If you look at the HR structure at that time, we had people whose basic qualification was in IR, who 
were experienced in IR and labour laws and that’s the way we used to work. I think as a progressive group, what Godrej has done much before other organizations have, is to have chalked out plans and define where we wanted to see ourselves in the coming future. This was coupled with a propagation of the core values...”
In this regard, Godrej conducted an exercise in 1995, which according to Mitra –“Defined the way our core values would be. The process that we used was termed a large scale interactive process where every employee was made part of the decision-making process.” Quiz him on the changes that he has witnessed after the accomplishment of the exercise, and Sumit reveals, “If you look at it (HR) today, the functions have changed. Today, the HR team would hardly have anyone really majoring only in labour laws or IR. Today we have a much leaner structure with just about four to five persons and all of them are MBAs in HR.”
were experienced in IR and labour laws and that’s the way we used to work. I think as a progressive group, what Godrej has done much before other organizations have, is to have chalked out plans and define where we wanted to see ourselves in the coming future. This was coupled with a propagation of the core values...”In this regard, Godrej conducted an exercise in 1995, which according to Mitra –“Defined the way our core values would be. The process that we used was termed a large scale interactive process where every employee was made part of the decision-making process.” Quiz him on the changes that he has witnessed after the accomplishment of the exercise, and Sumit reveals, “If you look at it (HR) today, the functions have changed. Today, the HR team would hardly have anyone really majoring only in labour laws or IR. Today we have a much leaner structure with just about four to five persons and all of them are MBAs in HR.”
