GBS INSIGHTS - Global Business School

nature, Judicial role, which is more of ensuring justice, and Facilitator role which is more of supportive
type and finally social security role which is a hand holding role for the deprived class. On the good
governance, he spoke on the various ways for its ensuring through solid strategic thinking and planning,
clear articulation of key strategic objectives, transparent measurement of progress towards objectives,
analysis and communication of results to the stakeholders. The management interface brings up such area
as the change management, human resource management, conflict management, project management,
public finance management and marketing management. While elaborating the human resource
management, although theory X and Y are generally available tools, but a better mix of the two depending
on context is what works he added. The management in Government is a challenging job, the challenges
one faces are the fast changing environment, the backlog in growth, diffused decision making,
heterogeneous stakeholders and conflict in demands that one need to look at on regular basis. These
challenges can better be handled through the various skills such as time management, communication
skills, team work, emotional intelligence, quick learning and positive approach. He advised to desist from
forming opinions and the taking a negative side and called upon saying both positive and negative
energies work, but always better to have positive energy put to work. Answering various questions from
the student audience, he elaborated that although many a old trees are chopped off, the road widening
project between Hubli and Dharwad is in the larger interest of the people. Highlighting the constant efforts
of initiation and leading the development on nature and greenery front, He cited the examples of
beautification of unkal lakes, various small lakes and ponds taken up for water conservation, the tree
plantation project, and increased frequency and regularization in water supply to the people, He called
upon the cooperation and suggestions from every student and citizen. He also spoke on the mismatch
between the revenue and the demands on the expenditure being always there, the situation becomes
challenging on the project completion.
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