Becoming People Manager-
Learning from 3-ldiots
The intelligent move with which the movie
came, led to setting of a new landmark in
making people awake wit certain realities
which everybody knows but wish not to
accept. Irrespective of all goody and the
harsh realities that the movie protracted
there are many lessons that as a HR
manager can be drawn for effective
workforce management.
The essential qualities for a HR manager
(also applicable to other managers) that
were reflected from it were as follows -
1) A good planner and a crisis manager
in handling people . As an H R
manager it is expected from him to be a
good planner and resource provider
along with being a good forecaster and
a analytical visualizer at the time of
difficulty. Unlike Rancho who knew how
to handle the difficult seniors and a crisis
manager not only for self but also for
others, it is expected from a HR
manager to be a tough master for
difficult employees and be exemplary in
a way to make people free from
boundaries of old taboos and traditions
.Thus he is expected to be like a Fresh
air and an initiator.
2) Technical mastery, conceptual clarity
and practicality· Apart from being a
resource generator and a man with
multi-facet personality, technical
mastery in the subject and clarity in the
concepts which could be used in a
practical sense .This will help in
generating a better direction in goal
setting and briefing the role expected
from employees.
3) Not be a rule book but a direction
setter· The efficiency of a Manger is
not defined by the degrees he as, the
brand of college he belonged to but the
knowledge and utility of that knowledge
which can be used in becoming more
creative and innovative. Creating
knowledge base in the form of
intellectual capital by applying
innovative ways will result in better
shaping of the whole organization and
not a particular department.
4) A multi-facet personality- As an HR
manager with different roles that he is
expected to achieve multifarious roles
and so should be the personality to together in a participative manner thus
provide completeness. As a team generating consensus and benefiting
player, a morale booster, a good everybody. He should serve as a
motivator, an empathetic companion, a change agent which can not as a
soul mate. revolution but in an evolutionary way
help in bringing change in organization
5) Humorous and an informal team
by taking people together.
developer· Irrespective of all hurdles
and difficulties an HR manager is 9) A humanistic approach - An effective
expected to be a master of good sense HR manager is expected to develop a
of humor which will help in creating an humanistic approach in handling
informal environment which will help in individuals. Unnecessary pressure
creating a sense of friendliness, creation leads to employees resulting in
ownership and mutuality among each resignation and looking for other better
other .An informal environment will also options. Even if they stay in organization
help in generating inter-departmental they become unproductive, frustrated
networking and linkage with each other. and stressed resulting into causing loss
This will as a result help in overall to physical, mental and emotional
development of organization, building 2- health, thus hampering both self and
way communication among people organization.
across department.
10) Ethical and value based· An HR
6) Generating Creativity and innovation - manager is expected to be a value
A good HR manager should be creative
based and practice and preach ethics
enough to generate such innovative and
and moral values .Until and unless such
creative ideas which will help in making
values come to picture.
people innovative, lead to optimal
resource allocation , make other like Managing people for long run becomes
followers also creative enough to difficult .Such values help in taking into
generate that extra ordinary that will help consideration the technical, conceptual,
in achieving the super ordinate goals. human and design skills in consideration a
and this will also help in practicing justice
7) A balanced personality - An effective and equity.
HR manager is expected to have a
balanced personality which should be a Overall, an HR manager has to run his best
better mix of possessing a balanced show with best resource utilization, ,making
Happiness Quotient, Emotional quotient people productive and efficient and making
by way of which he can judge and people plan ,lead organize, delegate. He
control all emotions which is a should have the ability to create a productive
necessary part in handling of environment .He should possess good
employees. It is the balance of these communication skills by way of which he can
emotions which the character Rancho convey the expressed and unexpressed
as an H R manager reflected by message .A manager is not only needed to
consistently moving successfully provide role and goal clarity but also should
towards his goals as well as guiding and be able to define "Success ", for example
helping others to achieve their goals by goals should be realistic, and select a
stabilizing the emotions while directing bottom-up deadline for people. Interaction
others, assessing them and also should be matched up with regular one to
creating an informal environment along one meeting as and session.
with targeting towards future. The character of Rancho thus when
8) Future -oriented and long term analyzed in a managerial way gives so many
approach and a good change directions in understanding that how
manager - As a proactive player and creative, innovative an HR manager can be.
good forecaster an HR manager is This will help not only in making the
expected to be targeting all affords for a organization better but also in making
long term along with taking people individuals the real Leaders. ~