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Internship report
on

“Overall HR Practices
of
Independent Television Ltd.”
 Internship Report
on
Overall HR Practices
of
Independent Television Ltd

Prepared for:
Kohinur Akter
Senior Lecturer
BRAC Business School
BRAC University

Prepared by:
Md. Salahuddin Al Sumon
ID: 08304043
Date of submission
18th May, 2013
 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

18th May, 2012

Kohinur Akter
Senior Lecturer
BRAC Business School
BRAC University

Subject: Submission of Internship report

Dear Madam,
I am submitting my internship report on “Overall HR practices of Independent Television
Ltd.” with due gratefulness and admiration. As per partial accomplishment of the
requirements for the BBA degree, I have completed the internship from Independent
Television Ltd. It is my pleasure to carry out the internship report under your supervision.

As a requirement of preparing an internship report based on the practical situation in an

organization, I selected Recruitment as my core concentration along with few other HR
practices that I have come across during my internship program. So I have prepared a report
on the “Overall HR practices of Independent Television Ltd.”. I hope this report reflects
on the contemporary issues on the Human Resource Management that are being Practiced by
organizations in our country.
I would like to request you to accept my internship report for further assessment.

Sincerely,

___________________
Md. Salahuddin Al Sumon
ID: 08304043
BRAC Business School,
BRAC University.
 EXECUTIVE SUMMRY

As a student of business administration, analyzing today's business world is very crucial to

observe in this complex situation. It is necessary to go through all fields of knowledge, both
theoretical and practical. Before passing four years BBA program, I have been given a
Internship program to have practical knowledge in business life as a part of my academic
program. In this report I had tried to focus my both theoretical and practical knowledge
regarding HRM practices. My project topic is Overall HR Practices of Independent
Television Ltd”. I have tried to identify HRM practices of this organization and how it is
working in progress of the organization

This report outlines some key issues surrounding the field of human resource management in
Independent Television Ltd. The study has been conducted Based on the Human Resources
activity of this TV channels current Human Resources (HR) management strategies, practices
and outcomes.

In HR literature, a number of various models and approaches try to demonstrate how a

strategic approach to HR can be translated into a set of coherent HR processes and practices.

Independent TV has introduced an affluent HR practices that makes the organizations in-
house activity easier and hassle free for the employee.

Thus, the results of this study give positive information on a general national perspective,
where we see that HR strategies are “people oriented”, formalized and aligned with
diversified strategies. However, on the level of the various local administrations (not tackled
in this survey), HR strategies formulated on a central level might be distant from the actual
HR processes and practices in Independent television Ltd.

Proper planning is ITVs strongest point; all the programs that they have launched so far are
backed by wise strategies with proper market research and massive advertisement campaigns.
Decisions are taken at top level with some participation from the lower levels showing that
they do comprehend the worth of Group decision-making. However goal setting is a
procedure dedicated to only the top management. Working on newer technologies is a
specialty of Independent Television.

I have tried to follow the right methodology for preparing this report, which is very important
to find out the truth, which is hidden behind the curtain. In this report effort has been given to
disclose about organizations system and procedure step by step. Finally, organizational
overview, condition of HRM practice in the media sector of Bangladesh, findings &
recommendations are also included in the report.

Before drawing any conclusion based on this report it may be noted that the report was
prepared in a very short term and there is lack in data. But still the report may be useful for
designing any further study to evaluate the HR facilities provided by the Independent
Television.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I would like to thank almighty Allah for his grace in accomplishing my internship
report timely.

I would like to express my gratitude to my honorable academic instructor Kohinur Akter

from the core of my heart for his kind support, guidance, constructive supervision,
instructions and advice and for motivating me to do this report.

I am also thankful to HR Division of Independent Television Ltd. for giving me the

opportunity to work with his HR department. I would like to thank Mr. Promit Ghosh and
Ms. Jannatul Marfua; Senior Executive HR department for their cordial help by providing
various key information and giving me the path to write a fruitful report.

I am also grateful to the employees of HR Department for their cordial acceptance. Mr. Ehsan
Ferdous was too helpful. He helped me a lot to collect the information correctly. He has been
very helpful in providing relevant information for my report whenever I approached. It was a
great opportunity for me to know about the practical experience of HR department of
Independent Television Limited for the helpful environment of this organization.

My parents need special mentions here for their constant support and love in my life. I also
thank my friends and well wishers, who have provided their whole hearted support to me in
this exercise. The experience I have gathered will be a privilege for my future career
planning. I believe that this Endeavor has prepared me for taking up new challenging
opportunities in future.

I think, this report will motivate me in my future to take more initiatives and big projects with
the help of satisfaction that, I have completed such a big project in an efficient manner.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter 1: Prefatory Part

1.1. Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

1.2. Background of the report ------------------------------------------------------- 1
1.3. Objectives of the report ----------------------------------------------------- 2
1.4. Methodology of the Report --------------------------------------------------- 2
1.5. Scopes of the Report ------------------------------------------------------------ 3
1.6. Limitations of the Report ---------------------------------------------------- 3

Chapter 2: The Organization

2.1. Overview of Independent Television Ltd. ------------------------------ 5

2.2. About Independent Television -------------------------------------------- 5
2.3. Primary Human Resource Strategy of Independent Television ----- 5
2.4. Mission ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
2.5. Vision ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
2.6. Goal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
2.7. Strategic Objectives of Independent Television Ltd ------------------- 6
2.8. Departments of Independent Television Ltd. ---------------------------- 7
2.9. Human Resources Division -----------------------------------------------------10
2.10. The major responsibilities of HR ----------------------------------------------11
2.11. Organizational Structure of Independent Television Ltd -------------- 14
2.12. Organizational Hierarchy of Independent Television Ltd ------------ 15
2.13. Human Resource activities of Independent Television -------------- 16

2.13.1 Recruitment and Selection ----------------------------------- 17

2.13.2 Training and development ----------------------------------25
 2.13.3 Performance Appraisal -------------------------------------- 26
2.13.4 Compensation -------------------------------------------------- 27
2.13.5 Employee Relations ------------------------------------------- 28
2.13.6. Other HR activities of Independent Television Ltd. -----29

Chapter 3: Internship at Independent Television

3.1 Description of the job------------------------------------------------ 35

Chapter 4 : Analysis

4.1 SWOT Analysis of Independent Television --------------------- 38

Chapter 5: Recommendation ---------------------------------------------------- 39

Chapter 6: Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------------ 40
Chapter 7: References ---------------------------------------------------------- 41
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1.1. Introduction

Human Resources department is the emerging sector in the new era of corporate world.
Previously HRM was ignored by big organizations. Today the situation has changed, most of the
organizations are emphasizing on HRM practice. The main reason is, the organization runs by
the people or human resources not by the machine. So, it is important to maintain these human
resources in order to gain long term success in Business. Independent Television also gives
emphases on HRM practice. In my Internship Report, my main target is to identify the area of
HR practice of Independent Television.

1.2. Background of the Report

There is no doubt that the world of work is rapidly changing. As part of an organization then,
HRM must be equipped to deal with the effects of the changing world of work. For them this
means understanding the implications of globalization, technology changes, workforce diversity.
Changing skill requirements, continuous improvement initiatives contingent workforce,
decentralized work sites and employee involvement are the issue for confront. Now it is a big
challenge for the HRM to support the organization by providing the best personnel for the
suitable position in shortest possible time. Starting with recognizing the vacancies and planning
for them is a great task. Moreover selecting attracting the suitable candidates and selecting the
best person in time is a challenge.

The cost of the recruitment is significant. So, proper planning and formulate those plan is the
task that require more focus and improvement. Equal opportunity and sourcing is also a vital
part. Realizing this need we tried to find the difference and similarities between theoretical
aspects with the practical steps taken by the company. We took an attempt to demonstrate the
feature for the further improvement.

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1.3. Objectives of the Report

The objectives of the proposed study “Overall HR Practices of Independent Television Ltd.” are as
follow:

♣ To identify what type of HRM practices are done by Independent Television Ltd.
♣ To identify the strengths and weakness of HRM practice of Independent Television
Ltd.
♣ To know the performance appraisal system of Independent Television Ltd.
♣ To analyze compensation practice of Independent Television Ltd.
♣ To know the theoretical framework of training and development policy of
Independent Television Ltd.
♣ To know the training policy of Independent Television Ltd.
♣ To recommend necessary steps for overcoming problems.

1.4. Methodology of the Report

In order to contract the report I have collected necessary information from two sources
a. Primary Sources of Information
b. Secondary Sources of Information
a) Primary Sources of Information: The primary data collected from the following sources:
♣ Face to face discussion.
♣ Telephone discussion.
♣ Oral interview of the responsible officers.
b) Secondary Sources of Information: The secondary data collected from the following
sources:
♣ Websites of Independent Television Ltd.
♣ Various documents of Independent Television Ltd.
♣ Internet.
♣ Library.

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1.5. Scopes of the Report

The report deals with the HRM practice including HRP, recruitment and selection process,
training & development process, compensation management, employee relation & separation,
etc. in terms of theoretical point of view and the practical use. The study will allow learning
about the HRM issues, importance, modern techniques and models used to make it more
efficient. The study will help to learn the practical procedures followed by the leading
organizations. Moreover the study will help to differentiate between the practice and the theories
that direct to realize how the organization can improve their HRM practice & process.

1.6. Limitations of the Report

This dissertation report is my first assignment outside of course curriculum in the practical life. I
the student of BBA program just one stage behind of completing my formal studies. Before
completing the institutional experience practical performance in the formal stages become
difficult. So in performing this report lack of my proper practical knowledge is greatly
influenced in this performance. Besides above have to face some other limitations are:
• Time is a major limitation that would mostly with stands a comprehensive study on
the topic selected.
• Various confidential matters, forms, report, were not disclosed to me from HRD.
• Some strategies of business and operation were restricted to handover.
• Improper combination among various departments.
• Unwilling to give information more because of extra harassment without their
responsibility.
• Being busy also another reason of not giving more information.

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2.1. Overview of Independent Television Ltd.

The registered name of the television is Independent Television Ltd. It is a 24-Hour Operational
News Channel. Independent Television founded in 2010 and on-aired in 2011. It is a sister
concern of BEXIMCO Group. Total No. of employees of the channel are 550. TV Headquarter is
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The website of the channel is www.independent24.tv

2.2. About Independent Television

Independent Television is a private, satellite - 24 hours news channel owned by one of

Bangladesh's largest conglomerate Beximco. They are headquartered in Tejgaon, Dhaka. It
obtained its license officially from the Government of Bangladesh in March, 2010.

Launched in August 2011, ITV provides 24-hour news programming from its main operations
center in the capital city of Dhaka. ITV has installed two Khulna switchers, one for news
programs, and the other to enable live-audience studio productions.

2.3. Primary Human Resource Strategy of Independent Television

The primary Human Resource Strategy of Independent Television is Proper documentation.

Here, every process is documented in time. Whenever a decision is being taken, proper
documentation is must.

It is said that, the main safeguard of HR is right and easy to locate documentation. In
Independent Television, it is strictly maintained by HR department.

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2.4. Mission:

Independent Television seeks to be Bangladesh’s number one 24-hour news channel, where
viewers will find a full spectrum of news and analysis

2.5. Vision:

Independent Television intends to set the world class standards in Bangladesh's broadcast
industry, putting people high on the agenda

2.6. Goal:

Independent Television will carry news, break news and make news through investigative
reporting in a way that is not done before in the country. Technologically superior at home and in
South Asia, the channel will be a hub of journalistic professionals.

2.7. Strategic Objectives of Independent Television Ltd

Independent Television intends to set the world class standards in Bangladesh’s broadcast
industry, putting people high on the agenda.
The main strategic objectives of Independent television are,
 To ensure working satisfaction to all employees thus turns into good performance
 To deliver accurate and fast Information to viewers
 To innovate up to date value proposition to the market

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2.8. Departments of Independent Television Ltd.

Every organization runs under some certain departments. Independent Television is also not
different. There are some departments in Independent Television; here are the key points,

 Business Operations:
Broadcast Operations is responsible for generating visual production of stories to be on-aired.

 Broadcast Technology:

Broadcast Technology is responsible for providing technical support (visual and audio) in
broadcasting programs.

 Business Programs

Business Programs department is basically for value added service. The main functions of the
department are scroll updating of the channel and maintaining social media network.

 Current Affaires

The main responsibility of Current affairs department is to make program for current events of the
country. Sometimes upcoming events are also becomes concern of this department.

 Distributions

Distribution department is responsible to ensure that each television set in every household in
Bangladesh has access to Independent Television Ltd. It also maintains periodical

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 communication to cable operators, arranges of channel placement where required and also
covers Client relationship.
 Finance and Accounts

Basic functions of Finance & Accounts department are:

• Accounting – keeping books of accounts with necessary compliance
• Finance – budgeting and fund management
• Receipt and Payments – collecting and depositing receipt, arranging
• Payment for vendors and employees
• Traffic billing – keeping books of Accounts and bill collection

 Human Resources

Human Resources department performs following functions in employee management:

• Acquisition – Recruitment, Confirmation, Re-contract
• Compensation & Benefit – Salary and Bonus, Leave encashment
• Development – Training, Orientation
• Utilization – Evaluation and Performance Management
• Employee Relations – Grievance handling and counseling
• Employee services – ID card, Business Card, and E-mail address etc.

 Support Service

Support Services department is responsible for ensuring following logistic and administrative
supports to business:
• Office Management
• Transport Management
• Inventory Management
• Café Management

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 • Logistic and Protocol Management

 Videography

Videography department is responsible for all video related works of the station including,
capturing to editing of the program.

 Sales & Marketing

Sales department is basically focused to BUSINESS. Responsibilities are:

• New business search
• Client relationship – potential and existing
• Sales event management – arranging and participating parties, campaigns and
programs

 Input

The duty of Input department is generating all the news and programs for the channel.

 Output

On the other hand, the duty of output department is telecasting all the news and programs for
the channel.

 News

News Department gathers and edits stories for daily broadcast – in Bangla and English.
Categories include:

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 • National
• International
• Assignment based
• Current Affairs
• Business

2.9. Human Resources Division of Independent Television

Independent Television Limited recognizes that a productive and motivated work force is a
prerequisite to leadership in the market it serves. Independent Television treats every employee
with dignity and respect in a supportive environment of trust and openness where people of
different backgrounds can reach their full potential.
The organizational human resources policy emphasize on providing job satisfaction, growth
opportunities, and due recognition of superior performance. A good working environment
reflects and promotes a high level of loyalty and commitment from the employees. Realizing
this, Independent Television has placed the utmost importance on continuous development of its
human resources, identify the strength and weakness of the employee to assess the individual
training needs, they are sent for training for self-development. To orient, enhance the knowledge
of the employees Independent Television organizes both in-house and external training.

Human Resource division of Independent Television is taking care of total function for all
employees. The main functions of Human Resources division are,

 Recruitment and Selection

 Pay-roll System
 Employee Attendance
 Training and Development
 Performance Evaluations

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2.10. The major responsibilities of HR

The major responsibilities of HR in Independent Television are

HR Policy formulation
Independent Television emphasis on HR policy formulation for nor only own department
but also for the other departments.

HR Planning

Independent Television establishes both short term and long term planning for the
organization.

 Short Term HR Planning

Independent Television primarily recruits its human resources that will support Strategic
Human Resource Planning for current period.

 Long Term HR Planning

Here Independent Television is looking forward to build long term resources by several
Training and Development programs

HR Info System

Independent Television uses several software to ensure HR Info System includes,

• Vista HR Manager &
• Vista TAS

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Work and Job analysis, design and evaluation

For every job there are work and Job analysis, design and evaluation at Independent
Television so that jobs are well defined.

Recruitment and Selection

Recruitment and Selection of Independent Television are also important parts. Every
recruitment and selection process is made after concerned department submits requisition
for workforce.

Diversity Management

Independent Television highly believes in Diversity management. Here, in Independent

Television, there are many employees from different divisions of the country, even from
other countries like Indian and Pakistani employees.

Career management

Career management is also important part of Independent Television. For every

employee, after one year his/her job is being evaluated for long term perspective.

Employee and Management Training and Development

Independent Television offers several in house and external Training program for the
employees.

Counseling, Discipline and Separation

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Independent Television believes in proper counseling for any problems or prosperity of
its employees. It is also very strict in Disciplinary actions and separations process. For
every problem Independent Television operates proper investigations and employee
separation is very friendly and quick.

Performance and quality management

Every employee’s performance is monitored by his/ her line manager and reviewed by
HR department.

Remuneration and benefits

Independent Television has a good structure of Remuneration and benefits for employees
which are very lucrative in the market.

Financial Management of employee Schemes and overall accountability and

evaluation

For the long term betterment of the employee, Independent television has provident fund
opportunity for the employees.

Occupational health and safety

For maintaining occupational health and safety Independent television always take cares
of its employees by all-time first aid facility, security forces, fire alarm and fire
extinguisher facility.

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2.11. Organizational Structure of Independent Television Ltd

Managing
Editor

NEWS NON-NEWS
[Input, Output, [Broadcast Operations,
Broadcast Technology,
Business, Current Finance & Accounts,
Affairs, English] Sales, Distribution,
Support Services, Human
Resources]

Figure: Organizational Structure of Independent Television Ltd

Managing Editor is the main authority at Independent television. Under this post there are
basically news and non-news departments.

• NEWS department includes Input, Output, Business, Current Affairs, English

departments.
• NON-NEWS department Broadcast Operations, Broadcast Technology, Finance &
Accounts, Sales, Distribution, Support Services, Human Resources departments are
includes.

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2.12. Organizational Hierarchy of Independent Television Ltd

Board o Directors

Managing Editor
Executive Editor

Head of Head of Social Head of Head of Head o Head of Head of Head of Head of
Head of Head of Head of
Business Broadcast Affairs Broadcast Broadcast Quality Current Sales and Finance & Head of HR Support
sports News distribution
Programes Technology Editor Standards Operation Assurancef Affairs Marketing Account Service

Figure: Organization Chart of Independent Television

The organizational structure of Independent Television is very systematic flowchart. Here, at the
top, there is board of directors whose are the key decision makers of the company. Under board
of directors, there are Executive Editor & Managing Editor. These two positions hold authority
to control all Departmental Heads.

Under Executive Editor there are following Departmental Heads;

 Head of Business Programs

 Head of Broadcast Technology
 Head of sports
 Social Affairs Editor
 Head of News
 Head of Broadcast Standards
 Head of Broadcast Operation
 Head of Quality Assurance

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  Head of Current Affairs

Under Managing Editor there are following Departmental Heads;

 Head of Sales and Marketing

 Head of Finance & Account
 Head of HR
 Head of Support Service
 Head of distribution

Under every Head of departments there are some Executives to help them in completion of the
organizational goals and objectives.

2.13. Human Resource activities of Independent Television

Independent television has array of human resources activities. These includes,

 Recruitment and Selection

 Training and development
 Performance Appraisal
 Compensation
 Employee Relations

It is very important for an organization to perform these five arrays of HR activities. All of these
are people oriented tasks and must be performed by HR department. Independent television Ltd.
is very efficient in these five sector and has a good structure for long term success.

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2.13.1. Recruitment and Selection

I. Workforce Requisition:
The workforce requisition is the primary and the first step of recruitment process. It is a
process through which the approval is taken to initiate the recruitment process.

Employee Requisition Process

Department
Defines the need

Department Employee
Completes Requisition

Fund Analyze

No
Approval Requisition
Returns to

Yes

Approves
Forwards to
Management
from HR.

Figure: Employee Requisition Process

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 II. Analysis of position and requirement

Analysis of position and requirement includes understanding the client organization with regard
to current business activities, future expansion plans, work culture and extends to mapping
competencies for specific position including job title, deliverables, Key accountabilities and
other important details which are required to bring success to the position. Independent
Television carefully analyses every positions and recruitment situation of the market.

III. Approval of ME

The Managing Editor of Independent Television Ltd. Approves the requisition form and check
the required workforce needed for the particular Department.

IV. Candidate Sourcing

Advertisement: Advertisement can be published in job sites, newspaper or other media like,
BDjobs, JobsA1.com, and Prothomalojobs. Etc.

Referrals: The length of time spent on sourcing potential candidates can vary greatly depending
upon the level and complexity of the position, according to many respondents. Referrals mainly
based on Position, Situation, and the nature of job.

V. Short listing of Applicants

Immediately after the closing date, all original applications received, together with a
Summary Information Sheet, will be sent by Human Resources to the Chair of the
Recruitment Panel, who should forward copies of the applications to the Panel members and
arrange for short-listing to take place,

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The process involves drawing up a list of target companies from which to recruit and utilizing
our network, along with our database then we list most potential candidates within target
companies. We then contact candidates and share the opportunity with them and draw their
interest in the position.

Primary Short listing by HR: Human Resource Department Primarily Shortlisted the
candidates thus who applied for the position and send the list to the concerning department.

Final Short listing by Departments: Department review the list of applicant and finally
select the candidates for interview.

VI. Assessment

Written Test: A written test would be conducted if needed. Written test is often required,
depending on the types of the position where the candidate is to be employed.

Interview: Interview can be conducted in various ways. Few examples regarding Independent
Television are furnished below-

Traditional Face-to-Face Interview

Most interviews are face-to-face. The most traditional is a one-on-one conversation. Focus
should be on the person asking questions. Maintain eye contact, listen and respond once a
question has been asked. Establish rapport with the interviewer and show them that interviewee’s
qualifications will benefit their organization.

Panel/Committee Interview

In this situation, there is more than one interviewer. Typically, three to ten members of a panel
may conduct this part of the selection process. This is a chance to show group management and

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 group presentation skills on display. Here candidate is required to read the various personality
types of each interviewer and adjust to them. Find a way to connect with each interviewer.

Behavioral Interview

The basic premise behind this type of interview is that the past behavior is the best predictor of
future actions. These types of questions may be asked in any interview format—telephone, panel
or one-on-one.

This type of question generally starts with the words “Give me an example when...” or “Tell me
about a time when…”

Stress Interview

This kind of interview is specially conducted for sales department. Here the interviewer watches
the level of patients of the interviewee.

VII. Pool of Suitable Candidates

After having the written test and interviews we have got the pool of suitable candidate.
Candidates are called for salary negotiation session.

VIII. Salary Negotiation

Before start talking pay (and salary negotiations) with a prospective employer, we need to find
out how much the job is worth. We will need to take the time for research. That way we will be
prepared to get what we're worth and to get a job offer that's realistic and reasonable.

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Salary negotiation is something at which hiring managers are usually a lot more proficient than
the people they hire. Human Resources must be consulted to provide detailed guidance and
advice on determining appropriate offer salary levels within the grade.

When deciding upon an appropriate salary to be offered, consideration will normally be

Given to the following objective criteria:-

 The level, breadth, depth and complexity of the individual’s knowledge and
understanding of different aspects of the job and, as appropriate, expert, professional and
theoretical knowledge.
 The level and breadth of existing relevant skills.
 Qualifications and length of relevant experience of the successful candidate.
 Current salary and monetary benefits (e.g. bonus) of successful candidate.
 Equal pay principles that all staff should receive equal pay for the same or broadly
similar work, for work rated as equivalent and for work of equal value.

IX. Offering Candidates

The final stage in the selection procedure is to confirm the offer of employment after satisfactory
references have been obtained, and the applicant has passed the medical examination required for
pension and life assurance purposes or because a certain standard of physical fitness is required
for the work. The contract of employment should also be prepared at this stage.

• If there are several suitable candidates, it may be appropriate to “hold” rather than reject
these until the outcome of the offer to the most suitable candidate is known.
• All unsuccessful candidates should be notified of the outcome appropriately and are
provided with feedback, if requested, by the Chair of the Recruitment Panel.
• If anyone accepts this job offer, the hire date will be on the day that s/he attends new-hire
orientation. Plan to work for the remainder of the business day after new-hire orientation
ends.

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 X. Recruitment paperwork

The Chair of the Recruitment Panel should complete the Recruitment Panel Chairperson’s
Report and return to Human Resources, together with all associated recruitment paperwork,

Including:

 The original applications of all candidates;

 The completed short-listing form(s);
 The original interview/assessment notes and test sheets, if applicable;
 The completed Interview/Assessment form(s).

XI. Joining and Placement

It contains few steps, candidates required to take appointment letter from HR, needs to fill
joining document, and finally he placed under his\her reporting line manager.

XII. Confirmation

After recruitment, permanent employees will need to serve under probation period as follows:

-Skilled Employees: Initially for three months, extendable for further three months.

-Unskilled Employees: Initially for six months, extendable for further three months.

Superiors must notify HR department one week prior to the maturity of employees have
completed their probation period. A formal confirmation letter is issued subject to successfully
completion of probation period and necessary approval as well.

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XIII. Promotion, Transfer, Re-Designation, Deputation, Absorption

Promotion: As required by the company, an employee may be promoted to a higher level or

may be absorbed, deputed or transferred at any position, in any place of company’s operation or
in any of its sister concern or other associated Group\Companies.

Transfer: Where the duties and responsibilities of an employee change, the company may
change the remuneration, designation and job description of the post.

Re-Designation: The promotion, transfer or change of designation, duties and responsibilities

shall not however, be disadvantage to the employee with regard to his or her nature of work,
status remuneration.

Absorption: However, provision of clause 12.3 will not apply to transfer on account of
inefficiency, misconduct or where the transfer is made at the request of the employee.

XIV. Selective Recruitment Using Job Boards

Although staff turnover is not a major issue for media world and Independent Television ltd.
Authority, the agency relies on selective recruitment techniques to maximize the use of limited
hiring budgets. To ensure the most appropriate methods of sourcing and attracting qualified
candidates are used, the agency considers the following details for each position: level of entry
(junior, intermediate, and senior), level of education (degree, diploma), professional association,
and technical requirements (Engineer, GIS tech). Using this information, the company
determines which job boards, communication channels, and advertisement strategies are best for
targeting candidates with the required skill sets.

A key component of this process is having an in-depth understanding of the variety of job boards
in the market and what types of candidates they attract. Depending on the position, Independent
Television will either choose to advertise using a niche job board or employ a mass recruitment
strategy that utilizes a variety of job advertisement services.

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Positions that require specific technical skill sets, the company often relies on niche job boards
since they reduce the candidate pool by targeting a more applicable audience. On the other hand,
Independent Television utilizes as many free job posting or partner sites as it can to maximize
exposure and increase the number of applicants for other positions.

XV. University Internships

Independent Television with expert advice, information, and tools to assist with the development
and implementation of sustainable policies and practices—offers internships to Masters and
Bachelor level university students as part of its recruitment strategy. Using the internship
program, Independent Television can target students who excel academically and provide them
with the opportunity to obtain practical work experience. This helps to train and develop the skill
sets of interns at an early stage of their career while giving the company an opportunity to gauge
the intern’s skills, abilities, and inner drive. The program has proven beneficial to both the
interns and the company, and is one way Stratus is helping build the capacity of new graduates in
the environment industry.

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2.13.2. Training and development

Training is an essential part of every employee. Well training leads to development of them and
thus leads to development of the organization. Independent television offers Employee Training
program both internally and externally.

Internal Training Program

Here, Independent Television organizes in house training program where both internal and
external trainer facilitates training program for individual departments. Internal training program
is very helpful for the employees as in this system they can get training in their own
environment.

Human Resources Department organizes mainly two types of internal training; for,

 Own department&
 Other departments

External Training Program

Here, employees are trained by external Training Institutes like; bdjobs, prothomalojobs etc.
employees are sent towards to the several training institute for a period of time.

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2.13.3. Performance Appraisal

Performance appraisal system of Independent Television is very efficient in terms of evaluation.

The main intention of the system is to evaluate the employee’s performance of the job.
Performance appraisal is conducted for an employee after completion of one year service in the
channel. Based on the evaluation Independent Television offers the employees Increment, if the
performance is satisfactory. If the performance is not satisfactory, the employee may be warned
for that and asked to perform better.

Figure: Performance appraisal form

The main pre- requisite of performance appraisal is that, the employee must complete one year
service length in channel. Based on the performance, Independent television also offers
Promotion for employee.

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2.13.4. Compensation

Compensation is an important issue in Independent Television. Here, HR department uses a

software- “VistaHR manager” to process Compensation for all employees. Here, for every
employee there are two parts in salary payment, one is addition and another is deduction. Under
addition part, 50 % is basic salary and other 50% is divided into House rent, Medical facilities,
Conveyance, and Miscellaneous costs. On the other hand, in deduction part, there are provident
funds, income Tax, absent and leave without pay deductions.

Figure: Vista HR Manager Software for Salary preparation

The total pay of an employee is determined by adding up all additions and subtracting all
deductions. Then the salary inputs to employees bank account.

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2.13.5. Employee Relations

Independent Television emphasis on wonderful employee relations with long term perspective,
so that the employees retains for many years. Independent Television is careful on ethics, justice
and fair treatment for every employee in order to ensure employee relations.

In Independent Television there are good practices of ethics. There are several policies to ensure
ethics, for example,

 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and

 Sexual Harassment Policy

These two policies indicate that Independent Television is highly motivated to ensure ethics in
workplace. Ethically Independent Television is very committed that all employees will get fair
treatment in every aspect of work life.

Justice is also a very important concern of Independent Television in every cases, Independent
Television ensures justice for all employees. In case of any occurrence, justice Independent
Television investigates with high level of importance and endures

Fair treatment is also for every employee ensured by Independent Television. Here, HR
department ensures that all employee gets equal treatment in every sector of work life.

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2.13.6. Other HR activities of Independent Television Ltd.:

There are some other Hr works done by HR department; here are some brief,

a. Policy Works

A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational
outcomes. The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done; this is normally
referred to as either procedure.

Sl. No Policy Status

1 Food Policy In Use

2 Mancomm Policy In Use

3 Mobile phone policy In Use

4 Sexual Harassment Policy In Use

5 Holiday Policy In Use

6 Recruitment Policy In Use

7 Leave Policy In Use

8 Security Policy In Use

9 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy In Use

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Sl. No. Policy Status

10 National and International Travel Policy In Use

11 Confirmation Policy In Use

12 Car Policy In Use

13 Provident Fund Policy In Use

14 Increment Policy In Use

15 Bonus Policy In Use

16 Accident Policy In Use

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 b. Leave Management System

Web‐based Employee Leave Management System streamlines communication between HR and

employees, facilitates simple yet efficient management of employee leaves. Leave management
ensures that all leave taken and leave requests are properly accounted for. Office staffs can
apply, approve and view leave records without the hassle and delay of going through the admin
staff ‐ it's all at your ID card with anytime, anywhere access. For employees, this system allows
them to easily determine their vacation availability (from any point‐in‐time) and request leave
online. For managers, leave approval no longer involve trails of paperwork. The system provides
full audit trails of your staffs' leave balances and plans.

Below are some essential features of leave management system:

• Organization Leave Policy masters.

• Yearly Leave & Holiday Set‐up.
• Employee leave master (with eligibility for applicable leaves)
• Leave Application (by Employee)
• Leave Application (by Front office/HR)
• Approval / Rejection.
• Request for cancellation of applied leave.
• Leave Approval/Rejection & cancellation.
• Leave encashment.
• Special grants.
• Reports.

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 c. Attendance Tracking System

Tracking the time and attendance of the employees working for the company can be a difficult
task for any business. Careful records will need to be kept to ensure that all employees are
being paid the correct amount on each paycheck and their earned or taken sick and vacation
time is correctly logged. Keeping track of all of this information for each employee can be a
daunting assignment, but using HR software to assist in the process can make tracking the time
and attendance of employees much easier and more streamlined. It provides customized
reports for review by HR personnel and department managers.

d. Security

User can login into system using their corporate email credentials. This application is accessible
only with in office intranet. Application encrypts all essential information before storing it into
database for better protection of data. For password protection used MD5 based 64 bit
encryption. So that even developer cannot decrypt password.

e. Health and safety at work

A young worker or employee must do an assessment of possible health and safety risks, before
they employ in this organization. They must pay particular attention to their age, lack of
experience, and other things that could be a risk to their health and safety.
There are special restrictions on the following types of work:

• Work which you are not physically or mentally capable of doing.

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 • Work which brings you into contact with chemical agents, toxic material or radiation.
(e.g. Independent television broadcast technology department)

• Work which involves a health risk because of extreme cold, heat or vibration.

You are only allowed to do the work above under the following circumstances

• Where it is necessary for employees training.

• Where an experienced person is supervising them.

• Where any risk is reduced to the lowest level that is reasonable.

These rules do not apply if employees are doing short term or occasional work in a family
business or in a private household, which is not considered to be harmful to them.

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 f. Night work

There are special limits on the hours employees can work at night. Employees cannot usually
work between 10pm and 6am (only for thus who belongs to non-news Departments like HR,
Finance, Accounts, and Support Service etc.) but journalists are allowed to work on different
sessions in order to their assignments.

g. Holidays

Employees are legally entitled to paid holiday in the same way as other workers. How much
paid holiday they get depends on how many days they work and when they leave year begins.

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 Chapter 3: Internship at Independent Television

I have got the opportunity to work in Independent Television Ltd. as an intern for three months
from February 17 to May 16, 2013; it’s a part of my academic program. As my major is Human
Resource Management, I worked in Human resource department as an intern where I had learnt
several Human Resource practices of Independent Television Ltd.

3.1. Description of the job

I had the opportunity to have three months long internship at Independent Television Ltd. I have
come across with different tasks that are conduct by the HR department. I was introduced to the jobs
of an HR personnel, there were different types of jobs I was made acquainted with some were regular
others were periodical. I was assigned to the following jobs regularly. Those were-

 Collecting Bio data

 Screening Bio data
 Setting Interview & training date
 Calling For Interview
 Making Interview Lists
 Creating Employee Profile

• Collecting Bio data

For the recruitment of Sales Associates and Store Helper the CVs are collected from outlets
mostly but applicants can also drop their CVs in the CV box at head office, and for others
positions the CVs are collected through the bdjobs’s website and the CV box at the head office.

As I have worked mostly in the recruitment Associates, it was my job to call the outlets and ask
them to send the CVs to Human Resource Department. And also ask the Office Assistant to
collect the CVs from the CV box.

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 • Screening Bio data

As ITV was taking huge number of employees, we received CVs in large quantity. There were
few areas are to be considered while screening the CVs, these were age, education and location.
For example a candidate has to be 18 years old or above to apply for job. For Associates and
responsible position the candidate has to be a graduate student and candidate for the Journalist
position also has be to smart. For Store Helper candidate must have S.S.C degree.

• Setting Interview date

After Screening the CVs and classified them in to different categories, we were to fix the
interview date for different branch’s and inform the respective resource persons about the
interview. And with the interview I was to fix the training date for the selected candidates. To do
this I had to consult with the Training personnel about the training batches and find out the
empty slots for Training and finalize the interview and training batch for the employees.

• Calling for Interview

After screening the CVs and separate them based on their location, it was my job to call the
candidates for interview and inform them about the interview date, time and venue. The
interviews were held in the head office of Independent Television Ltd. After the interview I had
to call the selected candidates.

• Making Interview Lists

While calling the candidates I had to give serial number to their CVs. after calling the candidates
it was my job to prepare an interview list which contained name of the applicant, father’s name
of the applicant, educational qualification, address and contact number, there were few columns
left empty for applicants signature, selected, not selected and remarks. At the bottom of the list
name of the Human resource officer and the concerned department manager who were taking the
interview, were included.

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 • Creating Employee Profile

The HR department of Independent Television Ltd. keeps record of their employees both
manually and in HRMS. After recruiting I learned to prepare files for new employees. Every new
employee is assigned a PIN for their identification. The employee file contains employees
joining letter given by ITV, employees CV, photocopy of employee’s educational certificates,
reference letter.

• Employee Joining

When a new employee joins I performed all tasks for joining. The tasks include all necessary
signatures and filling.

• Leave Processing

Leave processing includes receiving leave applications and inputting to software.

Apart from these specific jobs, I also observed other jobs performed by other team mates. Here I
observed,

 Recruitment and selection process

 Payroll
 Policy formulation
 Training and Development
 Grievance handling etc.

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Chapter 4: Analysis

4.1 SWOT Analysis of Independent Television

Strengths

 Maximum utilization of fund.

 Web based HR management.
 Diversification
 Good relationship with employees.
 Training for Train up the Employees.
 Immense machineries support.

Weakness

× Manipulation of other Departments.

× Small workforce.

Opportunities
 Skilled workforce.
 Introduce new HR strategies.
 Time to time foreign trade training.
 New employees (fresh graduates) are recruited every year.
 New branches will be opened in different part of Bangladesh.

Threats

♠ Market leaders are very experienced in this concern.

♠ Increase Competition to better customer service.
♠ Pressure to decrease rate of profit.
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Chapter 5: Recommendations

According to my work on Independent Television, I have identified some sectors where some
development can happen; here are those,

•Training and Development issue:

More intensive training program should be introduced to increase the employee performance to
the optimum level. The HR policy could include certain provisions regarding to a reutilized and
modern training.

•HR counseling cell:

In this system, the employer-employee relationship can increase. Here, to authorized HR

personal, all employees will come and will tell their problems. HR personal will then take
necessary steps.

•Continuous modernization and revision:

Modernization and revision of the HR policies and strategies are indispensable for any
organization as the world is getting more diversified day by day. The head of HR should
continuously monitor the changes happening around and adjust the policies to match the changed
scenario.

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Chapter 6: Conclusion

Finally, I would looked at the extent to which Independent Television hold themselves
accountable for effective HRM systems and adherence to the Merit System Principles (as
appropriate) or other organizational values and policies.

In sum, the organizational performance of ITV could be explained by its effective recruitment
and selection practices and performance appraisal practices. As the review of the literature
showed, research has established that although the value of a company’s human resource assets
may not show up directly on its balance sheet, it nevertheless, has tremendous impact on an
organization’s performance. However, there was insufficient evidence to show that ITV
remuneration practices as well as its training and development practices contribute positively
towards its corporate performance, as perceived by the respondents.

Based on the findings of this research, it is recommended that the management of GCGL
continues to ensure that the HR policy, which is a result of the corporate strategy to use human
resource, among others, to achieve outstanding performance every year, is upheld. In addition,
copies of the HR policy should be made available to all employees to ensure widespread
dissemination and application of the policies. Management should continue to ensure that the
recruitment and selection process is, and seen to be fair. There should be measures that will
ensure that all recruitment and selection practices adhere to the standards and policies of the
company since effective recruitment and selection practices will ensure positive financial returns
for the company, either through ensuring effectiveness on the part of employees, or minimization
of costs associated with training and retraining of employees.

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Chapter 7: References

Contact Persons
 Promit Ghosh, Senior Executive, Independent Television Ltd.
 Jannatul Marfua, Senior Executive, Independent Television Ltd.
 Ehsan Ferdous, Trainee Executive, Independent Television Ltd.

Websites
 www.google.com
 www.independent24.tv
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.prenticehall.com
 http://www.startupbizhub.com
 www.businessdictionary.com/definition/after-sales

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