One day Seminar on Achieving Operational Excellence through People on 04-09-2010

Event Name: One day Seminar on Achieving Operational Excellence through People

Venue & Date: 04-09-2010 at Hotel Ramda Plaza Palm Grove, Juhu Beach, Mumbai

Program Details
Dear Sir/Madam,

NHRDN in Association with Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM) present One day Seminar on Achieving Operational Excellence through People on Saturday, 04th September 2010, at Hotel Ramda Plaza Palm Grove, Juhu Beach, Mumbai

In an age of stiffening competition, everyone in an organization must develop a strategic mind-set by understanding the company's competitive strategy and helping them execute it. The true corporate alchemists of today are those familiar with frameworks and practices that centre on people and people development. With the global economic recovery gaining steam, it is crucial to strengthen people strategies and practices to ensure business sustainability and profitability. The attraction and retention of talent is the new challenge facing the corporate world.

The NHRDN one day Seminar in Association with SIOM is a platform that brings together the latest trends and thinking in people strategies. It brings to life through its theme, “Achieving Operational Excellence through People”, insights of thought leaders and practitioners on lean HR practices and the best human Capital practices which make an organization an “Employer of Choice”. In pursuit of operational excellence, the Seminar will delve into issues like the compartmentalization of HR functions within the corporate structure.

METHODOLOGY

The Seminar would be conducted in an experience-sharing interactive mode, encouraging high level of active participation by the delegates. The Seminar format includes Presentations, Panel Discussions, Case Studies & Q&A.

Confirmed Speakers

• Rajeev Dubey-President (HR, After-Market & Corporate Services) & Member of the Group Management Board, Mahindra & Mahindra.
• Vineet Kaul-Chief People Officer, Hindalco Industries.
• Bijay Sahoo-President HR & Chief People Officer, Reliance Retail.
• Marcel R Parker-Chairman, IKYA Human Capital Solutions.
• Pankaj Bansal-Co Founder & CEO, People Strong HR Services.
• Dr Raj Dravid-Chief Operations (Skills Initiatives), IL & FS.
• Dhananjay Bansod-Chief People Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India.
• Dr. Tanaya Mishra-Chief People Officer, ACC Concrete.
• DC Mandlik-General Manager (P&A) Larsen & Toubro .
• Lancelot Cutinha-Vice President-HR, Reliance Broadcast.
• Harsh Bhosale-Vice President-HR, Saint Gobain India.
• Anil Gaur-General Manager-HR, Maruti Suzuki.
• Vijay Deshpande-Executive Vice President-HR, Greaves Cotton Ltd.
• Rajiv Oza, Director HR, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Who Should Attend?

• HR Heads
• HR Managers and team members
• Operations Managers
• HR Researchers
• Academicians

Program Details:

Session on Dynamics of - People, Operations & Competitiveness: Issues & Challenges
Operational Excellence is a philosophy of leadership, teamwork and problem solving resulting in continuous improvement throughout the organization by focusing on the needs of the customer, empowering employees, and optimizing existing activities in the process. One of the key success factors of high performing organisations is putting their people first. Today HR executives are challenged to develop efficient and effective, simple yet powerful solutions to the people side of business.

Session on Lean Practices in HR

Lean is a powerful tool to transform and improve efficiency but support functions like HR remain untouched by their organizations by organizational initiatives on lean. This session will explore the practical application of lean principles to HR process and the metrics for measurement of success of lean implementation through live examples, case studies of lean implementation and its benefits.
 

Session on Being an “Employer of Choice”- A Tightrope walk in these Dynamic times?Dynamic and constantly changing perceptions, expectations and prospects of employees are concurrent challenges that almost all organizations face today. This discussion is planned to explore where an employer stands in the face of this volatile environment? Can the employer stand up to face the challenges that come along? How much are the employers willing to stretch to be perceived an "Employer of Choice"?  
 

Session on Business need for Operations Management
Operations management is gaining phenomenal attention in recent times due to competition, shorter product and service life-cycles, changing customer demands, and rapidly changing technologies.These changes are proving to be challenges that have to be tactfully overcome by an organisation

This interactive session with the professionals will provide a basic understanding of operations management and its organisational and managerial perspective.It will also focus on how operations management is important in any kind of organisation, be it manufacturer or service providers irrespective of the size.It will also explain the role of operations managers in strategic,tactical and operational decisions of an organisation.

Session on Business Strategy-HR Still a Functional silo?

This panel discussion will bring together highly experienced HR professionals to discuss the integration of HR functions with organizational operations, be it business processes or other support functions. This discussion will explore the current industry trends, best practices and policies which aim at making operations seamless across functions and processes. It may also dwell upon scenarios, if any, which make it imperative for the HR function to operate in silos.
 

Administrative Details 

Participation Fee:
NHRDN Members: Rs. 1950
Non Members: Rs. 2350
Discounts: 10% discount for 3 or more nominations from the same organization
Payment: Payment can be made by cash or cheque favouring National HRD Network and can be sent to the below mentioned address:
C-81-C, DLF Super Mart-I, DLF City IV, Gurgaon 122002
Timings:   0900-1730 hrs
For Registrations pls contact:
Anirudh Sen at +91 9810170348  or mail to anirudh.sen@nationalhrd.org
Look forward to your active participation and nominations
Warm Regards,
Mohit Gandhi
Executive Director-National HRD Network