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.