Monday, September 29, 2008

Class Assignment- News Paper Ads

Dear All,
This is to informa you that the sizes for the paper ad are:
Mumbai Mirror( Smaller Newspaper)- 240 sq.cm.
Times Of India ( Bigger Newspaper)- 400 sq. cm.

Now you all need to find out the best rates in the news papers assigned to you.
Please find out the rates for differant pages ( both coloured & b/w) and the circulation of your news paper in Mumbai.

Please do remember that you need to give us these rates before Wednesday -1st of October,2008.We will put up rates for all the news papers on the this blog by Wednesday evening.
On the basis of the collective findings, you all need to desing an ad and come out with a plan for giving it in the newspaper of your choice.

As I have told you in the class, we have to design a job ad for faculty members(trainers) for Mumbai for the various courses we are running in IMS Proschool.

In case of any queries or if you require any further details, do get in touch with me on adityag@imsindia.com

Friday, September 26, 2008

Professional Development Program in Human Resources Planning & Services

With fast changing economic environment, pressure on company profit margins is growing. In an over crowded market, competitive advantage is fast moving away from physical and tradable assets to intangibles and non-trade-able assets. Human resources competency stock of a company is one of the most valuable non-tradable assets which could be used for creating a competitive advantage that is sustainable. However unlike other resources, human resources acquisition, deployment and development are a long drawn and time consuming process and require advance planning and concerted action by many managers including the line managers.

To succeed in the globally competitive and dynamic scenario, business organizations need to develop entire new models of functioning, processes and styles. HR professionals will have a critical role to play in this process of corporate transformation and renewal. Fierce competition and need for change has created a critical role for HR professionals in business organizations.

To help you learn all the requisite skills and to take up a prestigious HR role in any of the leading organizations, IMS Proschool has launched an exclusive program in HR:

Professional Development Program in Human Resources Planning & Services

PDP-HRPS prepares candidates for HR careers and industry and services. It develops capabilities in all the three domains- knowledge, attitude and competencies. The program is designed to:
Prepare well-rounded HR professionals
Emphasis on action and performance rather than concept and input focus alone.
To develop competencies in managing change, uncertainty and complexity.
Develop holistic business perspective

Program: The program is spread over 6 months. Starting 11th August, 2008 classes for this course will be conducted on Monday-Thursday from 5pm to 8pm. 100 sessions on various HR concepts will be offered during this period. Students will have the benefit of interacting with distinguished industry mentors, who along with internal faculty members will groom and guide them.
This program has 6 modules:
Ø Introduction to Human Resources Planning & Services
Ø Recruitment & Selection
Ø Training & Development
Ø Organizational Behavior
Ø Compensation & Payroll Management
Ø Talent Management

Teaching: Teaching methodology will be learning centric and not teaching-centric. It would be interactive and participative involving role modeling and case studies, field work, business games, role-plays, simulation exercises, group discussions and structured and unstructured group work.

Evaluation: The evaluation system in PDP-HRPS is designed to foster healthy competition among the students. Through out the term the students will be tested on their ability to understand concepts, acquire techniques and apply them to problems in business organizations. There will be a mid-term and an end-term examination. The evaluation will be done by the faculty on an ongoing basis involving four components- student’s academic performance, participation in class, initiatives and project work. The weighted average of the marks earned by a student in all the four components would constitute his cumulative grade.

Faculty: All the faculty members are expert professionals from the industry.

Eligibility: Graduates (in any discipline) with minimum 45% marks. Final Year students can also apply.