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1-By Laksh, Etc.

“Aussies, 434 ain’t enough”:Proteas

Looking at 434 on the scorecard, one thought Aussies had not only posted a record total but also registered a de facto win. South African innings was a mere formality to the majority of the 32,000 plus crowd and the seasoned TV commentary team. Never before did a team post a total more than 400 and never before did a team chase such a big score. One miracle happened, odds are stacked heavily against the second.

But to their credit, they sat through and carried on through their motions. The fans cheered their team and the commentators braced themselves for the capitulation of South Africa.

Just after 10 overs, when South African team reached the 100 mark, it appeared a chase was on and Tony Greig, the old war horse of TV commentary, remarked that if Proteas were on to something special he would like be in the box when it happens. And that special, South Africans sure did and Tony Greig was there to see it all.

Superbly led from the front, Smith made a fabulous 90 and Gibbs a memorable 175. Finally, when things went to wire, Boucher took them home. The crowd went berserk in the stadium and so did cricket fans all over the world. They had all seen unbelievable happen twice.

Many records were broken, and the past was questioned, yet again. Most importantly, the bar has been raised. And on a day like this 400+ isn’t enough.

1-By Laksh, Enterprise, IT

ERPMS-A primer

Elected representatives all over the country are the pillars of democracy and are the primary interfaces with the public administration. These representatives play a very important role in the overall governance and hence should be a part of any e-governance initiatives. However, while there are several solutions that are deployed or being developed as a part of the state and central e-governance initiatives, there is no software that automates the functions and processes of these representatives. The lack of such software puts the elected representatives in a certain disadvantage, as they do not have real-time information about their constituency.

Elected Representatives Process management system (ERPMS) aims to fill that gap and bring the representatives to the forefront of e-governance initiatives. This not only allow the representatives to stay in touch with their constituents but also gives a fillip to the overall e-Governance initiatives as they are the key stakeholders in policy making process.

ERPMS is a comprehensive system
· It automates the entire back-office of an elected representative from his/her electoral segment point of view
· It offers a comprehensive tracking, reporting and performance management system
· It becomes a 24×7 virtual interface to the constituents and the elected representatives providing the 3Cs—content, communication and collaboration
· It captures all the data related to the day to day functioning and offers analysis for future planning and decision-making.

 

Features of ERPMS

· Issue/Request/Grievance management

o Reference through Unique ID
o Complete life cycle attachment
o Village level analysis drilled down from constituency level
o Request type Analysis
o Request status Analysis—Open, Closed, Pending and Delayed
o Constituent based Analysis
o Vertical Collaboration- Constituents and Elected Representatives

· Tracking and monitoring of the schemes
o Top down and bottoms up planning
o Measures based monitoring

· Knowledge management
o Process centric knowledge storing and retrieval
o E-mails, reports, Surveys etc.

· Team communication
o Organization chart based calendar
o E-mail
o Alerts

· Employee/Team management
o Profiles
o Performance measurement

· Process centric collaboration
o Vertical Collaboration-Constituents and Elected Representatives

· Information center
o Information catalogue

· Feedback and Learning
o Survey forms
o Survey analysis

Softrack.net, the core of ERPMS, is a product of several years of research and development, was developed and designed with the user in mind—ensuring user satisfaction and rapid adoption by both power and novice use.

Softrack is a 100% web based application on .net® platform
With Softrack.net the organizations can
· Capture all the data resulting out of the business functions.
· Fix measures across the organization at all levels (both process and person)in line with the business goals.
· Monitor the organization’s performance (both process and person) real-time.
· Generate variety of reports.
· Receive personalized alerts on the measures set.
· Create a knowledge repository for future use.

Once installed on a Windows Server, anyone within the Softrack.net’s network can enter data and view reports. If the server is hosted on the Internet, the same power is available to all the privileged users. Incidentally, Softrack.net is ranked one of the top 10 .net® solutions in India. This speaks volumes about the technology depth of Softrack.net and its adherence to the .NET® technology framework.

More details at http://www.vortexindia.com

1-By Laksh, Books, Management

Good to Great

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Co-author of this book also wrote ‘Built to Last’ (If a corporation is doing great, does it have a formula, a set of things which it has done right. ‘Built to Last’ book traces the life cycle of several such corporations)

“Good is the enemy of great”
If everything is going good it doesn’t always mean it can’t be better. And worse still if you do not why you are good, then there is a chance that you will never be great. Why should anyone aspire to be great?¼br /> ¼br /> The criteria for selecting the companies that have made the transition from Good to Great is based on results. Results as the research team headed by the author, Jim Collins, felt should reflect their success. So,here goes the criteria

“Fifteen year Cumulative stock returns at or below the general stock market,punctuated by a transition point, then cumulative returns at least three times more than times the market over the next fifteen years”

So, what does those list of the great companies have in common, is all about ‘Good to Great’

http://www.jimcollins.com/lab/index.html