The increasing role of management in organisations during these tough times was highlighted.
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Management Association (CMA) celebrated National Management Day on January 24 at ITC Hotel in Coimbatore.
In his welcome address, the President of CMA, Jayakumar Ramdass highlighted the increasing role of management in organisations, during these tough times. He said that CMA had great pride in identifying excellence in management among entrepreneurs, professionals and management faculty, and honouring them with awards.
Addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest, Kovaichelvan, Director, TVS Institute of Quality and Leadership spoke on “Thriving in uncertainty and also managing radical change.” He said that organisations need to demystify the concepts and practice of management and educate all employees to grow and succeed. He spoke of the two ways of learning – doing and learning and learning and doing. In companies following the do and learn, subordinates pick up the good and bad habits of the manager.
He cited the example of a cleaner of a lorry imbibing the good and bad habits of the driver he emulates. For learning and doing, he cited the rigorous training process that a pilot has to undergo to get a commercial license. In the aviation industry, training and domain knowledge has limited accidents to only 3 per year, globally compared to roads where an accident happens every minute and approximately 16 people lose their lives every hour.
Kovaichelvan concluded his speech saying that organisations have to invest in training and educating the workforce so that the change is managed at every level in these turbulent times. Dr Nitin Devaraj, Secretary, CMA proposed the vote of thanks at the end of the event.
The following awards were conferred:
CMA - Roots Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award
M Krishnan, Mg. Director, Sri Krishna Sweets Private Ltd.
CMA - Mahendra Best SME Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Sanjay Kondaas, Mg. Director, Kondaas Automation
CMA - GRG Best Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Megha Pritesh Asher, Co-Founder, Juicy Chemistry
CMA - Quadra Best Start-up of the Year Award
Sreepriya Kowshik, CEO, Astrix Engineering Products Pvt. Ltd.,
CMA - DJ Best Professional Corporate Leader of the Year Award
D Rajkumar, General Manager, The Hindu – Tamil
CMA - GRD Best Management Faculty of the Year Award
Dr. Deepa Venugopal, Associate Professor, DJ Academy for Managerial Excellence
CMA - STC Best Management Researcher of the Year Award
Dr. Deepa Ranganathan, Associate Professor, PSG Institute of Management
In his welcome address, the President of CMA, Jayakumar Ramdass highlighted the increasing role of management in organisations, during these tough times. He said that CMA had great pride in identifying excellence in management among entrepreneurs, professionals and management faculty, and honouring them with awards.
Addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest, Kovaichelvan, Director, TVS Institute of Quality and Leadership spoke on “Thriving in uncertainty and also managing radical change.” He said that organisations need to demystify the concepts and practice of management and educate all employees to grow and succeed. He spoke of the two ways of learning – doing and learning and learning and doing. In companies following the do and learn, subordinates pick up the good and bad habits of the manager.
He cited the example of a cleaner of a lorry imbibing the good and bad habits of the driver he emulates. For learning and doing, he cited the rigorous training process that a pilot has to undergo to get a commercial license. In the aviation industry, training and domain knowledge has limited accidents to only 3 per year, globally compared to roads where an accident happens every minute and approximately 16 people lose their lives every hour.
Kovaichelvan concluded his speech saying that organisations have to invest in training and educating the workforce so that the change is managed at every level in these turbulent times. Dr Nitin Devaraj, Secretary, CMA proposed the vote of thanks at the end of the event.
The following awards were conferred:
CMA - Roots Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award
M Krishnan, Mg. Director, Sri Krishna Sweets Private Ltd.
CMA - Mahendra Best SME Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Sanjay Kondaas, Mg. Director, Kondaas Automation
CMA - GRG Best Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Megha Pritesh Asher, Co-Founder, Juicy Chemistry
CMA - Quadra Best Start-up of the Year Award
Sreepriya Kowshik, CEO, Astrix Engineering Products Pvt. Ltd.,
CMA - DJ Best Professional Corporate Leader of the Year Award
D Rajkumar, General Manager, The Hindu – Tamil
CMA - GRD Best Management Faculty of the Year Award
Dr. Deepa Venugopal, Associate Professor, DJ Academy for Managerial Excellence
CMA - STC Best Management Researcher of the Year Award
Dr. Deepa Ranganathan, Associate Professor, PSG Institute of Management