group 4 - infosys
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S U B M I T T E D B Y : G R O U P 4
R O L I B A N S A LP R A P T I M A T H U R
H U M A R I Z V ID I V Y A K N A I R
P R I Y A N K A G R O V E RS H A N L I N I V E R M A
Infosys- Strategic Human
Resource Management
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INTRODUCTION
On Nov 13,2003 after a strategy meeting with chairman and CEO the HR leadership
team left the conference room with a mixture of excitement and apprehension.
By 2007 cofounders wanted INFOSYS on the top ten list of best performer & best
employer.
From march 1993 to 2003 Infosys had growth rate of 65% and revenues increased toUS $754 million. First Indian company to grant stock option to its employees
Ranked number one in Business Today Best Employer Survey in 2001 and 2002
In 2003 INFOSYS toppled from Best Employer List in the same Business Todaysurvey.
Internal employee satisfaction survey showed dissatisfaction among employees.
HR Leadership needed answers to prevent crisis like this from recurring.
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BIRTH OF INFOSYS
Narayan Murthy was born on 20thAug,1946.
After Graduation he took job in Paris.
After completing his work in Paris he came back to India in the year 1974.
He spent two and half years in public sector then four years in start up software firm.
In 1981, he and his 6 colleagues founded their own venture- INFOSYS.
Started INFOSYS with 250$ borrowed from spouses.
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The Early Years of Infosys 1981-1991: The Vision
ofthe professional, by the professional and for the professionalas opposed to kinds
of firms that have dominated the Indian Corporate Landscape.
In words of Nandan Nilekhani, youngest cofounder and current CEO of Infosys, they
wanted to build a company that was professionally owned and professionally
managed, with good corporate governance, good employee management, and goodethics. We wanted a firm that promised a fair deal to all its stakeholders- shareholders,
employees and customers alike.
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The Hard Reality and Near Death
Hard Reality : Intensely bureaucratic and regulated environment of 1980s.
Restrictions placed by Indian Government on opening sales offices outside India in
1986.
In 1989 restrictions on the number of B1 Visa placed by US Government every year
affecting Infosyss ability to send its employees to customer locations in U.S.
At this point the company almost DISSOLVED..!! It was as good as Dead..!!
One of the Co founders left and their was a debate among rest on the best course of
action to take with consensus being drawn towards selling the company or dissolving it.
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Keeping Hope Alive
Narayana Murthy who had been quiet throughout the discussion now spoke up. He said
he was confident that the company was going to succeed and he was happy to buy out
any of the others who wanted to leave.
All other co-founders decided to stay and Murthy admonished Let this be the last time
we talk about selling the company.
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Economic Liberalization
Although the founders decided to stay , they recognized the need for drastic change in
strategy.
This internal impetus was boosted by external booster, Liberalization of Indian
Economy.
In 1991 faced with economic meltdown due to high inflation, low foreign reserves,
BOP crisis, etc, government launched a program of economic liberalization that
dismantled the License and permit Raj and significantly opened the economy.
The software companies benefited the most. Infosys tapped the Indian Capital Marketfor its IPO.
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The Move from Body-Shopping to Off Shoring
STRATEGY SHIFT
Infosys shifted from its initial strategy Offshoring to Body-Shopping firstly.
But motivated by its near death experience Infosys Re-examined its Strategyby re-
focusing its work from onsite Body Shopping to Offshoring thus converting a
Threat into Opportunity.
Infosys became more quality and process focused in its approach to software
development.
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Infosys 2000-2004
Moving up the it value chain
infosys has moved towards providing higher-end value added services including it
strategy and it design.
infosys provides a greater proportion of lower end services but spans more
geographies with its global delivery model.
infosys is trying to get into consulting and end-to-end solutions.
Improving brand equity
infosys was taking a number of steps to improve its brand equity.
it became the first Indian company to list on nasdaq (on March11, 99) by providing
differentiating services than its competitors.
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People Philosophy
From the time Infosys was founded in 1981 ,the founders had always tried to ensure
that the firm was the best Employer or Employer of choice for potential employees.
During the Era of Liberalization in 1991 (competition from multinationals)
Infosys ensured that the salaries of their employees were in the top 10%-15% of
salaries offered by its competitors.
Infosys began issuing stock opinion warrants, which vested over a period of five
years to its employees.
Infosys invested a substantial part in relocating to its 80-acre campus at
Bangalore consisting of extensive dinning ,residential,entertainment,ample green
space and areas of recreation.
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The efforts made by the organization :
Open door policy(Grievance Resolution Mechanism)
Emergency support
Health platform(Health Assessment & Lifestyle Enrichment-HALE)
Life beyond work
Employee discontent was on rise
Disparity of expectations across employee hierarchy was complex.
The Challenge of Developing the Infoscion
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Troubling factors with the companys growing size :
Employeesdeprived of
technical andcreative ingenuity
Organizationbecoming more
impersonal
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Created a college like environment
Events like DJ nights ,quizzes, intellectual debates & dances
Employee Social Services Group
To manage employee discontent
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HR executive says:
We want everyone to be Value Champions
C- LIFE became a challenge
Extensive and detailed induction process
Freshers
Professionals
The disparity and diversity of the employee hierarchy was becoming more apparent.
Employee turnover was increasing which led to an increase in employee costs.
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Difficulty in executing work efficiently
Not able to meet client expectations
Standardized output to clients
Employee frustration and increasing costs
Reduction in the number of visas issued by the U.S. government
Execution Challenges
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Preparing Infosys for future growth: changesafter 2000
Infosys was on its way to be a small large company . For that it recognized thebusiness imperative to institutionalize and improve the productivity, costcompetitiveness, efficiency.
For achieving all these Infosys brought a series of changes into the
organization. Building a portfolio of core companies and services.
Reorienting the way people were measured, compensated, promoted and rewarded
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Managing portfolio diversity
Infosys was evolving into a multinational firm with a portfolio of core
companies.
Challenge : several subsidiaries had different cultural and compensation
disparities.
Variable pay
Variable pay in organization was introduced in the organization with three components:
Company performance
Unit performance
Individual performance
Idea behind: aligning Infoscionsswith Infosyssinterest.
If Infosys is performing better , the Infoscions will be equally rewarded. Similarly
during the downturn, the pain is also mutually shared.
Helped Infosys to compete with other multinational companies which offered higher
packages in attaining a quality talent pool.
Challenge: received a mixed reaction from employees.
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Broad banding
Undertook an elaborate competency modeling for each roles withinorganizational structure and collapsed 15 layers into 7 bands.The rational for moving towards role based organization was twofold.
* Employees can analyze the current role and identify theexpected role and identifying the gaps, and the skills theemployee needs to attain to move to the desired role.
* Broadband let us create an equitable framework for people relateddecision making.
* Attached numerical worth to the roles
* Easy to compare jobs
*Facilitated career planning.
Challenge: Employee discontent and dissatisfaction.: Rapid changes in policy: Fostered miscommunication and rumors: Distrust among employees
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FALL FROM GRACE
After being highly ranked on Best employers list in 2001 and 2002, Infosys
wasnton the list in 2003.
The companysinternal surveysindicated that the employees were dissatisfied.
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Rapid Retrenchment on Employee Satisfaction
The Management team found the root of the problems in the changes made
from 2001-2003.
These changes de-emphasized small company feel and collegiate atmosphere
where policies and processes could be suited to personal needs.
Employees were alienated due to introduction of new policies like variable pay
policy, etc. which seemed to benefit the company but not them.
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Employee turnover
Increasing disparity and diversity in the employee
hierarchy
Discontent among the employees Broad banding(Collapsed 15 layers into 7 bands)
Rapid changing HR policies
Issues
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Know from the horses mouth.
Open forum discussions
Exit interviews
No metrics to identify the cause for turnover
Provide career development opportunities. Move from Off shoring to Body Shopping
Possible Solution
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