How Did Sohan Lal Effectively Manage Village Affairs
1. How did Sohan Lal effectively manage village affairs, despite any formal education in management? Support your answers with specific situations from the case.
How did Sohan Lal, the chairman of Sitara managed to become an important person in the village despite his lack of education? With creativity. Sohan Lal is a very creative person not only does he manage to resolve different kinds of situations but also manages to get the support of different entities, organisations and people with persuasion and determination. Sohan Lal always keeps in mind his main objective which is to: “ensure the sustainable rural development of the village”. A good example of persuasion and determination is when Sohan Lal personally went to visit some villagers to convince them to send their daughters to school. Even if he does not have any kind of formal education, Sohan Lal manages to use strategic arguments to convince some families of the advantage and importance of going to school.
Another example of managing the village affairs despite any formal education was when he succeeds in developing and maintaining good business relations with banks for financial support to entrepreneurs, as well as developing a strong business community in the village. Sohan Lal is a very motivated person and he has been able to share his vision and his motivation to others. These specific skills are not necessarily competencies that you learn directly at school but that you can develop in various types of life situations.
2. How could the transaction governance approach followed by Sohan Lal be fine-tuned to a governance style for sustainable development at the base of the pyramid?
Prahalad definition of transaction governance approach is about: “making the entire process as transparent as possible and consistently enforced”. Remembering Sohan Lal’s main goal which is “ensuring the sustainable rural development of the village”, some modifications should be made in his governance style to make sure
How did Sohan Lal, the chairman of Sitara managed to become an important person in the village despite his lack of education? With creativity. Sohan Lal is a very creative person not only does he manage to resolve different kinds of situations but also manages to get the support of different entities, organisations and people with persuasion and determination. Sohan Lal always keeps in mind his main objective which is to: “ensure the sustainable rural development of the village”. A good example of persuasion and determination is when Sohan Lal personally went to visit some villagers to convince them to send their daughters to school. Even if he does not have any kind of formal education, Sohan Lal manages to use strategic arguments to convince some families of the advantage and importance of going to school.
Another example of managing the village affairs despite any formal education was when he succeeds in developing and maintaining good business relations with banks for financial support to entrepreneurs, as well as developing a strong business community in the village. Sohan Lal is a very motivated person and he has been able to share his vision and his motivation to others. These specific skills are not necessarily competencies that you learn directly at school but that you can develop in various types of life situations.
2. How could the transaction governance approach followed by Sohan Lal be fine-tuned to a governance style for sustainable development at the base of the pyramid?
Prahalad definition of transaction governance approach is about: “making the entire process as transparent as possible and consistently enforced”. Remembering Sohan Lal’s main goal which is “ensuring the sustainable rural development of the village”, some modifications should be made in his governance style to make sure
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