Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi and its Human Resource Management (HRM) Programme organised a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Strategic Performance Management’ in collaboration with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under its AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy, New Delhi which concluded on Saturday. The programme included various noted speakers from industry as well as academia.

Mamta Rani Agarwal, Adviser-1, ATAL Academy in her valedictory address to the participants said, “The pandemic has heightened and accelerated the re-skilling emergency that we are facing both in the corporate world and in academics. Learning itself is a skill and structured learning is a long term driver of career success. Each of us should become intentional learners to grow and drive a sustainable mindset.”

On the concluding day of the FDP, Dr Kamakshi Raman, Executive Director, MTL, SAIL, Ranchi while shedding light on the Role HR Professionals in of Performance Management stressed on the importance of ensuring effective linkages between employee performance and organisational priorities.

Earlier in his keynote address, Dr Joseph Marianus Kujur SJ, Director, XISS had expressed his gratitude to AICTE-ATAL for helping faculty members from all over the country in improving their efficiency and delivery. AICTE has been successful in bringing structural changes to technical education by fostering research and innovation and many have benefitted from it. The goal of the FDP is to sync theory to practical application, solve the quality crisis in business, ensuring accountability, and promoting long term growth through strategic performance management, he had stated.

The technical sessions for the day were concluded by Dr Ramakant Agrawal, HoP, HRM, XISS, with a brief and feedback sessions. The informative 5-day long ATAL FDP came to an end with a vote of thanks from Dr Pradeep Kerketta SJ, Assistant Director, XISS. The FDP was coordinated by Prof Shyamal Gomes, XISS along with participation from faculty of XISS and participants from across the country.

On Day 1, Prof Mary Bodra, Associate Professor, HRM XISS, highlighted the importance Strategic Performance Management within the current environment of change.

Dr Shyamal Gomes, Professor, HRM XISS, and Coordinator ATAL-FDP emphasized how performance management refocuses our efforts away from being busy toward being effective and shifts our focus on achieving results for customers both inside and outside the organisation.

On Day 2, Prof Mary Sheila Bodra, Associate Professor, HRM Programme, discussed that the modern appraisal practices have seen a remarkable shift towards compatibility with organizational context. Prof Kumar Mohit Spring, Associate Professor, HRM Programme , XISS stressed on the inclusion of constructive feedback in order to promote motivation and how to adjust performance in order to get the desired organizational standards.

On Day 3, conducting a session on Performance Managing in Stress Situations, Imdad Ali, Chief HRM, Tata Steel Kalinganagar, spoke about performance management during the pandemic, a previously inexperienced challenge for modern day managers. Dr Ratna Sinha, VP HRM, Tata Metaliks enlightened the audience with Performance Managing Systems in the environment of Digitisation of HR.

“Vulnerability is very important to not be complacent being at senior positions”, she emphasised.

On Day 4, Speaking about the linkage between performance management and reward system, Sanjay Dua, Founder, DUA’s Knowledge Potli, suggested various measures such as giving importance to role clarity, supporting ease of conversion of the awards into cash, and defining the frequency as well criteria for the awards.