TO A PRESENTATION ON PROJECT WORK & I AM R.B. EASWARAN

MILESTONES By 18May Activity to be completed Topic finalized; research problem defined; research methodology finalized; team organization completed; access problems sorted; secondary data search fairly completed; initiate primary data collection

By

18May

Activity to be completed

Topic finalized; research problem defined; research methodology finalized; team organization completed; access problems sorted; secondary data search fairly completed; initiate primary data collection

MILESTONES By 25 May 1 June 8 June Activity to be completed Report progress on Primary Data collection; begin draft report preparation Collation, tabulation and analysis of data completed; first draft of final project report finalized Final Project Report to be submitted along with “Personal Review of Project Experience” to be submitted separately by each student

By

25 May

1 June

8 June

Activity to be completed

Report progress on Primary Data collection; begin draft report preparation

Collation, tabulation and analysis of data completed; first draft of final project report finalized

Final Project Report to be submitted along with “Personal Review of Project Experience” to be submitted separately by each student

MILESTONES By 15 Jun Activity to be completed Presentation by groups and Q&A

By

15 Jun

Activity to be completed

Presentation by groups and Q&A

Assessment Criteria Conceptual understanding Showing your ability to link concepts to practice Structural development - how you develop your assignment from objectives to analysis and synthesis and finally draw conclusions and make recommendations Evidence of personal and professional self-evaluation – how you went about the assignment, including your learning processes, a critical reflection of your own views and experiences

Conceptual understanding

Showing your ability to link concepts to practice

Structural development - how you develop your assignment from objectives to analysis and synthesis and finally draw conclusions and make recommendations

Evidence of personal and professional self-evaluation – how you went about the assignment, including your learning processes, a critical reflection of your own views and experiences

Assessment Criteria Research activities – the actual investigation you carried out, difficulties encountered; if necessary be critical of the data or information you have gathered, state their limitations, if any. Referencing & acknowledgements Originality

Research activities – the actual investigation you carried out, difficulties encountered; if necessary be critical of the data or information you have gathered, state their limitations, if any.

Referencing & acknowledgements

Originality

Marking 1. Project Report - 70 Marks 2. Presentation - 20 Marks 3. Personal Review of Project Experience - 10 Marks

1. Project Report - 70 Marks

2. Presentation - 20 Marks

3. Personal Review of

Project Experience - 10 Marks

The Title Question Or Brief The title of the research project comes from the research objectives, the decision and research problems The title has two types of words: Process words; and Content words The Content word says what you must focus on in the report The Process word says how you must deal with the content

The title of the research project comes from the research objectives, the decision and research problems

The title has two types of words: Process words; and Content words

The Content word says what you must focus on in the report

The Process word says how you must deal with the content

Investigate or examine by argument with reasons for and against Discuss Give a detailed account Describe Give your opinion about values, theories, practices supported with research evidence Critical/ or Criticize Look for similarities and differences Compare State your opinion about a topic with evidence Comment Make a detailed examination of something Analyze

Give a concise account of the main points of the topic Summarize Make a survey of; critically examine the subject Review Use examples, diagrams etc to explain Illustrate Make plain, interpret, give reasons Explain Present in depth and investigate fully the implications Examine Make a judgement about value/importance/worth of something Evaluate

To what extent – asks you to weigh the evidence for and against something; to state how far something is valid Extent

A Planning Tree Example

24. International HR practices – studying global recruitment practices; global compensation practices; Performance management of Transnational employees; etc. 23. Labor practices – studying difference across countries; what is best for India Inc – industry specific or general 22. Education Vs Employability – studying the Indian context; comparing against best in the world 21. Reverse brain drain – study of challenges to Indian workforce from advanced country nationals choosing to work in India 14. Service Industry – people challenges; how people practices change from traditional to service economy; studying emotional labor across service businesses 7. Performance Management – implications for employee retention, motivation across companies or industries; how has workers’ views changed regarding Performance Management in the last 25 years? 20. Work Standardization in a globalized world – challenges, what companies do; experiences of Indian companies going abroad and foreign companies coming to India 13. Changing compensation practices – across industries, professions, companies; employee and employer views; implications for business performance, employee motivation, employee retention, attrition, etc. 6. Employee as competitive advantage – what companies do to sustain the people advantage 19. Cyber Crimes & People management issues – what companies do; studying practices across companies and industries and cultures 12. Affirmative action – Indian context; study of initiatives by companies; implications for employee motivation, retention, productivity, performance; Equal Employment practices in Indian firms – comparison against firms in advanced countries 5. Employee retention – challenges, solutions 18. Small Scale Industries – people challenges; people practices; comparing against large corporations – advantages, disadvantages 11. Business ethics and Profit objectives – challenges, company performances; study of ethical codes across companies; relating ethical conduct & bottomline performance; ethical conduct and employee motivation; global practices, etc 4. Cultural challenges in cross-cultural businesses – BPOs, Call centers, etc 17. Training & Development – what companies do to make it count; studying correlations between T&D and Corporate performance, and people related issues such as attrition, motivation, loyalty, etc 10. Attrition – comparison of rates across industries, companies; long and short term implications; 3. Employee motivation – across industries, of knowledge workers 16. People CMM (Capability Maturity Model) – does it really make a difference to firms and their performance and to people 9. Mergers & Acquisitions – People issues, challenges; comparison of people practices across companies 2. 24/7 work – social implications – is there a pattern across industries or companies? Across states and cultures? 15. Technology and people management – how people practices have changed with technology across companies, industries, cultures, etc 8. Team-based organizations – challenges, opportunities; implications for performance 1. Protean Career – Indian Context; comparing traditional Vs Protean careers across industries, cultures, etc.