Identify and analyse 5 key learning points (for you) from the 2 case studies (Tata and Infosys); Tata 1. Aligning the mission of the company with the objective of nation building: Built first world class steel plant in the country to make India self reliant, brought textile mills; to promote the country’s industrial and intellectual development, set up JN Tata Endowment, which enabled Indian students with outstanding academic record, to pursue higher studies abroad (Tata Scholarship for studies). Set up National Institute of Labour Management. Setup Tata Airlines which later became Air India. 2. Welfare of the workers: workers’ welfare was of utmost priority to the founder of the group. Introduced employee benefits such as eight-hour working day, free medical aid, maternity benefits, introduced first provident fund scheme in 1920. Township having specific space earmarked for sports and religious activities. 3. HR Policy: We want to attract good people, retain the better people and advance the best people. Potentially good managers below the age of 50 were identified based on some broad parameters and were posted across the group. HR function was divided into three divisions, each responsible for top 6-7 companies in the group. First group was responsible for corporate management development, performance management, potential assessment, succession planning, group mobility, compensation structure, and work level deployment; second division was responsible for selection process for filling vacancies in top three levels of work companies and the third was responsible for training of employees and revamping of training programme at Pune based Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) 4.

Infosys 1. Employees’ satisfaction: Infosys was one of the first Indian companies to grant stock options to its employees and was ranked No. 1