Archive for the 'management' Category

CSC to acquire Covansys

Published on April 29, 2007 in life, management and people. 2 Comments

CSC based out of California is to acquire Covansys for $34.00 per share quotes the press release. Yet another acquisition and why am I writing about it?

The former is gonna be my new employer and the latter will become my old employer. As with every acquisition, lots of rumours are going around both in CSC and Covansys. One group of people speculate that there will be a huge job cut exercise. The other group of people are confident with the new employer and they expect a big growth in terms of both monetary and career gains.

Whatever, it is too early to comment on the acquisition. Will be enjoying the rumours till the complete transition takes place and see what is in it for the employee.

GAP

Published on April 16, 2007 in management, people and provoking Perceptions. 4 Comments

GAP is a term I have coined and it stands for Guy or a Girl with Attitude Problem. Here is a management story and the climax is open for discussion.

A and B are working for a company and A terms B a GAP. Given below are the reasons for it.

a) Personal – Sometime back, B passed a sportive comment about A in front of others and A did not like it. A resorts to passing degrading personal comments about B in front of others. B was sportive enough to brush them off subtly. A becomes furious and the grudge volcano in him starts boiling.

b) Professional – B reports to A and A is the authoriative person to take decision in his project. B suggests certain changes to the process and substantiates the same with necessary facts and details. A does not understand this and snubs B. After a while, A finds that B is correct and makes changes and takes credit for the same. A also thinks that B may overtake him and by this time, the grudge volcano in him is ready to explode.

c) Cheap - A commands B to do a personal job for him. B refuses it. A explains B how one should do all this to climb up the corporate ladder et all. B listens patiently and says to A that he does not want to climb up the ladder at all if he had to resort to cheap ways. The grudge volcano explodes and the climax is, B is termed a GAP.

My Questions

Has B taken the right decision?
Is it possible to tackle people like A?
What does Attitude problem really mean?

Disclaimer : This short management story is a child of my fiction and in no way represents any individual or any group or anyone in person. The acronym GAP is coined by me for this story and in no way degrades any trademarks or any other acronyms with the same name.

Are job sites worth using?

Published on August 29, 2006 in General stuff, Internet and management. 2 Comments

I have been seeing ads from a lot of job sites over the internet and other forms of media. In fact, I have tried using a few of them during my job search after college. That was in 2004.

If I remember correctly, these sites offer resume building and personality development courses too. They charge an amount for these additional services. Are these sites worth using? I am listing out a few of the famous Indian job sites below. If you have used any of these or any of your friends have used and were placed in a job let me know. It is just a curiosity to know whether these are worth using.

Indian Job sites

Naukri.com

Jobstreet.com

Freshersworld.com

Jobsahead.com

timesjobs.com

MonsterIndia

How to avoid office politics?

Published on May 1, 2006 in General stuff, management and people. 1 Comment

Last week, I happened to read a good blog on avoiding office politics. On the first hand, I do not know how to play politics at work place. Going through the post, I realized that I do have certain ddefects in me which might tempt me to play the dirty game at office. I have seen a lot of people playing the dirty game and that had serious impacts on others’s lives. I even saw a manager at office screaming high to his friend about how to stay focussed and defeat all the opponents in the corporate world by playing office politics. I happened to hear this conversation as he was on a speaker phone. What a funny and disgusting way to grow up in once’s career?

I have decided not to learn tricks of office politics in my entire life. I also hapened to meet a person who boasted about how good he was at this game and he also planned to write a book on office politics. Yuck! I would rather stay away from these people so that I am not influenced by their activities. So, I have decided to follow the below principles to stay away from the bloody dirty game of office politics. They are,

Avoiding conversation, when I am outside office, about office or office matters with colleagues.
Indulge myself in knowledge upgradation when I find free time at office.
I will never ever become a yes-man.
I will never attempt to attain higher ranks by influence.
Throw ears to other people on the problems or concerns raised.
Treat everyone equally.
I will try to be calm and not easily provocable.
I will stay away from gossip mongers.
Develop courtesy towards everyone.

Let me see, how far I am going to achieve this. I hope not to derail from the track I have chosen.