Navigating Workplace Dynamics: Understanding Favoritism and Organizational Politics
The case highlighted the issue of favouritism and organisational politics at Swift University, based in Delhi. Dr. Mayank is the primary protagonist in this case. Dr. Mayank Sharma joined as an Assistant Professor at Swift University with the hope that his career would advance and reach new heights. It showcased how his hopes got setback due to the ongoing favoritism and organisational politics. The case discusses his various experiences in the form of narration and story. It highlighted the attitude of the top management in handling the new employee's expectations and its impact on his morale and motivation level.
Rightsizing or Downsizing - A Story of Dell
The case points out the issue of retrenchment followed by a strike in Dell International Services (DIL), Mohali. The case revolves around Mr Amit Malhotra, Senior Human Resource Manager, DIS, Mohali who was allocated a task to execute a retrenchment exercise due to continuous losses to the irm. It showcases the strategy adopted by him to successfully implement the plan keeping the reputation of the irm intact and handling the related issues. The case highlighted his expectations and dilemma while dealing with the issue of retrenchment and got a setback due to the ongoing strike. The case talked about his various experiences in the narrative form. It highlighted the attitude of the employees in uncertain situations and their approaches to dealing with them. It also revealed the hidden worries and tensions of the management while making tough decisions. It also gave food for thought for present and future HR practitioners and academicians to think about the options available to them to deal with such situations considering their repercussions.
ProTech Publishing Co.: Is Print Media Dying in Finland?
ProTec Publishing Co, working in the media industry was established in the year 2012 which turned into a unicorn in a very short span of time. Company produces a journal and a magazine with internal product reference codes PJL140 and PMG120 respectively. The case helps analyzing variable and ixed costs with reference to the cost structure of a product. It also helps in developing an understanding that how does cost structure contributes to the proitability of a irm. Ms. Maria, the protagonist of the case struggles to understand the real cause of declining sales as both internal and external factors were seemingly prominent. Was she unable to look at the bigger picture of new trends in consuming media?
Is There Anything Like Humane Jail Design: Whether the Changes in Design Will Prove Beneficial or Injurious to Society?
On a summer day of May 9, 2019, Prof Keshav, professor of School of Architecture & Planning, Babu Banarasi Das University (BBDU) and retired senior architect of Uttar Pradesh Rashtriya Nirmaan Nigam (UPRNN), was one of the panelists in the Bachelor of Architecture inal year thesis jury, where a inal year student was continuously advocating about his aspirations to make a livable jail while designing a District jail. All the jury members were adamant that what new he will be able to do as jail design is a rigid concept following only security norms. Listening to all the conversations Professor Keshav suddenly went back to the year 1999 when he was practically presenting jail designs of various jails like Siddhartha Nagar, Kanpur Dehat followed by Bagpat, Maharajganj and Sonbhadra. He visited many prisons of the country including Tihar for case study and found that their condition needed consideration again. He advocated the use of well thought architectural strategies as a tool to inluence the psyche of prison inmate. He worked and re worked on spatial design so that prisoners get humanitarian conditions to survive in the coninement and following all the mandatory norms at the same time.
Defining and Redefining Policies to Incentivize Cinema Business
This case study is cumulative and instrumental in nature. It provides an insight into the elements which any destination needs to incorporate in its Film Policy in order to make it an attractive location for shooting and post shooting processing for film production houses. The case has been written to be taken up at university level to teach at under graduate and post graduate level Policy and Planning related topics in management, marketing and the like papers. It can be used to make learners understand analysis of information to frame proactive business policies for being internationally competitive and for ease in doing businesses. All the data used are secondary and sourced from government reports and websites, published news articles and research papers. Collected data has been analyzed and presented in a comparative manner to make the learner understand the difference in scenario which the new policy will create after its implementation.
The Dark Side: A Look at India's Edtech Landscape
Byju's has played a crucial role in driving innovation and growth in the Indian edtech startup industry. Byju's, a unicorn and global leader, has changed traditional education techniques with its revolutionary approach to learning, earning great acclaim and popularity. Nevertheless, despite its impressive growth, Byju's faced a range of complex obstacles, speciically related to maintaining inancial stability, ensuring ethical administration of its personnel, and making strategic decisions. The case explored Byju's trajectory, as it navigated the intricate equilibrium between aggressive expansion goals and judicious iscal administration, while grappling with ethical quandaries related to workforce reductions and corporate responsibility. By looking back at the past, stakeholders need to be encouraged to reevaluate the fundamental forces at play in the startup ecosystem, highlighting the need for honesty, understanding, and societal obligation in promoting long-lasting progress in the education technology industry.