"The fastest survive!" People who believe this haven't heard Mr. Partho Bhattacharya's discourse. For, the Director of Human Resources of Better Homes strongly believes, that in the world of Human Resource Management, the fittest survive. Better Homes has been the leading real estate agency in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for over 23 years with over 40 percent market share and a workforce of over 500 employees. And therefore, on the 2nd February 2010, IMT-D was infinitely fortunate to have his esteemed presence in the campus.
Mr. Bhattacharya in his presentation emphasized on being an all round HR professional. "An all rounder ", he says should have experience in all subsystems of HR. Then only does one truly become an HR Manager."
He discussed with the audience the importance of HR in an organization, how it contributes to the business strategic management and helps in putting the right people on the right job. He described HR to be the direct link between success of the organization and the quality of people management.
The HR process he said constitutes of manpower planning, requirements and selection, performance management, training and development; and employee compensation and benefits management so that it added value to its firm and its employees.
He affirmed that as a result of recession, most real estate brokerage firms have had to close shop because they were not able to maintain their overheads relative to low sales volume and high liabilities. He discussed this through an interactive case study where he pointed to his audience the difference between downsizing and rightsizing. He recommends rightsizing because it singles out those employees who are performers and will keep on performing well even during hard times for the company; retains them and develops them to grow in the organization.
Before he concluded, he pointed out that it took more than a professional degree to be an HR manager. One had to be a peoples' person; have sound communication skills and knowledge of HRIS. One should also be able address diverse groups but most of all one should have a strong emotional constituency to deal with employee grievances and layoffs.
A company is strong and sharp when their workforce is able to meet the demands of the organization's targets and perform accordingly to achieve them.
Team M.E.T.H..!!
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