| HSS scores a Hat Trick with Business Today's
Best Employer Ranking
"I'm
very proud to be associated with all of you."
Jack Shaw
President and CEO, Hughes |  |
| HSS has featured for the second year in a row in
Business Today's Best Employers List. The survey, conducted
by the international people practices consulting house, Hewitt Associates, is
now a yearly feature in Business Today magazine, India's leading business fortnightly.
Coming close after winning the Award for the Organization with the most
innovative HR practices at the India HRD Congress, and the CIO
Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development, the BT- Hewitt recognition
(among the top 4 IT companies) gives us the hat trick. Arun Kumar, President
and Managing Director, HSS, in his congratulatory letter to all HSSians wrote,
"This kind of recognition, two years in a row, does not come easily. It
comes from the passionate belief that HSS would succeed when HSSians are happy,
growing and successful. It comes from creating a unique culture that becomes the
guiding force of everything we do. It comes from living The HSS Way and continuously
making it better. And it comes from developing and implementing innovative HR
practices that help HSSians and its customers to succeed. As a result, HSS succeeds." Despite
the challenges thrown up by the global economic slowdown and compounded with the
September 11 tragedy, people we spoke to felt we had done remarkably well to maintain
our position in the top tier of the Indian IT industry. How and Why? We spoke
to a cross-section of opinion makers to find out… Our Success Mantra
Says Sanjoy Narayan, Editor, Business Today magazine, "Nearly
half of the companies that have featured in our top 25 Best Employers list are
technology companies. Companies like Hughes Software have come in as a breath
of fresh air with new people practices- not just in creating a work environment
that assures employees of all possible creature comforts, but have also taken
the lead in introducing practices like career building, empowerment, ownership
through a participatory team-oriented culture."
"Companies
like Hughes Software have come in as a breath of fresh air with new people practices."
Sanjoy Narayan, Editor, Business Today magazine |  |
| From my standpoint, HSS belongs to an elite and
enlightened group of 25 companies- we and Hewitt consider to be the Best Employers
in India. Keep it going!" Along with State of the Art facilities and Best
of Breed people practices our success mantra is a combination of several key ingredients
that are manifested through the Hughes Mind System. Mobilizing the
Organization's Knowledge At HSS we recognize Knowledge to be one
of our most important assets in creating and delivering customer value through
our products and services. Starting with the New Employee Orientation Program
to the HSS Virtual Campus, an in-house e-learning portal that enables all employees
to sharpen their skills, there is a constant and sustained focus on, enhancing
the organization's knowledge and the use of it for building a culture of innovation
and excellence. Alam Srinivas, Special Projects Editor, Business World
magazine comments, "Leaders in the global software industry leverage
existing domain knowledge to build offerings for new areas. HSS' efforts at re-using
knowledge through its building block models are an innovative attempt at delivering
evolved technology solutions. I am sure HSS will gain from this re-use - whether
in creating new offerings for new customers or delivering a greater value add
to existing ones".
 | "I
appreciate your hard work to maintain and enhance the values that are so important
to all of us."
Pradman Kaul
Chairman and CEO, HNS |
| Using IT to Create a Vibrant Organization A
comprehensive network of applications and interfaces accessible to employees at
all locations from the Intranet, 'Anthra' have enhanced managerial and employee
productivity. Additionally, it has facilitated in spreading, building and enhancing
culture, recognizing and rewarding excellence, building bonds and relationships,
while performing the primary function of providing ease and efficiency to employees
and managers from their desktops. Among the first Indian Software Companies
to receive a recommendation for the Information Security Management System (ISMS)
certification in terms of International Standard BS 7799-2, HSS has successfully
marshaled and channelise IT into building a savvy business organization. Says
Rajeev Narayan, executive editor, Dataquest Magazine, "HSS has
consistently and strategically used Information Technology to surpass some of
the people issues related to continuous change and growth. The Intranet and the
applications it supports compare with the best of class worldwide."
"The
challenges are to build on it further and come out shining brighter in the future."
Arun Kumar
PMD, HSS |  |
| Fostering Organizational Excellence With
increased global competitiveness and changing business dynamics, the only thing
that has been constant is change. HSS constantly benchmarks its practices with
the best in the world and innovates, adapts and implements practices that bring
greater alignment of organizational objectives to individual goals delivering
an environment that is truly empowering, encourages team functioning, driving
HSSians towards excellence and innovation. Recognition from peers and opinion
makers re-vitalises our will to achieve. Especially when the voices are: Jack
Shaw, CEO, Hughes Electronics Corp, "My congratulations to all at
HSS. This honor is richly deserved and makes me very proud to be associated with
all of you." Pradman Kaul, Chairman and CEO, Hughes Network
Systems and Chairman, HSS, "Congratulations! I really appreciate your
hard work to maintain and enhance the values that are so important to all of us."
We consider these accolades to be a re-affirmation of how motivated and committed
people with a progressive work culture, strong ethos and a drive to surpass the
extraordinary can build a dynamic organization that not only survives but also
thrives through challenging times. And as Arun puts it, " the challenges
are to build on it further and come out shining brighter in the future".
TOP And the
Award Goes to! Best Employer
HSS has been listed among the
25 best employers in India in a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and Business
Today, India's leading business magazine. About 204 companies across more than
15 industry Groups participated in the study and data was collected from more
than 52,000 employees. The study identified best employers in India by analyzing
leading HR systems and philosophies and determines how these effectively meet
employee needs and drive business results. The selection of the companies was
based on several factors including degree of employee satisfaction, depth and
breadth of HR practices and their alignment to business content. TOP
The Innovative HR
Practices Award
HSS won the innovative HR practices at the India HRD
Congress. The award recognises our efforts to transcend organizational and environmental
challenges to create a vibrant, value-driven workplace, with a high focus on the
4 "e"s:
1. E-mpowering - employees by providing them maximum access
to key information, interfaces and resources, an ability to share their views
and impact their own as well as the organization's future.
2. E-nabling -
people to manage their jobs and personal transactions smoothly, speedily, efficiently
and independently.
3. E-nergizing - the organization's internal environment
with a positive energy in a way that makes each and every employee feel energized
and charged up about life too!
4. E-ngaging - employees so that they develop
a sense of bonding with the company, its values and ethos as well as its constituents.
TOP The
CIO Award
The CIO magazine recognised our efforts leveraging Information
Technology to achieve excellence in Human Resource Development through this award.
Our intranet, which leverages the combined synergy, not only provides ease and
efficiency to employees and managers but has also been key in spreading, building
and enhancing culture, recognizing excellence, building bonds and relationships.
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