The Human in Human Resource

The Maruti Suzuki XISS Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Trust has, over the past 9 years, been organizing a series of talks focusing on the importance of Industrial Relations and Employee Relations. This book is a compilation of those lectures. Eminent thought leaders, top HRMs from the best in the industry come together each year to share insights into HR practices, and to offer solutions to commonly shared issues. Companies with some of the best HR practices such as Nestle, Wipro, RANE, St. Gobain, GSK, ITC and Maruti Suzuki, to name a few, have been part of this series.

The Trust was born out of adversity, and has used that as a launching pad to bring focus to the need for addressing employee related issues before they escalate and spin out of control. The idea being to implement the best ER practices and to create humanized workplaces.

At a time when the world is still reeling from the effect of the pandemic, the need for addressing employee related issues has gained importance. New situations have thrown up new challenges. WFH became the new normal. ER has had to adapt new practices, accordingly.

The focus now is smooth functioning and productivity in our industries – both manufacturing and service. It is imperative that we create the sort of workplaces that are conducive to those desired results. We, at MSIL, have successfully drawn from the Japanese model of ER, to create such a workplace for our employees.

And so, we offer you this book that is packed with wisdom and practicality to benefit those in HR and for those handling Employee Relations and Industrial Relations. We hope that this could also double as a handy book for those choosing to specialize in Employee Relations. It is time to transform how we work – right from our leadership to the shop floor.