Deep Mody

Human Communication and Technology Technology has made the world very small, brought everyone closer than ever before. We have seen and experienced amazing benefits of technology; however, we still have people (mainly from pre-internet revolution era) who do not find technology as a boon. Is it just their resistance to change or is there really something they know is left behind in technology’s race? Let’s find out… Technology has brought information sharing at very fast paced and easily available platform. Basically it is helping Human Beings communicate faster than before. Usually Quantity and Quality go inversely proportional as a general rule. So are we losing on quality of communication in rush of communicating fast? To answer this we need to understand what Communication is and further what does quality of communication mean. We understand that Human beings use their 5 senses to capture information which is stored as experience. More the input from each of the se...

HR Interview This article revolves around understanding role of HR in selection process. Is it limited to short-listing of candidates as per ‘check-list’ of JD / Desired Candidate profile or there is more to it? Every activity executed by HR Department is crucial in its own capacity. When we try to understand role of HR in an organisation, an oversimplified version of explanation can be read as ‘HR has two major functions, get the right Resources to be a part of the Organisation and Second to ensure those Resources continue to be with the Organisation being highly productive at all times’. Activities like timely payroll, RnR, T&D, Employee Engagement, PMS, etc are all subsets of Second part. If we do the First part right later becomes much easier; i.e. if we get the right person IN with adequate skills, expertise, right attitude, right expectations, etc., keeping the employee motivated and productive with long association becomes much easier. In an attempt to unders...

Policy Designing Before we attempt understanding Policies of an Organisation, it is essential to understand what an Organisation is. An Organisation is defined as ‘a group of people organized for some end or work’. While we refer to organized working, the guidelines defined are very crucial. Designing those Guidelines or say Policies of an organisation is similar to defining ‘Law’ to be followed. The Rules and processes laid down drive entire organisation’s functioning. Let us take an insight into what constitutes and contributes to ‘Policy Designing’ . Policies are mandatorily a part of each organisation and almost look similar. However, you would often come across certain organisations with astonishing policies that make you go ‘WOW’. If all the HR professionals study the same academic subjects, work under same Labour Laws applicable, there has to be something more that makes few organisations different from others. Rather than simply sharing my thoughts, we would...