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Assignment Applicable for JUNE 2018 Examination
Course:
Compensation & Benefits
1. Assume that you
are the HR manager of a multinational manufacturing organization. Devise a
compensation plan to accommodate the needs of the employees. (10 Marks)
2. Analyse the
current reward trends and comment on the pros and cons of those trends. (10
Marks)
3. “A competitive
compensation plan is not only favourable for the employees but it also perks up
the company’s performance. It alters an employee’s focus towards generating
more revenue for their organization and empowers them to overcome their
departmental schedules”.
a. Do you agree
with the above statement? Explain your reasons with examples. (5 Marks)
b. What approach
can be adopted by companies to make the compensation plan more holistic? (5
Marks)
Course:
Performance Management System
1. Assume that you
have just joined a start-up organization which is around 6 months in existence.
Explain to the Founders of the company the elements of an effective Performance
Management System and putting forward a convincing argument in favor of
implementing a Performance Management System. (10 Marks)
2. Disha
Enterprises is a 5 year old organization in the manufacturing space. The
organization has seen challenges likes conflicts among team members and also a
growing number of First Time Managers. The organization is deliberating on
introducing Coaching and Mentoring in the organization. Keeping the above
background in perspective will a Coaching and Mentoring program help Disha
Enterprises? (10 Marks)
3. Assume you are
an HR manager in a small company which has recently introduced Performance
Management System for its employees. The employees are being coached on the
concepts and application of the same.
a. Explain the
concept of SMART goals (5 Marks)
b. Provide 2
illustrations of SMART goals . (5 Marks)
Course:
Industrial Relations & Labour Laws
1. Anil is a rural
worker, working in an establishment which carries manufacturing of plastic
sacks used for packing cement. This establishment is owned by a registered corporation.
This establishment has 4 units, each carrying out a particular task relating to
manufacturing process. The number of workers work in two shifts, with each
shift lasting for around 7 hours. The total number of workers employed by the
establishment is 154. Anil and the other workers have issues with their health
as the unit is not kept clean. They have to face problems with regard to
drinking water also. Sunil, another employee, suffered an accident because the
unit was not well lit. The owners do not take the complaints seriously stating
that none of the labour laws apply to the manufacturing unit.
Advise Anil. (10
Marks)
2. Amit was
working in a factory. He was employed in lifting the goods with a crane. Abhay
another employee was given the job of stacking the goods together, before they
could be lifted by the crane. Abhay had to go home early, but the owner refused
to leave him until he completed his task. In a hurry to complete the job Abhay
overburdened the goods. When Amit, lifted the goods with the crane, the goods
toppled and fell an Arvind, an employee, who was standing below. This accident
resulted in the death of Arvind.
After a few days,
the dependents of Arvind came to the employer and claimed for compensation. The
employer refused stating that it was not his fault that led to the accident and
it was the carelessness and negligence of Amit and Abhay which led to the
accident.
Advice the
Dependants. (10 Marks)
3. A) An
organization was in operation for the past 20 years. The organization gave a
bonus every year during Diwali. For the past two years the organization did not
give a bonus stating the reason that the company had not earned any profits.
However, the balance sheet reflected clear profits. When the workers raised
this issue the employers did not pay any heed as the workers were lacking a
collective bargaining power. Without a trade union existing the workers found
it difficult to fight for their rights. The employers also threatened to file a
criminal conspiracy case against the workers. Analyze the case and advice the
workers on a suitable solution. (5 Marks)
3. B) Arjun was
Director in a company. The company has units across the country – 2 in cities
and 4 in rural areas. Each unit has approximately 30 to 40 workers working. The
wages of each employee are different. Also the employees doing the same work
but working in different units were not paid the same wages. An employee who
was transferred from a rural unit raised this issue with the trade union. The
trade union asked Arjun to get all the wages of all the employees at par. Arjun
replied stating that disparities in wages was allowed.
Is Arjun justified
in giving different wages to different employees working in different areas? (5
Marks)
Course:
Organisation Culture
1. ABC Ltd, a
medium sized IT firm, has hired you as a consultant to help the company
correctly understand the cultural patterns in the organization. Before this,
there was no attempt made to look at the culture of the organization. You decide
to use Hofstede’s model of organizational culture to make the company
understand cultural patterns. In this background, explain Hofstede’s model. (10
Marks)
2. Consider the
following two characteristics of XYZ Ltd, an online retail start up.
Promoters don’t have proper awareness of firm’s strengths and weaknesses
Promoters are not aware of opportunities and threats Based on the above
characteristics, identify the type of culture that XYZ has and then point out
other characteristics of the same type. (10 Marks)
3. In the fresh
recruitment drive, 25 new employees have joined your organization which is a
medium sized textiles manufacturing firm. One of the tasks on your hands is to
make these fresh employees well aware of present organizational culture.
Explain how will you use following ways to make these new employees learn the
organizational culture?
a) Stories (5
Marks)
b) Material
symbols (5 Marks)
Course:
Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection
1. Performance
appraisal has been one of the core functions of HRM. In the scenario today when
attrition has increased and cost savings are the need of the hour, do you feel
that Performance Appraisal is still a required function? Why? (10 Marks)
2. Why is
Succession Planning important for companies? Give atleast two examples from
Indian / Foreign businesses. (10 Marks)
3. A training
program on Customer Service was designed for petrol pump attendants in the
state of Gujarat. Due care was taken to include matters most relevant to the
petrol pump attendants and that would contribute to their productivity. The
training program was not found effective inspite of it being conducted in the
local language and by experienced trainers.
a. What according
to you may be the possible reason for the failure of the program? (5 Marks)
b. Discuss factors
that should be considered while designing a effective training program. (5
Marks)
Course:
Organisational Theory, Structure and Design
1. You are a
consultant at Super Manufacturing; a family owned company is having 4 members
of the family as the main decision maker. Generally they take decisions with
experience. The company is facing a big problem of low performance and low morale
of the employees. Discuss the various approaches of organizational effectiveness
and find out the most suitable approach to effectiveness in such situation (10
Marks)
2. Megha recently
joined Capex Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.’ As a Factory Manager. Before joining she was
working as a factory manager of Index Healthcare Solutions. Comparatively a
small system with a simple organizational structure. Generally, a simple
organisational structure is followed in small-organisations comprising of the
owner and a few employees. As the number of employees increases, the layers in
the organisational structure also multiply, which results in a complex
structure of the organization. Thus, a complex organisational structure is a
result of various divisions of an organisation spread across the globe. Discuss
the common problems Ms. Megha will face in managing new organization. What she
can do to overcome with this problem.
(10 Marks)
3. ‘Pebble
Pharmaceuticals’ is facing a big issue of conflict between Amit the production
head and Prashant the head of Purchase department. A full lot of cough syrup is
ready but cannot be dispatched because labels are not available. The purchase
department takes labels once in a year to reduce the cost. If any specific
demand will come from the departments they follow the due process of purchase.
Although the store department already made a request for labels when cough
syrup production started but Prashant is waiting on the request from Mr Amit
the head of production. It happened because last year Amit and Prashant had a
big conflict of sub-standard purchase, huge raw material was rejected by
production department due to substandard quality. Prashant has taken it a
personally and trying to play politics against him.
a) Describe the
type of conflict discussed and what are the possible outcomes of such
conflicts. (5 Marks)
b) Suggest how the
organization can avoid such conflicts. (5 Marks)
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