The Best Inputs for Maximizing Your Output: Humanistic Practices at Micromatic Grinding

Abstract

Mr N. K. Dhand, the managing director of Micromatic Grinding Technologies Ltd (MGT), looked up pensively as the clock struck four in his small cabin. In another half an hour, he would be in a "No-Agenda" meeting with some of his employees. It was called a no-agenda meeting because that is exactly what it was. Anyone was free to share anything in the meeting, be it complaints about the flavor of the tea being served in the companys premises, a philosophy about life and love, the vision of the organization, or fears of recession. The MD would be listening, and sometimes sharing his views with some 10–15 officers and workers, many of whom had joined only a few months ago.