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Training
and Development: Review of Some Best Practices
--Amitabh Deo Kodwani*
Training
and development plays an important role in improving organizational
effectiveness. It is much needed in the private sector in
today's competitive environment, especially after liberalization
and globalization. The objectives of the paper is to review
and understand different training and development policies
and practices at various private sector enterprises. In order
to make the training more effective in improving organizational
as well as individual performance, it is important that the
perception regarding effectiveness of training be made positive.
This can be done by employees' involvement in training and
development activities by creating good learning environment,
by providing encouragement in terms of promotion or increment,
and above all, by linking training more closely to work practices.
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Development
Program at National Fertilizers Limited
--Sunil Bhardwaj* and Anand Agrawal*
National
Fertilizers Limited, a public sector undertaking, is undergoing
a developmental change program which involves interventions
in the Technology, Rightsizing, Expansion and Marketing Strategies.
The paper deals with issues like initiation and implementation
of change, analysis of various interventions, their impact
and cultural aspects. The initiative taken by the top management
is proving to be successful and is well taken by the employees.
The developmental program is planned to be completed in year
2005, which will be marked by the successful intervention
in the Technology. The paper presents analytical details of
the program starting with reasons for change, how change was
implemented and how it is being received by the common worker.
The change affects different departments differently because
of the various sub-cultures existing in the respective departments.
Schemes like Voluntary Retirement Scheme have been successful.
Management has employed the methods like Quarantine Transfers
to achieve the proper rightsizing target. A cultural shift
is observed after the change program which faced resistance,
but not a serious one because implementing the program was
like striking the iron when hot i.e., at an appropriate time
when the Government of India declared disinvestment of the
organization into a private sector.
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E-Learning
Systems and Team Performance
--Srivyal Vuyyuri* and Sanjay Fuloria*
Web-based
education and training programs are being widely offered at
educational institutions and companies today. The new electronic
learning, or e-learning systems, employed by these programs
may also be used by work teams at organizations to facilitate
creative energy in a virtual context to increase team performance.
Various features such as discussion boards, virtual classrooms,
digital drop boxes, task lists, calendars, and other features
of the e-learning systems can help teams work and communicate
more efficiently. This article explores potential features
and strategies for team leaders and members to innovatively
enhance team management and increase performance using e-learning
systems as support tools.
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Sexual
Harassment@Workplace: Challenges and Redressal
--Krishna Chaitanya *
Sexual
harassment at workplace has become one of the problems in
the organizations. Across the world organizations are facing
protests and in some cases legal suits are filed by the victims
in terms of millions of dollars for compensation. Organizations
have been compelled to look into the issue and are also initiating
strategic policies to create a harassment-free environment
wherein both men and women can work together for the organizational
growth and development. The following paper analyzes the causes
and reasons for sexual harassment in the organization and
provides an eight-principle framework, which the organizations
can implement to avoid sexual harassment in the organization.
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Multimedia
and Training: Issues in Strategy
--Janjam Srinivasa Rao*
In
this paper, we argue for the importance of applying various
strategic considerations to the utilization of multimedia
technologies, with particular reference to their use as training
aids. The study provides a practical illustration and reinforcement
of the principle that a strong strategic base is essential
within the development of information systems and a case for
the value of multimedia technologies. Also, we underline the
importance of a strategic approach if the potential offered
by multimedia training is to be realized. Finally, we propose
specific guidelines regarding the formulation of such a strategy.
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Performance
Management System A Case Study on Indian Fertilizer Industry
--V Venkataramani* and N Krishna Kishore**
In
today's business environment, it is the performance management
system that triggers the organization's high performance work
culture and aligns organizational values with employees' aspirations.
In a manufacturing industry, the impact of external environment
is high, and therefore, it is interesting to study the complexities
involved in institutionalizing the performance management
system. In this context, an attempt is made to study the complexities
in the existing performance management system at RK Fertilizers
Company (Performance Management by Michael Armstrong). After
analyzing the loopholes in the system, a restructured system
has been suggested namely, "Performance Enhancement System,"
that highlights the development of performance at an individual
level and also gives inputs to pay for performance, promotions
and career planning.
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