CONTENTS Foreword i Preface ii Section I: Technology and Quality of Life Business as a Pivot for Peace and Self-fulfilment - Mrityunjay Athreya 1 Technology and Quality of Life: Future Implications - Poornima Karvat 8 Technology and Quality of Life: Role of HRD - Rajeshwari Narendran and V Narendran 15 Section II: Harnessing Technological Advancements: Challenges for HRD Harnessing Technological Advancements: Challenges for HRD - KKSinha 26 Use ofTechnology inTraining: Opportunities and Challenges for HRD - Hemant Kumar 31 Consequences of Technological Advancements for HRD - BhaskarJoshi 43 Technology and Role of HRD - D Padmanabhan Nair 49 Section III: Unravelling Creativity and Innovation: Challenges Fo- HRD Unravelling Creativity and Innovation: Challenge for HRD-D M Pestonjee 54 Looking at Creativity through PRISM - Anjali Ghanekar 56 Section IV: Managing Obsolescence: People and Technology Globalisation, Technological Changes and HRD - B R Virmani 62 Managing Obsolescence; People and Technology - S Chidambara lyer 76 Technophobia: A Challenge to HRD - Fuzail Ahmed 83 Management of Technological Change Through HRD - S K Burman 91 Section V:Technology For Indian Masses Technology for Indian Masses - P N Mishra 98 Costs and Benefits of Technology for Indian Masses - V P Narayanan Nair 101 Technology for Indian Masses; Reflection on Distant Education - N K Ojha 106 Technology, Development and Indian Masses: Issues and Challenges - P K Singh 113 Technology for Indian Masses: Training as a Tool for Technology Management - K P Saxena & Abhay Kothari 118 Section VI: Total Quality People: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities Management and Ancient Indian Philosophy - Jauhari Lal 122 Total Quality People: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities - R S Dabas 130 Converting Challenges into Opportunities: Case of PSUs in India - N K Jit 137 Developing Competitive Organisations through Technology and People - K S Anaiidaram & Mcdha Dubhashl 141 Organisational Culture and TQP - S R Gollapudi 146 Improving Quality Performance of Institutions through Quality Circles in India - R B Shivagunde 152 Section VII:People-Technology Interface: Future Prospects Relating HRD to the Future - G Balachandran 159 Section VIII: HR Innovations and Experiences H R Innovations in MICO - M D Mahadevan 164 H R Initiatives by IOC - D Sudhir 172 HUM Innovations at Bhilai Steel Plant - R K Prasad and V Ravi 182 H R Experiences and Innovations in Government - RajeshSingh 194 Strategic H R Initiatives; A Case Study of NFCL 194- B Sudhakar and G Rajkumar 194 H R Practices in a Cable Manufacturing Co. (NTCCO Corpn. Ltd.) - Ranjan Banerjee andAmitav Mohanty 207 About the Contributors 213