Sr Concepts

1 Top-down hierarchial structure

Top-down hierarchial structure

2 Organisational culture

Improving organisational culture

3 Improper Information Flow

Top down information flow

Poor quality of information (Timeliness, Adequacy, Accuracy of information flow)

4 Knowledge management
Better knowledge management
Linking MIS-GIS
Creating better forest management information system
Employing Tech savvy staff on contract

Employing tools of scientific management

5 Efficient functioning
Timely progress report using ICT
Time bound decision making

6 Transparency and integrity

Transparency and integrity of officer / staff

Transparent transfer policy

Transparency
Transparent decision making

7 Coordination with Stakeholders

Better coordination with the Tribal Development Depart

Better coordination with the Revenue Department

 Developing linkages with Go’s & NGOs working in related fields

 Achieving coordinated harvesting and conservation goals

8 Community participation
Participatory planning, implementation and monitoring of silvicultural operations
Symbiotic relationship between forest and dwelling communities
Better communication with the community members
Promotion of Alternative source of earning for forest dwellers
Livelihood enhancement of communities

9 Legal measures
Appointment of an Advocate/Legal expert at division level
Stricter action on not following rules/regulations on staff and officers
Enforcements of procedures, guidelines, rules, acts.
Creation of process/procedures for licensing permits
 Modification of rules with changing times

10 Staff adequacy at lower level

Increasing number of lower level staff
Strengthening/Providing office staff at Range level
Employment of paramilitary force at division of circle level

11 Role clarity in lowe-level staff

Better role clarity of secretary and forest ministers
Better role clarity of lower level staff
Restructuring of Beats (reforest Area under jurisdiction of a Forest Guard)

12 Training across cadres

Providing appropriate training to staff at all levels
Trainings of lower level staff / every year

13 Motivation and accountability

Enhancing motivation and confidence of staff at all levels
Improving working conditions
Penalty for failure of higher officers

14 Timely promotion
Timely promotion of officers
Timely promotion of staff

15 Timely availability of funds

Timely availability of funds
 Convergence of funds at district level
Liberty in deployment of funds at circle and division level

16 Infrastructure
Improving office infrastructure
Creating better infrastructural facilities at Range level

Better infrastructure in general

Name/Roll Number
Nidhi Tulsyan (P41088)
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Rationale (Not more than 30 words)

Decision making takes place at higher level and lower level staff is
not consulted.

Decentralization of power should take place at thee lower levels

of thee organization.

Power should be distributed among the employees. Unidirectional

decisions are not good.
Top officials make poor decisions as they are not aware of the
ground situations.

Better access to information leads to better decision making

Better information managemnet.
It would create better accountability for the staff.
The staff would be able to understand problems and take data
based decisions.
It will increase accountability and make the staff more
responsible.

Efficient communication in the organization

Faster decision making improves efficiency

It would increase functioning of the staff and lead to more

honesty.
It would incentivise the employees to perform better
Helps in boosting employee morale
Makes the functioning of the organization smooth.

It would lead to better communication between government

departments
This does not has a lot of effect on functioning of forest
department
This would lead to better coordination and communication with
local communities
Helps in increasing the outreach

It would help in resource management and reduce exploitation

Helps in community outreach
Creates a medium to reach out to the masses
Helps in creating sustainable livelihood
Better community-department relationship

It would help in making sure that all the processes are legal
It would make the staff more responsible and accountable
Creates a disciplined working environment
Helps in streamlining the entire work process
Keeps the department in-line with changing trends

Helps in reducing the workload of the staff

Improves the administrative functioning
Creates a safe working environment

Decision making would be smooth

They would perform their duties in an efficient way
Efficient functioning of thee department

Better skillset of the staff would increase efficiency

Staff would be more capable of decision making

This would increase the employee morale

It would lead to better working environment
Creates accountability

Improves employee morale and incentivises them to perform

Improves employee morale and incentivises them to perform

Keeps the department fucntioning efficient

Maintains transparency
Gives autonomy to the officers working on ground

Creates better working environment

Helps in improving the working conditions and boost employee
morale
Efficient functioning of the department
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each causal relationship. Your rating will be on the scale of –10 to +10 based on the intensity or strength of the
between the two sub-concepts in the blank cell in each row.
Scale for the strength of relationship/ interaction:
1 to 2 (positive or negative) = Very low
3 to 4 (positive or negative) = Low
5 to 6 (positive or negative) = Moderate
7 to 8 (positive or negative) = High
9 to 10 (positive or negative) = Very high
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positive relationship of the maximum strength.
Zero (0) in the scale (–10 to +10) means no such relationship exists. Hence, please write 0 if you do not agree with a part
You can add new relationship/s based on your perception, and knowledge.

Relationship statements
Top-down hierarchical Structure negativeley impacts Coordination with stakeholders
Top-down hierarchical Structure negativeley impacts on Knowledge management
Top-down hierarchical Structure negativeley impacts Organisational culture
Top-down hierarchical Structure negativeley impacts on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Top-down hierarchical Structure positively impacts on Improper information flow
Improper information flow negatively impacts on Coordination with stakeholders
Improper information flow negatively impacts on Knowledge management
Improper information flow negatively impacts on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Improper information flow negatively impacts on Efficient functioning
Improper information flow negatively impacts on Transparency and integrity
Knowledge management helps in creating Organisational culture
Knowledge management helps in Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Knowledge management helps in creating Transparency and integrity
Knowledge management positively impact on Role clarity in lower-level staff
Knowledge management helps in creaitng Coordination with stakeholders
Knowledge management negatively impact on Improper information flow
Efficient functioning positively impact on Organisational culture
Efficient functioning helps in Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Efficient functioning helps in creating Motivation and accountability
Transparency and integrity positively impact on Organisational culture
Motivation and accountability positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Motivation and accountability positively impact on Organisational culture
Timely promotion positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Timely promotion positively impact on Timely availability of funds
Timely promotion positively impact on Motivation and accountability
Timely availability of funds positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Coordination with stakeholders positively impact on Community participation
Coordination with stakeholders helps in Efficient functioning
Coordination with stakeholders negatively impact on Improper information flow
Community participation positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Community participation positively impact on Legal measures
Legal measures positively impact on Community participation
Legal measures helps in Efficient functioning
Training across cadres positively impact on Role clarity in lower-level staff
Training across cadres positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Training across cadres positively impact on Motivation and accountability
Staff adequacy at lower level positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Staff adequacy at lower level positively impact on Motivation and accountability
Role clarity in lower-level staff positively impact on Improving the Functioning of Forest Department
Infrastructure positively impact on Motivation and accountability
Infrastructure positively impact on Organisational culture
Organisational culture helps in Improving the Functioning of Forest Department

Note: Negative relationships are shown in red colour text; your weights must have ne
Name/Roll Number
Nidhi Tulsyan (P41088)
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