This programme has made a comeback on demand. Meant for senior managers, HRD personnel and corporate planners, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will conduct its programme on `Transformation of Organisations' from October 5 to 10. IIM had given the programme a skip last year.Programme coordinator Indira J Parikh says the participants of the previous batches have rated the programme as excellent. ``Last year, I did not offer the programme and there were many enquiries as to why it was not offered,'' she adds.
Elaborating on the significance of the programme, Parikh says it is aimed at facilitating individuals and organisations to first assess their strengths and limitations and then add the managerial and organisational processes relevant for the times. ``The transformations need to be understood in the context of society, culture, organisations and the national and global environment,'' explains Parikh.
Transformation of organisations has become inevitable due to changes in theenvironment, she explains. As globalisation has made countries, organisations and industries dependent on each other, these interdependencies demand the designing of unique infrastructure and interface with each component. Also, growth compels organisations to review and redefine their mission, vision, structure, task, functions and managerial roles, Parikh adds.
For participants, the objective of the programme is to acquire an understanding of the constituents and processes of transformation and an organisational perspective on dynamic and dysfunctional organisations, says Parikh.
With four generations of people working together in most organisations, there are bound to be different sets of values and expectations. Therefore, organisations require a macro perspective from the outside and a dialogue and consultative process from within to initiate change and new responses, feels the programme coordinator. Both the macro perspective and dialogue are significant modes through which organisations cope to bedynamic and responsive to the changing environment. In the absence of these, says Parikh, organisations and employees stagnate, decay and eventually disintegrate.
It is equally important that leaders evolve a concept of collective leadership and design strategies to facilitate coherence of policy formulation and implementation; design corporate structure, processes, and roles; and introduce institution building to enhance the potentials of individuals in the organisation. In that context, a programme on `Transformation of Organisations' is relevant.
Giving a break-up of the programme objectives, Parikh lists the following
:
Understand and explore the process of individual, organisational and environmental transformations;
Explore the transformations in leadership to evolve strategies for growth, renewal and regeneration, and facilitate organisational and institutional learning;
Explore the roles of individuals, functions and divisions within an organisation to effectively design theframework for policy and strategy formulation;
Explore managerial roles and task inter-dependencies, such as team work in the context of new generations entering the organisation;
Orient participants with the culture, social structures, business environment and emergent multi-cultural issues within the organisation.And the programme will focus on:
Existing conceptual frames of organisations and new paradigms of leadership required in the context of the emerging business environment and quality of people;
Sharing experiences of participants about their organisations in the context of a changing scenario;
Identifying new choices and directives to meet the challenges of structure, strategy, people, systems, technology and organisations;
Identifying institution building process, organisation excellence, and designing new traditions through managerial leadership;
Enhancing the managerial role of internal change agents to facilitate collective visioning andenergising the organisation.
The programme will accommodate around 30 managers from diverse organisations at a fee of Rs 21,000 per participant ($700 for participants from other countries). The teaching methods will include lecture-cum-discussions, group work and panel discussions. And besides the IIMA faculty, guest speakers from industry will be present, too.Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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