Discussion on the theme of the book FRIDAY, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | MMA MANAGEMENT CENTER M A Y 12 2023 Leadership and the Process Approach VASUKRISHNAN AUTHOR GEORGESURESH MANAGING PARTNER VASANTH PRODUCTS Cmdr M D MENON (Retd) INDIAN NAVY Dr N Ravichandran DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT (PART-TIME) IIT, MANDI Dr K C John DIRECTOR, FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SRI RAMACHANDRA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH
This book is about a Leadership style rarely found nowadays. The ability to have a macro view, and at the same time look at details is not something inborn but develops through experience.
The chapters of the book take the reader through the authors experience in different organizations where examples of outstanding leadership as well as ineffective leadership are chronicled. The story is followed by the appropriate concept at that point in time.
The Process Approach based on the PDCA cycle could either be implicit in the Leadership style in the case of a Public Sector Steel Plant or explicit in the chapter on Project Management. The Process Approach does not rule out a combination of approaches including bench marking and business process re-engineering, and consequently corresponding chapters on these subjects.
The emphasis is on experiential learning and a structured approach to Organizational transformation including Quality System Standards, where the focus is on the enablers, and the Quality Award processes are a part of the Organizations Business Strategy.
Personnel in Engineering and Automotive Industries would find this book meaningful in New Product Development, especially when transiting from AIAG’s 4th edition of FMEA to the combined AIAG-VDA First edition FMEA Handbook. Educational Institutions would also benefit from specific references. Last but not least are specific references to Failure modes in Civil Engineering , Architecture and Aviation.
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5:15 PM Registration & High Tea
6:00 PM
Welcome Address 7:15 PM Vote of Thanks
Launch of the book & Address by the Author
Address by the Special Invitees followed by conversation on the theme
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM
Executive Director, Madras Management Association
Mr Vasu Krishnan
Author
Dr K C John
Director, Faculty of Management, Sri Ramachandra
Institute of Higher Education & Research
In conversation with
Mr Vasu Krishnan
Author
Mr George Suresh
Managing Partner, Vasanth Products
Cmdr M D Menon (Retd)
Indian Navy
Dr N Ravichandran
Distinguished Professor of Management (Part-time)
Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
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Mr Vasu Krishnan
Mr Vasu Krishnan is a manufacturing engineering professional, adequately and appropriately qualified, in Metallurgical Engineering from REC/NIT Rourkela, and after a few years of work experience in Bhilai Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Ltd, graduated from IIM Ahmedabad - Post Graduate Programme in Business Administration in 1973.
He has over 50 years of extensive experience in various process and discrete manufacturing industries, including iron and steel, foundry, iron ore beneficiation, rubber, heavy and light engineering, and the automotive sector in almost all areas of the supply chain comprising of marketing, production, project management, maintenance, and quality.
His expertise has been honed through hands-on, experiential learning, as well as through his role as a Quality Systems Auditor in a Global Certification Body. To date, he has conducted over a hundred quality management system audits in a variety of Engineering organizations, including educational institutions, and is also registered as a Principal Auditor-QMS, IRCA-U.K
Based in Chennai, Southern India, he endeavours to make valuable contributions to industry.
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Dr K C John
K C John is the Director and Professor at Faculty of Management of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-to-be University), Chennai. He was Distinguished Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at Great Lakes Institute of Management between 2013 and 2020. Prior to this, he was associated with technology start-ups - AGNITY Technologies, GENBAND, BayPackets Technologies, Qualcomm, JobsDB and River Run Software Group between 1995 and 2013. Between 1987 and 1994, John worked as Sustainable Development Specialist at the World Bank and the Ford Foundation.
Dr. John’s research interests are in entrepreneurship, innovative and sustainable businesses and institution building. He mentors first generation of entrepreneurs.
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Mr George Suresh
Mr George Suresh, has been the Managing partner of Vasanth Products. The company catered initially only to the Ministry of Defence, and subsequently to Faurecia, tier one supplier to Toyota, Kia and Hyundai ; Same Deutz – Manufacturer and exporter of tractors ; and Sakura- Supplier to Royal Enfield. Over a short span of time, Vasanth Products has grown from a single unit and basic machinery, to now three units, comprising of modern state of the art precision tools and machines including a CNC laser cutting machine and turning centers comprising VMC machines and 6CNC machines. Keeping up with the latest trends, we have also introduced a customized ERP system, to help us manage and track incoming and outgoing raw materials, finished goods, production rate, expenditure, and also draw up other interesting reports respectively.
Vasanth products had achieved 100 ppm certification from Hyundai in the year 2012 and has grown considerably by a factor of more than 10X in as many years through a combination of customer focus and structured process innovative growth. Plans are set to add another unit in the next two years on the outskirts of Chennai.
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Cmdr M D Menon (Retd)
Commander MD Menon, a graduate and postgraduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi joined the Indian Navy after a brief stint in English Electric/Alsthom, and during the 1971 war, served on a Russian Frigate as the In Charge of an Electrical and Weapons Department, covering the processes of operations, maintenance, and quality.
After nearly 20 years in the Navy, he opted for Retirement and continued in the area of Quality Assurance at SGS a well known Quality Assurance and inspection services organization.
Subsequent assignments were aimed at Organizational transformation through the structured approach of ISO 9001 in a number of organizations large and small, covering Product and Service Quality. Other interests include social enterprise initiatives for youth."
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