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Exchanges And Secondments
There is, even in the India of
today, ample scope for Public and Private sectors to share their skills and
strengths, especially in the field of management and specifically in the area of
executive exchange programs, called ‘deputations' in our local officialese. The
good news is that, with the enormous metamorphosis in thinking and doing at
Government level (due to liberalization), these executives can match, or even
surpass, their counterparts in the Private Sector. There is no denying the
inherent differences in approach, but the gap is shrinking and each has great
benefits it can bestow on the other.
Deputations can be
beneficial for both because:
a. Stimulus of a fresh
environment
1.
New standards, gain additional skills, knowledge
2.
Challenge posed develops strengths and leadership
3.
Incomers can infuse fresh ways of looking at/ doing
things. Your people make the mistakes on someone else's patch (and vice versa)
- Go for an optimum length of time;
- Valuable and enduring contacts.
Important steps before setting up such exchange programs can be:
·
Identify a potential relationship, evolve draft
agreements
·
Isolate wide area where fruitful exchanges can occur
·
Take Top Management's formal nod
·
Work out service conditions with personnel
departments
·
Select, brief and induct participants under glare of
media
·
Maintain close monitoring, follow-up and feedback
·
At close of each phase, arrange formal presentation
in form of paper/ report/suggestions/action plan/budget
In the right governmental
and industrial climates, exchange programs can be powerful tools for evolution
and growth of companies …as well as people!
QUESTIONS :
1.
What do you understand by ‘secondments' or ‘deputation'?
2. Do you think exposure to other
organizations can sharpen executive skills? Are there disadvantages associated
with the idea? Explain.
