Annual HR Summit 'Impetus' Held at FMS, Delhi

Annual HR Summit 'Impetus' Held at FMS, Delhi

Introducing Work-Life Balance as an 'Urban Legend', Mr. Saurav Dey, Black Belt, Process Excellence Team at Genpact, spoke about various myths and inhibitions that we have including more hours in office lead to greater productivity need to be dispelled

before a Work-Life balance can be achieved. In a highly interactive session, Mr. Dey cautioned the future corporate honchos of the 'tail wagging the dog phenomenon' taking place as a result of increased dependence on technological gadgets.

The last speaker of the first session was Mr. Vivek Tripathi, Vice-President (Consulting Services), Grow Talent. With an industry experience of over two decades, Mr. Tripathi gave useful insights into the concept of Organizational Culture and the consequences of cross-cultural diversity on the seam-less functioning of organizations. He defined organizational culture as 'the personality of the organization - the way things get done in the organization'. Mr. Tripathi described the Edgar Schein's Model of organizational culture that consisted of various tangible and intangible attributes of an organization and its members.

The post-tea session was a breather for the students of the two batches of MBA (Management of Services). The session had Mr. Rajesh Jagasia of Art of Living guiding the students towards the path of spirituality to attain the perfect balance between work and life. He said that there was a need to make a trade-off between respect and love and distance and merger. The closing remarks of the speaker were, "Manage your mind then manage your life for the quality of your life is determined by the state of your life."

The event saw active participation from various management schools in and around the National Capital Region.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Nitin Gupta,
Secretary, VISTA - The Media Committee,
Faculty of Management Studies,
South Campus, Delhi.

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