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Human Resource Management
Case Studies
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
PepsiCo India was facing a major attrition problem with senior executives. It was
believed that the executives were exiting the company as they were unable to reconcile
with its ‘Power of One’ (PO1) strategy. The strategy was about merging the beverages
wing with the foods division. It was aimed at leveraging the synergetic benefits of selling
food and beverages together since consumers tended to buy beverages and snacks
together. Five senior executives of PepsiCo India resigned from the company in 2015,
joining a stream of colleagues who had left the company following a change in corporate
strategy. Even though PepsiCo India had leadership development initiatives in place and
had created a talent pool, industry observers felt that the company would have to resolve
the attrition issue at the top level with effective people strategies as well as change
management initiatives TSR Murali (Murali), executive director, R&D, in charge of
innovations at PepsiCo India, quit the company in July 2015. Murali was considered to
be the brain behind popular brands like Kurkure and Aliva and one of the most
important people in the company’s efforts to create innovations in its foods business. He
was not the only senior executive to quit the company. Five others resigned from the
company in 2015, joining a stream of colleagues who had left PepsiCo following a
change in its corporate strategy. Analysts felt that PepsiCo had a big responsibility to
find out why the employees were dissatisfied, before that reason made them take the
drastic step of quitting the organization.
Answer the following question.

2. Q1. Understand and state the issues and challenges involved in dealing with the
employee attrition at PepsiCo.
Q2. Analyze how PepsiCo can deal with the resistance of employees toward change in its
corporate strategy
Q3. Explore ways in which PepsiCo can retain its senior executives and make a change
in corporate strategy acceptable for them
Q4. Give an overview of the case
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Recruitment has become an important process in the highly competitive labour market.
The traditional methods of recruitment had been revolutionized by the emergence of the
Internet. E Recruitment is the latest trend in the recruitment process and it has been
adopted in many organizations from large to small sized companies. Many companies
use e Recruitment to post jobs and accept resumes on the Internet, and correspond with
the applicants by email. The main success factors of e Recruitment are the value added
services provided by the job sites, cost effectiveness, speed, providing customized
solutions, helping to establish relationships with HR managers and facilitates brand
building of the companies. Though there are many benefits to the employers and the job
seekers in e Recruitment, it still has its own limitations and shortcomings. The case
helps to analyze the pros and cons of e Recruitment and its increasing scope in the
recruitment process of a company.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Compare the traditional recruitment process with e Recruitment and also discuss
the advantages and disadvantages
Q2. Analyze the potential of e Recruitment and the challenges faced by it.
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
The case is about the retrenchment drama that unfolded in one of India's leading
aviation companies, Jet Airways (India) Limited (Jet), in late 2008. After showing the
door to more than 1000 employees in a bid to streamline its operations, Jet was faced
with immense criticism and opposition by various organizations and political parties.

3. Jet's chairman Naresh Goyal (Goyal) reinstated the employees a day later saying that he
was not aware of these sackings. The Indian aviation industry was going through a tough
phase and experts felt that it was in the interest of the company to retrench employees
to remain competitive. Experts largely felt that Goyal had capitulated under pressure
from external parties while others felt that all may not be well with the organizational
communication mechanisms at Jet.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Analyze the HR problems faced by Jet Airways in 2008.
Q2. Discuss various concepts related to hiring, firing, and compensation management.
CASE STUDY (20Marks)
A recently released survey report of Govt. of India reveals that the employability of the
graduates passing out from universities is very low. Even all the graduates passing out
from the Engineering Institutes are not employable. The reason cited for the same is
that the requisite skill required by the various industries including mini, small, and
medium enterprises, has not been incorporated in the curriculum of the universities and
Institutes. Though the curriculum is good for the sake of knowledge, there is nothing for
the skill development of the students. This may be because of the poor interaction
between the industries and academicians. Keeping in view the large young population of
in India, Govt. has decided to impart skill development training to all eligible candidates
in following 3 parts (i) Basic training, for fresher’s (ii) Upgrading skills training, by
providing on the job training who are employed. (iii) World class skill development
training, for supplying skilled man power to the world by providing world class training.
Answer the following question.
Q1. What is the difference between education and skill?
Q2. Discuss the problem given in the above case study, and suggest the remedial
measures.

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