FNU hosts session for executives
Chief executives of various organisations at the Fiji National University’s breakfast briefing yesterday at the Holiday Inn Suva. Photo: ELLEN STOLZ
By RACHNA LAL
The Fiji National University (FNU) yesterday held the first of its breakfast briefing for business executives.
FNU acting vice chancellor, Dr Mahendra Reddy, said the objective of the briefing was to hear from chief executives what kind of gap they felt in the day-to-day running of their organisations.
“Through this, we want to see how FNU’s National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC) can address that gap because of the levy they are paying to the university,” he said.
They also took the opportunity to introduce programmes that FNU has on corporate governance and chain management.
“What we have experienced over the past decade or so, while the country has gone through a number of changes, is how chief executives and boards handle chain management,” Dr Reddy said.
“I think these are intricate factors that need to be addressed because if you don’t, you risk collapsing the whole organisation.
“These two programmes are different in that one deals with compliance of laws of the country while you are in governance at a particular organisation.
“The other actually deals with enhancing the skills of the chief executive, building capacity of the chief executive and managing the organisation in a rapidly changing market.”
Dr Reddy said suggestions made by the executives during the briefing would be taken on board and they will try to provide training accordingly.
He said following the success of the briefing yesterday, FNU was considering making this a quarterly sessions.
“Chief executives are very busy people and it’s not easy to get a hold of them and in fact getting the number that we have this morning is quite an achievement,” he said.
“This demonstrates their confidence they have in us and they are looking forward to getting more from us.”By RACHNA LAL
The Fiji National University (FNU) yesterday held the first of its breakfast briefing for business executives.
FNU acting vice chancellor, Dr Mahendra Reddy, said the objective of the briefing was to hear from chief executives what kind of gap they felt in the day-to-day running of their organisations.
“Through this, we want to see how FNU’s National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC) can address that gap because of the levy they are paying to the university,” he said.
They also took the opportunity to introduce programmes that FNU has on corporate governance and chain management.
“What we have experienced over the past decade or so, while the country has gone through a number of changes, is how chief executives and boards handle chain management,” Dr Reddy said.
“I think these are intricate factors that need to be addressed because if you don’t, you risk collapsing the whole organisation.
“These two programmes are different in that one deals with compliance of laws of the country while you are in governance at a particular organisation.
“The other actually deals with enhancing the skills of the chief executive, building capacity of the chief executive and managing the organisation in a rapidly changing market.”
Dr Reddy said suggestions made by the executives during the briefing would be taken on board and they will try to provide training accordingly.
He said following the success of the briefing yesterday, FNU was considering making this a quarterly sessions.
“Chief executives are very busy people and it’s not easy to get a hold of them and in fact getting the number that we have this morning is quite an achievement,” he said.
“This demonstrates their confidence they have in us and they are looking forward to getting more from us.”
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