Friday, August 02, 2013

Despite a spate of trade reforms initiated by the Ilo in recent years, the full realisation of union rights in west Asia remains a far-fetched dream

Limitations on the right to protest
The history of trade unions is a history of struggles for greater social justice and against dictatorship, both in societies and at the workplace. Often accused by their opponents of being unreasonable, unable to understand economics and dinosaurs of the industrial past, there can be no doubt in retrospect that in most battles trade unions have been on the right side of history.

While business has unhesitatingly engaged with dictatorships around the world in its pursuit of profit, trade unions were and are at the forefront of bringing about democratic change in many countries. The right to strike, a minimum wage, the eight-hour working day, paid vacations, social security – all are milestones in the long struggle of trade unions for social justice.

Notwithstanding a spate of trade reforms initiated by International Labour Organisation (ILO) in recent years, the full realisation of union rights in West Asian countries still remains a far-fetched dream.

This region has earned the dubious distinction of being a part of the world where exercising trade union rights amounts to fiddling with danger. In certain sectors, like the oil industry in Iraq and the construction industry in Bahrain, workers regularly complain of harassment and mistreatment. There have been many instances where governments have attempted to interfere in trade union affairs. In countries such as Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, political tensions have severely hampered trade activities.

A common phenomenon in all these countries has been limitations on freedom of association and disparity between practices and ratified ILO conventions. As a result, the freedom to bargain collectively and right to protest is both severely restricted. Click here to read more...

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

The HR conclave by IIPM Hyderabad threw light on how an HR Professional can successfully became an investment in the present scenario

IIPM faculty member and head, Strategic Management Group, Prof. Rajat Shukal elaborated on the trend of outsourcing measure. He said that global trends indicated a growth of 37 per cent per annum in this sector. Prof. Shukal also shared demographic analysis of future manpower.

HR academicians present at the conclave had a brief interactive session with experts on how to achieve faster growth in the sector. Participants agreed that HR should contribute expertise in efficient and effective performance of work, to cut costs and maintain quality. The productive sessions concluded with a clear perspective. The conclave was successful in eliciting facts and moved the audience into thinking ‘HR as an investment’.

The entire event was successfully executed by the HR Club, chaired by Mr. Pankaj Kumar Yadav, also the head ofStrategic Management Group at IIPM Hyderabad, and his team, including Mr. Krishna Chaitnya, Mr. Shankar Babu, Mr. Uday, Ms. Rakhee Reddy, Mr. Trinath and Mr. Shaik Javed Ahmed. Click here to read more...

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Monday, March 04, 2013

Companies must adapt or change their business strategies to take into account the new realities of intense global and domestic competition

Globalisation, drive for quality, cost containment, market volatility, workforce diversity, the importance of knowledge capital, and the speed of change resulted in a closer scrutiny of training and development expenditures, with the advent of new technology. Despite its relevance, it raised a number of questions about the return on the training and development investments. There was a decreasing willingness to spend money on faith and an increasing pressure to justify training and development costs. In this context, it became imperative for those in the field to focus on evaluation of training and development and to communicate to the management that training efforts are making worthwhile contributions.

In this economic crisis, corporate training budgets are being tightened. A research by Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates, shows that in the second half of 2008, corporate training departments had cut their spending on L&D by 12 to 18 per cent. The number will certainly grow as the crisis continues. There is a need for performance-driven and talent-driven learning so that the senior management could be educated about the short- and long-term impacts.

The L&D budget typically represents a small fraction of a company’s total revenue. Indiscriminate budget cuts can have a major impact on development plans and programmes, and yet it barely makes a dent in the company’s bottom line. For example, if an organisation eliminates or dramatically reduces leadership development training, it will see a reduction in productivity and effectiveness of its leaders.

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? asks Max De Pree. Click here to read more..

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

ARKS Srinivas (CEO, VistaMind Education) shares that true potential of India can only be realised with education opportunities to the 600 million youth

Only 15 per cent of the population reaches high school and out of those, only 7 per cent actually graduate. Add to this the lament that out of these wonderful graduates (engineers and non-engineers), only about 10 per cent are really employable.

Infrastructure and teaching aids:
Infrastructure for education can be broadly divided into: physical infrastructure, study material and teaching aids.

While we have 6,00,000 villages inhabited by the 600 million young population (1000 students per village on an average!), there are not many schools to reach out to them. Most of the institutions are concentrated in the tier I and tier II cities. Even today, many villages are deprived of elementary schools.

The second important aspect of learning (apart from teachers), that of study material, is acutely lacking. While the government has made provisions for the midday meals, the same cannot be said about the availability of the textbooks and notebooks for studying. Add to this, there are no aids for the teachers to explain some fundamental concepts of space and time pictorially or through simulation (with the help of computers). Hence, the entire learning happens through a wasted emphasis on rote learning. Click here to read more..

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