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HRM in Infosys

This document provides a project report on the HR practices of Infosys. It discusses Infosys' history, starting in 1981 with 7 professionals and growing to over 90,000 employees. It details Infosys' intensive 14 week training program for new employees and annual training programs. The HR practices of Infosys include recruiting candidates with strong problem solving and learning abilities, extensive training programs at their Global Education Center, maintaining a collaborative culture, and performance appraisals focused on evaluating personal skills. Key challenges for Infosys are finding enough qualified employees to keep up with the fast industry growth and competition from aggressive multinational recruiters.

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HRM in Infosys

This document provides a project report on the HR practices of Infosys. It discusses Infosys' history, starting in 1981 with 7 professionals and growing to over 90,000 employees. It details Infosys' intensive 14 week training program for new employees and annual training programs. The HR practices of Infosys include recruiting candidates with strong problem solving and learning abilities, extensive training programs at their Global Education Center, maintaining a collaborative culture, and performance appraisals focused on evaluating personal skills. Key challenges for Infosys are finding enough qualified employees to keep up with the fast industry growth and competition from aggressive multinational recruiters.

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PROJECT REPORT ON

HRM OF INFOSYS
PREPARED BY
RAHUL GUPTA
M:314

GUIDED BY:
KRIPA MAM
HISTORY
 Established on JULY 02,1981 by a group of 7
PROFESSIONALS.
 Company with more than 90,000 employees.

 From a capital of US$ 250, INFOSYS have


grown to become a US$ 4 billion company with a
market capitalization of over US$ 20 billion.
 Became the first IT company from India to be
listed on NASDAQ (National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
American Stock Exchange)
CONTD…
 INFOSYS' first clients was the US-based sports
shoe manufacturer Reebok.
 INFOSYS hired its first set of employees in 1982
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
INTRODUCTION
 The best employer in the country in many HR
surveys in the recent years.
 All the selected candidates were required to go
through an intensive 14 week training program.
 All the employees were required to undergo training
every year, and some of the chosen employees were
trained at the Infosys Leadership Institute.
 Infosys was one of the first companies to offer
ESOPs to its employees.
HR PRACTICES IN INFOSYS
Recruitment
 While recruiting new employees, Infosys took
adequate care to identify the right candidates.
 INFOSYS focus on recruiting candidates who
display a high degree of ‘learnability’.
 Analytical ability, teamwork and leadership
potential, communication and innovation skills,
along with a practical and structured approach to
problem solving.
Training
 New recruits from colleges joined Infosys, were
trained then on new processes and technologies.
As they reached the higher levels, they were
trained on project management and later were sent
for management development programs, followed
by leadership development programs.
CONTD….
 INFOSYS conduct a 14.5 week technical training
program for all new entrants.
 The company spent around Rs 200,000 per year
on training each new entrant.
 The new recruits are trained at the Global
Education Center (GEC) in Mysore.
The Culture
 INFOSYS tried to preserve the attributes of a
small company and worked in small groups, with
decision-making remaining with those who were
knowledgeable about particular processes. The
managers played the role of mentors and used
their experience to guide their team members.
Performance Appraisal
 Thestep toward carrying out performance
appraisal at INFOSYS was the evaluation of
personal skills for the tasks assigned to an
employee during the period of appraisal.
THE CHALLENGES
 The industry is growing at a very fast pace,
analysts opined that companies like INFOSYS
would not be able to find enough people.
 Several multinationals entering India and
recruiting aggressively.
THANK YOU

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