International Business
Why background checks of job candidates are necessary
Case Studies
CASE STUDY (20Marks)
Background checks are an issue faced by many companies, as sensitive information is now more public than ever. Office Drop is no exception, as the company scans paper into digital files, including patient records and minister sermons, most of which require
trustworthy employees who can handle documents discreetly. Many companies offer quick, superficial checks, but for Office Drop owner Prasad Thammineni, more information was required. He found a company that would allow research to delve into a number of different sources and perform a more comprehensive search. Other business owners offered somewhat critical opinions of Thammineni’s choice, pointing out that instead of Googling to find a background check company, he should have asked his business network who they were using. They also recommended that he took advantage of free resources, including online searches and checking out social media sites to learn more about job candidates.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Why background checks of job candidates are necessary?
Q2. Why the Office Drop owner Prasad was very particular about background checks of employees?
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
The case describes the entry and expansion strategies of Indian software major Infosys, in China. Infosys entered China in 2004 to cater to its multinational clients operating in the country and to take advantage of the quality manpower available at competitive
costs as compared to India. Infosys also planned to offer software services to the leading Chinese companies which were growing at a rapid pace. The company aimed to have its second largest development center in China with Chinese operations accounting for
10% of the total revenues by 2015. Infosys faced number of challenges in establishing its operations in the country.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Examine the growing importance of China in the global software industry.
Q2. Analyze the strategies adopted by the Indian IT companies like Infosys in the Chinese market.
case (20Marks)
PATRA Global is engaged in IT industry having 1000 employees. The Human Resource Head of the company is faced with many problems of like high turnover of employees, late coming, The young employees don’t stay for long and quit the job within a year or
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H R Depart. Experienced people demand very high salary. The CEO of the Company has worked hard to win the new business contracts and would like to double the turnover in 2 years. However due to shortage of right people on stable basis contracts are incomplete and the company may have to pay penalty and will find difficult to get renewal of contract. The employees of the company compare their company with leading companies in the Industry and feels demoralized.
Answer the following question.
Q1. What is your suggestion for planning and getting right people for right job.
Q2. What are various sources for recruitment which can be tried.
Q3. How you would like to improve skills of the employees.
Q4. Suggest steps to motivate the employees.
CASE STUDY (20Marks)
In 2000, a fire at the Philips microchip plant affected phone manufacturers Nokia And Ericsson. The companies reacted in different ways, and ultimately, Ericsson did not do well, quitting the mobile phone business and allowing Nokia to win over the European
market. While Ericsson had tied up all of its key components in a single source and planned to wait out the problem with the fire, Nokia worked to snatch up spare chips from other plants and suppliers, as well as reengineered some of their phones to adapt to different chips from new suppliers. It’s not hard to imagine what happened after that. Nokia kept trucking along, while Ericsson suffered from months of lost production and sales, allowing the market to be dominated by Nokia. This incident and fallout is a
classic lesson in supply chain risk management.
Answer the following question.
Q1. How Nokia dominated the market, despite the fire at component manufacturer’s premises?
Q2. What you should have done as a manager of Ericsson Company?
Why background checks of job candidates are necessary
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