3. 85 Managers of a company
were asked the following
questions
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To what extent did you have clearly set work plan for
the last six months?
To what extent did your seniors with whom you work
shared the same understanding of your work plan and
priorities in the last six months?
To what extent are you able to put to use most of your
capabilities in the last six months?
To what extent are you clear about the work plan and
priorities for the next six months?
They were asked use the following scale:
– 100% = fully, 75% = Mostly, 50% = somewhat, 25% = A
Little, 0% = Not at all
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4. To what extent did you have
clearly set work plan for the last six
months?( n= 85)
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100% = 11 Managers
75% = 59 Managers
50% = 10 Managers
25% = 5 Managers
0% = None
Calculate the Percentage of un-planned
work which may be a wastage.
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5. TVR LS
28% Unplanned work or time
Wasted due to lack of clarity
i.e. Nearly twenty four persons
time wasted in last six months due
to unplanned work or 12 person-
years of unplanned work
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6. TVR LS
If a manager’s boss does not
share the same work plan and
priorities as the manager what
are the consequences to the
individual, his boss and the
organization?
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7. Extent seniors shared same
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priorities in last 6 months
100% = 20 Managers
75% = 32 managers
50% = 20 Managers
25% = 9 managers
0% = 1 Manager
Calculate the percentage of non congruence of
work plans and the consequent damage to the
organization.
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8. Extent to which managers were
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able to put to use their
capabilities in last 6 Months
100% = 11 Managers
75% = 39 Managers
50% = 28 Managers
25% = 5 Managers
0% = 0 Managers
Percentage of Unutilized competencies = 33
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9. Extent to which Clear about
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their Priorities for the Next six
months
100% = 26 Managers
75% = 38 Managers
50% = 16 Managers
25% = 3 Managers
0% = None
Level of Plan Congruence = 76%
If this is your data are you happy with
this?
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10. TVR LS
What do you think of this
company’s PMS?
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11. TVR LS
Do you know the following?
If you are paying ten thousand rupees a month
to secretary in your department he/she is
costing you one rupee a minute.
A thirty thousand rupee salary person costs
rupees three a minute.
A manager with a CTC of 12 lakhs costs Rs. 600
an hour and Rs. 5,000 a day
What do you think is the ROI this manager is
expected to give to the company?
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12. TVR LS
Talent and Time
Talent has become scarce and it has
become strategic
Hurconomics is a way of measuring talent
through costing time
The concepts I have used in this context
are:
– COT = Cost Of Time
– R- COT = Real Cost Of Time
– O-COT = Opportunity Cost Of Time
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13. How much does a tea break
TVR LS cost to the company?
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14. TVR LS
What should be the agenda of a
meeting of the Board or a sales
team or a daily production
meeting?
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15. How much does it cost to
have a PRD? What returns
can you expect?
TVR LS
Take the example of MRs and monthly
meetings or their quarterly PRDs
How do you get the best out of these PRDs
or meetings?
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16. How can you recover
investments on recruitment
if your retention rates are
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low?
Induction?
Integration?
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17. How can you calculate
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training investments and
ensure returns to the
full?
Five conditions for making training an
investment
Estimate the time needed to recover the
cost of training in conflict management
between two Senior Managers who use
about 120 e-mails a year due to
differences of attitudes?
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18. TVR LS How much are you
spending on your HR
department? Are you
getting the best from it?
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19. TVR LS
How does HR contribute to
your intellectual value
addition and share holder
value?
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20. TVR LS
Open Forum
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