HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

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Concerns, Challenges &
Opportunities
DAUNTING CHALLENGES
 Demand for manpower is rising, but
supply isn’t able to keep pace.

 Bloating wage bills, but manpower

quality is deteriorating.

 Surfeit of graduates, but low

employability due to poor skills.

 Deep-rooted mindset

 Managing aspirations of the 20-

somethings
 SHOCKING Facts and Figures!!!

 Less than 3% of HR heads sit on the boards

of their companies.

 People efficiency in India is barely 50-60%

against a global average of 80-90%
 Out of the 2 million graduates that pass
out every year only 1/5th are employable.

 99% of India’s 3.57million SMEs don’t

follow contemporary HR practices.

 1800 SMEs do not employ HR heads.

Source: Kelly Services Survey,

Team lease Survey
 EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY

FULLY ENGAGED
ALMOST ENGAGED

HONEYMOONERS
&
HAMSTERS
CRASH & BURN

DISENGAGED

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

 HEIGHTS OF ENGAGEMENT

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

FACTORS INFLUENCING
SATISFACTION AND
CONTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES
 Career development opportunities

 Training

 More challenging work

 Opportunities to do what ‘I do
best’

 Regular, specific feedback

 Greater clarity
 SATISFACTION LEVEL

Indian workers are more satisfied

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

 ENGAGEMENT BY GENDER

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

 EMPLYOYEES SEEK MORE CHALLENGING
ASSIGNMENTS

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

WHAT INFLUENCES EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION

Source: BW-HR Anexi Blessing White Employee Engagement Survey 2008

HR Challenges….
 Cultural challenges owing to M & As

 Leadership Grooming

 Retaining know – how

 Gender Equality
 GENDER EQUALITY
 68% of the Fortune 500 companies do not
have a female boardroom member

 11% of the top executives are women

 Among total 128 countries, India ranks 114th in

terms of the Gender Gap Index 2007 report

 Only 16% of the junior managers are women

 Only 1% of the organizations have women

CEOs

 A female employee earns Rs 67 for every

Rs100 earned by her male counterpart for
similar work.

Source: The World Economic Form Gender Gap Index 2007

Confederation of Indian Industries Report
 HR Initiatives for WOMEN
• On campus day-care centre –
(McAfee India)
• Flexi- Timing to accommodate
early parenthood
• Extended maternity leaves
• Adoption maternity leave – (IBM)
• A certain amount of payment of
the legal expenses incurred while
adopting a child – (HP)
• Cab drops during pregnancy
• Post maternity leaves without pay
for 6months to 1yr – IBM, Infosys)
 Thank You

By: Mamata Sampath