HRM Review

COVER STORY

Evaluating a Leadership Development Program

-- Sumati Reddy and Lalithya Rani

Evaluating a Leadership Development Program (LDP) can provide the management with abundant information on the extent to which learning has taken place-the gap between intended and actual output accrued through the application of learning, the shortfalls of the training, etc. The article attempts to showcase the importance of the evaluation phase of a LDP, which many companies ignore. It also cites a few evaluation models that companies have adopted to understand the benefits reaped out of their LDPs.

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COVER STORY

Leadership in Higher Education

-- PK Dutta

In the recent past, concern over the for quality of education in India has been on increase. The unease is no longer limited just to educationists and educational institutions. The parents, employers, governments and many others are becoming just as concerned. In his recent writings on Indian education, Philip G Altbach, a noted educationist, avers that `a world-class country without world-class higher education is India's 21st Century dilemma'.

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COVER STORY

Succession Management : Lead the Tomorrow's Leaders

-- Kunal Gaurav

Nowadays, business is becoming more complex than ever before and posing a severe challenge to top-level managers to attract and retain quality human resources for various managerial roles. When a position falls vacant due to retirement or unanticipated departure of employees from the organization, finding replacement becomes very critical to the business. An effective succession management is one of the best ways to build competitive advantage by ensuring steady and uninterrupted supply of required talent for the various management levels in the organization. Modern succession is not only about finding replacement for top-level managerial roles, but it's also about finding the right talent and preparing them for the next role at all levels of management in the organization.

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COVER STORY

Are Leaders Born or Made?

-- MS Rao

Many authors have defined leadership in various ways. But this article focuses on the ways and means by which any layman can inculcate and cultivate this much-sought-after trait. It clearly differentiates between talent and skill, and concludes that leadership is a skill that can be cultivated by a common man.

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COVER STORY

Servant Leadership

-- Swarnika Dixit

The command and control practices of leadership are no longer required in organizations. It is the servant attitude of the leader that makes the group successful. The following article concentrates on the traits and characteristics of the servant leader and shares the experiences of a few organizations/leaders which/who are practising servant leadership.

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COVER STORY

Lean Leaders :The New Face of Millennium Leadership

-- Srikanta Kumar Padhi

The role of leadership is vital in transforming an organization into a lean enterprise. Leaders are the key factor that guides and drives an organization in the path of success. In this process, the leader must have some unique qualities that can help in achieving world-class competitiveness. He has to act uniquely and innovatively by moving a step ahead of the traditional leadership roles. This innovativeness is nothing but the application of lean practices in the HR function. This article explores the concept of lean leadership in the millennium and also explains why it is important and how it is different from traditional leadership.

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SOFT SKILLS

Corporate Blogging : An Innovative Tool for HRM

-- GC Nag

With the advancement of information technology all around, careful use of corporate blogging can help management resolve complex issues in human resource management, especially in areas of performance management, employee communication, recruitment, etc. This article examines the advantages and limitations of corporate blogging and discusses how this technique can be further used for developing fruitful communication throughout the organization.

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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Social Relations : Relevance to Human Resource Management

-- Ashis Roy

We, being social creatures, depend on social relations for our very existence. Thus, our inherent dependence on relations is expected in organizational environment too. Presence of "social relations" can mitigate many problems related to HR.

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WORKPLACE ISSUES

India's Competitiveness and Employability Skills : An HR Perspective

-- P Soma Raju

In India, the economic and employment growth should go hand in hand to sustain its growth momentum. This article highlights the sector-specific employment growth projections, surplus manpower and shortage of skills. It also discusses, from an HR perspective, the issues of Indian education, culture and values and their contribution to human resources development.

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HR CHALLENGE

HRM @ Work in the Network Economy : An Assessment

-- S Murali

In the present era of network economy, wherein the economic activities are driven by a network of relationships and transactions occurring at different points across the globe, there is a need for different behavioral outlook among all of us. As people are involved in these activities, the network rules of HR seem to be quite different from the traditional ones. This article, aims to assess the current status of some HR practices in business enterprises of network economy.

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Managing Peak Performance

-- Vara Prasad

The only way for an organization to succeed in today's competitive environment is for it to help its employees achieve high performance. This article focuses on a manager's most significant job of creating an environment that motivates and develops people to perform their best for the accomplishment of organizational goals.

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RECRUITMENT

E-Recruitment : A Growing Arena of Job Portals

-- Shefali Goyal

Information Technology and Internet have changed the face of an organization. Never more has the concept of "boundaryless organizations" been more apt than in today's world. Internet has increased the reach of organizations both in terms of markets and manpower. This article highlights the impact of Internet on recruitment. It also discusses the concept of e-recruitment from the perspective of employers and job-seekers, and throws light on the growing world of job portals in e-recruitment arena in India.

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