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COVER
STORY
Managing
Change: HR Perspectives - - PVL Raju
It
is a well-known fact that the future and success of every
organization depends on how well managers handle change in
their organizations. Both success and growth serve as the
means for change. Increased competition, high customer expectations
and technological progress contribute to change in today's
business, managing which is a difficult process, but is indeed
essential. Ultimately, people act as success agents for its
effective implementation.
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COVER
STORY
Successfully
Managing Change Initiatives - - Jeffrey S Nielsen
Managers
are now faced with the challenge of retaining the most successful
and innovative employees in the organization. Creating peer-based
groups in the organization is an initiative for change management.
These groups create an informal network throughout the organization,
which induces a great sense of cooperation and attention towards
the organizations' clients and customers. These groups should
function in such a way that all the employees participate
equally to understand and foster commitment towards the change.
© 2005 4Hoteliers (www.4hoteliers.com). Reprinted with permission.
COVER
STORY
Leading
and Managing Change - - Christopher G Worley, and Yvonne H Vick
In
most organizations today, managing change has become a simple
solution for the most difficult problems in managing the other
components of business like strategy, structure and culture.
In most of the organizations, managers trying to be the best
clamor for the `latest and fine ideas' and ignore the prerequisites
for change. However, following certain principles of handling
change can improve the success of the organization.
© 2005 Pepperdine University (http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/052/change.html).
"Leading and Managing Change" by Christopher G Worley and
Yvonne H Vick was originally published in Graziadio Business
Report, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2005. Reprinted with permission.
COVER
STORY
Change
Management: Management of Nature's Law - - K Mallikarjunan
It
is an effort on the part of any successful commercial venture
to shed its thoughts and acts, and, through a planned process
that is appropriately oriented to face environmental compulsions,
realize the goal that it has set for itself. Moreover, if
the leadership does not appropriately adapt itself to the
`change' and fails to carry the team with it in implementing
the plans, the result would be the creation of an undesirable
vicious circle wherein the failure at the leadership front
and at the business front would endlessly be chasing each
other.
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COVER
STORY
How
to Program Change Management with HR as the Interpreter - - Radha Mohan Chebolu
`Change
management' as a business strategy has assumed vital importance
in recent times with the boom in `technologies' and the consequent
impact on the socio-economic profile of human beings. By treating
change management as a kind of `software program', an attempt
has been made here to identify the role of HR as an `interpreter'
in its execution process. This article also discusses the
sensitization efforts with focus on creating awareness and
acceptability to changes in the organization which attract
attention as part of change management.
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GENERAL
MANAGEMENT
Presentation
Skills: An Essential Managerial Tool - - Colonel VRK Prasad
Presentation
skills in business have assumed importance in today's knowledge
world. Better presentation skills are the prerequisites for
the success of any organization. Issues, that were considered
insignificant till now are gaining greater importance in the
business world and there would be little or no point if you
`say' a lot and still don't `convey' anything worthwhile.
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GLOBAL
HR
Global
HR Practices and Strategies - - Seema Bahuguna
If
Globalization is to become one of the central facets of an
organization, the role of the human resource function, department,
and managers must be redefined in the context of this change.
HR strategies can play more influential roles in global organizations
than they have in the past. With HR outsourcing on the rise,
the organization also faces the dilemma of what to outsource.
This article attempts to throw light on HR practices and strategies
of organizations and explains how various organizations are
coping with HR strategies. It traces some of the major HR
practices and strategies adopted by global organizations.
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PERFORMANCE
APPRAISAL
Making
Performance Appraisal an Open System - - R Venkataramana Rao
The
nature of performance appraisal and its effectiveness depend
on how human resources are viewed and treated in the organization.
Every employee spends a major part of his work-life with the
organization. Sometimes, they even spend as much as 80%. On
an average, executives of an average organization are bound
to spend at least 60% of their time in work. To make the work-life
enjoyable, one must have some understanding of human nature
and the need to understand individual performance. Here, we
start with restatement of the need for the performance appraisal
system, identifying all possible objectives of the appraisal
system which can serve and drive the system to achieve the
objectives of the organization. The study is limited to technical
and nontechnical executives working with a Bangalore-based
public sector unit.
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CASE
STUDY
Employee
Training and Development at Motorola - - Vivek Gupta, K Yamini Aparna
Few
companies take their commitment to employability of people
more seriously than Motorola. - Sumantra Ghoshal, Christopher
A Bartlett and Peter Moran in Sloan Management Review. Training
and a strong learning ethic are embedded parts of Motorola's
culture...The corporation learned sometime ago that dollars
spent on training programs not only empowered their employees
but provided the necessary skills for the company's marketplace
dominance. - James Borton, Columnist, Asia Times.
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Reserved. For accessing and procuring this case study, log
on to www.icmrindia.org
SPECIAL
FEATURE
How
Research by Faculty Adds Value to B-Schools - - Shubhasheesh Bhattacharya
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