M M Bagali, Recruitment Project, HRM, HRD, Leadership, OB, OD,

1. Reference No: 9800210045
Project on
Certified Recruitment Analysis in Education Sector,
Faculty-
for Management Faculty-MBA
Dr. M M Bagali,
PhD in Management
Dean-
Dean-Acharya MBA Institutions, Bangalore
April, 2010
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2. Dr. M M Bagali, PhD
Certified Recruitment Analysis in Education Sector, for Management Faculty-MBA
Introduction
Needless to say that, the importance of Management Education
in Indian scenario has grown to importance in education field.
The growing demand for having management Education is
reflected in the number and volume of the B-Schools that have
come-up. The rough estimated number of around 250-300 B-
School in 1990-2000, to around 1600-1800 B-School today.
The category of B-School also vary from the department of B-
Schools in University to having affiliated Institutes,
autonomous, deemed status, Independent, Private, Corporate
University, and the Institute with collaborations.
The span of the course also varies from one year to four years.
The location of this program and school would be from single
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3. campus to multiple campus location, with accredited to non-
accredited, having the mode of yearly, bi-semester, tri-
semester, and the common area of specialization into HR,
Marketing and Finance, apart from International Business
areas. The admission for this program would be on the All India
basis like CAT, MAT.XAT, JMET, ATMA, JEE, etc.
The education deliverers includes class room teaching, Case
Method , Role Play , Business Games , Quiz , Debate , Seminar
, Out-door assignment , Business writing plans/models, Profile
writing of Successful Business houses in India , Presentations ,
Industrial Visits , Meet the CEO / Executive , and the like , with
credit grading for awarding the degree.
The Global Scenario:
The platform for most B-School at global level includes the
following:
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4. Recent Trends
• Real World Experience
• Curricula… global theme
• Clinical content of curricula
• Evaluation …. Credit system
• Course Changed and Restructured
• Specializations too many
• Names of the course also changed
• Names of Out coming students
designation changed
• Pedagogy approach
• Skill/ Competency oriented
• Continuous Evaluation
• Variety of pedagogy
• Combined faculty for a course
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5. Recent Trends
• Title of the courses…. Global
• Study Aboard Program (at least 6
months)
• Collaboration of Program
• Joint Degree Award
• Ranking and Accreditation
• On line courses.. E-
management… web learning
• Foreign added flavor (International touch / flavor)
• Non Credit – Audit courses
• Research agendas in the course
• CEO taking a course
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6. The Human Resources:
A synergy effect makes the B-School brand itself as the best B-
School. Every other person has to work and join to provide best
education. For competency mapping of the human asset at B-
School, three [3] positions with their job title have been
identified.
A] Program Director-PD
B] Head of the Department-HOD
C] Placements and Corporate Relations
Officer- PCRO
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7. Job Description
Position Title: Program Director-PD
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8. Accountable to: Chairman of the Group and in return to the
Board of Directors
Goals of the Position:
To hold the responsibility of managing, developing, and growing
the institute, while reporting to the Chairman and Board of
Directors, and with the BOD, is responsible for ensuring the
faith in the program. Together, with the BOD and faculty team,
is accountable for the program activity, operations, and
realization of the mission. Provide oversight of the program and
making it as most preferred B-School among the students
community.
Skills required and desired:
1. Eminent Academician
2. Good Academic Credentials
3. Visionary Leadership
4. Teaching, Research, Practice, Administration
5. High Published research work at International Level
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9. Duties and Responsibilities
The overall development, management, and growth of the
organization and the program. To introduce high standard of
best practices, and Brand the B-School, which includes the
Program, students, and the HR branding, per se.
Responsibility also includes in terms of increasing the number,
volume and introduction of new programs.
Desired: Skills for program Director
1. Should have a good understanding of education processes
and govt., rules and regulations.
2. Should have an excellent aptitude and very good with data
interpretation.
3. Should possess excellent analytical and problem solving
capabilities
4. Should have the ability to work in ambiguous scenarios.
5. Should have very good facing skills.
6. Should be willing to travel frequently and possibly
stationed there for a few months if business requires.
7. Ideally from a top Mgmt institute with knowledge and
interest in Education sciences.
8. Should necessary be able to work with varied group and
team.
Desired Qualities
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10. Faithful, Ethical, Clean image, Risk taking, Honest, Personal
energy, Personal Integrity, Caring, Willingness to do,
communication to call higher level.
Core Competencies
Financial Management/Negotiations / Leadership/ Advising and
Mentoring/ Technical Understanding.
JD FOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Develops, articulates and presents the vision for the school with
BOD. Translates this vision into strategic goals by developing a
unit assessment plan related to College mission and strategic
planning objectives. Works collegially with conveners and unit
faculty to ensure collaboration and successful implementation of
unit mission.
Actively represents the unit and the school to students, parents,
professional organization, articulation partners, business and
industry and other relevant constituencies. Also Liaisons
between these and the BOD/ Governing council/Trust.
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11. Provides curricular leadership in relation to school- wide goals
by initiating, sustaining, delivering or eliminating academic
programs and school core curricula in accordance with strategic
planning goals. Supervises conveners in the construction of
timely class schedules based on student needs and institutional
resources including advisement and registration.
Develops new curriculum and reviews and revises existing
curriculum with conveners and unit faculty, considering student
needs and available resources; supervises program reviews;
ensures successful accreditation; and facilitates activities at the
unit level to seamlessly integrate unit goals with all school
goals.
Oversees Study Abroad Programs taught by faculty in academic
units, and try to develop network and collaboration through
MOU.
Mediates between students, faculty and parents in legal and
appropriate ways. Facilitates the resolution of disagreement or
conflict between faculty and students.
Supervises the administration of and ensures the academic
quality of Study and other special programs, facilities, centers
or institutes assigned to the school. Try to initiate in
establishing centre for excellences and Research.
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12. Responsible for human resources management. Develops long-
range staffing plans to include new faculty hires, retirements
and adequate support staff that are aligned with program
delivery, enrollment, and market projections; prepares job
description/ads and other documentation for all positions,
appoints search committees; supervises search processes;
recommends appointment of appropriately qualified faculty and
staff; renders timely, professional judgment on periodic
evaluations, reappointments, tenure and promotion.
Responsible for all fiscal matters at unit level. Plans for,
requests, and disburses operational, travel, and other funds
legally, responsibly, and fairly within given budget limitations.
Participates in School-wide strategic planning activities,
especially as related to academic matters. Develops/reviews
academic policies and may recommend on all-school policies
and procedures.
Actively participates in Deans Council meetings, initiatives, and
activities.
Collaborates with Student Affairs, Institutional Advancement
and Administration and Finance Divisions and their various
offices for unit-alignment with all-college goals and activities.
Create and maintain best practices to attract the best brains,
and develop implement and maintain sound Academic Practices.
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13. Prepare and operate the budget development and expenditures,
with due approval of Governing Council and BOD. Also fund
saving activity, talking to new donors, corporate support
grants, etc.,, and help create pipeline forecasts and broad
based financial picture. Provide leadership to B-school through
introduction of various new program, MOU, Collaborations,
network.
Serve on committee, statutory and non statutory Councils, Ad-
hoc committee. Develop, write and put into practices the
Governance, code of conduct and setting high ethical standard
practices.
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14. JOB ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Sl. NO Key Task to perform % of Time spent
Academic 25
1 Development
Teaching
Best Practices
Course
Development/
Introduction
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15. Administration 20
2 BOD Meetings
CSR
Mentoring
Conference
Admissions
3. Research and 25
Projects
Publications
Projects
PHD
4. MOU/ Collaborations 15
Consultancy
Placements
Corporate
connection
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16. 5 Internal Governance 15
and Issues
Faculty Issues
Student’s issues
Exams
Committees
Sport and others
PS: The % of time spent may vary depending on the time and
season. During the admission time, which usually is between
March,
November till March, more time may be spent in admissionadmission
process. As the program progress and the sessions begin, the focus
could be on Academics. And the placements sessions starts, the
focus may shift t placements, per se.
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17. Position Title: Program Director-PD
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18. Fundamental Elements
Basic:
Educational Qualification
Should be from Premier Management School, viz: ISB, IIM,
IIT, HBS, and the B-school, which is ranked amongst the
best 50 best B-School for consecutive eight years, by
Business Standard, Business India, Business Week,
Economics Times, and AIMA.
Consistent Academic records, with high grades and credits,
in case the credit are given, or, First class with distension
Should be full time degree holder, recognized by Govt. of
India, and in case of foreign degree, should have
equivalence awarded by Ministry of HRD [Education]. The
equivalence should clearly state the recognition of the
degree, university, and the percentage or the grades.
If it is from Common Wealth University, it should have
been recognized by AIU- Association of India Universities,
and Association Common Wealth University Board.
Values and Self Image:
Job Expectations:
High Risk
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19. Add Value to the program
Build Brand
Create team
ROI at 85% percentile
Nature of Employment:
The assignment is Permanent with Two [2] months of
Probationary
Variable cost involved
Each year, results and achievable are measured against
target [85% reach is accepted]
Travel, Mobility, and Time:
Moderate traveling domestically and light travelling
Internationally.
Vehicle for official use provided by organization
Should put extra hours of work
Less of personal leaves and holidays
Occupational Hazards:
Wholly private Job
Red tapism and seek permission from higher officials
In times of target not met, without notice, may issue orders
to leave
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20. But, freedom to implement new ideas of development with
necessary permissions
Motives:
Current Salary, Benefits, and Perks
CTC of Rs.1,50,00 per month, with 75% as salary, and 25% as variable
cost, given at the end of each year, with 85% receivables
Lap Top, Internet connection, Cafeteria, transport, news paper, journals,
magazines, will be provided
Perks: An 10% reimbursement on monthly food billing is permissible. Can
seek Professional Membership to Nationally and Internationally
designated Organization and Institutions.
May use car for personal use in atmost need based
Broad flextime:
The duty hours would be:
08.40am till 0500pm from Monday till Friday
30 minutes lunch
10+10 minutes of coffee break
0840am till 0130pm on Saturday
15 minutes of coffee break
Every Third Saturday will be off
One Sunday in a month would be utilized for CSR activity
No compensatory holiday
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21. RH is allowed amongst the list provided
Any day would be official leave and absence in case it is utilized for
Academic development, Admissions, Exhibitions, Research, PhD work,
Projects, Corporate and organizational visits, meeting, MOU, Placements,
and the like. With due permissions from the higher Officer[Chairman],
Two hours for two times is permitted per month for late coming or early
going. An average 40 hour/week as login hours of work is mandatory. Six
months of service is required to qualify for the above benefit and
privileges.
Job Aspects
The job involves creating add-on returns and brand building
on daily basis. You will handle the B-School independently
with the TEAM, and the BOD is always there to back and
support. All financial transactions and sanctions are required
Chairman permission. However, an amount of Rs.10,000
expenditure may be permissible, with due intimation and
information to Chairman.
Growth Oppournities:
The prospect is that, with the positive results, Financial and
non- Financial compensatation and rewards follow. A hike in
Salary, facilities including House, Servants, car for personal
use, is the part of return on Investments, per se.
Functional Skills
K= Knowledge; S= Skills
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22. Sl.No Job Tasks K/S Threshold Differentials Rare
1 Academic K Detailed Strategic 1.ROI
Development Information concepts in calculation
about the Academic field and
different areas of investment
subjects and patters in
streams Knowledge what area
about up-
2. Creating
coming
Centre of
S Cross Cultural business, thus
Excellence
Skills upcoming
and Research
program
Presentation promotion
Skills
3. Getting
Analytical and Trends in Accreditation
Number Skills Market and new and Ranking
program areas for B-School
Strategic Writing
Skills 4. Crafting
Global
Standard
Strategies for
Quality and
Excellence
2 Administration K Different Professional 1.Building
Statutory and and personal Governance
Non-Statutory differentiation and Ethos of
committee perfection
formation
Patience
2. Building
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23. Rules and Listening World class
regulations of facilities
Time
Govt/ Trust /
Management 3. Creating
Society /
systems and
Organization
norms for
Conducting timely
meetings execution of
Procedure, Acts,
matters
and various body
related to
requirements
Academic
Update
knowledge
Better Oral and
S
Written
Communication
Dealing with
different sections
of people/ society
Interpretation of
Laws, Liaison
with various
authorities
3 Research and K Different Granting Exact funding 1.Getting
projects agencies agencies, funding and
organization grants from
and govt councils,
organization
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24. Funding sources support and govt.
Research 2.Collabratio
procedure, rules ns and MOU
Budgeting and
and regulations for Research
financial
work
Web-site and on- proposals
line search of 3. Getting
literature Corporate
sponsor for
Research
S
Writing Skills work
Preparing
proposals
4.
Computing skills Outstanding
publications
Using PC/ in
Computers International
journals and
Good logic and
getting
analytical skills
PATIENT for
the papers.
4 MOU and K MOU with Which 1.Twining
Collaborations Organization and organization to program for
Institution go for MOU Academic
excellence
Areas of MOU
2.Exchange
Drafting and
of Faculty,
clauses to put
Computer and Students with
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25. S use of MS power for signing MOU organization
point
3.Bring
Writing and corporate
The financial
drafting skills People into
returns of
Advisory
Corporate percentage
committee
Presentation
4. Corporate
Negotiation Skills
support in
MDP, FDP,
Curriculum
5. Institute
CHAIR for
different
studies
5 Internal K Know what Know of Social 1.Formulate
Governance matters what for Sciences various
and Issues students and committees
faculty
2.Timely
Psychology of
conduct of
Youths
exams, tests
Rules and
Regulations for 3.Programms
exams for Faculty
development
S
Presentation
Skills
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26. Negotiation Skills
Conduct meetings
Counseling
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27. Behavioral TRAITS from
Quan Comm Table for PD
1. Attitude Orientation
Work Ethics
Aggressiveness
2. People Skills
Communication
Pressure Bearing
3. Managerial Aptitude
Planning
Delegation
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28. 4. Team Orientation
Cooperation
Employee Relations
Questions identified for
Competency Checking
Questions Aspects Checking
Fundamental
Basic
a)In brief, would you summaries To understand the relations
your education background, between education, skills, attitude
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29. credentials and work history for and knowledge
me
b) How do you feel your
Has there been the right education
education and training have
and apt training
prepared to take-up this
particular job
c) How do you figure your To know with what level and extent
courses in education will help or of skills already the person comes
support to handle and manage from. To find GAPS, and potential
the present assignment areas for further training and
competency development
Values and Self Images
Job Expectations
a) Describe a typical work Can go that extra mile, and open
week for you mind
b) How would you describe Know the energy level
the pace at which you
work
What’s gets motivate on job
c) What are your salary
expectations
d) What do you find are the Decision making and maturity level
most difficult decisions
to make
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30. e) Do you prefer to work Get along with people, possessive
independently or in a nature, power hungry
team through delegating
the work
Stress tolerance, and managing
f) Describe a time when
oneself
your workload was
heavy and how you
handled it
Travel, Mobility, and Time
Willingness to look beyond
a)How comfortable are you in
traveling for the organization
work
Mobility with a purpose
b) Do you like to visit places and
talk to people and meet them
Challenges faced
c) Tell me an incidence, where
you worked and stretched
yourself beyond the scheduled
time for the organization
Other Difficulties
Handle odd times and situation
What are the challenges and odd
times / situations you faced in
your last job?
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31. How did you handle a situation Professional approach
of conflict between students and
management
Management is an Art and Science
Tell me a situation where,
without or less regulatory
conditions to be fulfilled, how
did you do it when any
committee came / visited for
inspection and traced it
Nature of Employment
Are you comfortable with
Permanent or Pay for Merit Oriented
Performance
How do you look at each two
Higher Responsibility accepts
month an 20% of additional
responsibility and roles added to
your JD.
Motives
Current Salary, Benefits, and
Perks
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32. Kindly let me know your cross Financial status and position
salary, net salary, and the legal
– statutory deductions and
incentive and perks
What do you look for in this new Focused and directed
Job and Assignment
What will you do, if you also are
assigned with additional Open mind and accepting
responsibility to your “JD” as responsibility
the work progress
Job Aspects
Need and Motives
What keeps you to work and
what gets you going on the job
Planning, Organized
What are your goals for the next
five years and how does this job
help you grow and develop
those competency
Functional
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33. Tell me about your strategy for Insights
developing the program
What are the new program you
Risk taking and creating oppournity
would be looking for and how
you wish to go about
What are your great Outgoing and confined
achievements and
disappointment moments
How do you try to get more
companies and corporate Network
visiting the institute/ B-School
If the company quickly ask you
for the MIS of all the final year MIS, and Computer skills
students for line-up for
placements, how do you go
about
State the Accreditation process,
and what Accreditation
Quality Standards and Excellence
preparation that the institute
should look for
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34. What will be your focus for Setting high standards
International Accreditation
process, and where you wish to
concentrate
Behavioral Traits
Attitude Orientation
a) Describe a decision you Internalization
made that was unpopular
and how you handled
implementing it
b) Have you had a convince a Motivation for excellence
faculty team to work on a
project they weren’t
thrilled about? How did
you do it.
c) According to you, what
constitutes a good code of Professionalism
conduct and governance
for B-School
d) To pass every student
irrespective of merit, is the Ethics
duty if every faculty
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35. People Skills
What are the ways through Getting along
which you motivate and
energize your team
Do you give feedback of your
team and try also to tell the Developing
improvement area
Do you keep sending emails for
the special occasions of the Know the feelings
team like special achievements
done, B-day, anniversaries,
awards received, and the like
How do you manage Kind, understanding, cordial
(communicate) to let your
colleagues know that you are
concerned about them?
Managerial Aptitude
Equally difficult situation during
exam times, how did you ever
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36. handle a crises situation Handling unforeseen situation
What International level meets/
conference/ event have you
Outreach
handled
What network do you have to
benefit the organization on Collaborations
Macro level
There are several number of
possible careers and options for Career goals, focused
you, why is that you want to
follow this only
Coaching ability
What do you do to help your
colleagues and team perform to
the best of their abilities
Team Orientation
How do you ensure that the Synergy
team which you are working
with follows the same wave
length
When your team encounters a
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37. problem, such as deadlines, Taking along the Members
irritation, non-cooperation, how
do you reach a good resolution
When Management appreciates
the good work done by your Loyalty to team
team, do you give credit to
team?
Outline in very broad terms,
how would you create a
Strategic Thinking
strategy, to place your B-School
in the Top 50 Best Ranked
School
M M Bagali, PhD
Professor of Strategic HRM,
Brand Ambassador, Asian HR Board, India
sanbag@rediffmail.com / sanbagsanbag@rediffmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mmbagali
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