CASE DISCUSSION: GLOBAL DELIVERY MODEL AT INFOSYS 1.1. What are the key challenges in offshore projects and how does GDM address those? * A globally dispersed workforce creates challenges in communication‚ which GDM addresses through process structure and tools such as video conferencing‚ and integrated software for tracking progress‚ billing‚ timelines‚ and deliverables. * Turnover is inherently high in the offshore model and this can cause a brain drain or lack of organizational intelligence
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NIGERIA’S 521 LANGUAGES AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS In this present time‚ and in the face of different ethnic tensions plaguing our nation‚ many Nigerians are asking themselves an important question: what is the value of our many languages? They want to know how it can put food on the table of the average Nigerian. When I posted on The Green Heritage Facebook page‚ last year‚ that Nigeria has the third highest number of languages in the world (after Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
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Human Resources Accounting in Infosys VALUING HUMAN RESOURCES QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS Q1. By early 2000‚ many companies in India had started valuing their human capital and reported the same in their balance sheets and other financial statements. Briefly explain the concept of valuation of human resources and compare the various models available for human resources accounting. Ans: HRA involved identifying‚ measuring‚ capturing‚ tracking and analyzing the potential of
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THE INDIGO AIR : FIXING THEIR PROBLEMS AT KOLKATA AIRPORT Indigo Air is the one of the prominent low cost airlines operated from India. ➢ a single passenger class ➢ a single type of aero plane commonly the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737‚ reducing training and servicing costs. ➢ a simple fare scheme‚ such as charging one-way tickets half that of round-trips (typically fares increase as the plane fills up‚ which rewards early reservations) ➢ unreserved seating (encouraging passengers
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hunger‚ unemployment‚ slow economic growth‚ infant and maternal mortalities among others. The recent world’s attention focused on reducing income gap between the world’s richest and the world’s poorest nation is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is necessitated by the uneven distribution of global resources where the world richest 1% controls as much wealth as the poorest 57% of the population (Chua‚ 2003) Today 60% of the world 6.4 billion population live in abject poverty (Sampson
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Long-term goals I have two long-term goals in mind for the next 5-10 years: (a) register to practice social work in South Africa‚ and (b) organize support groups for women there. When I left South Africa in 2002 to study in the United States‚ my interest was always to advance my education and experience in different social work programs which could benefit the communities of South Africa in the end. My ultimate goal is to go back to South Africa and work in collaboration with communities and social
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Abstract Over the last one decade along with this running decade MDG has gained enormous success in developing goals on a global scale. As an efficient financial mechanism‚ MDG enables various governmental and non-governmental actors to realise the millennium development goals (MDGs). Based on our recent field-research on Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh‚ this paper empirically examines and analyze the role of MDGs in promoting livelihoods in the country. The study reflects on recent
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"Role of Youth and Millennium Development Goals : Challenges and Opportunities" Introduction Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international or organizations These eight time-bound goals provide concrete‚ numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. They include goals and targets on income poverty‚ hunger‚ maternal and child mortality‚ disease‚ inadequate shelter‚ gender
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Achievement OF THE Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for education in ethiopia PREPARED BY: ABIY NEGUSSIE A senier ESSAY SUBMITTED in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration and development Management Department of Public Administration and Development management Faculty of business and economics Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia JUNE 2008 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my deep appreciation for my mother and
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Case Study: Infosys Infosys is a Global IT service company based in India. It was founded in 1981 by 7 mid class men with a capital of $250 borrowed from their spouse. In 2008 the company is employing 85‚013Software Professional and 6‚174support employees. The value of the company was summarized by one of the founder in the sentence: “ professionally owned and managed‚ with good corporate governance‚ good employee management and good ethics.” The company saw an exponential growth coming from
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