[tallsummi]

TISS's website is renewed a bit , but without application form !! :neutral:

[visusankar]

Hi

Today is 20th. Still no indication of application foms in TISS website.....

[ravicustoms]

hi guys,
i called their office today. the lady said that tomorrow the form and information boucher will be available.

its nerve testing really!??:

[sarsij]

Just be here till the entire selection process is over and you will see such test-of-patience moments more than you would have expected. So I would suggest that better get in tune with TISS

Guys, but dont you think its worth all these......after TISS is the best institute for HR in India (and many ppl claim it to be best in Asia). So just hang on....and see what could be the positive outcome of all these moments.

Originally Posted by ravicustoms

hi guys,
i called their office today. the lady said that tomorrow the form and information boucher will be available.

its nerve testing really!??:

[ravicustoms]

hi guys. now its available on the site announcement coloumn

[visusankar]

Ahaaa atlast finally the brouchre and announcement has come. The test has 3 parts 1)General awarness 2)analytical/logical reasoning/Quant reasoning 3)Verbal ability..

Please click this link to get to the announcement page...

TISS in Press

[ravicustoms]

hey guys. exam will be conducted in two sittings. second paper is analytical ability?????? again clueless. and guess wht guys? the sample paper will be available on tiss website from 1st jan. 2008 onwards. wish they did it a bit early????/ hu hu hu

[farhan_c]

Does anyone has any idea about the last date of purchasing form from TISS counter and last date for application????

[visusankar]

Originally Posted by farhan_c

Does anyone has any idea about the last date of purchasing form from TISS counter and last date for application????

Hi,
Last date for issue of Form by Post -5th November
Last date of issue of form inperson -10th November
Last date of receipt of completed Forms at the institute by post and in person -10th november.

[ramakrishnas]

hi all!
all doubts regarding the exam/selection process/dates /fees etc will have been cleared and we will have 3 weeks once the "sample paper" appears on TISS's website (jan 1st)

NO ESSAY.

saw this article in TOI bangalore sometime back...
the gk thread on pg is a good place to brush up GK.. i will try to get some questions on basic mgt and post them here in the coming days...

Regards
Ram

p.s: posting 2 areticles that appeared in TOI bangalore sometime back..





HR ON TOP?

Though HR has grabbed a very prominent position in the corporate world today, HR managers usually fail to get the top seat of the CEO, discovers Yasmin Taj


It has been vouched for time and again that HR plays a very crucial role in any organisation. The HR department is solely responsible for bringing in the best and most-suited workforce to any organisation. However, it’s also a known fact that being on the top seat of the CEO is not an easy task and some of the most intelligent and experienced minds are recruited for this prestigious position. Though one would come across people from varied fields and backgrounds holding this top position, a very vital observation is that one does not see HR managers growing into CEOs. The decision maker’s seat is most often occupied by people who belong to either finance or someone with a sound marketing background. Therefore, the million-dollar question is, why don’t we witness HR managers shouldering responsibilities of a Chief Executive Officer? Are they just meant to act as mediators between the employee and the employer? Or are they really capable and well equipped to run an entire organisation? Read on to find out possible answers.

The next CEO…

Being at the top is never easy. To be a successful CEO, the person must be an all-rounder, with hands-on experience, the right exposure and good team management skills as integral traits of his/her personality. “Any experienced professional manager can perform the role of a CEO as long as he/she has the relevant exposure, skill and vision,” says M K Khanduja, Director, Inter Alliance Consultants Pvt. Ltd, adding, “But in reality, usually CEOs emerge from marketing, finance or operational departments and not from the HR vertical.” “The main reason behind HR managers not turning into CEOs is probably because HR, even today, is perceived as a department that deals with people only and is misconstrued as someone who does not venture into other functions. HR is indeed the core of a company, but organisations usually prefer to have CEOs from other departments. Though other departments,
too, are individualistic in nature, we see that most companies make CEOs out of professionals from other verticals and not HR,” says Pooja Anand, Senior HR, Boss International.
So, do HR managers lack the relevant experience and exposure required to be the CEO of their respective companies? The only issue according to Khanduja, regarding HR people, in the contemporary business scenario, is that they do not get the exposure of the entire business activity that the CEO is supposed to have and hence fail to make it to the top. Khanduja explains, “Basically, the responsibility of the CEO is fourfold – one is taking care of the investor’s perspective, another is to manage internal activities from a holistic point of view, then there is also the responsibility to monitor all the external activities and the last being growth and innovation. The HR’s function, on the other hand, is considered to be only people-centric and cynics feel that they won’t perform other functions to perfection.” Anand adds to this, “It is perceived that people from other departments have more knowledge of production and the overall functioning of the respective company as compared to HR.”

Top honours!

According to Meenu Kapoor, Assistant Manager-HR, Telexcell Information Systems Limited, “An organisation is made up by its people and dealing with people and taking care of them is the ultimate responsibility of the HR
department. They need to monitor whether their peoplemanagement practices are aligned to the organisational objectives and also advice the CEO on matters regarding employees and their best interests. But then when it comes to grabbing the top seat, I feel that this role reversal would not be a suitable choice. People should do what they are best at. Every designation has a prescribed role and this is decided by HR. If they take up the role they have cut out for the CEO, then how will they make these decisions once they are at the top?” To be a successful CEO, one needs to have knowledge about all the nitty-gritty of the company. There is no doubt that HR is highly qualified and can hold a key position in the functionality of an organisation. In recent times, the practice of giving this opportunity to HR professionals is slowly catching up and there are quite a few instances where the HR manager of a particular company has reached to the top. Khanduja further adds, “There are a lot of HR managers who can make it to the driver’s seat, but are not inducted in the mainstream activities. This issue has been discussed time and again in conferences across the globe. In some of the companies, this trend has now started and I am sure we will see a lot of CEOs from the HR background soon.” Experts feel that though more and more companies will be forthcoming towards this idea of hiring capable HR managers for the position of a CEO, it will however, take a while before the idea is translated into reality.
Kapoor further expresses that a deserving HR professional can certainly become the CEO of a company if he/she is given the opportunity. “With ample skills and relevant experience, an HR professional can certainly take up the daunting task of a CEO and perform it with utmost dedication and perfection,” she confirms. Anand agrees, “Just the way we have seen the growth of HR from a peripheral job function to an indispensable part of an organisation, I am sure we will soon have a great number of HR professionals taking on the top seat of the CEO.”
That HR people cannot sit on the top seat of an organisation is slowly proving to be a myth amongst many organisations as they are going ahead and pick CEOs out of their HR departments. It hence proves that being at the top is all about being the best and having the right attitude and qualities no matter from which field one is coming from.