high highlighted the need to enhance the
capabilities of the women involved in politics. P1
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In the past, employee retention is not an issue, however with changing time
and increasing size, holding on to employees becomes a strategic task.p1, low
compensation, very few changes for promotion, better working condition
and various perk p8 part-time student –they leave after they finish their
studies p9
Posed competition by quoting lower prices for projects. P1
Due to severe opposition from the area’s inhabitants on the grounds of
religion and environmental damage, p2
For the unit of Pragati, the rule area were very backward: very little
development, country’s system is strong that woman is under-representation
in all the crucial social, economic and political activities had excluded them
from all mainstream participation and decision-making process.p4
The solution for the sixth problem need to be discussed.
c) Decision criteria
On the one hand, RLEK recognized the need for the dam in terms of the
economic and sustainability and as a source of employment for many. On the other
hand, taking a stand against abandoning the project would affect RLEK’s reputation,
as other NGOs might allege it was acting against people’s best interests. RLEK had
always stuck to its real bottom line — development of the marginalized and
underprivileged people p2
Women holding responsible positions as RLEK board members and heading
various units. p5
Decentralized approach in staff and organization structure. To reduce the
sense of hierarchy—no fixed seat p4( this should be changed for employee
retention).
d) Potential solutions
1.financial support—government p5 the company got a lot of rewards p11
2.employee—working condition, compensation, various of monetary benefit p8
3.change the structure (in the past the structure is flat)
4. Reduce the impact of environment