Rules and Policies for Management
-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia
The businesses took place in various forms of business
organizations such as sole proprietorship, partnership, cooperative societies,
companies, etc. In each form of business organization, there are set
objectives determined to be achieved. I have been invited as Guest Speaker in a
seminar on “Democratic System, Business Management, and Right to Information
Act” organized by HARCOFED, Panchkula. The cooperative societies are promoted
by HARCOFED by visiting schools, colleges, and industrial training institutions
and organizing various types of events for the students and youth.
During my lecture on “Business and Financial Management for Cooperative Societies”, I explained how rules and policies make an impact and facilitate the management to run multiple branches of an organization.
The big
corporate players are successful by enabling automation nowadays, earlier
they were dependent upon the Chief Executive Officers, entrusted to follow the
policies and rules formed to run the business in standard forms as per the
desire of the owners, the big corporates.
Need of professionalism in Work:
Cooperative societies have an acute need for professionalism in
work and due to lack of professionalism, there are huge losses in managing the
affairs of cooperative societies. Instead of democratic control and specified
bye-laws; the businesses are facing losses.
There are various mantras of success in modern businesses and I
explained with examples and practical question-answers to make the session
interactive.
Capacity Building of Officers to comply with Rules:
Each Organization is expected to comply with the financial rules, policies formed by top management, and instructions issued from time to time. In inspecting the financial records, annual accounts, and administrative reports it is generally observed that even the previous year's audit observations are not sorted out.
Group Dynamics and Change in Environment
Since there are a lot of financial irregularities in the accounts of the organizations and the use of technological tools in competitive organizations poses a new challenge to be dynamic and innovative; the decisions are being taken to follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs), adopting software in functions, and use of social media platforms for marketing of goods and services. The political scenario is also changed from time to time and the innovations required to be further updated with the use of IT and new technological tools as per the change in the business environment.
Course with New inputs
It is natural when the business environment is changing and organizations are adopting new software, revising Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs); the course is also revised with new training inputs.
Training of Officers/Officials on ensuring compliance with rules and policies of management is a must for performing well and resolving the audit observations. I am proud of my sincere participants to stay punctual always and take a keen interest in learning new ways to deal the practical problems.
Taxation and Procurement Procedures
For most of the Officers, the taxation procedures are challenging to deal with the amended provisions, rules, sections of acts including income tax and GST. The courses in Taxation and Procurement procedures include e-TDS, e-filing Income Tax Return, e-Procurement, and use of systems including Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS). With an opportunity to learn financial inputs, each course is a boon for a solution-finder to sort out the practical problems with face-to-face interactions.
Assignments and practical orientation in Whatsapp Group:
For each course, a WhatsApp group is created for discussing and interacting with the practical issues and at the end of each day of training, the participants get the opportunity to attempt an assignment for practically revising the key learnings of the course.
Updates to prepare for upcoming challenges
The too much change after every 15 days, in taxation and procurement procedures, is really a challenge for the officers and auditors to re-build the capacities.
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