IIM Calcutta to Conduct "Swami Vivekananda Memorial Workshop on Work Ethics & Job Satisfaction"

IIM Calcutta to Conduct "Swami Vivekananda Memorial Workshop on Work Ethics & Job Satisfaction"
On February 1, 2008

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta would conduct "Swami Vivekananda Memorial Workshop on Work Ethics and Job Satisfaction" on February 1, 2008 at Management Centre for Human Values, within IIM-C Campus. Dr. C. L. Ramakrishnan, I.P.S.,

Director General of Police {Vigilance & Anti Corruption, Tamil Nadu (Retd.)} will be anchoring this workshop as a Resource Person.

This workshop is unique in the sense that it is offered from the Institute to fulfill its social obligations. There is no registration fee for this workshop. The workshop will provide insights on work ethics comprising of work and conduct, devotion to duty, integrity, the concept of trust, individual ethics and institutional ethics, image of institution etc. It will also try to address issues such as fair play, discipline, effective supervision through leadership, rewards and corrections, effective communication, empathy and responsiveness, customer satisfaction, etc. All these issues will be discussed with reference to Indian Philosophical and Classical Literature of which Dr. Ramakrishnan is an expert. Notably, Dr. Ramakrishan has been awarded the President's Medal for Meritorious Service along with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.

Participants are drawn from different segments of the society such as Principals and Teachers, Educational Officers, Vigilance Officers, Police Officers, Magistrates, Administrators of Educational Institutes, Public Sector Undertakings such as BPCL, ONGC, GRS&E, Faculty of B-schools, etc.

The Management Centre for Human Values at IIM-C has been engaged in institutionalising teaching, research and training on human values and ethics in management through PGP courses, corporate training programmes and by conducting seminars, workshops and conferences at national and international levels. Centre's aim is to achieve an authentic synthesis of Western and Eastern (especially Indian) approaches to management by creating frameworks of knowledge, and methods of application of the same in the context of existing management concepts and practices. This Centre has been contributing enormously to enrich the vision of IIM-C which is to produce Ethical Leaders. "This workshop is one more activity in this direction and has drawn an overwhelming response," says Prof. C. Panduranga Bhatta, Coordinator, Management Centre for Human Values.

This workshop will be inaugurated by Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director of the Institute at 10.00 a.m. on February 1, 2008 at Management Centre for Human Values, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Contact Details

For further details, please contact: -
Aloke Guin,
PRO,
Indian Institute Of Management Calcutta,
Joka, Diamond Harbour Road,
Kolkata - 700104.
Phone: 033-24678300-8306, 24677851 (Extn: 187)
Mobile: 9883126494
E-mail: aloke_guin@iimcal.ac.in

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