These days a recurring email, IM or phone conversation that I have with youngsters who are beginning their HR careers is the answer to their question "What can I read to be a better HR professional?"
Well there is a lot of things you could read that would add to your conceptual knowledge, but HR skills are applied skills. The things that matter most for a beginner is process compliance and empathy with employees (even though a lot of times these can be contradictory).
However when pushed against the wall by them, I finally give in and tell them that Organizational Behavior is absolutely imperative to be studied, if one does not have a formal education in MBA/HR.
OB is the foundation of Human Resources, and one needs to understand how individuals, teams and organizations behave to be an effective HR person.
Gautam, i am not a HR professional, but i am interested in doing a short term course on OB & OD. Is there one that you know of in India ? or what is the besy way to get trained on these ?
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