Maruti's Manesar Miseries - a Human Resource Perspective

Maruti Suzuki. The nation's passenger automobile pride. 

All was going well and Maruti was thriving in the market with new models and a proud palpable presence on the India roads.  The company was in news for all the good reasons until recently. The recent unrest at the Manesar plant is not the first of its kind. It is the fourth in a year. The plant has been facing labor disquiet for decades and unrest for the past few years. Maruti is being managed by the all dedicated Japanese Management now. Japanese have a reputation for dedication to work and make it a culture in their organizations. Then why this unrest and arson?

Skills and Certifications

While browsing through some Project Management links, I came across an interesting discussion whether we really need PMP or other PM certifications. Comments by one of the contributor reminded me of some comments by the Hon'ble Judges from an earlier Supreme Court of India judgement on exams for senior advocates. (Well, I'll come back to this comment later and I'm not going to search through the AIR for case # and quote it.) The topic of discussion was whether the PMP certification is worth it. A lot of contributors were of the opinion that the certification serves as a gate-opener and it is the individuals performance that would make it not to open from the other side once for all. True. This happens with MBA also, and for that matter any professional qualification.

Vande Matharam!

 

The country is now universally recognised as a nation on the move and takes its place amongst the successful economies in the region. The future potential is enormous but the country's destiny is in our hands. The time has come to move from small increments to bold, large initiatives. The time has come to stretch the envelope and set goals which were earlier not seen to be possible. The time has come for performance to be measured and for allocated funds of the government to reach the people for whom they were intended.
 

Ratan Tata

 

Being a Roman while at Rome.

Communication is the exchange of ideas and flow of information from one person to another. The ways and means for communication are multiple. Words could be deceiving. Voice could vary from thought. That's why communication is looked into as a whole product of words, voice, facial expressions and body language. In customer service, the voice and facial expressions play a vital role in holding a customer with the organization than a well thought and appealingly written script.

Inflation Skyrockets

Inflation is defined as "a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time."  The never dwindling inflation in the Indian economy has reached a 10 week high despite hopes expressed by the economist PM and lawyer FM, along with helplessness conceded by other statutory bodies created to work on economic issues. The suspicion of hoarding expecting a price rise cannot be ruled out since this inflation does not fit into it's abstract economic definition.

Turnaround King(pin)s of India

The title of Turnaround King was given to Jack Welch for his wonderful job at GE and also to Louis V. Gerstner for his historic turnaround of IBM. Nithish Kumar was given that title for his great turn around of Bihar. Come to think of turnarounds of economies and businesses one has to wonder why such a nation brimming with brilliant minds, have starvation deaths in the first place, keep aside Governmental apathy towards that for discussion later.

My Thamizh blog!

Folks!

I've started to write in my first language Thamizh here.

http://hmsjr.wordpress.com/

Your bouquets and brickbats are welcome.

Regards,
Arun.