National HRD Network and NHRDN Mumbai Chapter’s Workshop on “Creating a Successful Performance Management System”

Program Details:

National HRD Network and NHRDN Mumbai Chapter are pleased to announce its Learning Centre one day workshop on “Creating a Successful Performance Management System” on Saturday 15 October , 2011 at Welingkar Institute, Matunga, Mumbai.

Objective:

The objective of this functional technical competence module is to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills in effectively implementing performance management systems.

Methodology:

The Workshop would be very interactive and would include case studies, interactive exercises, live examples, Q&A etc .

Desired Target Participants:

The program will be designed for HR Practitioners with around 3-7 years work experience and is a must for human resource managers/professionals who want to bring a about a positive change and better improve the performance of their organization, using the correct techniques and principles of performance management.

Certification:

A certificate of participation would be provided to all participants.

Workshop Content:

Session-1:        PMS – Taking Stock

1.  Issues and problems in PMS implementation from the perspective of appraisees, appraisers, HR pros and organizations.
2. A re-cap of PMS concepts, objectives, benefits, methods (MBO, BSC), etc.
3. Role of the HR pro in PMS implementation, skills or competencies we need to acquire.
4. Focus on three main components of PMS implementation –

(i) Defining goals, objectives, measures, etc. the performance planning component – the foundation for effective PMS.
(ii) The performance appraisal and rating component, the sequence of events beginning from individual self appraisals and going all   the way through to achieving a ‘bell curve’ distribution of appraisal ratings.
(iii) The performance dialogue and feedback component.

Session-2:        Defining Performance Expectations

1. A re-cap of existing guidelines regarding defining KRAs, goals, objectives, performance measures, KPIs, SMART goals, etc.
2. Approaches to defining performance expectations
3. Defining performance expectations for ‘intangible’ components of jobs
4. Case exercise – defining performance expectations for ‘intangible’ job roles

Session-3:        Managing the Appraisal Process

1. Key events, sequence and start to completion in typical annual appraisal process.
2. Objectives or intended outcomes of the appraisal process from the perspectives of multiple players, viz. appraisees, appraisers, HR function, organization.
3. Issues and problems in fulfilling multiple perspectives and possible solutions.
4. Is it possible to achieve a ‘bell curve’ without forcing the distribution?  Discussion and possible solutions.
5. Appraisal case exercise

Session-4:        Performance Dialogue

1. The ‘dialogue’ dimension in the entire PMS process, i.e. during goal-setting, reviewing, appraising, training & development discussion, etc.
2. Barriers to dialogue happening, viz. appraisers’ issues – addressing the issues, possible solutions
3. Objectives of performance dialogue – goal-setting, reviewing, appraising, training & development needs identification dialogues
4. Re-cap of guidelines for conducting performance dialogue
5. Case exercise – role play of a appraisal discussion

Session-5:        HR Role in PMS Implementation

1. Re-visit HR pros’ role in PMS implementation
2. Skills or competencies HR pros need to develop for managing PMS implementation effectively
3. Learning from the workshop and individual action points 
4. Concluding the workshop

The Facilitators:

Pradeep Pande – Executive Director, Human Resources – Binani Industries Ltd.

Mr. Pradeep Pande, a gold medalist in Human Resource Management, is a man with immense experience in his field. His experience is as much as 33 long years covering the entire range of Human Resource Management and People Development including restructuring, start-up operations and management of multi business- multi unit HR function.

He is working as a Corporate HR Head since last 12 years. He has worked in various capacities and held various senior level positions in his career so far. He has been part of some of the Excellent Companies we know like HUL, Aventis Pharma, Lupin, Ispat Group, Roche Products, Tata Group Company -Rallis India and now Binani Industries.

He has been honored with awards like HR Best Practices for Lupin, Golden Peacock National Training Award and Award for Corporate Social Responsibility for Ispat Industries. He has also been accredited as one of the Best HR Professionals of India in the book ” India’s Greatest HR Professionals” by Dr R.L. Bhatia, published in 2006.

SA Vinod – PMS Specialist

S A Vinod is a corporate management professional with over 20 years of consulting experience. In his consulting practice, he specializes in enhancing people & organization performance and in developing managerial competencies.

Vinod is from the class of 1978 Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and holds a master’s degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations. His first five years of direct work experience was in the factory personnel function at Hindustan Lever (now HUL) before he moved to the pharmaceutical industry in corporate HR functions.

In 1984 he took over as head of Personnel of Merck Sharpe & Dohme of India, later renamed Merind, and was a member of the executive committee of the Company. He started management consulting in 1990.In his consulting engagements, Vinod has worked with more than 10,000 corporate managers including top management teams, heads of businesses and functions, leaders and individual contributors, in sales, marketing, manufacturing, technology, R&D and corporate functions in a wide range of companies in the manufacturing and services sectors.

Participation Fee:

Members : Rs. 3000
Non Members: Rs. 3500
–   10% discount on 3 or more nominations from the same organization.
–  Fee includes, tea/ coffee, lunch and other organizational expenses.
–  Payment can be made by cash or by cheque favoring National HRD Network Learning Centre.

Date and Venue:

Saturday, 15 October 2011
Welingkar Institute of Management. Matunga, Mumbai

Timings:

Registration: 09.30-10.00
Session: 10.00-17.30