Thursday, February 23, 2006

A Paper

Purely for timepass; Detailed paper will be posted in parts over the next few days!

A model for improving employee productivity with the sole aim of gaining market share in key areas while providing value added services to customers worldwide.

Abstract:

Increasing employee productivity to high levels is the secret to greater returns for a company. Of the many returns that a high level of employee productivity provides, the most important turns out to be that of gaining market share in key areas; a factor that gains added importance in the context of a flourishing economy like India's. This paves way for more opportunities,not to mention the challenges of a whole new dimension.A combination of the challenges and opportunities lead to a different strategic model; every time when a change in the model is considered. This may be solely attributed to the dynamism the market exhibits at different times.This paper presents a novel model that is both innovative and cost effective and achieves unprecedented levels of employee productivity when implemented in the ways discussed in the following sections. The model is based on sound statistical analyses of the factors affecting employee productivity. Data for the study were obtained in numerous standard ways each of which has been explained in detail. The conclusions made from the analyses were incorporated in building the model, the robustness of which will go a long way in making it the accepted norm in many companies. Some examples proving the correctness of the model have also been provided in order to convince more companies to adopt the model.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

:wq

Many reasons why this post has ':wq' as the title...The first and by far the most striking one is this: I opened IE to google something and found myself doing a ESC-:wq to close the browser..a reminder of the effect 'work' has had on me..! There are more instances to prove that I've almost become a workaholic.. ;)) My dreams are all OO (object oriented; i mean..). The other night I dreamt that I couldnt mail someone because that person was a private field in the instance of a class...(Now, that's just a dream, so no one can question why I dreamt that way....!)
Another dream that I believe was hinting at something really profound had the following tags;
< life >
< today >
< !-- Something I forgot as soon as I woke up -- >
< /today >
< /life >

I tried wondering what that would have meant, but couldnt spend as much time as I'd have liked to; as there were other tags needing my attention!

That apart, there are a couple (lotsss actually!)of people who just dont believe that am 'working'...'10-12 hrs at office?!?!' is followed by ' THAT TOO YOUUUUUUUUUU' with such emphasis on the second phrase that I sometimes I feel I've to set my image right...someday..! c'mon ! of course I DO 'work' for 10++ hrs a day that too..!

As usual, I have a backlog of half-finished posts waiting to see the light of the day! It was sometime late last week that I realized I HAD to do something *else* apart from just working, working and working...Such realizations every now and then gave rise to 'instant posts' albeit lacking cogency. Those little bugs need to be fixed before I publish the posts here.

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