HRP
HRP
HRP
HUMAN
RESOURCE
PLANNING
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1. To know the human resource planning process.
1. INTRODUCTION
HUMAN RESOURCES PLANNING
Human resources (HR) planning refers to classic HR administrative functions, and the
evaluation and identification of human resources requirements for meeting organizational
goals. It also requires an assessment of the availability of the qualified resources that will be
needed. To ensure their competitive advantage in the marketplace and anticipate staffing
needs, organizations must implement innovative strategies that are designed to enhance their
employee retention rate and recruit fresh talent into their companies. Human resources
planning is one way to help a company develop strategies and predict company needs in order
to keep their competitive edge.
Planning for human resource is more important than planning for any other resource as
demand for the later depends upon the size and structure of the former whether it is in a
country or in an industry. Further, management of human resources hardly begins from human
resources planning .In fact it is the basis for most of the other functions.
Planning the right man for right job and developing him into effective team member is
an important function of every manager. It is because HR is an important corporate asset and
performance of organizations depends upon the way it is put in use. HRP is a deliberate
strategy for acquisition, improvement and preservation of enterprises human resources. It is a
managerial function aimed at coordinating the requirements, for and availability of different
types of employees. This involves ensuring that the organization has enough of right kind of
people at right time and also adjusting the requirements to the available supply.
E.W Vetter viewed human resources planning as a process by which an organization
should move from its current manpower position to its desired manpower position. Through
planning management strives to have the right number and right kind of people at the right
places at the right time, doing things which result in both the organization and the individual
receiving maximum long-run benefit.
According to Leon C Megginson, human resources planning is an integrated
approach to performing the planning aspects of the personnel function in order to have a
sufficient supply of adequately developed and motivated people to perform the duties and
tasks required to meet organizational objectives and satisfy the individual needs and goals of
organizational members.
1. To recruit and retain the human resources of required quantity and quality.
2. To foresee the employee turnover and make the arrangements for minimizing turnover and
filling up of consequent vacancies.
3. To meet the needs of the program of expansion, diversification, etc.
4. To foresee the impact of technology on work, existing employees and future human
resources requirements.
5. To improve the standards skill, knowledge, ability, discipline, etc.
6. To assess the surplus or shortage of human resources and take measures accordingly.
7. To maintain congenial industrial relations by maintaining optimum level and structure of
human resources.
8. To minimize imbalances caused due to non-availability of human resources of right kind,
right number in right time and right place.
9. To make the best use of its human resources.
10. To estimate the cost of human resources.
IMPORTANCE OF HRP
Human resource planning is important for helping both organisations and employees
to prepare for the future but you might be thinking Are not things always changing? So
what is the value of planning? The answer is that even an imperfect forecast of the future can
be quite helpful. Consider weather forecasts. You can probably think of occasions when it
snowed, even though the television weather forecaster predicted there would be no snow.
Conversely, you can probably think of times when it did not snow, even though the weather
forecaster predicted a foot of snow by the next morning. You may be surprised to lean that as
inaccurate as weather forecasts sometimes seem to be many organisations pay a forecasting
service for regular weather updates. The reason for this is quite simple. Even a production that
is sometimes wrong is better than no forecast or production at all. Perhaps the best example is
the stock market. If someone had even a fairly accurate way to predict which stocks would go
up and which stocks would go down, that person could make a great deal of money investing
in the stock market, even though there would be some mistakes. The key is whether ones
production tool improves the chances of making the right decisions. Even though the
predictive tool may not be always accurate, as long as it is more accurate than random
guessing it will result in better decisions.
The same point applies to human resource planning. Even though neither
organisations nor employees can look into the future, making predictions can be quite helpful,
even if they are not always accurate. The basic goal of human resource planning, then, is to
predict the future and, based on these predictions, implement programmes to avoid anticipated
problems. Very briefly humans resource planning is the process of examining an organisations
or individuals future human resource needs (for instance, what types of skills will be needed
for jobs of the future) compared to future human resource capabilities (such as the types of
skills employees or you already have) and developing human resource policies and practices
to address potential problems for example, implementing training programmes to avoid skill
deficiencies.
of the day. The change may be either revolutionary (sudden) or evolutionary (slow). The
different areas of change include: change in technology, change in population, change in
economic structures and systems, change in policies of government, change in employee
attitudes behavior etc. These changes create problems for the management through threats and
challenges. Managers have to bear the problems caused due to the changes and act upon them
tactfully in order to avoid or reduce the effects of these problems on the survival, operation
and growth of the organisation.
Efficient managers can foresee the problems likely to occur and try to prevent them.
As pointed by Terry, successful managers deal with foreseen problems and unsuccessful
managers struggle with unforeseen problems. The difference lies in planning. Managers have
to foresee to make the future favourable to the organization in order to achieve the goals
effectively. They introduce action, overcome current problems, prevent future uncertainties,
adjust the goals with the unforeseen environmental conditions and exert all their resources to
achieve their goals.
According to Megginson, to have an organisation that looks forward to the future and
tries to stay alive and prosper in a changing world, there must be active, vigorous, continuous
and creative planning.
Thus, there is a greater need for planning in order to keep the organisation dynamic in a
changing situation of uncertainty
More specifically, HRP is required to meet following objectives:
1) Forecast HR requirement.
2) Cope-up with the change in market conditions, technologies, products, government
regulations and policies, etc.
3) Use existing HR productivity.
4) Promote employees in a systematic manner.
If used properly, it offers a number of benefits:
Now-a-days organizations are fully dependent on human resources. Thus, they are giving
great importance to Human Resource (Manpower) Planning.
Following points bring out advantages / role of HRP:1.
2.
3.
4.
To face manpower problems: HRP helps to face the manpower problems, which are
caused by labour turnover, introduction of new technologies, etc.
5.
To integrate different plans: HRP helps to integrate the personnel plans with the
other important plans of the organisation.
6.
To make employee development programmes more effective: HRP selects the right
man for the right post. The right man will get maximum benefits from the employee
development programmes. Therefore, HRP helps to make the employee development
programmes more effective.
7.
To reduce labour cost: Today the cost of labour is about 25% to 45% of the cost of
production. So the labour cost is increasing very quickly. Labour cost has to be reduced in
order to face competition. HRP helps to avoid both shortage and surplus of labour. It helps
to make optimum utilisation of labour. It also helps to reduce labour turnover. All this helps
to reduce labour cost.
8.
9.
To identify potential replacements: Each year many employees either retire or leave
or are taken out of the organisation. HRP helps to find replacements for these employees.
These replacements may be either from inside or from outside the organisation.
10.
Basis for effective recruitment and selection: HRP is the basis for effective
recruitment and selection in the organisation. It helps the organisation to select the right man
for the right post.
12.
Basis for employee development programmes: HRP is the basis for employee
development programmes.
SELECTION
Selection is the process of picking up individuals (out of the pool of job
applicants) with requisite qualifications and competence to fill jobs in the organization. A
formal definition of Selection is as under
Definition of Selection:
Selection is the process of differentiating between applicants in order to identify and hire
those with a greater likelihood of success in a job.
INDUCTION
ORIENTATION
The process of welcoming and introducing employees to their jobs, co-workers and the
organization by providing them with information regarding such items as policies, procedures,
company history, goals, culture and work rules
Two questions need to be answered in regards to the orientation of a new employee:
1. Who will orientate the new employee?
TRAINING
Process of teaching new knowledge and skills to perform their job effectively.
Organized activity aimed at imparting information and instructions to improve the
recipients performance or to help him or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill.
Educational preparation for performing a job that is typically provided to staff by
the business that has recently hired them before they become active in service to the company.
Employee
training
is
increasingly required to
assist
the work force in using modern techniques, tools, strategies and materials in their jobs.
The term training refers to giving skills and knowledge to new or present employee
to perform their task or job.
Example showing a machine or tool how to operate.
According to Dale S Beach, training is the organized procedure by which people learn
new knowledge and skills for definite purpose.
DEVELOPMENT
Development refers to the learning opportunities designed to help employees grow.
Development refers to those learning opportunities designed to help the employees grow.
Development is not primarily skill-oriented. Instead, it provides general knowledge and
attitudes which will be helpful to employees in higher positions. Efforts towards development
often depend on personal drive and ambition. Development activities, such as those
supplied by management developmental programmes, are generally voluntary.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Performance Appraisal is the systematic evaluation of the performance of employees and
to understand the abilities of a person for further growth and development. Performance
appraisal is generally done in systematic ways which are as follows:
1. The supervisors measure the pay of employees and compare it with targets and plans.
2. The supervisor analyses the factors behind work performances of employees.
The employers are in position to guide the employees for a better performance.
Objectives of Performance Appraisal
Performance Appraisal can be done with following objectives in mind:
1. To maintain records in order to determine compensation packages, wage structure,
salaries raises, etc.
2. To identify the strengths and weaknesses of employees to place right men on right job.
3. To maintain and assess the potential present in a person for further growth and
development.
4. To provide a feedback to employees regarding their performance and related status.
5. To provide a feedback to employees regarding their performance and related status.
6. It serves as a basis for influencing working habits of the employees.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The term Industrial Relations comprises of two terms: Industry and Relations.
Industry refers to any productive activity in which an individual (or a group of individuals)
is (are) engaged. By relations we mean the relationships that exist within the industry
between the employer and his workmen.
The term industrial relations explains the relationship between employees and
management which stem directly or indirectly from union-employer relationship.
Industrial relations are the relationships between employees and employers within the
organizational settings. The field of industrial relations looks at the relationship between
management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a union. Industrial
relations are basically the interactions between employers, employees and the government,
and the institutions and associations through which such interactions are mediated.
COUNSELING
Support process in which a counselor holds face to face talks with another person to
help him or her solve a personal problem, or help improve that person's attitude, behavior,
or character.
Counseling is similar to coaching in that it shares the same goal, improving
performance and/or stopping inappropriate workplace behaviors. With counseling, however,
the meeting between the supervisor and the employee takes on a different feel. In such
meetings the supervisor attempts to understand and identify the issues contributing to the
performance or behavioral problem. Accordingly, in a counseling meeting, the supervisor is
focused on listening, verifying their understanding of the problem and engaging in problem
solving with the employee. Like the coaching transaction, the supervisor and the employee
leave the counseling meeting with a corrective plan in mind. Counseling is letting the
employee know that the supervisor takes the issue seriously and wants to help them get past it.
At the same time, the message is clear from the supervisor--the employee's performance must
improve, behaviors must change or more serious steps will have to be taken.
PROMOTIONS
Promotion is advancement of an employee to a better job. Better in terms of greater
responsibility, more prestige or status, greater skill and especially increased rate of pay or salary.Paul Pigors and Charles A. Myers
Promotion is defined as giving higher position to the employee, which carries high
status more responsibilities and higher status. Promotion means advancement of employee in
terms of pay and status also improvement in working conditions.
Promotions are used to fill the positions which are more important to fill rather than
the present position of employee. It can be filled by external recruitment but employees
having eligibility and experience must be appointed for their motivation. Also it will decrease
labour turn over as external recruitment costs more. Also increase in salary and status will
increase job satisfaction.
When scale of pay is increased without changing job it is called up-gradation and
promotion involves changes in job as well as high salary.
TERMINATION
Termination is an action taken by the employer to end the employer/employee
relationship. Employers have a basic right to terminate the employment of an employee, but
along with that right comes responsibilities. Employers must comply with the
employment/labour standards and human rights legislation for their jurisdiction and beyond
that, employers must treat employees fairly and in good faith as defined by common law or
civil law
DISMISSAL
Dismissal is where the employer chooses to require the employee to leave, generally for a
reason which is the fault of the employee. The most common colloquial term for dismissal in
America is "getting fired" whereas in Britain the term "getting the sack" or "getting sacked" is
also used.
LAYOFF
A less severe form of involuntary termination is often referred to as a layoff . A layoff is
usually not strictly related to personal performance, but instead due to economic cycles or the
company's need to restructure itself, the firm itself going out of business or a change in the
function of the employer (for example, a certain type of product or service is no longer
offered by the company and therefore jobs related to that product or service are no longer
needed). One type of layoff is the aggressive layoff; in such a situation, the employee is laid
off, but not replaced as the job is eliminated.
Often, layoffs occur as a result of "downsizing", "reduction in force" or "redundancy".
These are not technically classified as firings; laid-off employees' positions are terminated and
not refilled, because either the company wishes to reduce its size or operations or otherwise
lacks the economic stability to retain the position. In some cases, a laid-off employee may
eventually be offered their old position again by his/her respective company, though by this
time he or she may have found a new job.
TRANSFERS
A transfer is a relocation of an employee to the same class in a different department or job
site or to a related classification within the same salary range.
A transfer is a lateral move to a position in the same classified pay range (classified
position) or to a position with comparable duties and responsibilities (non-classified
positions).
VOLUNTARY TRANSFER:
availability of positions and the qualifications of the applicant. Employees who have
requested a transfer shall be given first consideration for a transfer based upon, but not limited
to seniority, job performance, qualifications, and the needs of the District.
Once an organisations personnel and supply are forecast, the two must be reconciled
in order that vacancies can be filled by the right employees at the right time. HR programming
assumes greater importance in the planning process.
5. HR Plan Implementation
Implementation is nothing but converting an HR plan into action. A series of action
programmes are initiated as a part of HR plan implementation. Some such programmes are
recruitment, selection and placement, training and development, retraining and redeployment,
the retention plan and the redundancies plan.
6. Control and Evaluation
The HR plan should include budgets, targets and standards. It should also clarify
responsibilities for implementation and control, and establish reporting procedureswhich will
enable achievements to be monitored against the plan. These may simply report on the
numbers employed against establishment and on the numbers recruited against the recruitment
targets. They should also report employment costs against budget, and trends in wastage and
employment ratios.
Other Forecasting Methods
The organizations follow more than one technique for forecasting their peoples needs.
L&T, for example, follows bottom-up of management judgement and work study techniques
for demand forecasting. Forecasting process in L&T begins during November of every year.
The Department heads prepare their personnel estimates (based on details of production
budget supplied to them) and submit the estimates to the respective personnel managers. The
personnel heads will review the estimates with the departmental heads and will send final
reports to Bombay office where centralized HR department is located. Estimates are reviewed
by the HR department and final figures are made known to those personnel managers who
initiate steps to hire the required number of people in the following year.
communications and decisions are made? As part of their restructuring during some
companies are creating teams to perform the work. Business Strategy: The approach that a
company adopts in conducting business is referred to as its business strategy. For example,
a particular company may adopt strategy on quality enhancement, cost reduction and so
on and so forth. It is important for organisations to monitor both the internal and external
environment to anticipate and understand the issues that will affect human resources in the
future.
In recent years, organisations have become concerned with a broader range of issues
of future capabilities. For example, organisations have begun to estimate their future
productivity levels. Towards this end, bench marking is a technique that has become popular.
Bench marking involves comprising an organisations human resource practices and
programmes to other organisations. Although bench marking often focuses on an
organisations competitors, best practices bench marking focuses on the programmes and
policies used by outstanding organisation. For example, Federal express, leadership
evaluation system, employee survey programme and total quality management efforts are
frequently studied by other organisations because of their reputations.
for the predictors, such as revenues and degree of automation into the formula to obtain an
estimated number of employees needed in future years.
Regression analysis is more sophisticated than ratio analysis and should lead to more
accurate predictions of employee demand. Although both procedures are widely used, they
have their weaknesses. A major weakness is the factors that were related to workforce size
may not be relevant factors in future years. Turning now to qualitative tools for estimating the
demand for employees, the most common tool is the bottom-up forecast where department
managers make estimates of future human resource demands based on issues, such as new
positions needed, positions to be eliminated or not filled, expected overtime hours to be
worked by temporary, part-time or independent contractor employees and expected changes in
workload by department. Like any other technique, bottom-up forecasting has its
shortcomings. For instance, line managers may overestimate the demand in order to ensure
that they dont find themselves understaffed.
CASE STUDY
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING OF WIPRO
AN OVERVIEW:
Wipro started as a vegetable oil company in 1947 from an old mill founded by Azim
Premji's father. When his father died in 1966, Azim, a graduate in Electrical Engineering from
Stanford University, took on the leadership of the company at the age 21. He repositioned it
and transformed Wipro (Western India Vegetable Products Ltd) into a consumer goods
company that produced hydrogenated cooking oils/fat company, laundry soap, wax and tin
containers and later set up Wipro Fluid Power to manufacture hydraulic and pneumatic
cylinders in 1975. At that time, it was valued at $2 million.
In 1977, when IBM was asked to leave India, Wipro entered the information
technology sector. In 1979, Wipro began developing its own computers and in 1981, started
selling the finished product. This was the first in a string of products that would make Wipro
one of India's first computer makers. The company licensed technology from Sentinel
Computers in the United States and began building India's first mini-computers. Wipro hired
managers who were computer savvy, and strong on business experience.
value we defined for ourselves. Values combined with a powerful vision can turbo-charge a
company to scale new heights and make it succeed beyond ones wildest expectations.
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Azim Premji
The basic purpose of having a manpower plan is to have accurate estimate of required
manpower with matching skills requirements. The main objectives are:
RECRUITMENT:
Recruitment refers to the process of screening, and selecting qualified people for a
job at an organization or firm, or for a vacancy in a volunteer-based organization or
community group. While generalist managers or administrators can undertake some
components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations and companies
often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.
External recruitment is the process of attracting and selecting employees from outside the
organization.
A. Internal Sources : Promotions and Transfer
Job postings
Employee Referrals
B. External Sources : Advertisement
Employment Agencies
On campus Recruitment
Employment exchanges
Education and training institute
2. Aptitude: This sections will have 15 questions related to aptitude topics like Time &
Work, Time & Distance, Blood Relations, Series Completion, Puzzles, Calendars,
Clocks, Percentages, Ratio proportions, Ages, Pipes and Cisterns etc.
3. Technical: This section will have 20 questions related to basic technical concepts
from C, C++, Java, Linux, UNIX, DBMS, SQL, Programming fundamentals,
Hardware, Software Engineering, Micro Processors etc. Candidates are informed to
brush up their technical skills which were covered in their regular academic
curriculum.
Round 2: Technical Interview
This is a major elimination round. Candidates should be thorough with their basic
technical skills to clear this round. Candidates are here by informed to be prepared with their
core subjects.
Round 3: HR Interview
Candidates can expect basic HR interview questions like Tell me about yourself, Why
should I hire you, Why only WIPRO, What is SIX sigma level. Candidates will be tested in
their communication and vocabulary during technical and HR interviews.
Round 4: Placement
Upon Joining, the incumbent shall be given an employee code number by
Manager(HR) and he shall fill up the joining forms and shall submit the same to the
Manager(HR) for further course of action. Wipro recruit 40% employees from campus
recruitment. Another popular source for Wipros Recruitment is the Online Placement through
NSR (National Skill Registry).
HRIS Objectives
IMPACT OF HRP
HRP itself is a process of determining human resources needs in the future and of monitoring
responses to these needs. HRP links a companys business plans and broad objectives with the
specific programmes and other HRM activities. Organisations need to learn to forecast HR
needs more effectively. More analytic techniques, driven by strategic planning are vital.
Organisations must learn to manage employee performance more effectively. Even though
performance measurement is complex and ill-defined, yet it is critical to effective
management for this very reason. Organisations must also learn to manage careers of their
employees more effectively.
Impact of Technology on HRP
In order to cope with the competition, organisations have to ensure on:
a) Producing goods and services more efficiently and economically.
b) Innovating product and processes so as to gain competitive advantages.
Advances in computer technology have offered organisations new opportunities to enhance
and streamline their processes. Computer aided design (CAD), and computer aided
manufacturing (CAM) reduce human resource involvement and shrink the cycle time.
Advances in information technology has reduced efforts required in impacting, retrieval,
processing, and sharing of data. Accurate and timely information can be made available to
different levels of management for decision making. All these changes in technology result in
a change in occupational and skill profile of manpower. Different manufacturing technologies
have different skills required to design, operate and maintain the machines and equipment.
Also, the same technology can have a different impact on different categories of workers and
industries. The actual skill implications of technology change will depend on:
a) Management policy for deployment of manpower
b) Attitudes bargaining strength of the union
c) Ability of manpower to adjust and adopt to the new technology.
According to ILO, introduction of new technology can affect other aspects of working
like workers responsibilities, skill requirements, job-content, physical and mental work load,
career prospects and communication and social relationships at workplace.
Skills and knowledge are required for operating and maintaining new technology and
participating in innovative processes. The manual content of skill tends to decrease for skilled
workers and office staff but requirements for mathematical skills and ability to plan and
anticipate future situations tend to increase. The methods, systems and style of management
also need changes in line with high skill demands on personnel. A more democratic and
decentralized management style is necessary to motivate highly educated employees.
The present education system of our country is inadequate to match the technological
needs. The syllabus is outdated; teachers are not fully acquainted with the new technology
and there is a lack of infrastructure facilities. Therefore, companies will have to provide
appropriate training to add these skills. Manpower planners should keep in mind this
requirement and also the requirement of retraining. There may also be a need for
rationalization of the trade structure because of multi-skilling. For example, traditional and
relatively conceived metal trades which date back to 1930s have been replaced by six broadly
defined occupations. Lathe, mulling, grinding could be clubbed as cutting mechanics,
production engineering, machine and systems.
Engineering, precision engineering and light engineering could be put as industrial
mechanics. In office context, we now require persons who are computer trained and also
operate other office equipment such as fax, and xeroxing machines this will also require
restructuring of employees.
BARRIERS TO HRP
Planners face significant barriers while formulating an HRP. The major ones are following:
1) HR practitioners are perceived as experts in handling personnel matters, but are not experts
in managing business.
2) People question the importance or making HR practices future oriented and the role
assigned to HR practitioners in formulation of organisational strategies.
There are people when needed offer handsome packages of benefits to them to quit when you
find them in surplus. When the task is so simple, where is the need for elaborate and time
consuming planning for human resources.
3) HR information often is incompatible with other information used in strategy formulation.
Strategic planning efforts have long been oriented towards financial forecasting, often to the
exclusion of other types of information. Financial forecasting takes precedence over HRP.
4) Conflict may exist between short term and long term HR needs. For example, there arises a
conflict between the pressure to get the work done on time and long term needs, such as
preparing people for assuming greater responsibilities. Many managers are of the belief that
HR needs can be met immediately because skills are available on the market as long as wages
and salaries are competitive.
Therefore, long time plays are not required, short planning are only needed.
5) There is conflict between quantitative and qualitative approaches to HRP. Some people
view HRP as a number game designed to track the flow of people across the department.
6) Non-involvement of operating managers renders HRP ineffective. HRP is not strictly an
HR department function. Successful planning needs a co-ordinate effort on the part of
operating managers and HR personnel
DATA ANALYSIS
In todays competitive world, a company has to carry out human resource planning to
survive the competition. Due to planning the company gets to know when and how much
human resource is required. Planning helps to get the required human resource on time.
In these times of great economic turbulence, the importance of human resource
planning is more apparent than ever. A short-sighted lay-off, intended to temporarily reduce
overhead, can result in much heavier long-term costs. Firm may one day regret letting people
go when they are spending time and money to hire and train new staff. Plus, they lose profits
when they lose experienced, knowledgeable employees.
In contrast, a smart human resources plan encourages your organization to keep a
longer view of things and retain talent so that, once this economic upheaval has calmed down,
organization will have a committed team intact.
To retain employees and appoint qualified staff organasations are now more focused
on human resource planning.
CONCLUSION
Human Resources Planning is one of the strategies to enhance and improve work
performance. This it done by proper planning & removing deficiencies and enabling
hindrance free working in the organistaion.
Human resources planning include analysis of level of skill, current and expected
vacancies and also provide plans to take care of the vacancies through training, development
and recruiting and hiring new people.
ANNEXTURE
QUESTIONNAIRE
Q1. Is human resource planning carried out in your company?
Yes
No
Q3. How many different posts are to be filled in the organization in a year?
More than 10
Between 5 and 10
Below 5
Q4. Do you want to keep training modules in the planning?
Yes
No
Q5. If answer to question no. 4 is yes, then what would be the nature of training?
Technical
Training Soft-skills training
Both
Q6. To how much extent do you want cost management elements to be included in the HR
needs plans?
Little
Moderate
High
Q7. Do you recommend promotions based on performance?
Always
Most often
Sometimes
Never
Q8. Which of the following areas HR and organization need to work on?
Employee benefits
Employee retention
Employee training
Employee job needs
Accountability towards employees
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Human Resource Management VSP Rao
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WEBLIOGRAPHY
1. www.wipro.com
2. http://www.employment-studies.co.uk