The picture shows proposed departmental store with a guest house upstairs in parkcity project
Monday, August 30, 2010
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HAVE STRINGENT RULES, MAKE MEETING MEANINGFUL
On one fine day, you reached the office with full enthusiasm and energy to start your work. Thinking to clean up a pile of papers , journal and other stuff, you noticed a memo on the desk. It informs you about the meeting to be held at 3 pm. "Oh! No! another meeting!" you groan. Every one of us has experienced the dread of having to spend an afternoon in a meeting. Even though, meetings are facts of office life, most of them prove to be unproductive and frustrating. As the saying goes,"A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted", meeting prove to be a drain on valuable time and energy.
Meetings are the bane of the workplace according to a managemnt guru. He says "they go beyond the direction and purpose for which they are held and no concrete solutions emerge from most meetings even at the board room". This may lead to a pessimistic attitude of employees towards meetings and affects their job performence. But meetings and prove to be effective when organised and managed properly. If you want to turn your meetings into more interesting and productive activity, consider these tips:
Purpose: The preparation for meeeting should start before it ever starts. Determine the purpose of meeting, further still better to assess the need for the meeting. It may prove to be a waste of time to those who contribute only a little. Sometimes, to disseminate information other comunication media, such as sending on e-mail or posting the information on the company's Internet may be explored.
Agenda: If you feel it important to conduct a meeting, then list the items to be discussed and time allotted to each issue. Prioritise the items in terms of their importance . Try to address the critical and important issues and leave off the less important that can be carried to a later date. Draft the agenda carefully, follow it closely .
Who all: Invite only those people whose decisions have a significant impact on the key issues. Choose participants based on what they can contribute on what they will get out of the meeting. Consider the best number of participants and make sure they have the ability to make productive decisions and turn the meeting in to a successful one.
Time it: Always adhere to the time allotted to discuss each point or allotted to each participant.
Spending long hours in meetings, costs organisations heavily. Ensure only relevant issues are drafted in the agenda. Appoint a time keeper to keep a watch on the time consumption. Allow no late comers . It causes distraction and points may have to be repeated for the late comers.
Participation: A meeting cannot be sucessful without the active participation from everyone involved. Every participant needs to express his / her views and opinions and contribute to the effectiveness of meetings. If someone has no point to explain, he/ she should not have been invited. With active participation of all issues can be settled across the table, with no need for more meetings on the subject or issue.
Rules: Members should not interrupt while someone is speaking, but listen attentively. All people at the meeting should address the topic and not use it as a forum to rake up other issues. Ask for electronic gadgets like mobile, laptops, blackberries not to be used during the meeting.
Now, it is time to examine and evalute the effectiveness of the meeting. A meeting proves to be productive if it has succeeded in achieving its objectives . Prepare a summary report of what needs to be done in future and who is going to do it.
The meetings should not only provide solutions to problems but also enhance the motivation and decision making abilities of participants.
Meetings, the so called "The great white collar crime' need not become a frustrating and unproducive issue in the workplace. However, a little bit if commitment, discipline, and preparation can produce effective results. Meeting can enhance the business goals and create an environment where a team can come together.
*Extracted from the pages of "The Hindu" Newspaper
Meetings are the bane of the workplace according to a managemnt guru. He says "they go beyond the direction and purpose for which they are held and no concrete solutions emerge from most meetings even at the board room". This may lead to a pessimistic attitude of employees towards meetings and affects their job performence. But meetings and prove to be effective when organised and managed properly. If you want to turn your meetings into more interesting and productive activity, consider these tips:
Purpose: The preparation for meeeting should start before it ever starts. Determine the purpose of meeting, further still better to assess the need for the meeting. It may prove to be a waste of time to those who contribute only a little. Sometimes, to disseminate information other comunication media, such as sending on e-mail or posting the information on the company's Internet may be explored.
Agenda: If you feel it important to conduct a meeting, then list the items to be discussed and time allotted to each issue. Prioritise the items in terms of their importance . Try to address the critical and important issues and leave off the less important that can be carried to a later date. Draft the agenda carefully, follow it closely .
Who all: Invite only those people whose decisions have a significant impact on the key issues. Choose participants based on what they can contribute on what they will get out of the meeting. Consider the best number of participants and make sure they have the ability to make productive decisions and turn the meeting in to a successful one.
Time it: Always adhere to the time allotted to discuss each point or allotted to each participant.
Spending long hours in meetings, costs organisations heavily. Ensure only relevant issues are drafted in the agenda. Appoint a time keeper to keep a watch on the time consumption. Allow no late comers . It causes distraction and points may have to be repeated for the late comers.
Participation: A meeting cannot be sucessful without the active participation from everyone involved. Every participant needs to express his / her views and opinions and contribute to the effectiveness of meetings. If someone has no point to explain, he/ she should not have been invited. With active participation of all issues can be settled across the table, with no need for more meetings on the subject or issue.
Rules: Members should not interrupt while someone is speaking, but listen attentively. All people at the meeting should address the topic and not use it as a forum to rake up other issues. Ask for electronic gadgets like mobile, laptops, blackberries not to be used during the meeting.
Now, it is time to examine and evalute the effectiveness of the meeting. A meeting proves to be productive if it has succeeded in achieving its objectives . Prepare a summary report of what needs to be done in future and who is going to do it.
The meetings should not only provide solutions to problems but also enhance the motivation and decision making abilities of participants.
Meetings, the so called "The great white collar crime' need not become a frustrating and unproducive issue in the workplace. However, a little bit if commitment, discipline, and preparation can produce effective results. Meeting can enhance the business goals and create an environment where a team can come together.
*Extracted from the pages of "The Hindu" Newspaper
Adithya II site progress
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The pictures showing site progress of Adithya II. This project is expected to complete this December. for more details about this projects you can click ADITYA II pallikarnai under residential flats label
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
GAC Marine Logistics
Office interiors for GAC Marine Logistics at Ega trade centre, Poonamallee high Road, Chennai
Notebook service centre
The concept study for Notebook service centre which is informal and customer friendly design flow
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Blackberry service centre, Chennai
The recently completed service centre for blackberry phones in T nagar, Chennai. The site is linear with a dimension of 13'6” x 75' 0” and with three different levels. Therefore a fresh approach has been taken in designing the interiors by making it to appear as non linear visually. The design flow consists of a help desk followed by demo and customer waiting lobby in different levels. Strategically placed lighting fixtures highlight certain portions of the branding and diplay units while the rest of the interiors remains plain. The colours complement each other and at every junction. Care is taken that different colours intersect with white to retain the colour balance & harmony.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Bakers Architectural Principles
The principles of architecture by Architect laurie baker which inspired me and a must to follow
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Aditya II Pallikarnai, Chennai
This is an upcomming residential flats in Pallikarnai for M/s. Mettupakkam foundations pvt ltd., The basic assumption for an apartment complex is to accommodate more number of residents in a given area allocating compact and yet comfortable habitable spaces. This would normally result in repetitive entities stacked one above the other for maximum space optimization. Our approach has also been similar but we have strived to eliminate the repetitive elements/features in order to give individuality to the building making it more cohesive in nature
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Shanti nagar flats, Pondicherry
This is an upcoming project in shanti nagar, pondicherry in a 2000sqft plot. It houses a single bedroom unit in ground floor, two double bedroom units in upper floors and a small duplex flat
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Ruby house
This is a 3 bedroom house in one ground plot (60' x 40') for Ms.Ruby jeyasing at perungalathur Chennai
Friday, April 10, 2009
Srinivasa Kaza house
This is a Duplex type apartment in Banglore with one bedroom in 4th floor and other two bedroom and media room in 5th floor. The living room wall facing the entrance is given a cladding with wire cut brick and the ceiling with hollow ply rafters which gives a feel of winter stay cottage. Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dinakar's House, Nanmangalam chennai
The genesis of the design has its roots in the inherent qualities of Chettinad houses in karaikudi that dot the southern parts of Tamil Nadu. The design has been anchored in the ancient principles of Vastu Shastra. The programme with an almost linear spatial arrangement evolves from the configuration of rooms on either side of the entrance. The most interesting feature of this house is the central courtyard which admits natural light to play with the interiorsThe amalgamation of the interior spaces with the external landscape gives this house an extraordinary feel. The fluidity of movement between the indoors and the outdoors is what makes the ambiance especially stirring. The constructional elements are presented symbolically by relating to the heritage.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pallikarnai flats
This is an upcomming project in Pallikarnai for M/s. Mettupakkam foundations. 4o flats of each 600 sqft is going to exist. The site is sub divided into 10 plots and each plot consits of stilts plus two floors (Two flats in each floor). all the flats are well ventilated with larger windows and has a smooth flow in design. We are now fine tuning the design and working on the elevation concepts which will be uploaded soonMonday, March 30, 2009
Ocean Woods
12 independent villas in east coast road is nearing completion. will update with site photos soonSunday, March 29, 2009
Commercial buildings
This proposed project is going to exist in valasarvalkam. Its a corner plot. A restaurant is proposed in the corner with an office building and a service building on either sidesRanjani Jebaraj house
This is a house in a narrow plot for Ms.Ranjani jebaraj at Shaw Wallace colony. The width of house is only 20feet but designed meticulously without compromising on room sizes and ventilation
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