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saMgazna kaOSalaSangathan KaushalCreating Organizers for the Hindu SamajPREFACE: Sangh creates good sangathak ie Organiser. Doctorji created sangh with a focused mission to organize Hindu Samaj. He developed a methodology of shakha and related systems which creates good organizers capable of creating an organized society. He developed such simple practices and tools that any ordinary person who goes thru this system consistently with a desire to serve the cause becomes a good organizer. We shall try to cover some practices that are central in making of an organiser. APPROACH : In sangh, we learn the basic principles of organization thru the process of osmosis. By consistently going to shakha, participating in regular and special programs, by actively participating in organization matter by going thru abhyas varg, shivir, sangh shiksha varg, various baithak and thru the sahvaas (proximity) of the senior karyakarta and pracharak, an ordinary person becomes a kushal sangathak (ardent organizer). The material is presented in a manner that augment this process. Outside Bharat, where there is relatively less number of senior karyakarta and frequency of shakha and related programs is less, it is hoped that this material will escalate this process of becoming a karyakarta. A karyakarta can follow these steps consciously and emulate the path taken by other sangh karyakarta to become a Kushal Sangathak.

2In the next 5 years, I will..Develop contact with 25 new families/youthMake my shakha a prabhaavi shakhaDevelop 10 new karyakartasGive more time: Regularly, as well as go as a vistaarak. Inspire 5 karyakartas to spend some time as vistaarak Improve and Innovate

One family per week, 52 weeks in a year, 100 new families in a year.5 families contact per week live contact with karyakarta spending some time together on monthly basis, participate and direct in development of karyakarta Vistarak Grahastha : SSV : eg. of LA : 1 year full time, one year part time, one year no time Vyavasayi vistarak or vistarak as opportunity presents itself Vidyarthi : SSV : fixed for every year vistarak during vacation : atleast once a yearAdd some improvement (new initiative) in self / system-model/process/program(product) eg. SIP / sewa / Hindu education / prashikshan / family / institution/ NHSF/SNY/KBRE/Guru Vandana Give more : tan/man/dhan : more time; self development (sewa, meditation); % increase in Guru Dakshina

4PRABHAVI (Effective) shakhaShakha TeamFun-filled & Inspiring Atmosphere: Vyayam, Anushasan, Utsah, Samskar5 new karyakartas in SSV every yearOne new shakha in 3-5 yearsLeadership in CommunityParticipating in one community programBringing community in one Sangh programProgram in community reflects discipline and Hindu ValuesFamilies reflect Sangh samskar5Sangh ShakhaSangh means Shakha, Shakha means Karyakram, Karyakram means karyakarta development.

Sangh Shakha is not only a place for playing games or doing parade, but its an unspoken surety for the safety of good people, its a place to keep youth away from ill habits, its a hope for prompt and unbiased help to the society in the event of unexpected problems, its a surety for safety and good behavior towards women, its a force to put a check on bad people and traitors, and above all it is an university for training capable 'karyakarta' for various fields of social life. P.P. Bala Saheb DeorasOrganize : 5 Focus areasDhyeya NishthaStrategy forNew RecruitmentKaryakarta DevelopmentImprovement/InnovationKartrutva/PerformanceHarnessing Human RelationsSelf ImprovementAll the different dimensions in process of becoming good organiser are put together in above framework (same as proposed by Management Guru Peter Drucker) for ease and Clarity.

Also, same frame work is also there in book sewa sadhana by Shri Eknathji Ranade which is compilation of his speeches in the training program for Vivekanand Kendra new full timers (except that 2nd point not defined as explicitly as the audience was mainly freshers).7VisionVishwa Dharma PrakashenaVishwa Shanti PravartakeMissionHindu SangathanOrganization of the society vs. Organization in the society Methodology- Sangh shakha- Regular coming together selflesslyFamily Model for the entire organizationSocial transformation through individual transformationBifocal Vision Utmost purity of character personal and socialDhyeya Nishtha1.8Clarity about mission ; common understanding of vision and missionSangh shakha- Regularly coming together selflessly of like minded person Nitya sanskar ke dwara karyakarta ki nirmiti ka sthanBifocal vision : Long term Goal Vs. Short term goal. Eg. Of North Star (dhruv taara) for direction of long term goal Vs. Flash light for immediate needs. Pure Personal character and also social character (eg of lost kingdom of Gujarat by King Karna due to loss of his personal character and due to low national character of his minister who helped enemy to teach a lesson to king) Saadhya Saadhana Vivek : Goal Vs Means ; P and PC balance (product and production capacity) Aparichit Parichit Mitra Swayamsevak Karyakarta Buddham Sharanam Gaccchami, Sangham Sharanam gacchami, dhammam sharanam gacchami

Alignment of personal mission with Sangh mission values alignment

Progressive evolution

Vyakti nishtha (dedication to individual)

Sangh Nishtha (dedication to organization)

Dhyeya Nishtha (Dedication to the cause)

List 1-3 people that you know whose life mission is the Sangh mission, and who completely identify with the Sangh vision and missionWhat is the difference in their lifestyle? How do they set their priorities? Exercise 1AWhat are my values? What is my mission?Exercise 1BLok Sampark - OutreachEvery swayamsevak is a friend. Every friend is a swayamsevak.Utilizing skills and resources for continuous recruitment.Places to reach out.Social networking sitesTargeted demography : youth/settled families/missing sectionsRecruitment, Development & Improvement/Innovation2.12Lok Sampark- Outreach

Every swayamsevak is a friend. Every friend is a swayamsevak.Aparichit Parichit Mitra Swayamsevak KaryakartaUtilizing skills and resources for continuous recruitment.Neighborhood, workplace, community, professional and community groups, social networks sites, relatives are places to reach out.Attractive website; social networking sites; good reports of programs in media; information on bulletin boards and community announcement at library, temple, radio, TV.* Define the target based on function (if you dare to enter lions cave, you will get the pearl form the head-skull of elephant but if you only go to the cave of Jaackal then you will get only the skin of a killed donkey. Start with the need of other side what customer need.

Eg. Doctorji started shakha with kishor and tarun and introduced those programs in shakha which were attractive to youth at that time in Nagpur.

List some activities that you have used to connect more people to Sangh. Exercise 2AList 3 new things that you would like to try in the next year.Keep notes of what worked and key learnings (so that you can share with others)Exercise 2BIdentify pilot where it will be implemented and fine tune based on output. Know what results to expect. Define goals. Know what realistically should work. 14Lok Sangraha- Connecting, bonding

Always welcoming Undivided attention Pahale billi bano Strict on self, considerate to othersFilter with bigger holesOnce a friend, always a friendPutting others firstStragegy for Recruitment, Development & Improvement/Innovation 2.15Lok Sangraha- Connecting, bonding

Always Welcoming Approach (opposite- red ink approach)Undivided attention to others, understanding, respectGood listenerPahale billi bano first become like catSwayam ke prati kathor, anya ke prati udaar- Hard on self, considerate for othersFilter with bigger holesOnce a friend, always a friendAatmavilopi (opposite-self centered)

Bhidejis 4 Ps : Pickup / Pin up / Pull up / Push up

List 3 people who exhibit the qualities of a great Lok Sangrahi. What qualities make them so?Exercise 2C16List three strengths about you that can be used for Lok Sangraha.

What action will you take to make strength productive? What skills do you need to learn to make your strengths productive?Exercise 2D17Also can consider for : List 3 limitations that you need to watch for and control/improve which is counter productive for Lok Sangrahi.

2.Lok Sampark / Lok Sangraha / Lok Samskar Lok Samskar - Strategy for developing workersIndividualEveryone's jobBe yourselfThree essentials for samskar Ideal Role model Activity

18Lok Samskar- Strategy for developing workers (karyakarta nirmaan) Individual-Vyakti nirmaan everyones job Jaisi kathani, vaisi karani be yourself; life as an open book; inside and outside sameThree main essentials for samskar- well defined ideal, sahvaas (proximity with role model), simple activity that reinforces appropriate behavior in line with the idealSanskar is not imported but imparted. gunaadhan, doshapanayan, nyunang purti not the hammering strokes but drops of the dancing water

teaching : teacher should know student fully well, student should know teacher fully well. Thus knowing each other fully well, both should do joint effort in exploring knowledge.

Activation Vs. Persuasion : eg. of car dealership ; how I became vistarak ;

Our model/strategy of samskar : Ek deep se jalaa doosara, jalate deep anek

Define the process in which a newcomer becomes a swayamsevak, and a swayamsevak becomes a karyakartaExercise 2E19Define the process in which a new comer become a ssevak and a ssevak become a karyakarta - draw process chart or flowchart (two teams)

kaya-kta- inamaa-Na kI prMpraA Tradition Of Karyakarta Development

Efforts in developing systems/processesNot one person dependantLok Sampark / Lok Sangraha / Lok Samskar 2.20Karyakarta Nirmaan ki Paramparaa-All efforts in developing systems formal and informal to have a processthat puts all people and resources to produce sanskarit karyakartaIt is not person dependant (extra ordinary skill that an individual is bornwith) but a practice

SystemsShakhaNiyamit (regular) KaryakramNaimittik (special) KaryakramBaithakVarg, SSV Sampark, PravasLok Sampark / Lok Sangraha / Lok Samskar 2.21System- Shakha- vyaayam, Anushaasan, Utsaah, SamskarShakha gat rachana, gana rachana Niyamit Kaaryakram- Utsav; baithak; varg Naimittik Karyakaram : Picnic, workshop

What systems shall I focus and strengthen? How?Exercise 2F22Improvement & Innovation

Constant core but evolving outer formUpward or downwardThrust to improve Innovate with desh, kaal and paristhitiSangh DNALok Sampark / Lok Sangraha / Lok Samskar 2.23Lok Niyojan-

Abandon what does not work (after due assessment, consultation and verification) I should not be naach na aave, aangan tedhaSanshodhan and Navonmesh (Improvement and Innovation)

Constant core(never changing basic principles) but Progressively evolving (unfolding) outer form(??? Find the exact quote from thengadijis book???)

There are only two movements : upward or downward no other choice stagnation means deterioration A constant thrust to improve not perfectionist but always striving for improvementInnovate with desh, kaal and paristhiti reflect and articulate the principles and practices with changing times and contextSangh DNA : Ek shaakhi Vs. Bahu shaakhi tree

List 3 activities/programs that can be called an innovation from the countrys Sangh perspective, that are helping Sangh to continue to contribute and grow.Exercise 2F24Also consider : What one area of self improvement/learning can I target for this year? How shall I measure improvement? How I define success.

Kartrutva- Performance; Deliver results in line with the mission Define and measure performance, focus on contribution

Bi-focal vision

Action imperative (knowledge without action is hypocrisy)3.25Defining and measuring performance in light of long term goals.Bi-focal vision - Sense of utmost patience for long term goal but sense of utmost urgencyfor short term goal(for long term (direction) we need North star (dhruv taara), but for short term goal, we need flash night to search the surrounding both North Star and flash light have different utility and unique role.)

Action without knowledge is blind, knowledge without action is hypocrisy; action and knowledge without devotion is dry.Performance means concentrating available resources where the results areFeuding and bickering doesnt necessarily bespeak personality conflicts they usuallyare symptoms of need to change the organizationGood intentions, good policies, good decisions must turn into effective actions.Work isnt being done by a magnificient statement of policy. Work is done when its done.First thing first. Keep the main thing the main thing.Identify the constituency that we serve. Clearly define it.

Contribution: Venkatesh focussing on getting the children handbook and teacher handbook as sambhag sah-karyawah; Yashwantji initiating the work of ICCS while in Africa as pracharak; work bhatke Vimukt Sangh by Girish Prabhune; Kutumb Prabodhan initiative by Krishnappaji; some resident nurse checking every new entry within 60 seconds in emergency room goal of administrator who brought in appropriate process.

Kartrutva- Performance; Deliver results in line with the mission Performance means concentrating the available resources where the results are.

Work is done when its done.

First thing first.

Identify the constituency3.26Defining and measuring performance in light of long term goals.Bi-focal vision - Sense of utmost patience for long term goal but sense of utmost urgencyfor short term goal(for long term (direction) we need North star (dhruv taara), but for short term goal, we need flash night to search the surrounding both North Star and flash light have different utility and unique role.)

Action without knowledge is blind, knowledge without action is hypocrisy; action and knowledge without devotion is dry.Performance means concentrating available resources where the results areFeuding and bickering doesnt necessarily bespeak personality conflicts they usuallyare symptoms of need to change the organizationGood intentions, good policies, good decisions must turn into effective actions.Work isnt being done by a magnificient statement of policy. Work is done when its done.First thing first. Keep the main thing the main thing.Identify the constituency that we serve. Clearly define it.

Contribution: Venkatesh focussing on getting the children handbook and teacher handbook as sambhag sah-karyawah; Yashwantji initiating the work of ICCS while in Africa as pracharak; work bhatke Vimukt Sangh by Girish Prabhune; Kutumb Prabodhan initiative by Krishnappaji; some resident nurse checking every new entry within 60 seconds in emergency room goal of administrator who brought in appropriate process.

Define the performance of your unit of Sangh.

Define the measurement.Exercise 3A27Define the results of your responsibility.

What are the contributions expected from you?Exercise 3BList 3 grand ideas/plan in last 10 years which have not seen the daylight yet.

Are they in line with your values/mission?

Do you want to commit to acting on them? How?Exercise 3CKartrutvaBuild the organization around information and communication instead of around hierarchy

Build on opportunities.

SLOW is different from LOW.3.30Build the organization around information and communication instead of around hierarchyBuild on opportunities. Focusing on problems only avoids damage but results come only when we focus on opportunitiesShores are the safest place for ship but they are not built for it. Ship is built to face the challenges of waves and cross the ocean.Some processes can be expedited but there are certain process which can not be expedited. (eg. Marriage can be fixed and done in a day but not child birth)Setting standards uniformity importance of pravas local energies are mobilizedfor local performances but for a common mission that transcends local boundaries.If you start low, you can never go higher. SLOW is different from LOW. Standard should be clear and high one can go slow at beginning.

Effective Decisions-What is the decision really about?What are the boundary conditions that the solution has to satisfy?Thinking through what is rightThe actions should be build in the decision. The feedback tests the validity and effectiveness Constructively use dissentResponsibility of bailing outKartrutva3.31Effective Decisions-Ask : What is the decision really about? If the problem is generic then it could only be solved through a decision which established a rule, a principle or used an existing rule, principle or policy.Thinking thru what is right, that is, the solution which will fully satisfy the specifications before attention is given to the compromises, adaptations and concessions needed to make the decision acceptable.The actions (implementation) should be build in the decision. There should be input of all those who are affected by the decision. Once the decision is made, there should be completely buy in to implement it.The feedback which tests the validity and effectiveness of the decision against the actual course of action. The decision always has to be bailed out. Build into the decision the responsibility for bailing it out.A simple Rule : If you have a consensus on an important matter, dont make the decision. Adjourn it so that everybody has a little time to think. Important decision are risky. They should be controversial. Acclamation means that nobody has done the homework.

List 3 decisions that went wrong in the past 6 months that you took. Relate the main elements of effective decision to that situation and identify which rule was broken.Exercise 3E32Lok Vyavahar -People and RelationshipCollectivity Developing TEAMDevelop Systems Once a swayamsevak, always a swayamsevakOnce a friend, always a friendBuild on strength and opportunity4.33Collectivity saamoohikata in all aspects Developing team- to build a team, you dont start with people,you start with the job. One should ask: what are we trying to do? What are the key activities? Then, and only then, you ask, whose strengths best matches the need.Systems : varg, baithak, niyamit and naimittik karyakramOnce a swayamsevak, always a swayamsevakOnce a friend, always a friendBuild on strength&opportunity. Organisation should make the limitations(shortcomings) irrelevant.

List 3 jobs/functions related to your role which require building a team, define the skills required, identify people whose skills match those required. Exercise 4A34Lok Niyojan

People decisions Supporting with four roles: (mentor, teacher, evaluator, encourager) Accepting differencesNot to depend on insight aloneLok Vyavahar 4.-People and Relationship35Lok Niyojano People decisions are the ultimate perhaps the only control of an organization.The quality of these human decisions determines whether the organizationis being run seriously, whether its mission, its values, and its objectives arereal and meaningful to people rather than just public relations and rhetoric.o Medical profession says their greatest problem is the brilliant young physicianswho has a good eye. He has to learn not to depend on that alone but to gothru the patient process of making a diagnosis; otherwise, he kill people. AKaryakarta, too, has to learn not to depend on insight and knowledge of peoplebut on a mundane, boring and conscientious step-by-step process.o Making strength productive. Organisation should make the weakness irrelevanto Look always at performance, not at promise.o Niyukti ke samay vimukti ka vicharo Supporting with four roles of guru : Mentor, teacher of skills, evaluator,encourager (Sanghchalak, shikshak, mukhya shikshak, karyawah)Accepting differences, appreciating the differences in preferencesAllowance for different capabilities* Sanghchalak how to make productive their stregth

List 3 responsibilities that you assigned are you supporting these with the 4 roles? How?If not, what could you do to support them?Exercise 4B36Atmavilopi vrutti Swayamsevakatva KarmayogiSaadhakSakhaaDeveloping self and developing othersFocusSaadhakatva5.- Developing Oneself375 qualities in prarthan : dhyeyanishthaAjjaiyam aatma saamarthyam, susheelam lok pujitamGyaanam cha dehi vishvesh, dhyeya marga prakashakamSamutkarshostu no nityam, nishreyas samanvitaTat sadhakam spuratvantah, suveervratmujvalam

Self Confidence, character, knowledge-Practical wisdom, Determination, dedication & devotion to cause

Atmavilopi vrutti lahaan pan de ga deva, mungi sakharecha ravaSwayamsevakatva seva saadhanaKarmayogiSaadhakSakhaa friend of allDeveloping self and developing othersFocus : to achieve your highest priorities

Mukta sango, anahamvaadi, dhruti utsah samanvitah,Siddhya-asiddhayo nirvikarah, karta saatvika ucchyateThank YouGraciasDhanyavad