A CASE REPORT ON GROWING IT COMPANIES IN SOUTH ASIA FOR GLOBAL OUTSOURCING JOBS

Its an international business case study.

Reasons Companies Outsource to South Asia

1) Cost containment – Let’s face it, cost is what started the trend of outsourcing and it continues to be the largest driver for outsourcing. Companies can save considerable amounts of money leveraging outsourcing. As technology continues to grow to a point that all industries are technology based and all companies are in some respect technology companies. As this continues, technology is becoming a larger part of the company P&L and the primary cost that must be cut or maintained. With this being the case, the offshore model still offers very attractive models for lowering cost. Outsourcing is cheaper than nearshore or even onshore. Even with rework, the overall total cost will be less with outsourcing than any other method.

Anti-thesis on Situational Leadership - Organizational Behavior

            Situational leadership refers to when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his/her style to fit the development level of the followers he/she is trying to influence. With situational leadership, it is up to the leader to change his style, not the follower to adapt to the leader’s style. In situational leadership, the style may change continually to meet the needs of others in the organization based on the situation. Everything has followers as well as criticizers so do Situational Leadership.

Google's Evolving Pay Strategy - Compensation Management Case Analysis

This case analysis is based on American University for the Compensation Management, Human Resource Management. The following answers are for Google's Evolving Pay Strategy.

1.     What is Google’s pay level? How do you define and measure its pay level?
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          Google's pay level is pretty attractive to the fresher's and also for its existing employees since it has been updating the pay regularly with other benefits. Google provides pay levels based on pay performance.

          Google's current pay level is impressive and employee bounding. Google is paying $20k more to the fresh graduates than the current offering by its competitors. This pay is high in comparison to the industry average and the startups who cannot match up with the Google's salary. It is mostly to attract the talented employees from the fresh market.

Incentives can be too Powerful --- Compensation Management Case Analysis

This case analysis is based on American University for the Compensation Management, Human Resource Management. The following answers are for Incentives can be too Powerful.

          
         Incentive plans are tools used by business owners to encourage, recognize and reward exceptional performance in their employees. Incentive plans typically surpass standard salary and benefit agreements and usually are given in the form of cash bonuses, extra paid vacation days or gift items of non-monetary value. There are numerous advantages associated with encouraging business staffers through the use of incentives. Incentives are motivator, increased earnings, loyalty, reduced turnover and collaborative efforts.

The Burger Boy - Compensation Management Case Analysis

This case analysis is based on American University for the Compensation Management, Human Resource Management. The following answers are for The Burger Boy.

1.     What appear to be the problems at this Burger Boy?
There have several problems at this Burger Boy. The major problems are:

·        the two managers not managing the workload during absentees of the employees

·        not managed replacement during the absentees

·        letting too much pressures on employees

·        error in performance in busy period due to over demand

·        not enough breaks

·        manger pointing directly to the employees in mass

·        manager assigned excessive of working hour which caused over burden

·        Managers not compensating the work of the employees as stated Newman gets compliment for his efforts after two weeks of joining.

·        Manager not happy with the payment