People & Performance- Week 4 Animesh Jain (PGEMP31/A/15) TATA MOTORS Ltd.

At Tata Motors, employees are invaluable assets and their career and personal growth are of prime concern to the Company. Tata Motors provides a congenial atmosphere to work, learn and grow. The Company conducts various programmes to train the staff in the latest and the best technology and management practices. The Company through its in-house vocational training and apprenticeship programmes trains the technicians at Tata Motors. Numerous talented youngsters, honed by such rigorous programmes, have received numerous National Best Apprentice Awards - the highest accolade for excellence in skills, in India. Tata Motors expansion projects offer numerous growth opportunities. Structured training programmes, rotational assignments and cross-functional mobility allow employees to grow. Movement across functions is encouraged to help employees develop a wider perspective and gain expertise in manifold functions. Tata Motors has always strived towards excellence both in its efforts towards total integration as well as in recognising its talented employees. The Company is constantly creating prestigious programmes to reward and retain its outstanding employees. The Executive Selection Scheme is one such programme, which is highly sought after by Tata Motors employees. It is a matter of pride and prestige to be a part of the ESS selection process and emerge a winner. ESS is a fast track programme for accelerated growth of high potential professionals. This facilitates their early advancement to challenging and visible assignments through a very systematic procedure. Candidates selected gain a huge lead in terms of promotion and learning. They are promoted to Manager's level thereby saving almost 10 to 13 years of work time. The successful candidates are relieved from their current jobs and put on various project based training programmes under the guidance of senior managers in the Company. If the candidates do not possess management education, they undergo a 4 months MEP at IIM, Ahmedabad. After successful completion of training the candidates are mandatorily rotated across departments to acquire general management skills.

The ESS is a jewel in Tata Motors overall profile as it provides a platform for every employee of the Company to perform and achieve maximum potential. This program is also aimed toward creating the young leadership with the company and leaders in pipe line for successful succession planning. Another unique programme that the company conducts is the Talent Pool Selection process. This process identifies the consistent high achievers in the company and gives them a chance of proving themselves at challenging assignments, which present themselves frequently, given the dynamic growth of the company operations. At the Engineering Reaserch Centre (ERC), a wide array of platforms for the employees is available to showcase their technical achievements and imagination. Two such events are the Quarterly Technical Seminar and the annual Imagineering event. For ERC an exclusive progamme Technical specialist scheme is conducted where the engineer are selected based on there technical knowledge in the specific domain and opportunity for further research in those area (master and doctoral program) is given. On the spot recognition scheme and my best buddy are schemes for motivating the workforce in their day to day work, in this scheme the employees are given the recognition by their superior and fellow employees for excellence in their work, this helps in creating a friendly and motivation environment.