Election posts.....

RJD, SP allege humiliation by Cong leaders

Amid indications that they will be kept out of the new government, RJD and Samajwadi Party on Monday complained of humiliation by  Congress leaders but said they would continue to support the UPA. 

Sri: But I thought they were humiliated by the people of their states.

Arjun Singh still willing to take responsibility

"I never shirk responsibilities," Singh said in an informal conversation with the media. 

Sri: Ek paun kabar phe, Ek paun keleke chilke phe!

Vengeful Maya begins purging BSP of 'losers'

A preset resignation form was distributed to corporation officials. The form said: "Is paraajay ki naitik zimmedaari mai sweekar karta hoon. Aapne party kaa chunaav sambandhi jo karya mujhe saunpaa thha usey karne mein mai asafal rahaa. Kripya mera isteefaa sweekar karein (I accept the moral responsibility for the election defeat. I failed to complete election related task which you had assigned me. Kindly accept my resignation)."

Sri: Who said there is no "pink slips" in  government jobs!!? If any IT company HR is reading this, the format will be surely be resused. After all we are masters in copy ' paste.

Finally, ......Trade closed down as market hits circuits...

Sri: So glad. I can now relogin to my ICICIDirect with some hope. 

Role of HR in an IT company

I am yet to come across a really good HR manager in my career. Dr. Pathak - Dean of IIT, Mumbai - had once said in Persistent that in a knowledge based industry like ours, the real HR manager is the Manager. 

And I recently read this article which shares exactly my views on role of HR managers in IT.

1. A large number of HRD managers are not professionally qualified to handle HR roles. They lack adequate professional preparation. Even the institutions that prepare HR managers are not doing the right things. Thc curricula is not right and preparation is inadequate.
   
2. HRD managers of today do very little human resource development and do a lot of personnel administration, including estate management and welfare activities.
   
3. A large part of their time is spent on recruitment, performance appraisals, compensation surveys, administration and management.
   
4. There is only a change in title and there is no real human resources development taking place.
   

It could not be better said. From my perspective, they dont need 'H' in thier title, i.e., they are just "Resource Management", but dont really have anything to do with the "human" aspects.

The complete article can be found here: http://www.itpeopleindia.com/20040426/management2.shtml

~Sri