With umpteen mergers and acquisitions across sectors and the stock markets functioning almost in sync with the world markets the business world in India is witnessing a lot of action. There are issues related to infrastructure, availability of talent, comparisons with China –but there is lot of sustained optimism around the India story .Lot of [...]
Talent at Higher Levels
I was reading an (http://www.talentmgt.com/succession_planning/2007/March/276/index.php?pt=a&aid=276&start=0&page=1) article in Talent Management magazine that the current business realities call for a different skill sets from executives who aspire for leadership positions in organizations. The article concludes by saying that a global mindset and blend of people and business skills are required to be successful in senior executive role [...]
I Talk to think…
A recent article on Fast Company Think to Talk <http://www.fastcompany.com/resources/learning/conner/talk-to-think/060507.html> set me pondering about the implications of this insight in the management meetings that I have been a part of. I have often encountered a couple of people who are more active than the others. The reaction of the others varies depending on their mood [...]
Intuition and Analysis in the Manager’s world
I was reading a review of the recently published book by R Gopalakrishnan called The Bonsai Manager where he highlights the importance of intuition in the decision making process(http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?id=6586 ).The writer mentions that a leader should trust his intuition and I should add to it that the earlier s/he starts the better . That is [...]
Management Education in India
Ancient India has been a creator and repository of a vast body of knowledge. However we have not been very systematic in documenting that knowledge for various reasons. One of the reasons could be our temperament – to specify more on that front … We pay attention to abstract phenomenon rather than creating or codifying [...]
Employee Life Cycle Approach To Manage The HR Function
Employee Life Cycle approach in managing the HR function will help us create a business case for effective management and resource allocation for the function . At an organizational level it will help us to present a robust model for the function and explain neatly how best HR could be aligned to various business processes. [...]
Talent Management discussion
I think Talent Management is a key topic of discussion across the HR community . However there are varied opinions held by people about the concept and its application . From an application view point we think that HR functions can be categorized under the umbrella of Talent Management and can be divided further into [...]
Introduction
Our aim : To present differing viewpoints on a range of HR topics by transcending borders of various kinds- national, intellectual , cultural
In the background : Inquiry/ Contemplation/ Discussions
Vehicles: Article/reviews/ critiques and a growing knowledge base
For whom : The busy HR practitioner and the inquisitive HR student
Who are we : 2 opinionated HR practitioners in 2 [...]
