A leading management institute, London School of Business, with a worldwide recognized, course in Human Resource Management has recently tied up with a dairy farm at Karnal, Haryana. The students would be spending at least 2 weeks at the farm. The objective of this tie up has been to give students an exposure to dairy farm management, which academicians feel, would benefit them tremendously, in their career in managing human resources in companies.
Insights into this logic are listed below.
The fundamental premise that a dairy farm works is, that milk is meant for the market, and not for the calf of the cow, for which actually it is produced. If there would be no calf, there would be no milk. However the benefit of calf is not to be seen. Employees exist in an organization to make profits for promoters, owners and shareholders and this profit is not supposed to be ploughed back to the staff.
The cow which gives maximum milk is supposed to be pregnated the maximum number of times and at the earliest possible. More calf’s would mean more milk producing opportunities and since the trained resource (cow) gives maximum output, more benefit for the farm. If an employee is very hard working, works day and night, good HR practice is to give him more projects, more work and thus more load. This called as “Jat theory of optimization of exploitation” roots its origins to dairy farms of Jind and Narnual in Haryana.
Milking hygiene is central to efficient farm management. By this, if the cows are free from any disease, they can be deployed throughout the year. With the advent of technology there are now machines which can do this work. Milk is transferred, through pipes, directly from udders to giant containers and there is no “communication gap”. Good multinational companies make sure that the workstations where the employees are working (getting milked) are clean, comfortable and cosy. And technology has made sure that each workstation has a system with hi-speed internet connection and telephone for break free communication.
Good dairy farms are those who follow well defined animal welfare policies. These include a healthy environment, no space constraint issues, timely serving of feed and adequate care during illness. Staff welfare policies are designed to ensure that staff remains fit and fine for maximum work optimization. Offices are kept neat and clean, tastefully decorated , spacious cubicles to avoid space constraints, canteen facilities for serving timely food, leaves like Sick leave, group medical insurance policies etc.,
And yes, students of London School of Business who did a stint at dairy farms are turning out to be good managers.
Insights into this logic are listed below.
The fundamental premise that a dairy farm works is, that milk is meant for the market, and not for the calf of the cow, for which actually it is produced. If there would be no calf, there would be no milk. However the benefit of calf is not to be seen. Employees exist in an organization to make profits for promoters, owners and shareholders and this profit is not supposed to be ploughed back to the staff.
The cow which gives maximum milk is supposed to be pregnated the maximum number of times and at the earliest possible. More calf’s would mean more milk producing opportunities and since the trained resource (cow) gives maximum output, more benefit for the farm. If an employee is very hard working, works day and night, good HR practice is to give him more projects, more work and thus more load. This called as “Jat theory of optimization of exploitation” roots its origins to dairy farms of Jind and Narnual in Haryana.
Milking hygiene is central to efficient farm management. By this, if the cows are free from any disease, they can be deployed throughout the year. With the advent of technology there are now machines which can do this work. Milk is transferred, through pipes, directly from udders to giant containers and there is no “communication gap”. Good multinational companies make sure that the workstations where the employees are working (getting milked) are clean, comfortable and cosy. And technology has made sure that each workstation has a system with hi-speed internet connection and telephone for break free communication.
Good dairy farms are those who follow well defined animal welfare policies. These include a healthy environment, no space constraint issues, timely serving of feed and adequate care during illness. Staff welfare policies are designed to ensure that staff remains fit and fine for maximum work optimization. Offices are kept neat and clean, tastefully decorated , spacious cubicles to avoid space constraints, canteen facilities for serving timely food, leaves like Sick leave, group medical insurance policies etc.,
And yes, students of London School of Business who did a stint at dairy farms are turning out to be good managers.
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