Human Resources/Expert Profile

Prof R S S Mani

India
On Vacation
returns 11/23/2009
Expertise

I can answer questions pertaining to Human Resorce Management ,particularly in the Indian Context.The specific areas I could tackle include Training,HRD, Human Behaviour At Work ,OD and such

Experience in the area

About Prof R S S Mani : Prof. R S S Mani has been active as a HRD specialist & Mentor in the areas of Education Management, Organizational Behavior and Career Guidance for over 18 years. He is currently involved in advising several blue-chip companies and business schools in Mumbai & other metros. He continues to contribute actively in Human Resource Development of the present & the future generation professionals. He has done his Masters in PM&IR from the prestigious TATA Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and has been a gold medalist. He is a HRD & Management Strategy expert, associated in value added interventions to many reputed companies in the domains of HRM, Institution Building & Edifying, T&D, Corporate Strategies, OB, OD, and allied faculties. He has been associated in training & consultancy activities with a large no. of corporate entities across the globe from various fields viz. Engineering, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, PSUs, IT & Software, FMCG & the Services sector in their HR related turnkey projects. At present he & his team of committed professionals under the banner of R S S Mani & Associates are actively involved in delivering high quality value added HR services to various organizations viz. Wockhardt, L&T, M&M, ICICI, TATA group of companies, Hexaware Technologies, RIL, IPCL, REL, amongst many others. He is also an advisor for various leading management & career planning portals. Prof. Mani has been an active member of the National HRD network, Bombay Management Association, Indian Society for Training & Development, Dr. P N SINGH CENTRE FOR HRD – “Leaders of tomorrow project”, for whom he has been regularly organizing conferences and HR conventions all over India. He was also a former faculty member of TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) associated with the personnel management department from 1989 – 1994 & was in-charge of organizing /conducting training programmes for many organizations throughout India. He has been regularly contributing intellectual inputs for various news papers like the Economic Times, The Times of India, The Hindu, and Indian Express and Financial Express. R S S MANI & Associates are currently involved in HR Projects in several areas such as: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT AREAS • Value Engineering & Value Based Management • Managerial Eco. & Quantitative Methods for Managerial Effectiveness • Role Model analysis & adaptation • Ambassadorial & Business Etiquettes • Planning & Execution - Resource Optimization • Interviewing Skills Workshops • Transactional Analysis & Productivity standards • Leadership & Managerial Effectiveness • Training Internal Trainers • Performance Appraisal Training • Personality Dev., Self Motivation & Personal Effectiveness • Training of Marketing / Sales Personnel • Creativity & Innovation • Managerial Grid Seminar • Team Dynamics – managing high performance professionals • Effective Communication & Presentation Skills • Interpersonal Relationship & Influencing Skills • Managing Self & Task MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY AREAS • HRD Systems Development and Implementation. • Organizational Diagnosis and Health Study • Mission/Vision Formulation • Designing and Implementing Scientific Selection Techniques • Designing and Implementing Appraisal Systems • Training Needs Identification & Preparation of Training Calendar • Organizational Communication Systems Audit • Developing Training Infrastructure • Image Building Exercises for the Organization Personnel Policy Manual Formulation • Organization Design and Restructuring • Developing Organization Communication Systems • Effective Recruitment He was on the advisory board (career development) of Institute for Technology & Management (ITM) group of business schools. He was also a founder member of the ITM group of management institutes (from 1991-2001) in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Warangal, Hyderabad .During his decade long stint with ITM , he took up many path-breaking and revolutionary initiatives in management education & research … We are currently very actively involved in the following Developmental Initiatives in Education Management & Research :  We have experts who are Pioneers in Train the Trainers (Teachers) in various educational institutions of repute viz.TISS, DAV group of Schools (Western Region),SIES College,ICFAI, SIES School (Matunga), and City & Guilds, UK (a teacher’s training institute) involved in counseling teachers, assessing performance, coaching teachers to enhance practical implementation of various skills & strategies in the following broad areas: Classroom Management, Transactional Analysis, Teaching Skills, Learning & Communication, Knowledge Management, Counseling & Coaching, Conflict Handling & IP Skills for better Productivity & Feedback Mechanisms .  We are involved in conducting Career Counseling Sessions in various educational institutes from schools to B-schools viz. OLPS High School (Chembur), Loretto’s Convent (Chembur), Chembur Karnataka High School, SBOA Public School (Nerul), Little Angel’s High School (Matunga), DAV Public School (Thane, Nerul, Panvel), SIES Nerul, IIIT (Pune), and TISS amongst many others. Career Counseling & Career Planning for Std X, XII, and undergraduate students is a core developmental activity we undertake. Additionally we also train students in the areas of Personality Development, Effective Communication, Presentation Skills and Public Speaking, Group Discussion Techniques & Personal Interview Skills.  Our team of experts is Visiting Faculties to various B-Schools & Colleges of repute viz. TISS, NMIMS, SPJIMR, JBIMS, IICM, NIT (Rourkela), London College of Management, UK, VES amongst many others delivering Executive MBA & Graduate and Post Graduate programs in areas of HRD, Marketing, OB and IT.  We are actively involved in helping students develop strategy and techniques to successfully take on various Competitive Tests like GMAT, CAT, MH-CET and SAT.  Generating and Developing Content Matter and Research Work in the field of Education Management and Human Resource with specific insight in the areas like The Art of Mentoring, Performance & Developmental Leadership, Indian Ethos in Education Management & Creativity in Teaching, Learning & Training Process.  Prof R S S MANI IS ALSO ON THE ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD OF SIES Institute of Management Studies .He was recently bestowed the SAMAJ SHAKTI AWARD for his outstanding contribution to the feild of education . Reach us on 98210-91435 or profrssmani@rediffmail.com

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Recent Answers from Prof R S S Mani

2009-11-10 Doubts regardng MBA Courses:

There is good scope for pharmeutical management in MBA BUT u become a specialist in the process . Your choice of specialisation should depend upon your aptitude. MBA is an excellent career option

2009-11-10 additional courses in HR:

The most important thing is to score well in the MBA programme ;academic excellence is an important factor that helps students get good campus jobs .U may choose to do a dimploma in training incase u have

2009-11-10 Related to Admission:

YES,YOU can do Human Resource Management after completing B.E. in IT engg. MBA HR is an excellent career option and is very challenging...The best option is to do an MBA as a full time programme

2009-11-04 Rehiring policy:

REGRET ,I HAVENT DONE MUCH WORK IN THIS AREA . However this link amy help you . http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies_employee_labor_relations/re-emp Infact we are actively

2009-11-02 hr:

MBA HR is an excellent career option and is very challenging...The best option is to do an MBA as a full time programme...This will be the best way to move on to higher posts in any company .U can look

 

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