Siemens Ki Dunya - Siemens Pakistan

Miscellaneous
Study Tours to Siemens Pakistan
As part of our CSR
activities the
company spends
considerable
resources in arranging
study tours for
students of Engineering
Universities,
Business colleges,
Technical institutes,
Technical institutes of
the Armed Forces of
Pakistan, Government
and semi government
organizations, Utilities
and other organizations
from across the
country. For the
majority of these
institutions these
tours are mandatory
and part of their
syllabus.
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The tours are coordinated
throughout the
company with the
delegates being
greeted on shop
floors by concerned
technical persons to
answer any query.
Siemens imposing
Industrial complex
has four factories on
its premises i.e.
Motors, Transformers,
Switchboards and
Diesel Generating sets
including the 220 kV
Transformer factory
the only one of its
kind in Pakistan that
represents a great
learning experience
for the visitors.
These tours add value
to the knowledge of
the visitors giving
them an opportunity
to see practical
application of the
theories they are
taught. Here are
glimpses of the tours
in the last few
months. Most of the
groups are photographed
with our visit
coordinator
Mr. Sohail Mehmood
of CC.
Performance Management
By:
Hiba Zaheer
I DT Design
Introduction:
Performance Management
encompasses
such activities which
ensure that goals and
targets of an organization
are met in an
effective and prolific
way.
Therefore it is used to
maximize the performance
by accountability and motivate
the people to do their best to increase
the profit of an organization. The sources
of accountability include performance
appraisals, evaluations, discussions and
the results that come because of their
efforts. Hence it can be said that
performance measurement is a part of
performance management.
What is Performance
Management?
As mentioned earlier, Performance
Management helps to meet the goals of
an organization in an efficient manner. It
emphasises on the idea of judging the
employees on the basis of the outcome
they produce. For this employees must
be trained as to how they can develop
themselves and what is expected from
them so that they will be able to improve
their work methods.
It is imperative to set goals, set a clear
direction of work, and tell them how
feedback is provided in order to have an
effective Performance Management
system. There should be a clear process
of performance appraisal to check the
development and growth of an employee
which is purely based on the results
produced not on their personalities.
Why Performance
Management?
� Performance Management
eliminates the “Look busy, do nothing,”
concept. The performance of the people
depends only on their attitude towards
work and the results they produce for the
profit of organization. The employee may
be considered as loyal to the organization
if he keeps himself busy with the
mundane tasks leaving an impression on
others that he/she has a lot to do,
Performance Management eradicates
this misconception.
� An effective Performance Management
system helps in setting of goals of
an organization and the efficiency
needed to achieve it. Therefore the
activities of the employees ensure the
parallelism of activities with the goals of
that organization.
� Performance Management helps in
ensuring that it depersonalizes the
issues. In this kind of management, goals
are set and work is planned, performance
and attitude towards work is
measured by the supervisor, it is then
accounted via performance appraisals or
evaluation forms then the one with a
high rating will be rewarded.
Therefore the whole judgment system
will become unbiased differentiating the
employees only on the basis of their
performance rather than their personalities.
� Accountability factor will motivate
the employees to give their best and
make positive use of the resources as
much as possible.
� Performance Management encourages
communication between employee
and supervisor via discussions and
feedback.
� Equitable treatment will be given to
the employees irrespective of any favors
so that he/she will not feel demotivated.
� All the activities will be in alignment
with the vision and mission of the
particular organization.
Types of Performance
Management:
There are several types of performance
management depending on the area
where this Performance Management
approach is implemented:
1. Business Performance
Management:
This type of Performance Management
comprises of the methods that help in
developing the efficient and effective
use of manpower and available resources
of the business units of an organization.
2. Operational Performance
Management:
It refers to the discipline which focuses
on the methods that help in improving
the business performance among
different organizations.
3. Application Performance
Management:
It is a set of processes that refers to
supervision and maintenance of the
software application used in an organization.
4. Project Performance
Management:
It is related to performances related to a
specific project i.e. performances
regarding scope of project, available
resources, time frame in which that
project should be completed etc.
Value of Know-How
A giant ship engine failed. The ship's
owners tried one expert after another,
but none of them could figure out how
to fix the engine.
Then they brought in an old man who
had been fixing ships since he was
young. He carried a large bag of tools
with him, and when he arrived, he
immediately went to work. He inspected
the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there,
watching this man, hoping he would
know what to do. After looking things
over, the old man reached into his bag
and pulled out a small hammer. He
gently tapped something. Instantly, the
engine lurched into life. He carefully put
his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill
from the old man for ten thousand
dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He
hardly did anything!"
So they wrote to the old man a note
saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer...... ......... ........
$ 2.00
Knowing where to tap.......... ......... ......
$ 9,998.00
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