Mr. Kumar then went on to talk about the role of HR in an organization and stated that it could enhance business profitability if used in the right manner. For future HR managers in the audience, he had relevant advice. “You shouldn’t be sitting in your offices but make your presence felt on the shop floor interacting with employees to understand their perspective. You need to move from denominator managers to numerator managers. After all, you are one of the important pillars of the organization, which include Employees, Partners and Customers,” he added.
He called today’s HR managers as people managers because their main objective is to understand the pulse of people and knowing how they behave. Later talking about his own example and professional success Mr. Kumar said that his MBA degree wasn’t really instrumental in his career but his hard work definitely was. “But the world of HR has grown tremendously in last few years too and has evolved as strategic management. HR will become equal to the finance and marketing departments, which have a business impact,” he stated.
According to Mr. Kumar B Schools in the country also need to play their part in creating HR managers who are equipped to keep up with the changing role. He believes the curriculum needs to be practical and education should be experience based. “There is a lot of value to case-based learning and actual scenario assessment is absolutely vital for the present times. As a graduate you should build your core values and vision besides behavior, character, strong personality and honesty to make your mark,” he ended on a principled note.
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