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Diary of a Social Mobilizer: Going down the Ladder (A)

Bushra Khanum, Zafar Iqbal Qureshi


INDUSTRY : Poverty Alleviation

AREA : HRM/OB

ORGANIZATION : Community Poverty Alleviation Founation

LENGTH : 14

LUMS No : 05-714-2004-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2004

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KEYWORDS:

Social Mobilizer,Performance,Social Organizer,Field Unit,Institutions


DESCRIPTION:

Yusra's performance over the four years that she had spent with the organization had been rated as very satisfactory. Her promotion from an intern social organizer to a social organizer and then to Field Unit In-charge during the four years substantiates her claim. However, her relationship with the new Regional General Manager had gone sour. In her diary she narrates her experience at the organization which is involved in a poverty alleviation program in the rural communities of Punjab, a province in Pakistan. The A, B, and C series of Diary of a Social Mobilizer reflects, on the one hand, gender biases in male dominated institutions, and on the other it explains the system of fair play and justice in the working of an organization. The case highlights a multidimensional organizational dispute wherein one of the disputants happens to be a female. 


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

This case can be used in either an MBA or a Development Studies or in an Executive Education Programme. Specifically it can: (A) Sensitize participants regarding gender issues in the working or organizations, and (B) Assess the fair practices issues in today's institutions.


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour