Ria Dua's Blog

It's just two weeks that i joined my work place. Have not started working full fledged as yet since we have been assigned projects which are to be completed within one month. Well will just pen down a few recent observations. What I have observed is a recent shift in the trend of the profiles being offered to HR graduates .Initially freshers were easily given HR Generalists role. However, lately there has been a shift from Generalist roles to Specialist Roles. Most companies of late have been in an expanding spree. As the no. of employees were increasing, the need for a proper HR dept was being felt. The Generalists were doing a good job but suddenly to get things done in a better way, a need for proper division of labor was felt. it was at this point that the specialists came into the picture. These days most new HR hires are assigned one special HR vertical (if I may call it).Be it recruitment, T&D or Comp & Ben. After getting proper exposure and experience in one ve...

Last week LIBA got over with its annual B School Fest CHRYSALIS, and the theme this year was "Business in Technicolor". It was the time of Lights... Camera..... and Action...... in the campus. We decided to go beyond the texts and classrooms.It is here that the learning from movies begins...... Its a classic example of management being fun and management leading to fun! A brief on the HR Game will help you understand how we went about it. We required teams of 3. There were 3 main rounds in the game. Round 1: The 1st round was a quiz round to test the intelligence of the participants and to churn out the cream from the lot. Quiz had 30 questions which were to be answered in 20 minutes. 6 teams qualified for the 2nd round. Round 2:  It is here that the actual test began. Its quite easy to use HR jargon like downsizing, benchmarking etc but the test begins when one has to communicate these terms not in words but in actions. Yes! this round was DUMB CHARADES . It tested how ...

An interesting book authored by John Miller which discusses the questions people ask and how it effects their mood and attitudes towards certain situations. The book QBQ urges individuals to practice Personal Accountability in work and life by asking better questions . Questions to be avoided: All questions which begin with "who, when and why" should be avoided and have been categorized as lousy or incorrect questions. - A who  questions usually leads to a blame game. This is a very common problem seen  in organizations where departments and individuals keep passing the ball to the other. - A when question leads to procrastination and lack of efforts from individuals. - A why questions encourages victim thinking thus affecting the employee's morale and performance.   How to frame the right questions: - Begin your questions by " What or How" .This helps you to look out for the solutions available. - The question should always contain an "I". This ...