hma@home Volume - 01 Issue - 08 November, 2012 Our Vision Achieving Progress and enriching Society through Professional Management Theme for the Year 'Accelerating Growth through Inclusion' Dear Members, “Love, excitement, joy and delight on those Christmas days will remain in our hearts and lives forever. The childlike faith and hope, Santa Claus, the cakes, the anticipated unwrapping of gifts and presents are memories of Christmas.However December is also and always a time of reflection. The success and challenges of the past year will bring memories and the hope and the opportunities of the next year will keep us excited. The year 2012, was promising and challenging, a year that had in it the promise of change, betterment and growth but not without the perils and threat of stagnation. Goldman Sachs has just upgraded India's investment status to 'overweight' and predict a return to 7.4% in the next financial year. However India is far from reaching its true potential: The nation's economy isn't going to recover overnight, unemployment will continue to plague the country, and inclusive growth is still elusive. Every social indicator including the basic ones such as access to clean drinking water, empowerment of women and weaker sections, access to sanitary facilities, child mortality rate and labor , basic education and health care spending, eradication of caste barriers and an improvement in work culture are only a few problems and issues staring us in the face. Add to this the issue of corruption in high places (and at the grass roots), the electoral process (poor participation) and you have a pot puree of everything that has gone wrong. Regardless of it all, the HMA fraternity I am sure will find a way to shine while helping each other and the community. No one really knows what the next twelve months have in store, but one thing is almost certain—our industry and management practices will continue to change and we had better be ready to accept it, adapt to it, acknowledge it and embrace it. As our enlightened members would know the “next economy” has arrived. It is global, knowledge intensive and fast changing, requiring high quality leadership and management. Leaders i.e. every one of us now face the added challenge of operating in a world where we face a great deal of turbulence, not unlike pilots navigating between hilly peaks and stormy clouds. In India, as elsewhere, the growth of a nation depends on its developing effective leaders. As an association and a key stakeholder this is both a challenge and opportunity to enhance our relevance and contribute to the growth of the management fraternity in particular and the growth of the nation in general. We certainly believe the HMA members and our readers, as well and those who visit hmaindia.net will take these challenges in their stride and exploit the opportunities to make the country a better place. The past few months have probably been the most exciting at HMA's history. The visit of Dr. Rangarajan, the launch of the two flagship programs like “WE” and “NEEV “, “CONNECT BACK” and “HMA MINDS “ are several new and far impacting initiatives has certainly got the attention of the management fraternity in particular and the other stakeholders in general. While we continue to add and attract members across a spectra of industries, we would like to become an association of choice for managers and leaders, and I must add we are moving towards that goal. We believe and as suggested by some of you, the “HMA MINDS” will be the platform to organize a series of meetings with members, patrons, well wishers, other august bodies and associations, urging them to rejuvenate our projects to help the country accelerate its grown through better management practice..With courage, conviction and commitment and the support of each other, we're confident the HMA will have once again a fulfilling year. So, let's make our New Year's resolution a substantive one this year. Let us promise ourselves that we will excel in whatever we do. From President's desk
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hma@homeVolume - 01 Issue - 08 November, 2012
Our Vision
Achieving Progress and enriching Society through
Professional Management
Theme for the Year
'Accelerating Growth through Inclusion'
Dear Members,“Love, excitement, joy and delight on those Christmas days will remain in our hearts and lives forever. The childlike faith and hope, Santa Claus, the cakes, the anticipated unwrapping of gifts and presents are memories of Christmas.However December is also and always a time of reflection. The success and challenges of the past year will bring memories and the hope and the opportunities of the next year will keep us excited.
The year 2012, was promising and challenging, a year that had in it the promise of change, betterment and growth but not without the perils and threat of stagnation. Goldman Sachs has just upgraded India's investment status to 'overweight' and predict a return to 7.4% in the next financial year. However India is far from reaching its true potential:
The nation's economy isn't going to recover overnight, unemployment will continue to plague the country, and inclusive growth is still elusive. Every social indicator including the basic ones such as access to clean drinking water, empowerment of women and weaker sections, access to sanitary facilities, child mortality rate and labor , basic education and health care spending, eradication of caste barriers and an improvement in work culture are only a few problems and issues staring us in the face. Add to this the issue of corruption in high places (and at the grass roots), the electoral process (poor participation) and you have a pot puree of everything that has gone wrong.
Regardless of it all, the HMA fraternity I am sure will find a way to shine while helping each other and the community.No one really knows what the next twelve months have in store, but one thing is almost certain—our industry and management practices will continue to change and we had better be ready to accept it, adapt to it, acknowledge it and embrace it.
As our enlightened members would know the “next economy” has arrived. It is global, knowledge intensive and fast changing, requiring high quality leadership and management. Leaders i.e. every one of us now face the added challenge of operating in a world where we face a great deal of turbulence, not unlike pilots navigating between hilly peaks and stormy clouds. In India, as elsewhere, the growth of a nation depends on its developing effective leaders. As an association and a key stakeholder this is both a challenge and opportunity to enhance our relevance and contribute to the growth of the management fraternity in particular and the growth of the nation in general.
We certainly believe the HMA members and our readers, as well and those who visit hmaindia.net will take these challenges in their stride and exploit the opportunities to make the country a better place.
The past few months have probably been the most exciting at HMA's history. The visit of Dr. Rangarajan, the launch of the two flagship programs like “WE” and “NEEV “, “CONNECT BACK” and “HMA MINDS “ are several new and far impacting initiatives has certainly got the attention of the management fraternity in particular and the other stakeholders in general.
While we continue to add and attract members across a spectra of industries, we would like to become an association of choice for managers and leaders, and I must add we are moving towards that goal. We believe and as suggested by some of you, the “HMA MINDS” will be the platform to organize a series of meetings with members, patrons, well wishers, other august bodies and associations, urging them to rejuvenate our projects to help the country accelerate its grown through better management practice..With courage, conviction and commitment and the support of each other, we're confident the HMA will have once again a fulfilling year.
So, let's make our New Year's resolution a substantive one this year. Let us promise ourselves that we will excel in whatever we do.
M Adinarayana, Convenor, Standing Library &Editorial Sub-Committee
Editorial
Dear Members
It's my pleasure to share some of my thoughts with you as the year 2012 draws to a close. There is a perceptible nip in the air and the Yule tide fervor is just about to set it. I am sure this is an apt time for each of us to look back at the year gone by; a time for introspection, a time for waxing eloquent on what has been achieved and celebrating the success, a time of strategizing for the year coming up. Indeed, a time to take stock of where we stand and where we are headed.
The socio-political-economic scenario has been as vibrant as it has ever been. In an apparent bid to shrug off the perception of sluggishness, the UPA government at the centre has flexed its muscles and come out with some major policy decisions. The decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail has hogged immense media spot light and the subject of objective scrutiny. The decision has also got parliamentary approval; there are caveats though with respective state governments having to ratify and resolve to allow FDI in their states.
The Companies Bill a very important piece of economic legislation that has been languishing for ages might at last see the light of the day.
The Union Cabinet cleared the amendments to the Bill recently and with a new minister, Sachin Pilot, in charge at Shastri Bhavan, the Bill might well become a part of the statute book by FY 2013. Among the key changes contemplated is the clause on corporate social responsibility spend by certain categories of companies. The minister interacted with the corporate sector and sought to explain the rationale behind the clause; he has also hinted that the CSR spend might be eligible for tax sops. The clause follows the latest model that he UK has in place comply or explain.
These and several other changes will perhaps give us enough food for thought to contemplate, cogitate and consolidate in the months to come.
As always, we have been active during the period under review and a wide variety of programmes and activities have been organized. These are encapsulated elsewhere in the newsletter.
I look forward to your constant support and co-operation as we step into the New Year. I wish each of you a very happy and prosperous New Year 2013; wishing you most and more in every aspect of life. Lets get into the new year with the hope of holistic abundance in every realm of life!!!
I thank you all for being a part of our humble world, for all your support, through the good times and the bad. During a bad phase of 2012, I nearly gave up hope, the world seemed all too dark. But ever since overcoming that hurdle, we can only look towards the future with hope in our heart.
We have some exciting plans for 2013.
Have a great run up to Christmas and the New Year. I do look forward to meeting You.
Happy New Year
Hema Jain
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" New Programs " 'W E' (Women Empowerment ) 'Strength of the Inner Self'
This series will feature a number of programs during the whole year with emphasis on Women Empowerment. The series was inaugurated along with a specially designed logo on 26th July, 2012 by Mrs Arundhati Bhattacharya, Deputy Managing Director & Corporate Development Officer, State Bank of India, Mumbai.
'HMA MINDS' has its genesis to the reasoning and also the noble idea of using this interaction mode to build thought process and deliberations for achieving HMA vision. Through the HMA MINDS platform we wish to start conversations, nourish ones that seem to be great value add to the mission and share things with consistency. HMA
thMinds was inaugurated on 13 Oct 2012 by Mr D Shivakumar, President, AIMA & Sr Vice President, Nokia.
'NEEV' is exclusively for Management Students, which will include industry visits, paper presentation, 'wisdom of pearls' series of discourses through Chinmaya Mission, quiz competitions, research, voluntary help for HMA etc. This series
thwas inaugurated on 12 Sep 2012 by Acharya Upendra Chaitanya Ji at Chinmaya Mission, Hyderabad.
Neev - Enrichment and Exposure
HMA Minds
The need of the hour is the globalised village, we all are a part of on one front and on the other side the ambitious goals of every Indian to make it 'INDIA SHINING'. The series was inaugurated on 16th Oct 2012 by President, HMA and the first program in the series was addressed by Mr B Ravi Prasad, Sr Vice President & Head of Strategy & Innovation, Liberty Mutual Group, USA.
th12 September, 2012Student Development Program on
'Goals for Success' & Inauguration of
'NEEV' Series at Chinmaya Mission by
Acharya Upendra Chaitanya Ji.
Chinmaya Mission & Mr Binu D Nair,
Circle HR Head, Tata Teleservices
Limited in the presence of Ms Hema
Jain, President, HMA & Mr M Sravan
K u m a r, C o n v e n o r, S t u d e n t
Development Programs, HMA.
th15 September, 2012Student Development Program on
'Managing Minds' by Dr A P
Natarajan, Director, Victoria Training
Foundation at Abhinav Hi-Tech
Engineering College, Gandipet.
th26 September, 2012Student Development Program / Workshop on 'What brought you here, will not take you there' by Ms Anjali Bhole-Desai at Amjad Ali Khan College of Business Administration, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
th4 October, 2012National Seminar on 'Relevance to Gandhi's thought for today's Corporate World' at State Bank of Institute of Rural Development, Gachibowli in collaboration with SBIRD and Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought, University of Hyderabad. Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah , Hon 'b le Min is te r fo r IT & Communications, Govt of AP was the Chief Guest. The distinguished speakers were Dr Vasant Kumar Bawa, IAS (Retd), President, Centre for Deccan Studies Dr B H Ravindra, Director-Power Business Development, GVK Energy Ltd, Mr S Ramakrishna, Regional Chief Operating Officer, Tata Teleservices, Mr Abhay Singh, AP Circle, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Prof Naresh Kumar Sharma, Convenor, Professor, HCU, Mr Jessuin Kadavan, Associate Vice President HR, Vodafone, AP, Mr Girish Pande, Principal, SBIRD and Ms Hema Jain, CEO, Crux Management Services Ltd & President, HMA
th5 October, 2012HMA and PositiveShift International Joint Seminar on 'Strategies for Stepping up to Leadership' at Surana Udyog Auditorium. The distinguished Speakers were Mr M Gopalakrishna, IAS (Retd), Mr Sanjay Kapoor, Corporate Entrepreneur, Mr Vijay Ketan Mitra, Certified Executive Coach (ICF Member) PositiveShift international
th13 October, 2012Inauguration of 'HMA Minds' Series and Talk on 'Leadership in Challenging Times' by Mr D Shivakumar, President, AIMA & Senior Vice President-IMEA, Nokia in the presence of President, HMA and Office Bearers of HMA
Management - The Key to Qualitative thLife' on Saturday, 17 November, 2012
at Hotel Pearl Regency, Hyderabad by
Mr K Sreedher, Chief Consultant &
Founder, S igma Management
Consultant & Prof Sasmita Misra,
Assistant Professor, Narsee Monjee
Institute of Management Studies
th17 November, 2012Faculty Development Program & Inauguration of HMA Student
thChapter on 'Can We' on Saturday, 17 November, 2012 at Malla Reddy Institute of Management by Acharya Upendra Chaitanya, Chinmaya Mission, Hyderabad
th17 November, 2012HMA-BYST Global Entrepreneur Week Celebrations at Abhinav College of Engineering by Mr S A Kapil Dev, CEO, Sree Sai Manjary Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center
th18 November, 2012Children's Painting Competition on
thSunday, 18 November, 2012 at
Landmark Ltd, Hyderabad
th24 November, 2012'Neev' Inauguration of HMA Student Chapter & SDP on 'Success Mantras for Life' at Sridevi Women's Engineering College (Dept of Management Studies). Chief Guest : Dr A R Aryasri, Director, School of Management Studies, JNTUH and Guest Speaker : Mr S Nand, Founder & D i rec to r, Cen t re fo r Se l f Development
th24 November, 2012Lecture Meeting in the 'Connect Back'
Series on 'Ethics and Well being: a
Perspective on Life and Management'
by His Holiness Venerable Tenzin
Priyadarshi, Founder & Director, Dalai L a m a C e n t r e f o r E t h i c s &
T r a n s f o r m a t i v e V a l u e s
Masssachuset ts Inst i tute of thTechnology (MIT) on Saturday, 24
November, 2012 at State Bank Staff
College, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Workshop in the 'WE' Series on 'Work
Life Balance' by Ms Geeta Naresh,
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition, thWipro BPO on Monday, 26 November,
2012 at Badruka College PG Centre,
Kachiguda Hyderabad
Five Ways to Hold the Right Kind of Attention -
Posted on Harvard Business Review John Hagel and John Seely BrownBy
No matter how talented or accomplished you are, you cannot always count on attracting and retaining the attention of others. Too many options compete for everyone's attention, and they multiply with each passing day. It will be more and more challenging to rise above the noise and hold onto the attention of those who matter to you.
Attention provides leverage. The more people we can attract and motivate to join us on a challenging quest or initiative, the more impact we are likely to achieve. So, what are effective ways to attract and retain the kind of attention that helps us to address the challenges we face? Here are five steps that build on each other.
1. Embrace mystery - Frame really gnarly problems that are relevant to you and need to be solved. Help people to understand why these are such significant problems and why so many people have stumbled in trying to solve these problems. It probably will not attract the people looking for easy answers or silver bullets, but it can attract those who are naturally curious and looking for stimulating challenges.
2. Focus inquiry - Don't try to suggest answers. Frame interesting questions instead. Help people gain a foothold by posing questions that intrigue and motivate them to start investigating the mysteries that lie ahead.
3. Excite the imagination - Provide some "what if?" scenarios to illustrate the possibilities that await those who manage to come up with creative answers. Paint the pictures but make it clear these are only pictures. Stimulate people to pursue the questions with a lot of energy and creativity.
4. Limit availability - Lots of people will seek you out if you are successful in exciting the imagination. If you try to connect with
everyone, the conversations can spread you way too thin. Be more selective in your availability - you will often provide even greater incentive to tackle the problems, rather than simply engaging in conversations.
5. Be authentic - If you try to game this, you will be found out and the backlash will be significant. So, here is the catchif you are not genuinely engaged in addressing these problems yourself, you will not be able to sustain the attention and effort of others to come up with creative solutions. On the other hand, if you are on a quest yourself, leading by example, you could have a contagious effect and the encounters you have can help both sides to learn from each other.
Do these techniques actually work? Well, think of how Martin Luther King excited and mobilized a broad group of people to tackle some very challenging social problems. On a completely different level, one leading tech company in Silicon Valley regularly attracts the attention of the venture capital community by sharing its most difficult technology problems and suggesting that they would buy the start-ups that come up with creative solutions to these problems. Or look at the way professional astronomers have mobilized a global network of passionately engaged amateurs to learn more about the vast universe beyond this one planet.
This kind of attention is priceless and powerful. We will all need to find ways to generate it and harness it. This is not just an opportunity, but increasingly an imperative. We are all experiencing increasing economic pressure as individuals and institutions. In this kind of environment, we not only need leverage, we also need to more rapidly improve our performance. We all get better faster by working with others. To do this, we first need to attract the attention of others. If we fail to attract that attention, we will not get better faster in an increasingly competitive global economy, and we could be marginalized. That is why attention is becoming more valuable at the same time that it is becoming scarcer.
1. Dr B R Ambedkar Institute of Management & Technology2. Laqshya Group of Colleges3. Tirumala Engineering College (MBA Dept)4. Mother Teresa P G College5. St.Peter's Engineering College (MBA Dept)6. Dept of Business Management, Nizam College
Mr C Krishna Murty, Head-HR, VMC Systems Ltd
1. Mr B Ravi Kumar, Senior Manager, Bank of America2. Mr T Surya Prakasha Rao, Business Associate
(Partner),Remax Plus3. Mr A Jagadeesh, Business Owner, Remax Plus4. Mrs M S Rama Devi, Asst Professor, Matrusri Institute of P
G Studies5. Dr Syed Tabassum Sultana, Associate Professir, Matrusri
Institute of P G Studies6. Mr A Raja Shekar, HOD-MBA, Nalla Malla Reddy
Engineering College7. Ms P Sunitha, Asst Professir, Nalla Malla Reddy
Engineering College
8. Mr T Madhusudhan Rao, Asst Professor, Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College
9. Dr R Sai Kumar, Professor, Holy Mary Institute of Engineering & Technology
10. Dr Ramannendra Lal, Director, Holy Mary Institute of Engineering & Technology
11. Prof J Uma Maheshwara Reddy, Principal, Holy Mary Institute of Engineering & Technology
12. Mr P Jawaharlal Nehru, Consultant13. Mr M Suresh Babu, Head-Sales & Marketing-AP, Vinfinet
International Services15. Dr J Anupama, HOD, Aurora's Engineering College16. Mr K Suryanarayana, Lecturer, Govt Degree College17. Mr K R Ravi Devulapalli, Director, Zintec Software Pvt Ltd18. Mr Surajit Sinha, Senior Manager, Radio City19. Mr Parasaram V R Iyyengar, Practicing Chartered
Accountant20. Mr I Bindu Madhav, Management Consultant & Trainer21. Dr Y V Narayana, Principal, Tirumala Engineering College
We welcome the following New Members who joined HMA. We wish them a happy and fruitful association with HMA, We are positive that the new members will contribute and participate in all the activities of HMA.
“A Warm Welcome to New Members to the HMA Fold”
Corporate (Small Scale)1 M/s Vijay Sheets & Strips (P) Ltd2.M/s Hexa Resource Axis India Pvt Ltd
Corporate (Large Scale)1.M/s NILE Limited2.M/s Orissa Power Consortium Ltd
New books added in the Library1.What the CEO Really wants from you by R Gopalakrishnan
The following books have been presented to HMA Library by Mr Mukesh Anand, Individual Member, HMA
1. Microfinance - Evolution, Achievements and Challenges by Malcolm Harper
2. e-Mergers - Merging, Acquiring, and Partnering e-Commerce Businesses by Jim Keogh
3. Missing Organizational Linkages by Paul S Goodman
4. NLP Business Masterclass by David Molden
5. Value-Driven Intellectual Capital by Patrick H Sullivan
