ISABS Kolkata Region

ISABS MEET
Venue Young Horizon's School
Guest Kakaoli Saha
Participants 9
Date 19/05/2005
Sl # Subject Discussed & Action Planned Action By : Date

a) The meeting started with a welcome note by Mr. Sanjib Basu. The issues identified for the
discussion were as follows -
* Low participation of members in meetings
* Low awareness of ISABS activities to others
* Participation in the XLRI Lab not upto the desired level
* Use of print media for awareness but not upto desired level
* Low participation from region but scattered response from other regions while holding a
Lab.
* ISABS role in the HR environment
b) The areas identified as solutions to the above issues after deliberation is as follows -
* Increased awareness and feedback from existing members to increase effectiveness of
process
* Increasing awareness of ISABS in the following areas-
1.) Association with existing forums like CII, CIMA, ICC SC/RM 30/06/05
2.) Association with educational institutes Calcutta & Jadavpur University Dr.Bose 15/07/05
3.) Association with management institutes SB Ongoing
c) Application of Behavioural Science in Organizations
* All participants were encouraged to share their views in which the following emerged
1) Knowledge for concious analysis of facts and resolving organizational dynamics
2) Removing individual bias while assessing competence in assessment centres
The discussion evolved out of a real case in one of the organizations where an employee
had moved up in the ranks and had become a branch head. This led to a lot of negative
grapevine, plagurism in the organization as employees were still eyeing the Boss as a
continuation of his earlier role. The person concerned was also uneasy in the intricacies of
his new role and was maintaining a stiff upper lip in his dealings.
The solutions as deliberated could be the following -
* Active involvement of the HR as a facilitator in this environment
* Increased communication through formal channels
* Selling on the positive aspects of fast track career in the company
* To be neutral and fair in all organizational dealings

Region Meeting on May 19

Our next meeting at 'Young Horizons School' at 55A, Shakespeare Sarani, Opposite Trimurti Petrol Pump, on Thursday, May 19 evening at 6.15 p.m.

We will be joined by Smt. Kakoli Saha, our colleague and Professional Member, ISABS, visiting from Ahmedabad. Kakoli, who is an experienced HRD professional, would be speaking to us on 'Application of Behavioural Science in Organisations'.

We will also be discussing our Region's plans for the months ahead, and spending some time for us to share individually any thoughts and feelings that we would like to.

BAISHAKHI PHOTOGRAPHS !

All the photographs of Baishakhi Event 2005 have been uploaded to Webshots by one of the participants and the URL is

http://community.webshots.com/user/satyakamc

Happy Viewing !

A few photographs can be seen below.

N. Annamalai speaking on 'Blocks to Creativity' to ISABS Community at Baishakhi-XLRI 

Madhukar Shukla speaking on 'Human Process in Organisations' to the ISABS Community at Baishakhi-XLRI 

ISABS Community at Baishakhi Event at XLRI, Jamshedpur 

Baishakhi Event News !

Baishakhi Event 2005 concluded at XLRI, Jamshedpur, at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1.

Participants gave positive feedback, and facilitators also expressed their satisfaction. There were two Basic Laboratories in Human Process (BLHP) at the Event. One was facilitated by Sanjib Basu with Snigdha Pattnaik as the co-facilitator, and the other was facilitated by Paul Siromoni with N. Annamalai as the process observer. The 2 BLHPs had 9 and 8 participants respectively, adding up to a small community of 21, including the 4 from ISABS.

Although we had hoped for a greater participation from the Jamshedpur area, and that indeed was a major objective in locating the Event there, we had only 3 local participants. Interestingly, the 17 participants came from unexpectedly varied places : Mumbai (1), Raigarh, Chattisgarh (2), New Delhi (2), Chennai (1), Coimbatore (1), Guwahati (1), Kaula Lampur, Malaysia (1), Behrampur, Orissa (1), Kolkata (4), and Jamshedpur (3). Two aspects need attention for the future: (a) the low participation, especially in relation to the considerable investment of planning and energy; and (b) the low representation from the immediate region, that we saw in the Bhubaneswar Event also, and, by contrast, the geographical spread of participants.

In addition to many small group and three large group (community) sessions, we had a Sunrise and a Sunset Seminar. N. Annamalai spoke on ‘Blocks to Creativity’ one morning and Madhukar Shukla spoke on ‘Human Process in Organisations’ in the evening. There was also a party on April 30 evening with much music, song and merriment ! The facilitators and process observer had their ‘Happy Hour’ on April 28 evening, joined by Madhukar.

Many thanks are due to Shakila Ahmed and Chandrima Banerjee for their efforts as Joint Deans of Programmes for the ground-work from Kolkata, and to Madhukar Shukla for his invaluable help and support from XLRI, Jamshedpur, as the Professional Member-in-residence. We must sincerely thank XLRI, including the Director Fr. Casimir Raj and members of the staff, for the cooperation and hospitality they provided in a very green and peaceful environment conducive to the work of the Laboratories. N. Annamalai was the Event Manager, and worked tirelessly to keep the engine running smoothly and successfully, in addition to his process observation role in the BLHP. Paul, Snigdha and I did our bit also as the facilitators. Thank you, Anna, Paul and Snigdha !

Sanjib Basu
Regional Representative
ISABS Kolkata Region