The company wants to ensure that it has the right people, with the right capabilities and skills to deliver to customers.
Author: Dr. Prajjal Saha | HRKatha
Dr. Prajjal Saha | HRKatha
Dr. Prajjal Saha is a business journalist and the editor-publisher of HRKatha. He writes on the realities of work and organisations, offering a clear-eyed view of how companies translate intent into action—often revealing the gap between the two. With over 25 years of experience, he focuses on interpreting workplace trends and leadership decisions in a way that is both insightful and accessible. He founded HRKatha in 2015 to create a platform for credible, insight-driven analysis of the evolving workplace.
The Gurgaon office of ZS is designed on four work modes —focus, learn, collaborate and socialise. Learn, how to enhance productivity and creativity among employees through a strategic design.
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The company plans to increase its sales force by 1,000 new hires in the Asia Pacific region.
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HR-One promises to fulfill multiple HR Management functions through a single tool.
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It is time Indian companies realised the importance of employee verification. After all, a wrong hire can cause great losses
Seema Nambiar, senior director, people resources, McDonald’s India–West & South, has been associated with the Quick-Service-Restaurant (QSR) sector for some time now, and been part of the McDonald’s family for more than 15 years. Prior to this, she managed employee training for Domino’s India.
In her current role, she is responsible for ensuring seamless integration of company and people strategies at McDonald’s, West and South divisions. She focusses on enhancing the company’s employer brand image, and works towards creating a heightened Employee Value Proposition. In her previous role at McDonald’s, Nambiar was head – learning, development and strategy planning.
While sharing the employee development programmes at McDonald’s with HR Katha, she talks about how McDonald’s helps its employees build a career and not just pursue a job which is quite unusual in the QSR sector. Excerpts
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How Big Data can be leveraged by HR professional to measure performance, predict behaviour of employees and also acquire talent.
As per Towers Watson, in India around 42 per cent of highly engaged employees are likely to call it quits whereas the global average is only 26 per cent.
Downsizing may seem to be productive in the short term, but it fails to give sustainable benefits in the long run.
Extra effort and different managerial competencies are required to connect with employees remotely.
Paneesh Rao, sr. vice president & head of human resources, Atos India, has nurtured a passion for people management over two decades of his commendable industry experience. It has been a journey of growth and evolution for him. Working with people – directly or indirectly – has shaped him into an honest and ethical person. He shares his thoughts with HRKatha on his life’s experiences and insights.
Quick pointers on competency mapping framework for organisations to enhance the effectiveness of their processes manifold.
It’s one of the few companies which allows its employees work full-time dedicatedly with a cause focussed NGO and also pay them for the same.
BFSI and Telecom sectors continued to show positive trend and registered a growth of 45% and 29% respectively in January 2015 over January 2014
As per a study by Hay Group, the core business heads and top business enablers in a company are considered to be equal stake holders in growth, which is why the gap between their salaries is now marginal…