Aftab Ara

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Implementing Knowledge Management solutions in Infosys: A Case Study

International Journal in Management and Social Science, 2016

Harley Davidson' Success Speaks- Brand Image and Culture: An HR Perspective

Bonfring International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, 2014

Technology is the cause of shift in HR to go beyond mere administrative support functions to frui... more Technology is the cause of shift in HR to go beyond mere administrative support functions to fruitful strategies for success. HR strategies decide whether market share, sales, or profits would increase or not. The key result areas in people management shows shift from production and quantity to productivity and quality. Capability is measured in ideas generated by employees to be implemented, since productivity gained is of more prominence than capacity measured in man-hours lost, man-hours available, absenteeism, etc. Success achieved in business has its own challenges. William M. Harley in 1901, created his own bluechip of the engine to fit in a bicycle. Since then his journey was transformed from a small business to a business tycoon as the manufacturer of Motorcycles along with genuine Harley-Davidson parts, accessories and collectibles. Harley-Davidson Inc became headquarter of his group of companies as Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC) and Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS) in USA after being founded in 1903. The company has a strategic position in marketplace with his valued customers who are extremely satisfied with the global standard image and brand. Even after having such huge success it faced challenges from lower priced competitors and was unable to expand into overseas markets. Accenture helped Harley-Davidson in improving its business strategies to meet the challenges at such troubled times. This study aims to find the popularity of its brand, image and culture of H-D which has helped in success of the Motorcycle Industry .It also aims to study the gaps in culture that needs to be improved. The purpose of the article is to study the case of H-D and recommend certain strategies to be brought by HR in bringing changes in the organization. The methodology of study is by collecting the primary and secondary data.. Interviews of employees are conducted and on-line surveys were taken .The findings provide an opportunity for other well-to-do world class companies to have a look into their systems and recognize their deficit in strategies which is preventing them to move forward with speed in such a fast paced world of today.

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Dynamics of Human Resource Practices and Knowledge Management in Promoting Innovation in Higher Education: A Literature Review

Higher education in India has gone through several transformations to reach its present level of ... more Higher education in India has gone through several transformations to reach its present level of performance, but is now at the highest level of vulnerability due to the globalization and the entry of the foreign universities into the domestic market. The sustainability of the Indian universities is only through the gaining of the competitive advantage in business, in which Innovation plays a major role. Unless the universities learn from their counterparts in the western world and bring home the innovative practices in the teaching-learning processes, their very survival may be at stake. In this paper, we suggest and review three perspectives of the literature. The literature review explains HRM practices Knowledge Management (KM) and Innovation. The literature review is taken from the secondary resources such as journals, books, conference proceedings etc. Our aim is to clearly establish the link between the three main constructs of the study.

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Role of Greenfield Project on Growth and Prosperity: Case Study of Rourkela Steel Plant

Green field projects are the present requirement of the economy and are sustainable in the long r... more Green field projects are the present requirement of the economy and are sustainable in the long run. Thus the project commissioned with present requirements not only feasible for the economy but also brings growth and prosperity in the economy of a country. An increment to manufacturing production creates more economic activity both within and outside the sector than does a similar increment in any other major sector because of manufacturing’s high multiplier effect and its extensive linkages to other parts of the economy. Incremental growth in the sector is likely to increase R&D activity which leads to increase the intensity of innovation in manufacturing, boosts overall productivity growth and improve standard-of-living. Rourkela Steel Plant is the perfect example in the management of green field project for prosperity and growth. It’s continuous up gradation, innovation and modernization brings the sustainable development and growth. Greenfield in many disciplines is a project t...

IJESRTJOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY E-Learning by Cloud Computing-Challenges, Benefits and changes: a case study of Al- Medina International University

Cloud Computing has now become the next stage of internet’s evolution providing solutions from co... more Cloud Computing has now become the next stage of internet’s evolution providing solutions from computing power to computing infrastructure, applications, business processes to education. The “cloud” in cloud computing is a set of hardware, network, storage, services which served over the internet from shared data centers using enormous economies of scale. To get a system which is secure, easily managed and cost-efficient we can use Cloud Computing, where instead of purchasing a huge lot of computers, we can now outsource computing from the remote cloud and pay as we use the service. As quoted by Steve Moore IT Director of Centur .Moving to the Cloud is completely cost-neutral due to the savings that has been incurred and there is perfectly no demarcation between users accessing data stored on a local server and users accessing data stored in Cloud infrastructure. My main objective of the paper is to present a case study of an institutions grappled by severe IT issues which were hamp...

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Ict as a New Wave in Teaching and Learning Strategy -An Overview of University of Hail, Saudi Arabia

Asia Pacific Journal Of Marketing and Management Review, 2015

With the surge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) having such an impact on our liv... more With the surge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) having such an impact on our lives, from PC to tablets to mobile phones there is a still a lacuna for ICT to be used in the education field .This study is mainly for developing special strategy for training the teachers and the taught .I have used my study at one of the leading university of Saudi Arabia at University of Hail (UOH). Here I have outlined the obstacles in adopting ICT, the leadership qualities, the competencies required for planning designing and enforcing the instructions to create a learning environment especially in a gender-segregated society. The methodology used for the study is both primary and secondary. In the primary method I have used questionnaire and interview of the female faculties. My main objective of this study is to gauge the exposure of ICT in their life, the obstacles in adopting ICT and the radical shift required to bring further development in the policy, curriculum and structure i...

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Impact of human resource information systems on organizational performance: an empirical study

ZENITH International Journal of Business Economics & Management Research, 2015

This study focuses on the empirical investigation of the two stage impact of Human Resource Infor... more This study focuses on the empirical investigation of the two stage impact of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) on the Organizational Performance (ORP). The dimensions of the HRIS considered in this study include General Administration (GAD), Training (TRN), Recruitment (RCT), Performance Evaluation (PFE), and Data Management (DTM). In the first stage, the influences of the dimensions of HRIS on Operational efficiency (OPE), Acceleration of the process (ACP), and Cost benefits (CBN) are studied. In the second stage, the influence of these three intermediate variables on the ORP is studied. The ORP includes both the Financial performance and Non-financial performance measures. The study has been carried out in select product and service industries with a sample size of 244 HR managers. The research methodology adopts a mixed method approach with both qualitative and quantitative research. While the qualitative component involves the analysis of data from questionnaire (primary...

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Beyond Hadoop: The Paradigm Shift of Data From Stationary to Streaming Data for Data Analytics

The paradigm shift of data from static to fast flowing data is an important move in the industry,... more The paradigm shift of data from static to fast flowing data is an important move in the industry, to accommodate growing size of data. The velocity and volume of data are continuing to expand which has started to make its impact in business and other applications of Big Data. The paper describes the paradigm shift of data from static data to streaming data for data analytics beyond Hadoop. It describes how the first generation of Hadoop applications were largely built for batch-oriented paradigm . Streaming data is essentially different from traditional data handling patterns and comes with its own set of challenges and requirements. New applications such as Storm, Flume, Kafka, and other technologies are evolving to bring in an era of real-time analytics Data is generated incessantly from thousands of sources simultaneously and it can be of various type such as log files, mobile and web data, transaction etc. The sections of my paper are Introduction followed by Streaming data, Had...

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Case study: Integrating IoT, streaming analytics and machine learning to improve intelligent diabetes management system

2017 International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS)

Today petabytes of data are stored in healthcare sector such as clinical and pharmaceutical and a... more Today petabytes of data are stored in healthcare sector such as clinical and pharmaceutical and academic research archives. Trillions of structured and unstructured data are continuously streaming from wearable sensors such as activity trackers, continuous glucose monitoring devices, and implantable defibrillators. Present day machine learning diabetes management applications are helping numerous patients to live healthier lives by having easy access to advice and information from health specialists. The advent of digital devices and sophisticated analytics has attracted traditional companies into the digital revolution. The paper studies how Zion China technical solution E-Followup which was based mostly on traditional Business Intelligence with data sourced from on-premises and various devices or cloud storage. In this engagement, they wanted a smart, fast, and cost-effective way to continuously feed data from devices to the cloud and had other technical goals. The result provide an insight how they handled massive data volumes efficiently and improved analysis of data.

Analysis of Results, Discussions, and Implications