Reference No: COMM0029 Pages: 22Published on: 9, December, 2022
Abstract: On May 27, 2020, a blowout occurred in Well No. 5 at Baghjan (Assam); the well, owned by Oil India Ltd., caught fire on June 9, 2020. For almost five and a half months, the company tried to douse the 200-foot high flame but failed to do so. Finally, on Day 173, Oil India Ltd succeeded ... More
Reference No: F&A0487Pages: 17Published on: 21, September, 2010
Abstract: National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a company owned predominantly by the Government of India, undertakes a further public offering (FPO). The key issue in the FPO is the pricing of a share which is infrequently traded. As compared to earlier issues in the recent past, the conflict between the Government's ... More
Reference No: CMA0664TECPages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: Team building is a group effort. However, teams are differentiated from groups. Teams possess only four of the essential elements of groups, viz. goal sharing, interdependence, commitment, and accountability. The team-building process, involves five stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. A team leader requires skills of both ... More
Reference No: P&IR0038(B)Pages: 10 Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: A continuation of Case (A) P&IR0038(A), this case describes the changes in the industrial relations structure of the company following expansion of the production programme and the appointment of a personnel manager. It also gives an account of how pressures of technology and market, combined with managerial changes ... More
Reference No: BP0235(A)Pages: 44Published on: 19, February, 1996
Abstract: Electronics Corporation of India Limited, a public sector undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, faces the problem of formulating product market strategy and evolving an overall corporate strategy. Consideration has to be given to the needs of the planned nuclear programme, cash generations, opportunities of growth, and the needs ... More
Reference No: IMG0017(B)Pages: 6Published on: 14, July, 2008
Abstract: Describes the evolution of an offshore Analytics organization in India. Traces three years of organization building and narrates the challenges faced in transacting business with onsite operations culture, communication, skill set differences across offices. ... More
Reference No: CIPR0005Pages: 30Published on: 26, April, 2010
Abstract: This case focuses on the way forward for Hyderbad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) as of July 2009, when the earlier winning bidder had to be served with a termination notice due to non compliance towards financial closure. The top management of HMRL was considering various alternatives before them: 1) Whether the second ... More
Reference No: P&IR0038(A)Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: Describes in a historical perspective the background of the management and employees, and gives an account of the industrial relations machinery existing in the organization before the management formally launched the personnel function. This case acts as background material for the subsequent cases. In itself, it lends itself to a ... More
Reference No: F&A0272TECPages: 22Published on: 1, January, 1975
Abstract: This paper expounds the Theory of Pipeline Capital. It explains the determinants of the stock of funds that would have to remain conserved in a business system with a view to ensuring a (predetermined) rate of activity. For this purpose, it establishes the relationship between inputs and prices, the lengths ... More
Reference No: BP0235(G)Pages: 8Published on: 19, February, 1996
Abstract: This case describes the situation faced by the Control Systems Group (CSG) of ECIL, a multiproduct, multidivisional company. This Group is one of ECIL's most important Groups in terms of turnover and in terms of the importance of the product. The Group is in the business of producing and supplying ... More
Reference No: CMHS0046TECPages: 7Published on: 18, May, 2021
Abstract: India has the highest burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections globally, with 430 million children at risk of parasitic intestinal worms. This note analyses the impact of the Primary School Deworming Project (PSDP) in Kenya from 1998 to 2020. In the first follow-up, students were healthier and stayed in school longer. Twenty years later, ... More
Reference No: PSG0144(A)Pages: 19Published on: 27, April, 2022
Abstract: The case discusses the situation of Mr. Madhavan, Managing Director of the Progressive Metro Rail Corporation, following the mayhem at the construction site of the metro. He has to submit a comprehensive risk management system to the Chief Minister and the cabinet ministers. Before developing a risk management system, it ... More
Reference No: IMG0017(C)Pages: 14Published on: 14, July, 2008
Abstract: Describes the evolution of an offshore Analytics organization in India. Traces three years of organization building and narrates the challenges faced in transacting business with onsite operations culture, communication, skill set differences across offices. ... More
Reference No: BP0169Pages: 23Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case combines the SAIL (A) & (B) cases and provides some additional new information. The questions and answers in the Parliament on SAIL included in Case (B) along with the organizational details of the holding company in Case (A) help pose the question as to why the SAIL holding company ... More
Reference No: IMG0017(A)Pages: 6Published on: 14, July, 2008
Abstract: Describes the evolution of an offshore Analytics organization in India. Traces three years of organization building and narrates the challenges faced in transacting business with onsite operations culture, communication, skill set differences across offices. ... More
