Reference No: P&IR0074Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case gives the organization and functions of the personnel department of an international company. It describes areas of personnel management, which are centrally controlled, and areas that are decentralized in different countries. ... More
Reference No: F&A0135Pages: 13 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case highlights some problems relating to executive training in a bank, by describing the process of training and placement undergone by a promising trainee. Suitable for discussing the objectives and structure of executive training programmes in a bank, and the problems of incorporating training into the existing organizational structure ... More
Reference No: F&A0143(D)Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case describes the suggestions made by a consultant and his colleagues regarding the appraisal and promotion of officers in the bank. ... More
Reference No: F&A0133Pages: 18Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Deals with the problem of performance appraisal of branch agents in a bank. Five senior executives stationed at the head office annually rate the agents' personality traits, skills, and branch routine and work. The main objective of the appraisal system is executive development and promotion decisions. The appraisal is not ... More
Reference No: P&IR0021(B)Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Case (B) P&IR0021(B) describes an incentive scheme launched by the management apparently to provide higher job satisfaction to workers. This can be discussed in relation to the philosophy and practices of wage incentives in industry. ... More
Reference No: F&A0143(B)Pages: 8 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Deals with the problems in introducing a formal appraisal system in the bank; brings out the constraints within which branch managers evaluate their junior colleagues, especially in the absence of well-defined evaluation standards; and indicates how old procedures may continue despite modern personnel practices. ... More
Reference No: F&A0142Pages: 28Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Deals with the problem of handling an undisciplined employee at a bank's branch office. The employee, who is an active union member, has an unflattering performance record. Repeated memos from the branch manager fail to improve his performance. Ultimately, the branch manager, with the concurrence of the head office, conducts ... More
Reference No: F&A0136Pages: 34Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: A nationalized bank with a history of slow growth plans for a "big leap forward". The development plans can be examined in relation to the nature of existing manpower, the structure of union-management relations, the existing organization structure, and the economic realities of the total organization and its various ... More
Reference No: F&A0134Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case deals with the efforts of the bank's O&M department to evolve work norms for assessing staff needs at the bank's branches, and discusses the practical problems faced by regional managers in this regard. ... More
Reference No: F&A0143(C)Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The managing director appoints a committee of the bank's senior officers, with an outside consultant as its chairman, for working out an appraisal system, and recommending a promotion policy. The committee visits different branches and meets the officers to ascertain their opinions and reactions to the "Star System" of appraisal ... More
Reference No: F&A0132Pages: 10Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case deals with the problem of maintaining discipline in a major branch of a large bank. Employees stop work following the sudden breakdown of airconditioning equipment, leave the office, and mark incorrect time in the registers while leaving. The local union leaders stage a noisy demonstration within the ... More
Reference No: P&IR0021(A)Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Case (A) P&IR0021(A)describes a prolonged conflict between management and workers, culminating in extreme violence. The legal, social and organizational constraints under which the management has to operate are described. It lends itself to a discussion of how industrial relations can be structured in light of concrete experience ... More
Reference No: F&A0143(A)Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Describes the introduction of a formal appraisal system in a bank that has a tradition of personalized recruitment, promotion and evaluation procedures. The idea is to reward officers who have stood by the management in a period of crisis. Under the new scheme, the head office asks the branch managers ... More
Reference No: F&A0137Pages: 18 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case is in two parts. Part A describes the background of union-management relations in a large bank in which a scheme of joint consultation at the head office and regional offices was launched. Part B describes the structure and working of the joint consultative committee at the regional ... More
Reference No: F&A0155(A)Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Describes a large commercial bank's system of performance appraisal for its branches along five major dimensions: 1) growth in deposits/advances (depending on whether they are deposits-heavy or advance-heavy branches), 2) profits or losses, 3) staff relations, 4) efficiency in internal branch routine, and 5) customer service. In actual practice, however, the management ... More