Challenging the public’s mind

Masters in science and management, Mr. Himanshu Sinha is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). He has nearly 19 years of experience of leading the HR, Personnel and Administration departments. Mr. Sinha has also worked with organisations such as, Asahi India Glass Ltd., Cummins India Ltd., and Gordon Herbert India Ltd.

Q. Please share your thoughts on the turnaround in a public sector organisation? How different are the HR challenges here in comparison to the private sector?
A. Turnaround in a public sector organisation is mostly undertaken to revive it financially, by taking it on the new or different trajectory, change of products or services, due to loss of competitiveness, failure to achieve the desired results, modernisation and other such factors. Any such turnaround exercise is supposed to be undertaken in a well planned and systematic manner in order to achieve the desired goal.

The basic challenges, as far as HR is concerned, remain similar in both the sectors. In a public sector organisation, the challenges lie more in motivating and changing the mindset of people. It is the same set of people who have been working with the organisation for a long time and that too in a value-based culture. As far as HR is concerned, several tools in the form of various OD interventions are available today to support a turnaround and to attain the desired objectives or results. Although even today there is little agreement on what HR strategies lead to a successful turnaround, either in public or private sector organisation. Read more...

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