Brief Profile

Designation : Professor

Qualification : Alumnus of XLRI PMIR 1996 and Ph.D from Madras University

Email : sgeorge@xlri.ac.in

Functional Area : Organizational Behaviour

Experience Detail

Professor Sebastian George, S.J’s has served as:

• A Faculty in the area of OB & HR at XIMB from 2004-2010
• The Dean of Finance at XIMB from 2008-10
• Visiting Faculty in Loyola University, Maryland
• Faculty in the area of OB & HR at XLRI from 2011 -2017
• Administrator and Dean of Administration at XLRI from 2013-2017
• Director at XIME, Chennai Campus from June,2017- September, 2019

Conference Attended / Participated

Professor Sebastian George, S.J’s has participated in

• The International Association of Jesuit Business Schools forum at St. Louis University, USA during July 13-17, 2012
• The International Association of Jesuit Business schools (IAJBS) forum at Sogang Business School, Seoul, Korea during July 19-24, 2014
• Inaugurated and Attended the “14th International conference on Information & Technology 2015 during December 21-23, 2015”
• The National IR Conference on ‘Make in India initiatives and the Changing Paradigm of Industrial Relations’ organised by the Xavier School of Human Resource Management, in collaboration with IIRA and FES, on December 4th and 5th, 2015 at XIMB and XUB
• The 8th Eduniversal World Convention at Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts from Oct 12-15, 2015
• The International conference on “Expanding the Jesuit Higher Education Network:  Collaborations for Social Justice.” Between July 7-10, 2015 at Melbourne, Australia.

Training & Development

Professor Sebastian George, S.J’s has conducted various Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for different Corporate & Development sector organizations in the area of Organization Building, Human Resource Management, Team Work for the Star Performers and Leadership Development.

Some of the MDPs designed and delivered by him during this period have been indicated below: Several case studies/corselets have been developed by him for class room training, teaching on OB/HR related issues & used for learning purposes.

The list of some of the organizations for whom training programmes were developed by him are:

Professor Fr Sebastian George, S.J has consistently received excellent feedback on the training imparted to executives, officers and managers across all levels.

Achievements and Research Interest

Professor Sebastian George, S.J’s research interests are in the area of Leadership and Personnel Effectiveness. His current area of research is in Managerial Counselling.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ATTENDED

1. Appreciative Inquiry – Organizer:Ron Fry; 2010
2. Business Ethics – Organizer: ACBSP, Florida, USA, 2011

COURSES TAUGHT

1. Organizational Behavior
2. Transformational Leadership
3. Business Ethics

CONSULTANCY UNDERTAKEN

1. Emotional Intelligence – Oil and Natural Gas Coporation, Guwahati (3 days)
2. Team Building and Leadership – Reserve Bank of India, Great Lakes, Chennai ( 2011, 2012 & 2014 – 3 days)
3. Transformational Leadership – Reliance Industries Ltd., Great Lakes, Chennai (4 days)
4. Transformational Leadership – Tata Advanced Materials, Jamshedpur (2011 & 2012 – 3 days)

IN-COMPANY PROGRAMS

1. Personality development
2. Team Building
3. Emotional Intelligence
4. Leadership Workshop
5. Appreciative Enquiry
6. Neuro Linguistic Programming
7. Enneagram

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS (PUBLICATIONS)

Journal Articles-Refereed

1. A study on organizational culture and its relationship with job satisfaction in manufacturing and information technology, The ICFAI Journal of organizational behavior, Vol.IV, No.1, January, 2005
2. Development of a tool to assess organizational culture in Indian oranizations, Vilakshan, Vol.II, March, 2005
3. A study on Knowledge management and its relationship with job satisfaction in manufacturing and information technology, The ICFAI Journal of organizational behavior, Vol.I, , August, 2005

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Co-ordinating/Organizing Workshop/Conferences /MDPs

1. Transformational Leadership – Ashok Leyland, Chennai ( 2012,2013 & 2014 – 3 days each year)
2. Understanding Self & Others – Nalco, Cuttack (2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 – 3 days each year)
3. Leadership & Team Building – Aditya Birla Timber ( 2012, 2014 & 2015 – 3 days each year)
4. Transformational Leadership – Jesuit Superiors( 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 – 3 days each year)
5. Leading Positive Changes – Religious ( 2011, 2012 & 2014 – 3 days each year)