PM batch 08-10 of XISS

Booze party last night. my mind is still numb. Dunno what all is going around. Just picked up a book and am reading it. Spent some time on the internet. hey I just came to know about a new service from google. create a group. ask people to subscribe to it. then just send one sms and everyone receives the message.I have made a group and will send an invite to all my batchmates. Just wait till I get the time. Ah I am so busy doing nothing.

Tanuj

yahoo.... finally got to meet the HR folks at Megamart. Had a pretty good interaction with him. well it did seem like an interview, but it turned more into a discussion on the lack of dreams that our generation has and how the passion to achieve something or to do something is seldom seen in the students of b-schools. well I had nothing to defend there as even I feel the same. But then that was a healthy discussion. Then there was a discussion on passion at work. what was the outcome of it all? I was called after sometime to be given a project on Employee Engagement. I am asked to study a little on employee engagement and meet them by this weekend and tell them how it is beneficial to their organisation. That is Gr8!!!!!!!! well the only problem that it seems to me is the fact that I am clueless about what the engagement thing is. :P
I met khushboo today. I had planned to meet Bivore as well, but things didnt work-out that well. Actually we all stay pretty far away from each other. Anyways, we walked a lot. that was what our metting today, more or less was all about.

Anyways folks, if ye all got some idea about what employee engagement is, then please send it across to my email. it will be really helpful.

byee,
Tanuj

Hey I reached Bangalore yesterday. It was an experience traveling in sleeper class in such hot weather in South India. But still it was a learning experience.
Things didn't work out as planned. Now will meet the person on monday and have a discussion on the things. Hey folks com'on please keep updating this blog. I too would like to know where you people are and what all are you up to.
I reckon many of you in Jamshedpur haven't started your project as yet. well best of luck and I hope you all get good projects.
Bivore and Khushboo are here in Bangalore and have started work on their projects. wishing them luck. Also I came to know that folks at TATA Steel got good projects and have started working on them. Good Luck to them too.
I too am eager to start of with things, hopefully monday brings me good news...

Best Of Luck To all

Loads of Love

Tanuj

The day has finally come. Will be leaving for bangalore tonight. will reach bangalore by saturday morning. will have a chat with the people in

the company on the same day probably and will finalize the project and start working.

adios.
Tanuj

One thing that is common to most of us is that we have not been told by our companies what project we will be working on. And as it may turn out we might be asked to provide our preference for the projects. we might be aske dour area of interest. So do have an area at the back of your mind for the project you are willing to undertake. I gave it some thought and came up with thing small list.

Sorry the list constitutes of mostly HR related projects as that is what I am interested in...


1. Mapping training need of employees.
2. Succession planning in Senior management.
3. Retention strategy in a manufacturing set up.
4. Application of new motivational approach for employee requiretment program.
5. 360 degree feedback/appraisal.
6. CRM.
7. Recruitment Process cost effectiveness and efficiency.
8. General evaluation.
9. Competency mapping.
10.Job evaluation.
11.Employee satisfaction.
12.compensation review (or designing).
13.Employee Retention Techniques.
14.Stress Maangement.
15.Training & Development Process (Cost effectiveness).
16.Performance Management System (effectiveness of a existing one or scope for application).
17.Employee Welfare Measure.
18.Quality of Work life.
19.HRD Preactices.
20.Factors determinig Job Satisafaction of Employees.
21.Settlement of Grieveance(Do it in Manufacturing concern).
22.Workers Participation in Management.
23.Effectiveness of Training(Do it as Research Project).
24.Hr policy analysis.
25.Scope of Recruitment Process Outsourcing.
26.Potential For Temp Staffing.
27.Dynamics of Overseas Recruitment.
28.Designing Training Manuals For Recruitment.
29.Analysis of Payroll Process Outsourcing.
30.Job Description analysis(or Organisational structure analysis)
31.Management of Business Ethics.
32.Exit Analysis.
33.Analyzing the Employee Referal Scheme.
34.Attrition and retention of employees.
35.Employee Engagement.
36.Factors of Absenteeism.
37.Work life balance.
38.Manpower cost effectiveness.
39.Development of Manual (for any process).
40.TALENT MANAGEMENT. (very good project to do).
41.KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. (really cool project, if you can get something on this line).
42.If nothing else just pick up any HR Process and do a study on it. that will be enough.


Hope that this helps. there might be a little bit of over lapping. Dont mind.
If you want to get a little more idea about any of these projects or anything else, just shoot a mail across to tanujpoddar@gmail(dot)com

Hope you all can add up to this list (to give your suggestions, click on the comment link at the end of this post)

All the best to you all.

bye

Tanuj

Hey folks,

well some sorta advice for you people that comes from a HR manager at reliance fresh with whom I was having a chat, yesterday night. I justwanted to have a generalistic idea about how things work in summer internship and so just thought of asking a few questions in that regard (yeah some of you don't call me a question for no reason).
Anyways, so as it turns out to be, he said that this period should be utilised as much for observing as it is for working. No doubt we all have our projects to do and and other things as well, but at most places and in most indutries it wont take too much of time to understand the HR processes being carried out in those companies. It is important to look beyond that as well. In the time that is spent there, the motive should be to understand the operations that are carried out the companies. Though as HR people our job is to only look after the completion of the HR functions, but it is more important to understand that the level at which we work as student (or even as freshers after a years of time) HR functions are more or less to compliment the other processes that work around in the organisation. So as we will meet different people to fill out the surveys for our projects try and have a genralistic talk and try and understand the processes that are carried out in the different departments. Then, in free time think how the HR processes are build to compliment all the other processes.

well that was the guru gyan i got so thought of sharing it with you all.

bye,
Tanuj

hey junta,
If any one of you has not got a copany as of now and are willing to work in bangalore without stipend, then I have a couple of openings into

which I can get you fixed. So if you can manage in Bangalore without stipend then you may contact me.
mail me at tanujpoddar@gmail.com and I will get it done for you.

good luck,
Tanuj

Hey folks, things are more or less sorted out, had a talk with a the new person and he is ready to allow us to do internship. So reliance Fresh

here I come. Got in touch with a few folks.
Came to know that the ITC group has started their internship. They have been given the topics. As far as I remember it had something to do with

internal branding, e-recruitment, t&D etc.
Seems they are the first amongst our class to start work on their summer projects. Wishing them all, all the best. Hope you guys have a great

time doing those projects.
Seems you people are surprised with the frequency with which I am on gtalk. well i am at home, so i am online but not in front of the computer.

anyways keep updating

bye

Tanuj

Today I reached Kolkata, and things havent sorted out as of yet. Some change in plans, as the person whome I had contacted at Relinace Fresh

has gone on a vacation and will be moving into a different department (T&D). And he has asked me to meet up with some different person. As

usual things have to be a little topsy turvy as far as I am concerned.

Hoping you all are having a gr8 time. Most of you must have gone to the cities in which you are going to do your internship. So keep your

experiences coming in. It will be great fun keeping track of each other.

Just like a news update ending it with a weather report, (weather guy, eh) It is really Hot out here in kolkata....

So Long,

Tanuj

Happy Easter to all.

I am leaving Ranchi today.  Making the synopsis for formality was a funny thing to do. But anyways did it.  Couldnt submit it today, as it was holiday at the institute. I made a synopsis on performance review system in a factory in renukut

Boy that was height of creativity. Not that i dont show enough of it in my examination papers. ;)

I am heading home. Things for my internship not finalized as of yet.

Will finalize things once I reach back home in Kolkata. yeah i know i am a bit clumsy. 

but then as they say, "If you are not living your life on teh edge, you are wasting a lot of space."

Will keep you all updated.

Till then good bye.

Tanuj

Hi folks, My exams till now have been very crappy. Not that I had studied well either, but still I am of the optimistic kinds, you know. Studies had never been on the cards during a hectic trisem, where we all were busy with one thing after the other. hopefully the exams to come are better and more than the end of exams i am eager for the internships. anyways folks, as you go for internships keep posting here. just write the title of the post in your subject line and the content in the email and shoot that email to tanujpoddar.pm0810@blogger.com. Hopefully i didn't make it too difficult for you folks. Keep posting. /bye, Tanuj

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