'Rs450bn lost in industrial, services sectors' - Mismanagement, inferior service
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Almost Rs450 billion is lost in industrial as well as services sectors every fiscal year due to poor quality of services, waste of time and lack of control over the managerial system.
The figure has been mentioned in an official report which was cited by an expert Hassan Haider while speaking at a seminar on 'understanding multidimensional nature of quality and productivity,' arranged by the Human Resource Development Network (HRDN), here on Thursday, says a press release.
Mr Haider, serving in the National Productivity Organization (NPO), of the Ministry of Industries and Production, said one of the major reasons of the wastage of potentials was lack of time management, lack of sense of accountability, putting responsibility to others and absence of skill training and management.
He was of the view that Pakistan could become an 'Asian Tiger' in case industrial as well as service sectors followed change in attitude, striking for better life, quick change activities, continuing learning, process-oriented approach, value addition and documentation.
Answering a question, Mr Haider maintained that the process of change must be started from the grass-root level under the proper command of good leadership and the process of development needed upward as well as downward approach.
He was of the opinion that the non-governmental sector could play a pivotal role in achieving better working conditions and process by doing linkages and networking of organizations in Pakistan as happened in other countries of the region.
When asked about the role of pubic sector in development process of Pakistan, he said private public partnership was the only tool to bridge the gaps in the process of development and, therefore, Pakistan extremely needed support from NGO sector for private public partnership.
Mr Haider said there were several reasons hampering the industrial as well as service sector in Pakistan and industrialists and managers of services must remove these impediments for quick prosperity by following the basic rules of capacity building and training in their respective sectors and departments.
A reporter adds: The National Productivity Organiztion (NPO) organized its first capacity building awareness session for the ministry of industries and production here on Wednesday.
The session was attended by officers in grade-17 and 18. The APO alternate director and joint secretary, Abdul Rauf Khan, was the chief guest of the closing ceremony.
The NPO chief, Saquib Mohyuddin, in his lecture asserted the need for attitudnal change and commitment required for public servants. "The capacity building activity will bring positive change in the overall working environment," he said.
Mr Haider, the head of consultancy and training of the NPO, explained the stages of improvement that the other Asian tigers like Malaysia and Singapore in the public sector have achieved during the last two decades. They said the NPO is eager to fortify this concept on further sustainable grounds especially by addressing these issues directly with the government employees.
