SRIJAN Social Internship – UPES Dehradun

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Name of the Student SAP ID Course

Abhishek Kumar Gupta 500082899 Ape gas stream

Student’s Current Mobile Number Email ID

Location
Bhatinda (PUNJAB) 7814196986 [email protected]

Full name of the organization Complete office address of State(s) where this
the organization organization is working in
THE BACKBONE SCF-75, MODEL TOWN, Bhatinda (PUNJAB)
ORGANIZATION NGO PHASE-1, BATHINDA-
151001

Name(s) of the Founder(s):

1. Rattan Goyal
2. Ram Tirth

Name(s) of the NGO Mentor(s):

1. MS. SAKSHAM RAJ GUPTA

Name(s) of the UPES Mentor(s):

1. Dr. Shalini Vohra

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About the organization: (Write a brief note about the organization in 200-300 words )

(Please include - History, Vision, Mission, Objective(s), SDG(s), Geographies/Locations, etc. )

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Collaborations among multiple organizations are simple in theory, but difficult in practice. Making
them work requires a backbone organization that pays close attention to the needs of all participants.

Getting people from across the public, private, and civil sectors to effectively work together
comes down to one fundamental question: How do you get people to work with you who don’t
work for you? We humans excel at getting people to work with us who do work for us.
Hierarchy, command-and-control, contractual relationships, and volumes of management theory
tell us how to make these relationships work.

Multi-stakeholder collaborations (MSCs), however, face a host of different challenges because

the people involved don’t work for each other and are under no obligation to cooperate. They
volunteer their time, talent, and treasure. Altruism may bring them together, but rarely holds
them together.
Most MSCs excel at vision and fail in execution. They suffer when the original altruistic vision
meets the hard reality of the daily grind. A gap opens between collective strategy formulation
and collective strategy execution. To address this gap, other researchers have already articulated
the need for a “backbone” organization to hold the centre on collective strategy. While that
research focused on making the case for why MSCs need backbone organizations, our research
focuses on the how of running a successful backbone organization.
In this article, we present six key principles for backbone organizations to follow to maintain
alignment, drive impact, and create continuous learning throughout the life of a collaboration.
Within each principle, we describe one specific practice. A full listing of our 27 recommended
practices is available in our manual for practitioners, “Backbone Organizations: A Field Guide.”

Principle 1: Clarity of Purpose

Principle 2: Driving Long-Term Momentum and Growth

Principle 3:  Strong Partnership Identity

Involving the Target Population

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Principle 6: Clear Measures of Success Connected to

Learning

Worth the Effort

Facilitation and coordination within a partnership are notable when they fail, and unnoticed when
they succeed. Partners will likely never vote to have a backbone organization and may attribute
the backbone organization’s success to their own ability to work well together. Only when it
doesn’t work, when coordination breaks down and balls get dropped, or partners start to fight
with one another, will people miss the backbone organization.

If partnership leadership can successfully navigate committing resources to establishing the

backbone organization and enabling it to carry out these six principles, the odds of success go
way up. It’s worth the fight.

About the Project(s): (Write a brief note about the current project(s) of the organization and what kind of
impact the organization is creating. Who are getting benefitted with these projects? (Pls. write in about 200 words)

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WHY A DEDICATED PROJECT MANAGER IS THE

BACKBONE OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT?

What is Project management?

Before we take a look at the role of a project manager, let’s have a look at what project
management is.

Project management is the process of monitoring, handling and delivering a project that
is aligned to meet particular goals. This process includes initiating the project, planning
its course, executing the plan, controlling the workflow and closing the project. These
goals or more simply known as a project are usually aimed at designing a unique
product to add value to a business. Typically, these goals have to be achieved in a high
time and resource constraint.

 Digging a little deeper into the 5 phases of project management, they are as follows:

1. Project Initiation: This included examining whether the project idea will benefit the
organization or not. Also, the ability to practically execute the project is also analyzed.

2. Project Planning: The next step is formulating a project plan which is usually put in
writing. It outlines all the work that is to be performed during the development process.

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3. Project Execution: Once the planning is completed, the resources and tasks are
distributed and teams are informed of their responsibilities. The team then move on to
start working on their assigned tasks.

4. Project Control: In this phase, the project status and progress is compared to the
actual plan, as the teams continue to perform their work. During this phase, if required,
adjustments to resources and schedules are made to keep the work on track.

5. Project Close: Once all tasks are completed and the project has been approved, the
project is closed and its history goes through an evaluation phase which highlights the
successes and things to learn from this development cycle.

Now that Project Management is pretty clear, we move on to take a look at how project
managers actually fit the role.

What are the benefits of Project Managers?

In the project management phases mentioned above, each phase is a pillar of utmost
importance. If you think skipping a step of these would be fine, you might want to think
again because neglecting even one of these steps will jeopardize the success of your
whole project.

In a short answer to the importance of project managers, it is the fact that they are the
ones who carry out all the above mentioned processes. Not the developers, not the
designers but only the Project Managers have the capability of putting your project
through all the important phases for it to succeed. Removing or even replacing them
can seriously damage the development process. This is especially a big problem in
outsourcing projects , among others.

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Organization’s Sectors/SDGs: (e.g. health, women empowerment etc., also mention SDG No.)

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1. Guide vision and strategy

2. Support aligned activities
3. Establish shared measurement practices
4. Build public will
5. Advance policy
6. Mobilize funding

What is your understanding about the sector in which your organization is working?

(E.g. Health, Education, Women empowerment etc. Please refer to organization website or other resources on
internet, Mention about these SDGs, relevant data/stats)

What is culture?
The attitude, traits and behavioural patterns which govern the way an individual
interacts with others is termed as culture. Culture is something which one inherits
from his ancestors and it helps in distinguishing one individual from the other.

What is organization culture?

Every human being has certain personality traits which help them stand apart from
the crowd. No two individuals behave in a similar way. In the same way
organizations have certain values, policies, rules and guidelines which help them
create an image of their own.

Organization culture refers to the beliefs and principles of a particular organization.

The culture followed by the organization has a deep impact on the employees and
their relationship amongst themselves.

Every organization has a unique culture making it different from the other and
giving it a sense of direction. It is essential for the employees to understand the
culture of their workplace to adjust well.
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Organization A
In organization A, the employees are not at all disciplined and are least bothered
about the rules and regulations. They reach their office at their own sweet time and
spend their maximum time gossiping and loitering around.

Organization B
This organization follows employee friendly policies and it is mandatory for all to
adhere to them. It is important for the employees to reach their workplace on time
and no one is allowed to unnecessarily roam around or spread rumours.

Which organization do you feel would perform better? — Obviously organization B

The employees follow a certain culture in organization B making it more successful

than organization A.

No two organizations can have the same culture. The values or policies of a non-
profit organization would be different from that of a profit-making entity or
employees working in a restaurant would follow a different culture as compared to
those associated with education industry or a manufacturing industry.

Broadly there are two types of organization culture:

 Strong Organization Culture: Strong organizational culture refers to a

situation where the employees adjust well, respect the organization’s policies
and adhere to the guidelines. In such a culture people enjoy working and
take every assignment as a new learning and try to gain as much as they can.
They accept their roles and responsibilities willingly.
 Weak Organization Culture: In such a culture individuals accept their
responsibilities out of fear of superiors and harsh policies. The employees in
such a situation do things out of compulsion. They just treat their
organization as a mere source of earning money and never get attached to it.

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What new initiatives should be taken to achieve these SDGs/Goals? (Pls. write in 150- 200 words)

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During your internship with the organization, how do you think you can contribute to the
particular cause/sector in the organization, as an individual? What activities you wish to do
during your internship? (Write in 200 -250 words.)

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As my Ngo is working for the benefits of the slums of children and in these difficult times they
are not able to come to NGO for their studies so , I will arrange online mediums for them to
study at home and without the fear of corona and as in these difficult times we are not able
to keep ourselves positive so I will arrange some fun learning classes for them and their
parents to stop the spread of negativity in their houses and in the children minds and I will
arrange some tasks for them like today they should help their parents in some work so they
might not become lazy by just lying in the house and doing nothing but playing games

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What impact you are willing to create during your Social Internship (how you are going to
change/impact people’s lives with your initiatives/activities)? (Write in approx. 200 words.)

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As my Ngo is working for the benefits of the slums of children and in these difficult times they
are not able to come to NGO for their studies so , I will arrange online mediums for them to
study at home and without the fear of corona and as in these difficult times we are not able
to keep ourselves positive so I will arrange some fun learning classes for them and their
parents to stop the spread of negativity in their houses and in the minds of the children and I
will arrange some tasks for them like today they should help their parents in some work so
they might not become lazy by just lying in the house and doing nothing but playing games ,
so I will make impacts on them like ---

1) Making them positive

2) Not making them lazy
3) Making them understand the importance of household work

Write about your expected learning outcomes from this SRIJAN Social Internship:

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. Professional Learning Objectives Skill development related to your

major or an occupation; and/or general skills such as oral and written
communication, critical thinking, organization, problem solving,
decision making, leadership, interpersonal relationships, technical, etc.
Examples: 1. Develop the communication skills needed to respond to
constituents’ letters. 2. Learn to administer and interpret personality
inventories. 3. Learn and understand the logistics and components of
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event planning by creating a how-to manual for a regional event. 3.

Personal Learning Objectives Personal development such as self-
awareness, self-confidence, sensitivity and appreciation for diversity,
clarification of work and personal values, Career and Post-Graduate
Development. Examples: 1. Determine if working for an accounting firm
is an appropriate career goal for me. 2. Develop my potential as a
facilitator in group counseling. 3. Familiarize myself with trade groups
and associations and learn their code of ethics and read trade
periodicals.

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