WHY A SPECIAL PROGRAMME

Women executives share different realities

and problems from their male counterparts,

which resulted from the socialization

process, stereotyping etc. There are

conflicts of traditional and modern life roles,

the issues governing the family-work life

balance where their careers and expertise

on one hand and their traditional roles as

nurturers and home makers creates a

complex network of forces of pulls

and pushes determining their overall

effectiveness both at home and at work

place. In this process, women become more

concerned about living up to others

expectations than deriving satisfaction from

their own performance. Therefore, a need

for an exclusive programme arose which

will provide opportunities to develop new

insights into multiple role dilemmas and its

impact on their family - work life, their

well-being, career success and leadership

challenges.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

If the game is about winning, then it stands

to reason that to succeed in this competitive

environment, women executives need to

understand what is going on and develop

strategies that will allow them to make a

difference. The programme aims to:

Explore and understand self and the

multiple role demands

Develop skills and attitudes for enhanced

role effectiveness and leadership

development

CONTENTS

The programme will provide opportunities

for both personal and professional

development, which will result in an

integrated identity for role effectiveness at

work.

Module - I

Understanding One Self

Exploring Self and Building self-esteem

Assuming responsibility for

professional growth

Module - II

Family-work Interface

Dilemmas of multiple roles

Work-wise balancing

Module - III

Managerial Effectiveness

Communication/Interpersonal Skills

Health and Stress Management

Managing Time / Delegation

Module - IV

Skill Development

Power and influence strategies

Mentoring

Leadership and Change management

METHODOLOGY

A multi-pronged methodology will be

used - concept sessions, case discussions,

exercises, films, sharing of experiences and

guest faculty presentations.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

This programme is designed for women with

ambition and commitment to excel, engaged

in professional work in government,

public and private sector undertakings,

employed in both manufacturing and

services such as:

R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Consultancy,

HRD, Banks, Hospitals, Hotels, Insurance,

Telecom, IT & ITES etc.

PROGRAMME FEE

Rs 30,000/- (For residential participants -

includes stay, meals and airport/station

transport)

Rs 21,000/- (For participants who do not avail

of the residential facilities)

Companies nominating three or more

participants get Rs.1000/- concession per

person on programme fee.

The institutional members of COD get 10%

concession in programme fee.

Cheque/DD may be drawn in favour of

"Centre for Organization Development"

payable at Hyderabad.

Please note that the Centre is a tax-exempt

institution hence no tax should be deducted

at source.

DATE AND VENUE

The programme will be held from 9.00 a.m. on

Monday, the 21st July 2008 to 4.00 p.m. of

Friday the 25th July 2008 at the campus of the

COD at Madhavpur, Hyderabad.

FACULTY

This programme is designed and developed

by Dr. C.V. Madhavi, Professor & Dy. Director

at the Centre. Besides her, Dr B L

Maheshwari, Chairman COD, and other

faculty members of the centre, a few

eminent and successful women from varied

professions are invited as resource persons

to share their experiences with the

participants.

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Dr. C V Madhavi is Professor & Dy. Director

at COD. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Business

Management. Her doctoral work is in the

area of "Management of Change". She has

authored one book and published a number

of articles. She has earlier directed EDPs on

the themes of Team Development,

Leadership Skills, Women in Management,

Communication Skills, Managerial

Effectiveness and Change Management.

Role Effectiveness

for

Professional Women

You don' have to act like a man to succeed in business for

you will always be judged as a woman. But you can't get

ahead unless you understand the business culture and

know how to use to your advantage."

- Pat Helm

Women are entering the world of work in

unprecedented numbers with greater opportunities,

capabilities and motivation. They are emerging as a

strong work force in very unconventional areas like

IT, Science, Defence services traditionally

dominated by men. A large number of them still

occupy middle and low-level positions, managing

staff roles, and a few significant numbers have

reached the top.

Women cannot change or undo the family and

social influences on them; they need to learn to

manage their own personality more effectively.

While they have to learn to succeed and fulfill their

potential, they also have to resolve the issues of role

identity and expectations, role balancing and attain

acceptance and respect at the work place.

The challenge for them is how well they blend their

strengths with appropriate managerial behaviour.

The effectiveness in the executive role depends on

their ability in managing multiple roles.