IMR JAN 2013 - Indira Institutes

Seth Consultantsnot. In this process, some Department Headsare on their respective departmentalcommittees and some are not. Why? Becauseapparently the choice of committeemembers has been dictated by the grade -only grade B and grade A level managementstaff were included on the committees.What happened in some departments wherethe number of grade A and grade Bemployees were less than 5? Then they havedrawn members from other departments.And finally when the Business Heads and topmanagement's “handpicked” committeesfail, all of us are responsible for the failure ofproduct development, business expansionsand new business development?L: So, now it is clear why the CEO referred tooverall all round performance. Weunderestimate these people. See it wasn'tthat innocent. But how are we can weachieve those revenue goals? The MD callsthem stretch; I say they are extremelydifficult. In two years we haven't managed todo more than 1 or 2 % each and in one yearhe expects to make it ten times as much?Y: Only difficult? That is what you think. Ithink they are impossible.V: That is what. This is the power ofdelegation. Now it is not their problem. Likeyou said it is our problem.L: Well we can't solve it. So better startgetting ready for the fun next year.3. Space Invaders® One of the first (read“really old”) video games in which the playerhas to shoot down alien invaders.4. Admittedly this was an example of a ratherpeculiar set of situations where, due to nofault of either party, on a large number ofoccasions the employee had not been able toput in a full day on the project, so the numberof partial days worked was very high.5. Psi, Phi (= Sci-fi?).6. Similar to 6 above, it might be inferred thatmathematics, maintenance, mechanicalengineering and modelling are related in thesame esoteric way, beginning with the sacredletter 'μ'. And likewise, benefic bibliophilic,bizarre and banausic are related to each otherby the enigmatic symbol 'β'.Notes1. Originally management grades (belowDCEO) in SPCL ranged from Grade A(highest) to Grade G (lowest). The creation ofthe new Business Head required the creationof a new grade, hence A1.2. Older readers will no doubt be able toplace the reference to Sholay. (Basanti whatis your name?)Indira Management Review - Jan 2013 83