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Associate Program in HRD & OD

Preparing Managers as Researchers, Trainers and Change Agents for building Learning Organizations.

Strategic decisions in learning organizations can no longer be based just on hunches or gut feelings but require scientific analysis of the data that organizations generate. HRD Department in an organization has access to valuable data pertaining to people and performance that could be of significant assistance in formulating effective strategies for corporate plans including diversification and expansion plans. Organizational data, if systematically analyzed, can aid in facilitating the process of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, downsizing, reengineering and managing the change process in the organization. In addition to this, HRD departments are frequently required to conduct research and carry out process analysis and audit to validate and evaluate effectiveness of HRD policies, systems and interventions. Continuous research on various aspects of organizational and HRD processes is a well recognized need for discovering and strengthening an organization’s core competencies, so as to gain competitive advantages. In learning organizations, every manager needs to be essentially a researcher, an analyst and a change agent for constantly improving and realigning organizational and human processes in the face of constantly changing business environment and technologies. Most organizations in Indian corporate sector have to heavily depend on external assistance for meeting their research-related needs. This is considered a major roadblock in actualizing the benefits of learning organizations.

In response to this need of Indian organizations, the Academy of Human Resources Development has designed the Associate Program in HRD, a fifteen month Program, for preparing HRD Professionals for the role of researcher, analyst and facilitators of change management processes in an organization.

This course will seek to increase the participants’ awareness in all areas of HRD and a special emphasis will be laid on the area of Organizational Structure and Dynamics, Applied Behavioral Science, HRD Interventions, Organizational Development, Research Methods and Techniques, Statistical Tools and Macro Perspectives on HRD.

On successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded the title of ‘Associate, Academy of HRD’. This 15-month program has been designed to prepare Managers/professionals as Researcher, Analysts and Facilitators of Change Management as well as prepare them to take up doctoral work in future. 

The students will be facilitated, guided and mentored in their academic pursuits by a panel of highly distinguished academicians and practitioners, which constitute our Academic Council, Council of Guides and Visiting Faculty. 

A select number of Full-Time students are also admitted who apart from pursuing their academic goals, assist the Academy in its activities and are provided financial assistance.

More Details on Associate Program (equivalent to M Phil level)

Associate Program is one of our educational programs for working executives, management faculty and consultants. It is designed for students at pre-Doctoral Level. The main purpose of the program is to equip participants with the research skills and changing HR concepts, theories and skill for continuously improving and realigning organizational and human processes. Focus is on a higher standard of knowledge and understanding of the HRD, O.D. & O.B. systems. It also furthers research aptitude and ability in designing and implementing HRD systems.

The program consists of the following three phases:

1. Preparatory Phase

2. Study Assignments Phase

3. Dissertation Phase

During the first phase students attend two or more Contact Programs comprising 7/8 weeks, covering nine courses, conducted at suitable intervals of at least 4-6 months. These nine courses are:

1. HRD and Applied Behavioral Science

2. Understanding Organizational Structure and Dynamics

3. Integrated Human Resources Development

4. Managing and Understanding HRD Interventions

5. Managing Change and Organization Development

6. Macro Perspectives on HRD

7. Research Methods and Techniques

8. Statistical Tools and Usage

9. Research Studies on HRD

Contact programs are mostly conducted in Ahmedabad or nearby. Faculty is eminent and committed to doctoral and pre-doctoral education advancement. These modules are jointly conducted for the Fellow and Associate Programs.

During the second phase, candidates will undertake HRD/OD studies and will be required to submit two papers, one based on conceptual understanding, and the other a critical review of the literature surveyed.

The dissertation phase involves identifying a research problem, conducting a research study, and preparing a research report in the form of dissertation.

Examination and testing are rigorous and after satisfactory reports/assessments, the title is offered “Associate, Academy of Human Resources Development”. If one wishes to, one can join Fellow Program (Doctoral level) after qualifying Associate Program.

The Associate program selection details are:

1. Announcement is released in important dailies and magazines like, Human Capital and Indian Management in January.

2. Interviews held in Ahmedabad in April.

3. First Contact Classes of 3-4 weeks organized in June
   Second contact classes organized in January of the succeeding
   year.

Those who miss some of the modules or contact classes unavoidably, appear in the subsequent year along with the new batch.

Above brief is not intending to be all-inclusive. Interested professionals may pay and collect the Admission Brochure.

For any questions, please write to us at: The Fellow and Associate Program Co-ordinator, Academy of HRD, No. 40, Cosmoville Rowhouses, Satyagrah Marg, B/h. Premchand Nagar, Ahmedabad – 380 015, Gujarat, India. Website: www.academyofhrd.org

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