Managing By Facts
Managing By Facts
Case Studies
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Bind: Paperback
Year: 2017
Pages: 148
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Inch
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
In a career stretching over a few decades, spanning all sectors of our economy in India - the public sector, the multinationals and the private sector - the author has come across numerous instances when some of the senior executives were found to be highly reluctant to accept conclusions/recommendations based on factual evidence, the conclusions that were not in alignment with their dearly held beliefs.
The theme of this book is that many a time even when requisite data is available or can be made available with some effort, some executives are hesitant and reluctant to get the relevant data compiled, sorted, analysed and then to draw some useful conclusions to support their decision-making.
The book aims at supporting executives to improve their hit rate for correct decisions, for effective decisions.
Target Audience:
The book should be of great use to the CEOs , the COOs as well as to all the executives at various levels, who need to make decisions.
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Case Studies on Managing by Facts • Case Study 1 • A Success Story of a Midsized Company Located in Central India • Case Study 2 • Absenteeism • in Manufacturing Plants in Rajasthan & Haryana • Case Study 3 • Absenteeism • in a Gujarat Manufacturing Plant • Case Study 4 • Talent Management • Case Study 5 • The Differentiated Workforce • Case Study 6 • Attrition • Case Study 7 • Empowerment • Case Study 8 • Lip Service to Learning
Chapter 2: Importance of Systems and Culture • Agricultural Analogy of Douglas McGregor • The Effectiveness Metric • Case Study 9 • Organisation Climate of a Manufacturing Enterprise • Case Study 10 • Change in Human Behaviour • Case Study 11 • Procedural Justice & Distributive Justice • Financial Incentives
Chapter 3: Are We a Truth Loving People? • Mythology vs History • Banning of Books • Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Chapter 4. How Best to Deploy Managing by Facts • Case Study 12
Chapter 5. Case Studies from Other Countries • Case Study 13 • Avis Car Rental Agency • Case Study 14 • Mergers and Acquisitions • 2007?2009 Financial Crisis • Case Study 15 • Casino Operations • Case Study 16 • The Great Prayer Experiment • Case Study 17 • DaVita • Amazon.com
Chapter 6: Can Work be Fun?
Chapter 7: A Peep Into Analytics (courtesy McBassi & Co, source internet)
Bibliography
Index
Business Managers
Magazine - 01/Sep/2016
About the Author:
V.K. Sharma, starting as a mechanical engineer, had an interesting job rotation early in his career when he was sent by Hindustan Steel Ltd ( now SAIL) for training to the UK in Training Methods and Techniques during the sixties, with Ministry of Labour in London and British Iron and Steel Federation. He enjoyed this change and since worked in the HR filed all along for the last four decades plus in the public sector, the multinational sector and the private sector.
Apart from articles in professional journals, his publications include the books Human Resource Management and India on the Move. His last assignment before retirement which he enjoyed very much, was helping 35,000 citizens of India, primarily female, to move towards literacy in their local languages of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati and Hindi.
