[RichaRaiNidhi]

Originally Posted by daemon

excellent initiative nidhi..would go a long way in helping out ppl like me who are worried about the gk section of tiss

Hi daemon,
No answers from ur end....would reuest all to participate

Will try and add a few cases (kind of) for analysis.....will help us solve the real questions on Dec 9 and 14....

The cases would be brain child as I cld not find any thing close it it on the web.....well If anyone has any idea or question pertaing to the subject matter.....PLSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....Post it here...

Regards
Nidhi

[RichaRaiNidhi]

Dear All,

the case is as under....

In ABC pvt. ltd. the atmosphere is tensed......employees are tensed on the outcome of the long discussions in the conference room......all impacts on the fate of the meeting.....HR team is a part of it and will announce their action plan with the commencement of the same....

ABC is a subsidiary of a multinational firm whrein due to the 'Global Economic Crisis' .....company has decided to file in for bankruptcy.....

In such a case the subsidiary in india would be effected as the closure of the company would lead to loss of jobs at ABC....

In such situations what should be the initial steps from the HR team of the company...

Regards
Nidhi

[RichaRaiNidhi]

Originally Posted by surbhi_ss

Hi Nidhi,
Thanks for taking this initiative of putting forward these set of questions,would b of great help indeed.
here are my answers:
1.'Old Lady of Boribunder' refers to Times of India.
2.'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is based on life of the great industrialist JRD TATA.
3.Fredrick Winslow Taylor-Father of Scientific management
4.dunno this one..
5.first kasmir war year:1947

Another thing,plz tell the answer for Father of Psychology:
Freud or Wundt??confused about this one.

Regards,
Surbhi

Hi Surbhi,Apologies for missing out ur question earlier....

Wilhem Wundt is considered to be the Father Of Psychology......the reason is as he pioneered the exclusive research on psychology.....

Sigmund Freud has contributed a lot towards Psychoanalysis....which is relevant in the present competitive environment.....but the Honour of the Title....not his...

Regards
Nidhi

[RichaRaiNidhi]

Originally Posted by garfieldthecat

You are doing a good work, i guess people are not responding because they might be busy with CAT......

regarding 5th q, is it 81st or 85th??

Hi Garfield

Apke question ka answer search karne main thoda time lag gaya.....

85th Ammendment for the Constitution....gave the reservation of 33% of the parliamnetary seats for women.....

81st Ammendment.....Im still not clear what was the impact....Can u pls detail on that....

Any other info on the same will certainly post....

Regards
Nidhi

[daemon]

Originally Posted by RichaRaiNidhi

Hi daemon,
No answers from ur end....would reuest all to participate

Will try and add a few cases (kind of) for analysis.....will help us solve the real questions on Dec 9 and 14....

The cases would be brain child as I cld not find any thing close it it on the web.....well If anyone has any idea or question pertaing to the subject matter.....PLSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....Post it here...

Regards
Nidhi

hi nidhi,

i can post only on weekdays as i access net from office..from now on count me in..also i would try my best to get some qs and quiz the quiz master..i more of a buisness quiz guy..so will post qs on tht and try to lay my hands on a few caselets too

hey puys,
lets all try posting gk qs..it would go a long way in helping us in our preps..if 2-3 puys post 5 qs a day, by dec 14th we wud have dealt with close to 400-600 qs which is quite a lot..its just a suggestion..what say guys

well herez my set of 5 qs for the day:
1.Who heads the ILO
2.What is McCann-Erickson.
3.The first state in India to adopt Panchayati Raj is
4.UN hailed this Bollywood film as major contribution in the battle against AIDS in India. The movie is
5.Your potential our passion is the punch line of which company

do tell me about the std of the qs and most importantly whether they are relavant or not..as i told u i am more of a buisness quiz guy..and TISS mostly asks on social sensitivity

[Certitude]

Hi My First Post :
1.Who heads the ILO --- Juan Somavia
2.What is McCann-Erickson.-- it's an ad agency
3.The first state in India to adopt Panchayati Raj is -- I dont Know.
4.UN hailed this Bollywood film as major contribution in the battle against AIDS in India. The movie is -- Phir Milenge( Shilpa Shetty,Salman Khan,Abhishel Bachchan)
5.Your potential our passion is the punch line of which company-- Microsoft

[daemon]

Originally Posted by RichaRaiNidhi

Dear All,

the case is as under....

In ABC pvt. ltd. the atmosphere is tensed......employees are tensed on the outcome of the long discussions in the conference room......all impacts on the fate of the meeting.....HR team is a part of it and will announce their action plan with the commencement of the same....

ABC is a subsidiary of a multinational firm whrein due to the 'Global Economic Crisis' .....company has decided to file in for bankruptcy.....

In such a case the subsidiary in india would be effected as the closure of the company would lead to loss of jobs at ABC....

In such situations what should be the initial steps from the HR team of the company...

Regards
Nidhi

my take on this..this is very much like what happened in lehman bros powai office.(the HR team there has a tiss alumnus )..
the Hr team should first of all try to pacify the employees.They should have a good idea of what the future of the company is going to be.In most of the cases some new company will buy out this firm.Hence they can work out a plan where they can negotiate with the new company to retain most of the employess..The Hr can also work with the top team management and convince them to keep the employees in their pay rolls for a certain period of time during which the employees can look for new jobs.Most importantly the HR team should have a game plan among themselves as to how they are going to tackle the situation amidst all this confusion

[RichaRaiNidhi]

Originally Posted by daemon

hi nidhi,

i can post only on weekdays as i access net from office..from now on count me in..also i would try my best to get some qs and quiz the quiz master..i more of a buisness quiz guy..so will post qs on tht and try to lay my hands on a few caselets too

hey puys,
lets all try posting gk qs..it would go a long way in helping us in our preps..if 2-3 puys post 5 qs a day, by dec 14th we wud have dealt with close to 400-600 qs which is quite a lot..its just a suggestion..what say guys

well herez my set of 5 qs for the day:
1.Who heads the ILO
2.What is McCann-Erickson.
3.The first state in India to adopt Panchayati Raj is
4.UN hailed this Bollywood film as major contribution in the battle against AIDS in India. The movie is
5.Your potential our passion is the punch line of which company

do tell me about the std of the qs and most importantly whether they are relavant or not..as i told u i am more of a buisness quiz guy..and TISS mostly asks on social sensitivity

Hi daemon,

My ans are as under:

1. Paul Woltfiz (not sure of the spell)
2. Its a consultancy
3. Kerla
4. Can't recall the name...star cast was Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Junior Bacchan...I feel wahi movie hai....It received loads of acolades for touching a sensitive topic well
5. Its either Accenture or Dell

There are no type of question....post anything.....being in touch with all sectors is more imp.... (these are my views)

Regards
Nidhi

[garfieldthecat]

Originally Posted by RichaRaiNidhi

Hi Garfield

Apke question ka answer search karne main thoda time lag gaya.....

85th Ammendment for the Constitution....gave the reservation of 33% of the parliamnetary seats for women.....

81st Ammendment.....Im still not clear what was the impact....Can u pls detail on that....

Any other info on the same will certainly post....

Regards
Nidhi

the first time NDA government tabled the bill it was 81st....while again the bill was tabled and passed...and hence 85th Amendment is the correct answer.:happy:

[garfieldthecat]

Originally Posted by RichaRaiNidhi

Dear All,

the case is as under....

In ABC pvt. ltd. the atmosphere is tensed......employees are tensed on the outcome of the long discussions in the conference room......all impacts on the fate of the meeting.....HR team is a part of it and will announce their action plan with the commencement of the same....

ABC is a subsidiary of a multinational firm whrein due to the 'Global Economic Crisis' .....company has decided to file in for bankruptcy.....

In such a case the subsidiary in india would be effected as the closure of the company would lead to loss of jobs at ABC....

In such situations what should be the initial steps from the HR team of the company...

Regards
Nidhi

Interesting one....Adding few other points too related to HR's role in recession

First of all, in this information age, the access to information is very fast and often misleading- leading to panic and negative hype. So first thing the HR needs to take care is communicating effectively and well before the employees get info from another source. This would help maintain a healthy environment based on trust.

Secondly, the HR needs to access how much the changes in its parent arm going to affect the local arm. It could be that local arm is isolated or unharmed by changes abroad.

Thirdly, based on the above analysis, it needs to have a fair strategy to deal with the issue in hand- and this is easier said than done. HR might need to take tough decisions to downsize, but how and when is what needs to be planned properly.

At the same time, HR can't always be pro-company and anti-employees- management needs to understand that after some time the downturn is going to end and the company image then would matter for its growth ahead

Fourthly, HR can also see if there is some oppurtunity in the recession times. For example, lot of NRIs now wan't to relocate to India- and in this way some expert professionals can be a part of a company who would have otherwise been out of reach