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.