ENEMY FROM WITHIN

When George Orwell wrote his famous book , " 1984 " , he did not imagine the ENEMY FROM WITHIN [ viz : HR Departments ? ] To my HR friends : You are innocent till proven guilty - no matter what pseudo-experts like me try to paint you as ! Still , this blog will help you start devising ways in which, you can protect the privacy / sanctity of the EMPLOYEE DATA , which your department has accumulated MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM “ Employee Data “ is only a Subset !

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

For deciding which employee gets : > Promotion to next higher grade / level { Excellent Performance } > Double / Multiple " annual increment " in same grade { Good Performance } > Lump sum / one time , " Appreciation Amount " { Fair Performance } > His salary " frozen " at same level { Poor Performance } , HR managers ( with inputs from Performance Appraisal Forms filled in by Line Managers - with remarks re FEEDBACK given to an employee ) , will spend midnight oil during the month of March There are organizations which are so particular about this VITAL MANAGEMENT PROCESS , that they tell the line managers : " HR dept will not issue " Increment Letter " , unless it receives employee's PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL , latest by 15 March " I have a very strong feeling that , in a majority of the Organizations, this whole exercise becomes nothing more than a RITUAL to be gone through mechanically, in order to satisfy the dictate from HR department ! Those of you , who have a similar feeling , may find here, some clues on how to re-design this process in a way that satisfies, not only the BOSS but also the employee being appraised MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM Performance Rating of Employees

Is RIGHT TO LIVE , only YOUR exclusive , god-given prerogative ? "

Dear Shri Aditya Thackerayji, { adityathackeray@me.com } If you try to implement following REFORM , you are bound to face a lot of opposition from " vested interests " In that case , please ask those opposing : " If you think 3 lakh , unlicensed hawkers , should not be issued hawking licenses , are you ready to employ them ? Give them a paying job ? And , if you cannot employ them, do you want me to throw them out of Mumbai ? And, if we cannot throw them out, nor allow them to carry on hawking, do you want them - and their children - to die of starvation ? Is RIGHT TO LIVE , only YOUR exclusive , god-given prerogative ? " Dear Adityaji, This deserves higher priority than those multi-million dollar , Physical Infrastructure Projects , being implemented First of all , we need to build SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE projects - especially for self-employed without any Retirement Benefits MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM BMC proposes : Hawkers will dispose ?

Tech will give Chair better grip on MPs

27 Feb 2020 News: Tech will give Chair better grip on MPs Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ffEfs2d ---------------------------- Extract : As per the plan, the digital audio visual system, which will be placed in front of every seat, will have programmable rules based microphones which will put the Speaker in control of who gets to speak and who doesn't .... will also include features such as biometric based digital voting mechanism..... none other than member assigned for a particular seat will be able to vote ---------------------------------- A welcome reform of the working of LokSabha But, a long way to go : Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha [ REaL ] ( 20 Dec 2016 ) https://lnkd.in/fqPt_iA

Swarming Robots Avoid Collisions, Traffic Jams

26 feb 2020 News : Swarming Robots Avoid Collisions, Traffic Jams https://lnkd.in/ebcy6wd ------------------------------------------------- Extract : Still, the robots need to coordinate in order to avoid collisions and deadlock. To do this, the algorithm views the ground beneath the robots as a grid. By using technology similar to GPS, each robot is aware of where it sits on the grid. Before making a decision about where to move, each robot uses sensors to communicate with its neighbors, determining whether or not nearby spaces within the grid are vacant or occupied "The robots refuse to move to a spot until that spot is free and until they know that no other robots are moving to that same spot, They are careful and reserve a space ahead of time.” --------------------------- Some more practical applications of this algorithm : Flock Dynamics https://lnkd.in/ffdc6TV VEHICLE TRAFFIC CONTROL NODES Xiaomi to bring ISRO tech NavIC to phones in 2020 https://lnkd.in/eg2aFZ3

Xiaomi to bring ISRO technology NavIC to smartphones in 2020

26 Feb 2020 News: Xiaomi to bring ISRO technology NavIC to smartphones in 2020 https://lnkd.in/eg2aFZ3 -------------------------------- Before long,all smartphones sold in India will embed NaviC based GPS When that happens, we will find ultimate solution to our perennial TRAFFIC JAMS. Here is how : NaviC : the Navigator [ 19 June 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fJ5HYhJ ===============

Microfactories will build a circular economy for waste management: Veena Sahajwalla

26 Feb 2020 News: Microfactories will build a circular economy for waste management: Veena Sahajwalla https://lnkd.in/euHUd5N ----------------------------------------- Congratulations, Veena [ veena@unsw.edu.au ] I would like to think that Shri RaviShankar prasadji , found time to read my following email : A Sahaj Solution ? [ 18 April 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fNWnuKm and again : solutions for E Waste Management [ 07 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/eTxQmXW ----------------------------------- Obviously , Indian Scientists ( even when working in Foreign Universities ), have a better understanding of India's problems - and come up with more appropriate solutions , as proved by Veena Sahajwalla