December 2010
5 posts
Time For An Indian Dream
I started my career with Wipro in 1983 recruited straight out of BITS, Pilani. I joined freshers from IIMs, RECs, IITs, and IISc, who Wipro had chosen for its newly formed Information Technology Division. During the next three months of orientation training, I heard many different folks from R&D, Sales, Quality, Manufacturing come and talk to us on different topics. We had an impressive sales...
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A Mistake In Time Saves Nine
A great career involves twists and turns before one discovers the true vocation The year was 1985. The newly minted engineer from IIT Madras arrived at Jamshedpur to take up his first job with TELCO as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET). Surely a dream job for a mechanical engineer in India those days. Sadly this engineer was soon to realise that his dream job was a bit of a nightmare waiting to...
Analysis: Power Of Choice
Women can, and should, demand a working environment that helps us give our best. “When you come to a fork in the road - take it” said Yogi Berra, a major league baseball Hall of Fame player and coach. I’m reminded of this as I sit down to analyze this case. Life is about making choices. It is no different for the women in the corporate world today. On one hand she can choose to...
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Investing In People
Two books that talk about re-orienting employee management strategies in diverse ways for both humanitarian and financial gain. 2009-10 has been a very difficult year for employers and employees. The Wall Street debacle has shown the high cost that society has to pay when compensation and benefits are structured to encourage greed at the top. There has been a hue and cry about bank CEOs taking...
