Workshop on " Strategy to Execution - Issues & Challenges"

National HRD Network, Bhubaneswar organized an Experiential Learning Activity Oriented Workshop at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on 12^th& 13th December 2009 on the theme "Strategy to Execution: Issues & Challenges". The workshop was designed for Front Line   Managers across various functions. The cut-throat competition and the changing dynamics in the market place and the ever increasing expectation of the stake holders have become the fundamental drivers for the organizations to offer innovative solutions to the customers. In such a scenario, the Front Line Managers encounter unique challenges in implementing the business strategy and delivering the desired result. The recent global melt down has strongly propagated a message that Strategy: The Rule of the Game can change drastically day in and day out.

 

The inaugural session was graced by Sri Sankarsan Acharya, Advisor, Corporate Affairs, PPL; Sri S. K. Tamotia, Director General, Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management & former CMD, NALCO and Dr. Saroj K. Mahapatra, President, NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter & Senior General Manager, POSCO India. This one & half day Activity Oriented workshop "Strategy to Execution: Issues &Challenges" organized by National HRD Network, Bhubaneswar Chapter enabled the participants to undergo the experiential learning through a series of simulations, games and facilitator led discussions. The workshop broadly addressed setting of SMAART objectives, managing scarce resources, handling demanding customers, leveraging resources, creating a culture for information sharing and preparing for change.

 

The facilitators of the workshop were Sri Debabrata Dash and Ms. Ellora Panda. Debabrata is currently working with ITC Ltd and brings with him 15 years of OD experience and has been an acclaimed Executive Trainer and a sought-after visiting faculty at the B-School campus. He has wide exposure as a practicing professional working on effective implementation of various 'people management processes and systems' in the Private Sector as well as in the Public Sector. Besides his current role in ITC, he has earlier worked at prestigious organizations like the Thapar Group and the PSU Navaratna Company, NALCO. He is an electrical engineer with Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Xavier Institute of Management. Debabrata's interest lies in design and implementation of OD interventions, Training policies, Competency Based Assessment Processes and Effective Performance Management System. He is a life member of the National HRD Network and a regular contributor to professional journals including the NHRD Newsletter. Ellora is currently with Idea Cellular Limited, Kolkata as Manager, Management Development. She specializes in Instructional Design and has anchored programs on 'Team Management', 'Training of Trainers', 'Facilitation Skills', 'Creativity and Problem Solving'. Ellora is an acclaimed Reiki practitioner.

 

The participants represented various work sectors and hailed from reputed organizations like Orissa Power Generation Corporation, Orissa Hydro Power Corporation, Dhamra Port Company Limited, POSCO-India, Jindal Steel, Paradeep Phosphates Limited, Regional College of Management, Strategic Knowledge and HR Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., Enterprise System Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Interscience Institute of Management & Technology and ITC.

 

During the valediction session, apart from the take-aways from the workshop like simulation kits and participation certificates, participants were presented with mementos specially designed to carry forward the spirit of NHRDN by Dr. Saroj K. Mahapatra, President, NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter & Senior General Manager, POSCO India and Ms. Bobby Patnaik, Treasurer, NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter and Head-HR, Infosys Technologies Limited, Bhubaneswar.

 

Minutes of Meeting of NHRDN on 12th December.

The monthly meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter for the month of December was convened on 12^th December, 2009 at 6.30 pm at Hotel Marrion, Bhubaneswar. The evening started with a talk by guest speaker, Dr. Suvendu Das on the topic "Stress Management for HR professionals". Dr. Suvendu Das is presently the General Manager - HR of Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. His talk was extremely entertaining. It started with the audience endeavoring to do stress reliever exercises, which was very relaxing, especially for the trainees of the workshop who had already gone through a day full of indoor and outdoor activities. His talk enlightened the audience on various aspects of stress like the external and internal sources of stress, physical & emotional signs of stress, stress associated conditions and treatment for stress. The pace of talk and the style of presentation left the audience yearning for more.

 

The talk was followed by meeting of NHRDN members of Bhubaneswar Chapter. It was decided to keep the meeting short as the day was marked with events right from the morning.

 

The President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra, announced that he would release an annual calendar of events in the forthcoming meeting of NHRDN, pertaining to the month of January, 2010. Dr. Mahapatra announced the chapter plans to organize events in association with organizations like NIPM, ISTD, CII and other similar professional associations, so as to establish a camaraderie with them and to add value to NHRDN vis-à-vis adding value to them. He also invited members to conduct research studies in preferred subject areas, in association with NHRDN. Dr. Mahapatra encouraged all members to volunteer and organize events for the chapter. This was instantly responded to by Mr. G. S. R. Murthy who came forward to organize quizzes on behalf of the chapter. In this regard, Dr. Mahapatra called each member an EC member, responsible for making the chapter stand and retain its identity. Further, Sri Sankarsan Acharya emphasized that all innovative thoughts must be prioritized and implementation should be ensured. Amidst all his innovative trend-setting ideas, Dr. Mahapatra also announced that the guest talks every month will not be limited to HR related areas but would also include all other areas including art and culture.

 

Dr. Mahapatra released a memento which was long since planned and specially designed, on behalf of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter and announced that such a memento would be presented as gesture of appreciation to guest speakers and dignitaries, so that the spirit of NHRDN is propagated.

 

The meeting concluded with a formal vote of thanks by President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra, especially for the support extended by members to make the workshop a success. 

 

The meeting was followed by a networking dinner hosted by Mr. Sameer Hans, life member of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter, a leading HR consultant and entrepreneur. Dinner was accompanied by live music by a leading musical troupe of Bhubaneswar.

Minutes of Meeting of NHRDN on 14th October

 

The monthly meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter for the month of November was convened on 14^th November, 2009 at 6.30 pm at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The meeting was preceded by a talk by guest speaker, Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioner, Orissa, the eminent Sri Dhirendra Nath Padhi, who is also a former member of the IAS.

 

Sri Padhi has been a visiting fellow at Oxford University, UK during the full academic year 1991-92 and worked on "India-European Union Trade Relations". He is a Master of Science in Physics with specialization in Electronics from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and an MBA from Delhi University with major in International Trade, International Financial Management and Industrial Management. Apart from handling very significant profiles in Orissa, he has served the Government of Bihar, Ministry of Defence-New Delhi and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Government of India and Special Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India, New Delhi.

 

Sri Padhi is known for his prowess in communication which has always captivated his audiences. He spoke on a very interesting topic – "Right to Information for future managers". This topic has been drawing attention from all quarters.

He spoke about the Right to Information Act, 2005 focusing on its objectives. The Act has an important economic dimension, as it embraces not only political freedom but also the freedom to lead a life with dignity, unfettered by domination and discrimination. Information disclosure in India was hitherto restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act now relaxes. Sri Padhi spoke eloquently and incisively. The audience listened with rapt attention as he declared that RTI signaled a movement - a movement towards a really free democracy. He urged people to look beyond issues and look at RTI as an important philosophy, a way of life, which ensured good governance. He explained how information available through RTI was not an end but a means to an end - the real end being good governance. He spoke about creating awareness among marginalized section of the society and that the bureaucracy must be sensitized to the rights of others to know. The onus of information must be on those who govern.

The talk was followed by meeting of NHRDN members which started with status of all matters discussed in the previous meeting dated 10^th October, 2009. The President welcomed all members at the outset. The meeting had a very good attendance like the previous one. The meeting started with members-to-be introducing themselves and President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra welcoming each one of them.

Workshop on 12th & 13th Dec 09

 

Dear All,

 

As sent earlier and as discussed in the last meeting held on 14th Nov, please find attached brochure on an Activity Oriented Workshop scheduled on 12^th& 13th December 2009.  The theme is, "Strategy to Execution: Issues & Challenges".The Workshop is primarily   designed for Front Line Managers across various functions.

 

You are all requested to facilitate the workshop through sponsorships and nominations.

Minutes of the meeting of NHRDN on 10th October, 2009

Please find the minutes of the monthly meeting of NHRDN held on 10th October,2009 in the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan premises. Also find pictures capturing the event. You would find the snaps in the following order:

 

NHRDN members listening to our Guest speaker Mr. Ranjit Mohanty.

Our Guest Speaker,Mr. Ranjit Mohanty addressing the group.

HR networking dinner, hosted by Dr. Saroj, President, NHRDN , BBSR chapter.

Prof. Asit Mohapatra handing over a memento to Mr. Ranjit Mohanty, guest speaker for the evening.

 

The monthly meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter started with a talk by guest speaker, Mr. Ranjit Mohanty, who is presently the AVP – HR, Grasim Industries Limited, Aditya Birla Group. He is responsible for setting up a large scale Greenfield Cement Project of Grasim Industries in Sundargarh District. A graduate from GM College, Sambalpur in 1977; Mr. Mohanty also completed Post Graduation in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from XISS, Ranchi in 1979. He carries with him a rich and varied experience of 29 years in areas like Performance Management, Change Management, Rationalization of Manpower, HR initiatives, Industrial Relations and Contract Labour Management in reputed Private Sectors, PSUs and MNCs; with recognized industry leaders in varied sectors like Cement (Aditya Birla Group), Power (Govt. of Orissa & AES Corp., USA), Steel (Tata Steel), Ferro Alloys (FACOR), and Refractories (Tata Refractories Ltd.).

 

Mr. Mohanty spoke on a very interesting topic – "Competency Assessment and Development Discussion at Aditya Birla Group", which is a relatively new HR topic and is also a new practice initiated by the Aditya Birla Group. He stressed on how CADD provides a platform for engagement between manager and employee pertaining to competencies (functional & behavioral) required for a job and that the outcome of a CADD discussion helps an individual gain insights on his/her strengths and gap areas with respect to competencies which facilitates in making a development plan. The manager also has the opportunity to estimate his /her team on their potential based on the competencies displayed to help in the process of talent segmentation. Mr. Mohanty mentioned that ABG envisages a leadership development framework based on CADD involving the processes of talent segmentation, potential validation, consensus discussion, individual development plan and its implementation, talent review discussion.

 

The talk was followed by meeting of NHRDN members which started with status of all matters discussed in the previous meeting dated 12^th September, 2009. The President welcomed all members at the outset. The meeting had a very good attendance which did not go unnoticed.

Wishing Everyone a Cracking Diwali!!

 

 

The true spirit of DIWALI

is in the Light it Brings.....

 

May the Diyas and fireworks

Brighten your life with joy and happiness.. 

 

Minutes of monthly meeting of NHRDN on 12th September, 6.30 p.m., Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Please find attached the minutes of monthly meeting of NHRDN held on 12th September, 2009 at 6.30 p.m., Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan premises. Also find pictures capturing the event. You would find the snaps in the following order:

NHRDN Members listening to the Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker, Mr. Srijit Mishra, Manager - HR, Arcelor Mittal

Dr. S K Tamotia , welcoming all to the new venue

Audience comprising of professionals and students, in an attentive mode

Another View of the Audience

 

 

The meeting was preceded by a talk by guest speaker, Mr. Srijit Mishra, Manager – HR, Arcelor Mittal. Srijit has a rich experience in the entire gamut of HR, ER and Administration activities at Hindustan Zinc Ltd, a Vedanta Resources PLC and Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd., a Vedanta Company. Srijit presented a model on "Future of HR Metrics – A Brave New World". He spoke about shifts which are re-shaping HR roles and the challenges which lie in aligning People, Strategy and Processes. The talk invited very interesting questions from the members as well as the students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, who formed a large part of the audience. Dr. S. K. Tamotia felicitated Mr. Srijit Mishra on behalf of the Chapter.

 

As per practice, the talk was followed by the meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter. The meeting started with status of all matters discussed in the previous meeting dated 8^th August, 2009.

 

The meeting concluded with a formal vote of thanks by President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra to Dr. S. K. Tamotia for taking forward the spirit and essence of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan as visualized by Dr. K. M. Munshi.

Minutes of monthly meeting of NHRDN on 8th August, 6.30 p.m.

The evening started with a talk by guest speaker, Prof. Emeritus B. B.
Mohanty. In a teaching career which spans more than thirty years in Utkal
University, Prof. Mohanty has taught scores of students who have already
made a mark in their careers. Her dynamism includes her work stint as
Director of School of Women Studies. She is one of the long term and
cherished associates of National HRD Network, Bhubaneswar Chapter. She
reminisced and shared her experiences which kept all mesmerized. Dr. S. K.
Mahapatra, President, NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter presented Prof. B. B.
Mohanty with a citation, as a recognition of her contribution as a teacher.
This was read out by Ms. Bobby Pattnaik (who had prepared the same) for all
to hear. Prof. Mohanty was presented a memento by Isa Mishra.

Also the team celebrated Bobby's birthday and Bobby had nice pleasant
surprise for her when she stepped in to the meeting room.

As per practice, the talk was followed by the meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar
Chapter. The meeting started with status of all matters discussed in the
previous meeting dated 18th July, 2009.

Workshop in October'09

In the last meeting, a decision has been taken to organize a workshop in October. Dates, venue and the theme are yet to be finalized.

 

Request all of you to put on your thinking caps and come up with ideas for the workshop. Based on the chosen subject line, workshop deliverables will be designed. 

 

An early reply will be highly appreciated.

 

Please feel free to seek further clarifications.

July Meeting

On the 18th of July , 2009, we had the monthly meeting of July.

Mr. Jatindra Mishra, Head HR East, Reliance Retail was our guest for the evening. His discussions helped all acquire knowledge on the HR best practices of the Reliance Retails. Also his talks enabled all present to have a better understanding the HR practices as far as the Retail industry is concerned. We are going to have a sequel to the same soon and Mr. Jatindra Mishra has been kind enough to spare time for this on request by Dr. Sankarsan Acharya and Dr. Saroj Mohapatra.

Apart from that we had Guest from Pegasus Institute, which specializes in outbound learning initiatives.