OVERVIEW:
Founded in 1994, as UTI Bank, AXIS Bank is now India’s third largest private bank. Headquartered in Mumbai, is has won several awards and accolades for its services, including several “Best Bank of the Year” in various categories. It is listed on both the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.
SERVICES:
Treasury operations
Retail banking
Corporate/wholesale banking
Business banking
NRI services
Investment banking
Lending to small and medium enterprises
Agriculture banking
STRATEGIC INTENT
Vision: To be the preferred financial solutions provider excelling in customer delivery through insight, empowered employees and smart use of technology.
Core Values:
• Customer Centricity
• Ethics
• Transparency
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In order to nurture its young talent the bank, the bank holds guest lectures by top leaders from various industries. It helps to motivate the young talent in the organization. Some of the recent guests who delivered lectures to the young brigade at Axis Bank were N. Chandrasekaran, MD and CEO of TCS, Kirthiga Reddy, Head, Facebook India; Aditya Ghosh who is the President and Executive Director of Indigo airlines. Also the company identified the top 500 people in the organization who would be trained and nurtured to move up the organization. Also the bank last year went on to hire 15000 new people as it wanted to be prepared for the growth it foresees in the retail banking business. Also at every steps the bank creates a document that provides a direction to it for the next few years. In 2009 the bank created a ‘Vision 2015’ document and reached most of the milestones they has set. Now the work is in progress to create a ‘Vision …show more content…
It focuses on imparting various skills like motor driving, electrician, welding, mobile repairing, tailoring, hotel management courses, computer training etc. These activities are mainly directed towards the youth living in the backward areas of the country. This program was started to enable the youth to become financially independent as well as contributors to the family income. There are also various programs for providing specialized training to adolescent girls as well as mothers on health, nutrition, sanitation, gardening etc. There are two major organizations to enable that: PREMA and Yuva
Costco has built a reputation of being a caring corporation1 with a low cost structure in the discount services sector. Their founder, Jim Sinegal, believed in building a business on strong ethics while offering a wide selection and great value. Costco’s vision is expressed in its code of ethics which contains five key tenets by which the company operates: Obey the law, take care of our members, take care of our employees, respect our suppliers & reward our shareholders.2 With this vision Costco has built the third largest retailor in the United States. By looking closely at the code of ethics it becomes possible to see it has built in strengths and weaknesses.
Their mission will guide them to make more informed choices about what they fund, give support to, and why they started their organization. Their vision statement
We will observe the highest principles of honesty and fair practice in dealing with clients, candidates, employees and all regulatory authorities; and will respect the confidentiality of record in accordance with law and good business practices.
Costco has five main principles, their first rule is to obey the law “we must conduct our business in total compliance with the laws of every community where we do business” (The Costco Story). Costco’s second rule in their code of ethics is to take care of their members. Costco believes that their members have extended a trust to Costco by paying a fee to shop with them, and they will only succeed if they do not violate their members trust. Costco’s third rule is to take care of their employees, “our employees are our most important asset... we are committed to providing them with rewarding challenges and ample opportunities for their personal and career growth” (The Costco Story).
Business Planning Activity – Notes Only Document (Please answer each question thoroughly and retain a copy of this information for your records) 1. Describe your vision for building your practice at Edward Jones. How do you plan to add value to the clients and communities you will serve? My vision for building my practice at Edward Jones is to provide the best financial service and knowledge to those in my community.
Core Values and Ethical Principles The six core values recognized by the NASW Code of Ethics are: service, social justice, dignity and worth of person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence (NASW, 2008). These values are defined and expanded upon, and are then listed as ethical principles. Several of these principles apply to this case.
I. Strengths of TARGET Corporation Target Corporation is one of the largest and oldest public discount retailing company operate in the United States. The company founded in 1902’s by George Dayton (as also known as Dayton Dry Goods in 1962’s). Target store has a huge store footprint and enjoys considerable brand recognition. Target’s portfolio of owned and exclusive brands is also its strength, which allow retailer to a valuable differentiating lover in high competitive retail environment.
It is not known if the FTZ will be a replacement for Hong Kong or Singapore? This will have to be assessed, especially as the current disagreement between UK and PRC regarding Hong Kong and its proposed governmental legislation, this may be seen as preparing the way ahead for this region and removing Hong Kong as a financial hub? 8.6 CHALLENGE 4 - SKILLS SHORTAGE There is a skills shortage within the PRC banking sector, a problem for is a lack of key talent at the local level, many are recruiting externally but this then causes the problem of increasing salaries, (PWC, 2012). As the financial sector in PRC grows, there will be a high demand for skilled personnel, this will place increased burden on salaries and benefits as local PRC banks seek to retain staff. At a managerial level there are perceived skills shortages in the areas
Organizational Strategy and Objectives The foundation of Wells Fargo’s strategy is its focus on customers. The company’s strategy tends to drive the choices they make and also enable them to prioritize its efforts, differential from peers, and build a lasting value for customers, employees, communities, and shareholders. The diversified business model tends to provide the company with the stability and the strength as it assures communities and customers that it exists to serve them and also the future generations. The objectives of the company are to be the leader in financial services in areas of team member engagement, customer services and advice, shareholder value, innovation, corporate citizenship, and risk management (Wells Fargo n.d).
In turn, by HR creating a mission and vision statement that ties to objectives, and metric that would aid in meeting overall goals for LDB Financial Services. Hence, by HR creating a strategic plan that aligns with the organization, consist of goals, objectives, and metrics it will aid in customer/employee satisfaction, retention, and enhanced human capital which all reflect back on the success of not only the business units, but the organization as a
Barclays has seen a change of management more in the last five years as compared to its competitors. In this aspect of management change, it is hard to grow a culture in an organization. Each manager that comes wants to leave a legacy and will, therefore, employ their strategies overtime they are appointed instead of building on existing
Organisations have long struggled to retain employees without pouring in too many resources into incentives, however there are many other factors that influence the motivation for an employee to work for an organisation. The following factors are very important to retaining employees: ➔ Vision and Mission: Each organisation has a vision set by its leaders, a ground basis on which it stands for. This vision is the key for driving innovation, research and development for the company. Vision is also the driving force and motivation for its employees, to push their limits and to outperform the competition.
The university is connected with local and international business, industry and commerce; the teachers are attached to those and often bring in hands-on experience to prepare students with the requirements for latest employment standards. The tuition integrates soft skills, cognitive skills, employability and career skills so that graduates are confident to start their career immediately after
Ethics and integrity is essential and played an important role in helping the growth of the business. Behave ethically could contribute to good performance and customers’ satisfaction. This lead maintains and expands the relationship between both parties and indirectly would increase company reputation (Bandsuch, M 2009). According to the Trevino & Nelson (2010), behave in ethics and integrity not only could stronger the relationship with the customers, but also the relationship with the stakeholders.
However, not all managers have a background in finance. This one-day workshop targets these