Employee Involvement:

Nature and Contents

Case: National Pharma
Section B- Group 5
Shikha Garg | Somyata Rastogi | Sanjeet Mathur
Rahul Venugopal | Mayank Vimal | Akshat
Choudhary

What are the strengths and

limitations of the analyses of
each of the three Discussants of
this case?

Discussant 1:
Root cause behind the failure of implementation of

scheme i.e. lack of research has been pointed out

Breaking into 3 sections to involve both union and
workers
Ineffective measures by MD to introduce participative
style of management have been highlighted
Giving financial autonomy has been rightly criticised
Limitations:
Reasons of failure have not been cited properly
Role of MD, HR department, senior and middle
managers to take corrective actions isnt demarcated
and explicitly stated

Discussant 2:
Objectives of MD for setting up workstations

have been stated comprehensively

Objective of Shop councils was highlighted
properly
Primary reasons of failure like MD leadership,
indifference of HR department, etc. have been
pointed out
Limitations:
Senior managers and middle managers have not
been highlighted for their lack lustre approach

Discussant 3:
Wrong assumptions by MD

ex. Middle managers will fall in line in times to come

No actions were taken to address the operational and
people issues
Absence of regular team briefings has been
highlighted
Limitations:
Senior managers have been considered enthusiastic
Lack of proper framework or research has not been
highlighted
Role of middle managers has not been highlighted

Which of the three analyses you like the

most and why?
Discussant 2
Has mapped the issues and current situation

to proper framework
Quoted one relevant example to support the
analysis
Has approached the case in a sequential
manner and stressing on all the events of the
case
Solution provided is quite elaborate and
involves working on all the weak points which
were the primary reasons for the issues in the
case

If you come to know that

discussant III is HR chief of a large
automobile company, what do you
think is lacking in his analysis that
he should have been aware while
making his analysis so as to
become
a
still
better
HR
professional?

Analysis lacks use of proper terminology

Has not analysed the roles and involvement of

each stakeholder in detail

Judgement has not been backed by events at
various places
Has not highlighted the objective of
experiment which was employee involvement
Was not aware of similar industrial scenarios

What do you learn from this case and the

new methodology of learning through
analyzing the case analysis by different
discussants?

Relevance and importance of employee

involvement in current industrial scenario

Role of each department and managerial
personnel is crucial in implementing any
program
Discussion of strengths and limitations of 3
discussants analysis led to coming up with
the best understanding and plausible solution
of the problem

Thank You!
Any Questions?