MANAGING CAREER TRANSITION: STUDY OF OFFICERS’

MOBILITY FROM DEFENCE TO CIVIL ORGANISATION

Questionnaire to Personnel Managers / HR Managers

This questionnaire is to solicit feedback on the suitability of Ex-Defence

Officers as regards their professional skills, for job in a civil organisation, especially
in the corporate sector. The data is being collected as part of a Study Project being
undertaken by Lieutenant Colonel Ajay Chaturvedi, a Final Year MBA (PT) 2007-10
batch student at FMS, Delhi University.

Background Details

Organisation:

Sector:

Size:

Any policy towards defence personnel in the organisation:

Questionnaire
1. Based on your experience of exposure to the performance of Ex-Defence
Officers who joined your organization as their first job in the Corporate Sector, rate
them on the following attributes from 01 to 05 (01 – Excellent (Ex);
02 – Very Good (VG); 03 – Good (G); 04 – Fair (F); 05 – Poor (P)):

Ser Attribute 1 2 3 4 5
No. (Ex) (VG) (G) (F) (P)
(a) Their adaptability to the corporate
environment
(b) Their acceptance of Corporate values

(c) Their adaptability to the corporate work

culture
(d) Their flexibility in approach to work /
willingness to adapt
(e) Their readiness to learn / change

(f) Their suitability and willingness to be a

team member
(g) Their suitability as a team leader
 Ser Attribute 1 2 3 4 5
No. (Ex) (VG) (G) (F) (P)
(h) Confidence in their job related
competence
(j) Their Communication Skills (Verbal)
(k) Their Communication Skills (Written)
(l) Stability towards organization
(Retention)
(m) Stability towards assigned task (Focus)
(n) Their Interpersonal skills
(o) Their willingness to be a subordinate
(p) Professional (Technical / Managerial)
skills
(q) Their ability to seek solutions
(Problem solving skills)
(r) Their ability to cope with deadlines
(Targets / Timelines)
(s) Their ability to come up with novel ideas
(Innovativeness)
(t) Their ability to work independently

2. Rate ex-defence officers on their suitability in the following functional areas,

from 01 to 05, with 01 being ‘Highly Suitable’ and 05 being ‘Least Suitable’.

Ser Occupational Fit 01 02 03 04 05

No.
(a) Technical
(b) Commercial (Business Development)
(c) Legal
(d) Finance / Accounting
(e) Logistics
(f) Personnel (HR)
(g) General Administration
(h) Marketing
(j) Public Relations
(k) Government Interface
3. Are there any specific skills / behavioural attributes that are deficient /
lacking among Ex-Defence Officers, which act as a hindrance for their suitability in
the corporate sector?

4. Recommend a list of five main domains in which Ex-Defence Officers should

be trained before their transition to the corporate career.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

5. To what extent are the Defence Officers suited to be employed in the

corporate sector? (Tick / type ‘Y’ against your selected response)

(a) Readily Deployable -

(b) Deployable only after brief training -

(c) Deployable only after intense training -

(d) Not deployable at all -

6. In your opinion, ex-defence officers are:
(Tick / type ‘Y’, in the column closest to the attribute, in your opinion)

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Flexible Rigid
Quick to learn Slow to learn
Open to ideas Closed to ideas
Modern Traditional
Risk taker Risk averse
Spontaneous Deliberate
Emotional Practical
Dynamic Subdued
Quick decision Slow decision taker
taker