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  1. Irikkal Samaram: Kerala Textile Shop Women Workers’ Struggle for their Right to Sit

    AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Surya Prakash Pati, Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
    PUBLISHED DATE: 28/10/2020
    PUBLISHER: ET CASES
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASELET
    CASE ID: HRM-2-0083; HRM-2-0083A
    CASE LENGTH: 6 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    The case describes the struggle of the Kerala Textile shop women workers against their employers for their right to sit (Irikkal Samaram). Forced to stand for long hours with little access to washrooms, the women in the textile shops suffered from various health challenges. Added to that, they were ‘policed’ by the employers for any observed deviations and subjected to a wage cut. Consequently, the women rose in protest against their employer. This case is discussed from various theoretical ...
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  2. How to Reduce Work-related Stress?

    AUTHOR(S) : Bala Bharathi Yelamanchi and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 21/05/2019
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Debate
    CASE ID: HRM-9-0082, HRM-9-0082A
    CASE LENGTH: 6 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    People go to work to make a living. What if the work takes the life out of people? Several instances of suicides have been reported due to increased work-related stress levels. Work-related stress amongst Indian employees has been on the rise in recent times owing largely to the Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) business environment. Increasing stress has, in turn, led to a surge in the number of people who are suffering from depression and burnout, and are at high risk of suicide. ...
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  3. Succession Planning at Alibaba: Leading with Legacy

    AUTHOR(S) : Bala Bharathi Yelamanchi, Vandana Jayakumar and Syed Abdul Samad under the guidance of Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 02/02/2019
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE STUDY
    CASE ID: HRM-1-0081, HRM-1-0081A
    CASE LENGTH: 35 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    On September 10th 2018, Jack Ma (Ma), Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group Holdings Limited (Alibaba), announced the succession plan of handing over the reins to Daniel Zhang (Zhang), CEO, Alibaba, a year later. Having co-founded in 1999, Ma transformed Alibaba into a multinational e-commerce giant, a representative of the new-age private Chines companies. Ma was regarded as the most influential Chinese businessman, almost an icon for the Chinese corporate sector. Post-announcement of ...
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  4. Why Employee Bonding Matters?

    AUTHOR(S) : Bala Bharathi Yelamanchi and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 01/08/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Debate
    CASE ID: HRM-9-0080, HRM-9-0080A
    CASE LENGTH: 5 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    If office is the 'second' home for any employee, how happy should an employee be to go to office every day and deliver exceptionally well? All the successful teams - may they be from Companies, NGOs, Sports, Governments, PSUs, Religious Order, Brands, etc. - demonstrate one common ingredient. Commitment from each of the team members' is that ubiquitous ingredient. What makes any team member committed to the cause/purpose? Of the myriad reasons, bonding is at the bedrock of the commitment drive. The ...
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  5. Is Working from Home a Boon or a Bane?

    AUTHOR(S) : Vandana Jayakumar and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 27/07/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Debate
    CASE ID: HRM-9-0079, HRM-9-0079A
    CASE LENGTH: 7 Pages
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    Is working-from-home a fad or a new normal? Why working-from-home only for white-collar employees? What does working-from-home mean for blue-collar employees? Is working-from-home a boon or a bane for either of the parties - the employees and the employers? This Case Debate's purpose is to indulge the participants in discussing about the growing popularity of working-from-home and the pros and cons of the same. Globally, around 20% of the workers execute their work or some part for their work from ...
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  6. Why India Lags in Happiness Index Rankings?

    AUTHOR(S) : Y. Bala Bharathi and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 28/05/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Debate
    CASE ID: HRM-9-0078, HRM-9-0078A
    CASE LENGTH: 5 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    This Case Debate enables an animated discussion and debate on India's ranking in the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network's (SDSN) World Happiness Report 2018. The 2018 report, which is sixth in the series, ranked 156 countries according to six parameters such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption. The World Happiness Index 2018, which measures countries in terms of happiness, has placed India in the 133rd ...
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  7. Why Should Companies Promote Gender Diversity?

    AUTHOR(S) : Vandana Jayakumar and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 25/05/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Debate
    CASE ID: HRM-9-0077, HRM-9-0077A
    CASE LENGTH: 4 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    The purpose of this Case Debate is to encourage a lively discussion on why should companies hire women and, is the clamor for gender diversity a societal equalizer or is there a broader merit in promoting and encouraging women to be in leadership positions? While women have made great strides in leadership, globally the proportion of women in senior roles of organizations has been stuck at 24% for the last decade. There are currently fewer women on the boards of S&P 500 companies and in every ...
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  8. To Get More Women on Board, Companies Turn to Male Staff

    AUTHOR(S) : Vandana Jayakumar and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 08/05/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE FLYER
    CASE ID: HRM-4-0076, HRM-4-0076A
    CASE LENGTH: 5 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    This Case Flyer, based on The Economic Times article1 and ideally suited for the concept of 'gender-diversity' across multiple subject areas, enables an interesting discussion on including men as important stakeholders and catalysts in inculcating the culture of inclusiveness and diversity. Several Indian companies, including the MNCs operating in India, like Deloitte, Ericsson, Genpact, Godrej, etc., have taken several initiatives to drive the inclusiveness and diversity mandate at their respective ...
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  9. Training and Development in a Bank with Special Emphasis on Mentoring

    AUTHOR(S) : Mauli Bodiwala, Chief Manager at The Kalupur Comm. Co. Op. Bank Ltd
    PUBLISHED DATE: 05/04/2018
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE STUDY
    CASE ID: HRM-1-0075, HRM-1-0075A
    CASE LENGTH: 11 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    Presented through a case of one of the largest multi-state co-operative bank of Gujarat, this case study enables to understand importance of training and development in the organization. The bank adopted various type of training approaches like lectures, use of case studies, sharing of real life experiences, etc., to train its employees, during the three phases of its training programs. The results, however, were different in terms of employee satisfaction level, employee turnover ratio, employee ...
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  10. Case Lens on Respect for Processes in the Backdrop of Hollywood Movie, Executive Decision*

    AUTHOR(S) : A. J. Swapna and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 31/05/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Lens
    CASE ID: HRM-7-0074, HRM-7-0074A
    CASE LENGTH: 2.54 Minutes
    Case Lens on Respect for Processes in the Backdrop of Hollywood Movie, Executive Decision*
    DESCRIPTION:
    This Case Lens is based on the Hollywood action-adventure thriller, Executive Decision. The movie revolves around how Dr. David Grant (Dr. Grant), an Intelligence Expert, along with a team of commandos, has to take control of Oceanic Airlines flight 343 in less than four hours’ time, as the airline is hijacked by a group of terrorists, led by Nagi Hassan, to release their leader. But as the commando unit gets ready for a mid-air boarding operation, half of the team along with the head commando, ...
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  11. Case Lens on Values in the Backdrop of Hollywood Movie, Firewall*

    AUTHOR(S) : A. J. Swapna and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 12/05/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Lens
    CASE ID: HRM-7-0073, HRM-7-0073A
    CASE LENGTH: 3.04 Minutes
    Case Lens on Values in the Backdrop of Hollywood Movie, Firewall*
    DESCRIPTION:
    This Case Lens on values is based on Hollywood thriller, Firewall. Every individual’s actions, in some measure are guided by his/her values. What are values and why are they important for one’s professional success? Firewall is a movie depicting how a hapless security chief of an international bank, Jack Stanfield (Jack), played by Harrison Ford, was forced to loot his own bank to safeguard his family who were at the gun-point of the miscreants. The way Jack rescues his family and safeguards ...
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  12. CASE LENS ON INITIATIVE IN THE BACKDROP OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIE, THE LADY*

    AUTHOR(S) : Vandana Jayakumar and Dr. Nagendra V. Chowdary
    PUBLISHED DATE: 17/03/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: Case Lens
    CASE ID: HRM-7-0072, HRM-7-0072A
    CASE LENGTH: 4.07 Minutes
    CASE LENS ON INITIATIVE IN THE BACKDROP OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIE, THE LADY*
    DESCRIPTION:
    This Case Lens on 'initiative' is based on the movie, 'The Lady'. An initiative is 'an ability to assess and initiate things independently' or 'the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do'. It is just not taking the first step but seeing through its expected execution or implementation. 'The Lady' demonstrates how Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi (played by Michelle Yeoh) takes the initiative to gift her country the freedom from oppressive rule of the Generals. The freedom did not come ...
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  13. The Case of Kitler Electric Firm: Are Organizations Keeping their Promise of Employee Engagement?*

    AUTHOR(S) : Hemant Shrivastava Fellow, Indian Institute of Management Indore; Secretary, Sankalp Shakti Sansthan, Ranchi
    PUBLISHED DATE: 16/02/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMC
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE STUDY
    CASE ID: HRM-1-0070, HRM-1-0070A
    CASE LENGTH: 14 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    This study is based on a single case of a key manufacturing company of medium and large electrical equipments. It is a market leader in India and henceforth referred to as Kitler Electrical Ltd. (KEL). It was directed towards understanding employee engagement, organizational culture, communication and interpersonal dynamics. KEL, operated in a highly fragmented market, was beset with various problems like environmental sustainability issues, dependence on government projects, economic growth rate, ...
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  14. Strategic Hiring - A Case of Emirates Airlines’ Cabin Crew Recruitment*

    AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Aswathi Nair - Assistant Professor, Dr. Karanam Nagaraja Rao - Assistant Professor, School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore
    PUBLISHED DATE: 16/02/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMC
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE STUDY
    CASE ID: HRM-1-0069, HRM-1-0069A
    CASE LENGTH: 10 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    Emirates was a luxury airline based in Dubai, known for its profligacy and politeness in treating customers, thanks to the studious nature of over 20,000 employees across five continents who took the ownership of the brand and displayed enormous organizational citizenship behavior. Emirates’ recruitment team was highly professional and meticulous to take on the challenges in hiring the right talent from around the world whose value systems synchronized with that of the company and assured a ...
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  15. Skills Gap Analysis: A Case of Faridabad Industries in India*

    AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Lata Bajpai Singh - Associate Professor, Dr. Anita Singh - Professor - Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad
    PUBLISHED DATE: 16/02/2017
    PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMC
    CATEGORY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    PRODUCT: CASE STUDY
    CASE ID: HRM-1-0064, HRM-1-0064A
    CASE LENGTH: 12 Pages
    DESCRIPTION:
    This case study is suitable to introduce the concept of training need assessment and its significance to the students/participants. It presents skills gap analysis of 21 manufacturing organizations including intermediate, capital and consumer goods industries of Faridabad, Haryana. For the purpose of analysis an in-depth interview of industry experts was carried out to gauge their skills requirement at the workplace. It resulted in identification of various skills sets for which the industry professionals ...
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