Managing Global Diversities, a talk by Dr Ganesh Natrajan

Hi Friends,

Yesterday I attended a seminar delivered Dr Ganesh Natrajan I
would like to share his views on the trends in the IT sector and challenges
faced by HR personnel in managing global diversity

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan has been one of the most successful
professionals in the Indian Information Technology Industry, having been part
of two major success stories in IT Training and Consulting, NIIT and APTECH.
During his ten year stint as CEO of Aptech he grew the company’s revenues fifty
times and listed it on the Indian and London Stock Exchanges.

A Gold Medalist in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial
Engineering, Ganesh has recently completed his PhD in Knowledge Management at
IIT Bombay. He is the author of three McGraw Hill Books on Business Process
Reengineering and Knowledge Management and has also authored a book and many
articles on the Indian IT Industry.

He currently holds leadership positions in CII and NASSCOM.

A professional who has spearheaded one of Asia's
major Corporate Success Stories, Dr Natrajan brings with him a rare insight
into the Imperatives for Success in Information Technology Consulting. His current
Research interests are Inspirational Leadership and Knowledge Management
Maturity and he is helping many Corporations and Governments worldwide in
planning and implementing these initiatives.

Dr Natrajan is the CEO of Zensar Technologies and he
transformed the organization from a loss making one to a profit generating one.
Here are excerpts from his talks

Zensar and the art of innovation

Troubled times can either destroy a company or bring out the
best. Bad times have brought out the best as the company has managed to buck
the slowdown and is now poised to leapfrog into the big league. Zensar
transformed itself from a duckling to a swan using innovative practices under
the leadership of Dr Ganesh Natrajan.

Topic of the evening

Managing Global Diversity

Key issues addressed

What are the challenges faced during M&A?

Laws of the land,

Communication

Time zones

Cultural
integration

Cultural diversity

What is culture, organizational culture, dimensions of
culture (values, vision, mission), organizational structure control systems/
decision making

Managing Cultural diversity?

Integration at the workplace (
impact of cultural diversity is when two or more or different cultures come
together),

Management and leadership styles

Reward mechanisms (compensations
and benefits),

Designations and titles,

Employee policies( regulations,
agreements, dresscodes etc)

Employee relations (engagement practices)

What are employees looking for?

Challenges

Exciting work

Great company

Development and
learning

Wealth and rewards

Challenges in managing cross cultural teams?

Biases and assumptions

Resist temptation to impose a
different country’s experiences on the new team

Be prepared to learn new language, pharses and ways of
getting the job done

Listen and guide do not command and control

Attitudes and mindset in the new global organization?

Increased sense of ownership

Increased sense of
accountability

Eagerness to drive improvement

Upholding of values

Excited about
the prospect of growth

 

 

Overall the session was well received, and there was good
takeaways for the HR crowd present for several companies such as Patni,
Futuristic Technologies, Polaris (Adrenalin), Amada (India) Pvt Ltd etc.

Please contribute your views and opinons on Managing global diversities.

Regards,

Viral Shah