Shulagna Sarkar

NLC India Limited - Navaratna Company (GoI Enterprise) · Learning and Dvelopment Cell

Human resources are the most significant assets to any organization. Having engaged employees not only ensures incremental benefits during the upswing but also assures innovative ideas, commitment and supports organizations in the low lying times. In India, not only the service sector organizations are focusing on Employee Engagement but manufactur...

Ancient civilisations have sustainably contributed to the field of spirituality. Discussions on common platform and research in the area have been ongoing since ages. Yet lately, there has been a worldwide explosion of interest in the term ‘spirituality’. During the era of uncertain changes and turmoil, what many organisations are focusing on is ‘s...

Public enterprises (PEs) in India are an inseparable part of the process and dynamics of economic development in India. Since the first five year plan, PEs has been involved in the innovation process to update themselves to the latest developments including product and process innovation. Numerous initiatives have been taken to demonstrate how orga...

Companies take numerous initiatives to ensure higher performance. The role of HR and HR systems has become indispensable for companies to ensure performance and survive in the competitive world. The role of HR systems of public sector units (PSU) in India is equally important in establishing a performance culture. Government has taken numerous init...

Empowerment has been a talked about concept for years. Many organizations have been practicing empowerment even though it is highly challenging. Organizations claim to practice empowerment, yet the empowerment at the bottom of the hierarchy is hardly observed. Banking sector is a highly service-oriented sector and the lower level employees are the...

Purpose Employee engagement (EE) continues to be one of the most difficult challenges for organizations today. Numerous factors have been linked to EE, according to studies. However, the necessary human resource management (HRM) strategies and systems for enhancing EE have not yet been developed. It is questionable if all employees inside the compa...

Purpose The word “sustainability” is discussed in several ways since MDGs and SDGs have gained business attention. Sustainability is not just about something’s durability; it also looks at how to advance development projects without endangering the development of others nearby, both now and in the future (Fink, 2000). It is a drive that weaves toge...

The pandemic has affected people across the world. Businesses have been impacted and, in a way, have affected the employment scenario worldwide. The skill development initiative is playing a major role in bringing back the affected to the mainstream. Skill development efforts have always been a true solution to incoming generations. The chapter mai...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) comprehends to what companies do with their revenues but majorly emphasizes on how ethically, and environmentally concerned they have earned it. CSR goes beyond philanthropy and compliance to drive efforts which are focussed on socio, economic and environmental concerns and which can drive larger impacts to the...

As a result of a growing concern regarding agility, Human Resources (HR) has become one of the most challenging fields of management. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) face people-related issues, from attracting talent to managing performance, while creating employee experience. This article is an attempt to explore the pattern of usage of the HR metr...

CSR is not a new practice and has been existing since ages; yet the role of a leader in driving responsible and sustainable CSR efforts is crucial. CSR is not just one-time activity and holds a high responsibility in ensuring the self-sustenance of the effort. There are very few organisations which guides its CSR efforts being sustainable. NLC Indi...

Sustainable development provides a fresh, invigorating, perspective of the world, which can foster innovative approaches to a variety of business problems. An organisation’s overall strategy as well as its culture, systems and structure to enable sustainable development must encourage individuals to hone their unique skills in areas that essentiall...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a way of responsible businesses to produce an overall positive impact on society through economic, environmental and social actions. CSR has matured rapidly as a concept, driven by demand for greater accountability by corporate to society. CSR is also regarded as one of the key drivers to attaining Sustainab...

Addressing social issues is very crucial for government and thus government is primarily expected to create an enabling environment for raising awareness and stimulating public debate for the existing social challenges and issues. Indian government is proactive to encourage legal mandates in various dimensions enabling responsible business practice...

Human resource measures which are universally used in organizations are the inventive work of Dr Jac Fitz-enz and the early benchmarking effort he has done all the way through the Saratoga Institute. Initially it was very difficult to identify a right methodology to calculate metrics and alignment with organizational objectives. But today, due to t...

Purpose The main objective in adopting the use of metrics and analytics is to use the expertise of HR professionals in human resource management regarding their understanding of the best way to recruit, select, train, design, motivate, develop, evaluate, and retain employees at an organization to help achieve its goals more effectively. Design/met...

The approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has changed through years from the philanthropy to the self-regulatory and to the present multi-stakeholder approach. In India, the CSR mandate has been looked and projected as a game changer and is expected to revolutionise CSR beyond the lens of defensive CSR, promotional CSR and charitable CS...

the Proceedings of International Workshop on Performance Evaluation and Management of State Owned Enterprise, PMD office GoI

Competency based practices have been in existence for quite some time; yet, not many public sector organizations in India have been formally practicing it. In 2010, the HR guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) highlighted the need for competency based HR practices as one of the four pillars of the HR function. Bharat Dynam...

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) a sobriquet of ‘the force behind the peace’ of India is a Mini Ratna (Category I) company. BDL has been initiating various interesting HR practices since inception. ‘Performance’ being the ultimate goal, companies have attempted to link performance management system to competency based HR initiative and BDL is one of s...

Public enterprises (PEs) in India are an inseparable part of the process and dynamics of economic development in India. Since the first five year plan, PEs has been involved in the innovation process to update themselves to the latest developments including product and process innovation. Numerous initiatives have been taken to demonstrate how orga...

Training is a usual formula for organisations through which employees are introduced to learning, but the challenge lies in identifying the appropriate training needs of employees. The success of a training program depends primarily on the need assessment. The paper discusses the process of competency mapping and focuses on how competency mapping c...

HR departments of Indian companies have faced volleys of issues in managing people during the slowdown phase. The role and interventions of HR administered in organisations during this phase served as an opportunity for organisations to survive and face the slowdown. This premise has been studied in this paper. The paper also encompasses the HR ini...

Sustainability has become a business imperative and many organizations are making significant investments in this space. A sustainable business stands an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than it is today, and remaining successful, not just for months or even years, but for decades or generations. HR has an important role in the in...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Inclusive growth and Sustainability are essential aspects of the core strategy and business practices for cutting edge organizations. Sustainable development and CSR as an agenda, have matured rapidly, and is driven by demand for greater accountability by corporate to society in India. Views on corporate res...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Inclusive growth and Sustainability are essential aspects of the core strategy and business practices for cutting edge organizations. Sustainable development and CSR as an agenda, have matured rapidly, and is driven by demand for greater accountability by corporate to society in India. Views on corporate respo...

Corporate Social Responsibility is an entry point for understanding a number of firm related and societal issues and responding to them in a firm’s business strategy. However, it may be noted that there is a universal and a prominent view on protecting environment and stakeholders’ interest. Emerging economies like India has also witnessed a number...

Women are central to the entire development process, be it in an individual family, village, province, state and to the whole nation. Women have maintained the traditional Indian culture since ages. History has revealed the deteriorating state of women. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the most prominent concepts in the literature th...

Oil and gas companies have immensely contributed to India's growth. Considering the nature of operation, there is a growing need for research in the area of CSR initiatives of these companies to commensurate the damages caused by them to environment, people and other stakeholders. The paper provides a platform to explain the various guidelines on C...

Sustainability has become a business imperative and many organizations are making significant investments in this space. A sustainable business stands an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than it is today, and remaining successful, not just for months or even years, but for decades or generations. HR has an important role in the in...

Women are central to the entire development process, be it in an individual family, village, province, state and to the whole nation. Women have maintained the traditional Indian culture since ages. History has revealed the deteriorating state of women. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the most prominent concepts in the literature th...

We are now going through a sustainability revolution that will rival the agricultural and industrial revolutions in the way it will transform society. Innovation and creativity will be needed to develop radical, new products that are less damaging to the environment and generate new business and jobs. The book is of interest to all business and man...

With the advent of globalization companies have realized the need to operate transnational and mark their footsteps across the world. The rise in frequent cross-nation transaction and operation has lead companies to focus on people centric approaches. Cross cultural issues have acted as hindrances in the performance of the organizations. Thus, ther...

With the advent of globalization companies have realized the need to operate transnational and mark their footsteps across the world. The rise in frequent cross-nation transaction and operation has lead companies to focus on people centric approaches. Cross cultural issues have acted as hindrances in the performance of the organizations. Thus, ther...

Many organizations In India are working on knowledge management; yet there are smaller manufacturing units which are burdened with performance problems of employees and they are unable to focus on knowledge driven approaches. The paper presents a knowledge based development (KBD) conceptual model for organizations at inter-organizational level by u...

With most nations striving hard towards globalization, quality education has become a compulsion for all, in order to survive. One such mode of quality education is the distance mode. Education through the distance mode is a boon to the several underprivileged and illiterates who are in need of jobs, yet simultaneously seek to continue further educ...