Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIMR) during its HR Summit here on Sunday discussed new ways of managing new generation employees and the HR challenges being faced while addressing their needs.
While inaugurating the summit, the IIMR Director Prof. P Rameshan underlined the significance of this summit in the light of existing contradictions between the older and new generations. At the summit, the first panel focused on the economic uncertainties posed by business slowdown and the challenges faced by employees in the midst of these roadblocks.
Gaganjot Singh, Director, Finance and Operations, Michelin India Pvt ltd, while moderating the discussion, sent a clear message to the employees to take into consideration the ground realities of Indian bureaucratic and economic system. He described five crisp words, innovation, interconnection, information technology, individualism and impatience and also mentioned that these five I’s could be an assetfor any company in the current corporate scenario.
Nirupam Shrivastava, Senior leader Consulting Division of IBM India, highlighted the need to refocus on HR roles and how to take advantage of global slowdown.Kuldeep Gahlaut, Vice President, Ashiana Housing limited and Debadatta Baxi, AGM, McCain Foods India also shared their valuable thoughts on the occasion.The second panel discussion was on the role of innovation and creativity with new generation workforce in any organisation.
Vijay Sethi, CIO of Hero MotoCorp ltd, Dr VP Singh, Chief Pupil of R J Corp, Sandeep Girotra, Senior VP of Ranbaxy laboratories ltd, Aditya Chakravarty, Head HR, Spice Retails ltd and Suresh Kumar, Senior VP of Mafatlal Industries ltd, were the esteemed panelists who discussed the low innovation rates in our country, and how as organizations can they help in promoting the spirit of ‘creativity’.
The next two sessions covered the impact, social media has, on HR management and how to completely benefit from the working potential of the new generation. The panels comprised of leaders from both manufacturing and services sector. The last panel discussion was regarding the need for new work models for this generation.
Rajesh Kargeti, VP of Majestic Auto ltd and Arvind Pachauri, VP of Country Head (HR) of Alstom T&D India ltd, commented on the growing need of functional work architectures, attractive for the young work force.