General Management - Ganesh Tonape PDF
General Management - Ganesh Tonape PDF
GANESH TONAPE
ROLL NO: 169
SUBMITTED TO:
MET INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
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A PROJECT REPORT
ON
SUBMITTED BY
GANESH TONAPE
IT(SYSTEMS)
ROLL NO - 169
BATCH 2017 - 2019
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
MET INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
BHUJBAL KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
MUMBAI-40005
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DECLARATION
I, Ganesh Tonape hereby declare that the project report titled “A Case study on Enhancing
Talent and upgrading skills in IT Organization” is my work submitted in partial fulfilment
of the requirement for Post Graduate Degree of MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
(MMS), UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI from MET INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,
BHUJBAL KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, MUMBAI and not submitted for the award of any
degree, diploma, fellowship or any similar titles or prizes.
Date:
Place: Mumbai Ganesh Tonape
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MET Institute of Management
MMS –Semester IV
“IT-Systems”
This is to certify that the project titled “A Case study on Enhancing Talent and upgrading
guidance during the Second year i.e. 2017 - 19 in partial fulfillment of his/ her course, MMS
under the University of Mumbai through the MET Institute of Management, Bhujbal
Knowledge Centre, General Arun Kumar Vaidya Chowk, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra
Arun Kumar Vaidya Chowk, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (W.), Mumbai – 400 050.
Date:
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MET Institute of Management
MMS – [Semester IV]
“IT-Systems”
SYNOPSIS
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Project Details
[A] Objective of Study: To reform the Talent upgrading System using Digital
learning and Knowledge Management System
[C] Expected results of the study: To make a structured System that provides capability of
Digital Learning platforms and Knowledge sharing via
Electronic KM System
(Internal Guide)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The inputs obtained from the consultations and researches were used as the basis for arriving
at the recommendations on the road map for the proposed “A Case study on Enhancing
Talent and upgrading skills in IT Organization”
I wish to express our sincere gratitude and indebtedness to our course instructor Prof.
Dr.Sangeeta Tandon and Project Guide Prof. Sana Khan for their invaluable guidance and
support throughout the course of this project. Their able mentorship was instrumental in the
successful completion of the project.
I would also like to thank all my friends and classmates and colleagues who helped me
whenever I needed them and enriched my work with their invaluable suggestions. I also wish
to express my gratitude to our Director Prof. Dr.Vijay Page for his valuable suggestions which
helped in enriching this Research Project.
Ganesh Tonape
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Sr No Contents Page
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2 Introduction : Digital Learning 1
8 TCS Aspire 23
10 TCS Ultimatix 34
11 Conclusion 42
12 Bibliography 43
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Introduction to Digital Learning
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and how ready he is to meet the demand. Historical reports and certificates help
keep track of credits earned so far and provide the recruiter an objective idea of
where the candidate fits.
Hosted Digital Learning has the additional advantage of being rapidly deployable
in terms of platform as well as content delivery. Anyone with access to a PC and
the internet, even one in an internet cafe - can get started. Courses can be short or
long duration, as appropriate. They can be made self-paced, with the ability to
pause and resume at their convenience to make them more viable for mothers and
youth engaged in other livelihood activities.
While just a small piece of the solution, hosted Digital Learning solutions may hold
the key to unlocking the potential of youth from the farther corners of India. With
their newly learned or updated skills, they may be able to find employment in
urban areas, get steady-paying jobs or simply just get back to the workforce (eg:
women returning from maternity break or displaced mill-workers). This
urbanisation of the country bodes well in general for the long-term prospects of the
economy. The short half-life of content is well-addressed by iON Digital Learning
solution, since content update is effortless, immediate and cost-effective. No
printing, publishing and transporting new editions to far away places! Assessments
and diagnostic tests can evaluate the learner's level of learning and how ready he is
to meet the demand. Historical reports and certificates help keep track of credits
earned so far and provide the recruiter an objective idea of where the candidate fits.
Even the farmer, who stays behind in the village, may take a course on new
farming techniques, seed quality and basic agricultural economics, improving his
own productivity and retaining more value at his end. The short half-life of content
is well-addressed by iON Digital Learning solution, since content update is
effortless, immediate and cost-effective. No printing, publishing and transporting
new editions to far away places! Assessments and diagnostic tests can evaluate the
learner's level of learning and how ready he is to meet the demand. Historical
reports and certificates help keep track of credits earned so far and provide the
recruiter an objective idea of where the candidate fits. At every level, in every
geographical zone, across genders and ages, when productivity thus improves,
India stands a genuine chance of enabling its own Baby Boomer generation to
actualize the demographic dividend dream
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A platform to provides education industry a golden opportunity to contribute to
national progress in a meaningful way.
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Importance of Digital Learning in IT Industry
To get a driver's license you not only have to pass the driving test but also the
road signs test. In essence, one needs to demonstrate one's theoretical
knowledge as well as practical skills to obtain any kind of certification. This
holds true for all professionals: doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants, and so
on.
Digital technologies and trends are redefining our world every day. Disruptive
and innovative technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artif icial
intelligence (AI), cloud, analytics and others are changing business models and
driving exponential growth. Companies which are leveraging these are and will
continue to realize successful business outcomes. However, enterprises that are
harnessing the combinatorial power of all these technologies now are better
positioned to capitalize on the unlimited growth opportunities. By unleashing
the power of technology to drive enhanced customer experiences, robust
ecosystems, and unparalleled innovation and growth, yesterday’s traditional
enterprises are digitally transformed into today’s future -ready, or Business 4.0,
organizations.
In the travel industry, customer journeys begin long before customers board
flights. Dutch airline KLM is making significant investments in AI. KLM
keeps passengers up-to-date with flight information using its Amazon Alexa
voice recognition installations at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Moreover,
KLM’s AI-led systems provide customers with relevant information when they
contact the airline’s call centers. The airline is also transforming other parts of
its business which have direct impact on customer experience. KLM is
currently building systems to predict when an aircraft will require
maintenance. By tapping into the 25,000 data-delivering sensors in an A380, or
the 500GB of data produced by a Boeing 787 on an average flight, the airline
is harnessing insights to transform customer service by minimizing delays.
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In the logistics industry, customer experience is enhanced wi th trouble-free,
on-time delivery. Nordic postal delivery service, PostNord is in the privileged
position of having a wealth of data at its fingertips. The company is capturing
much of this data to transition to a Business 4.0 enterprise: using sensors in
delivery vans to track distribution, while leveraging the Internet of Things to
carry out predictive maintenance in production facilities.
Companies which are succeeding with ground -breaking innovation and faster
growth aren’t doing it on their own. They are connecting collaborative
ecosystems that extend beyond the enterprise to span the entire value chain –
including customers, peers and partners, and they are relying on digital
technologies like IoT and cloud for success.
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accelerating business integration following mergers and acquisitions by
offering companies access to infrastructure and services on demand.
The Netherlands’ leading bank, ABN AMRO is using cloud apps and providing
external developers access to their deve loper portal, turning regulations into
opportunities and gaining an ecosystem of co -innovators in the process. ABN
AMRO’s use of cloud and an expanded ecosystem of external developers
exemplify how Business 4.0 organizations are fueling growth and innovati on.
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Why should regular education be any different then? Our schools and colleges
still follow a conveyor belt model of education. Students move from one grade
to another in 'batches', in a time -bound learning-grading structure. The short
half-life of content is well-addressed by iON Digital Learning solution, since
content update is effortless, immediate and cost-effective. No printing, publishing
and transporting new editions to far away places! Assessments and diagnostic tests
can evaluate the learner's level of learning and how ready he is to meet the
demand. Historical reports and certificates help keep track of credits earned so far
and provide the recruiter an objective idea of where the candidate fits. A lot of
educational institutions follow a standard approach for all students despite the
fact that no child is alike. This could limit innovation, creativity, and out -of-
the-box thinking. This causes the risk of significant learning gaps and poor
student outcomes, which ultimately affects their employability quotient.
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Principles Implications
Advancement upon
Advances not based on age
demonstrating mastery
Assignments given to students as per
capability
Courses not time bound, giving students the
Explicit, measurable
Modular courses
learning objectives
Students responsible for their learning
Learning not limited to the boundaries of a
classroom
Meaningful
Student-centred assessments driven by
assessments
learning objectives rather than accountability
in terms of teacher targets
Multiple forms of assessments help understand
students' level of understating and knowledge
Close teacher collaboration with students to
help teachers understand and identify
demonstrated competency of students
Instant support to
Educators are equipped to quickly respond and
students
support students
Flexible lesson plans are designed to suit
varied learning styles
Application of skills
Availability of rubrics to help students move
and knowledge
to the next level
Comprehensive learning skills to ensure
students are college- as well as employment-
ready
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Introduction to TCS Internal Learning Platforms
The process of imparting education has undergone a sea change. With the
passage of time, the Nalandas and Taxilas of the East, and the cathedral and
monastic schools of the West have given way to a different breed of
universities and schools. And with the maturing of technology, education as we
know it now, is set to evolve further.
The right guidance: One of the biggest challenges the education industry faces
is identifying areas of improvement and providing recommendations on
learning objects well in time. Learning Management Systems (LMS) provide
the perfect answer here. An LMS can help educational institutions capture
information on a student’s usage and preferences, such as the type of learning
object or training accessed, the frequency and time of access, as well as the
duration of time spent on a particular course. Since tests are often linked to
learning objects, these systems can make it a lot easier for teachers to ascertain
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a student’s understanding of a particular subject area. Through Bayesian
analysis, the probability of students succeeding in summative assessments
based on their performance in formative assessments can be inferred. Te achers
can use this information to identify areas of improvement and help students
stay on course for their learning objectives.
Custom curriculum: Revising curricula and pedagogy has always been a time
consuming and expensive exercise, the success of its outcome often
unpredictable. Machine learning based prediction can help manage the content
and mode of teaching. Based on the performance and behavior of students – for
instance, if they drop a course or switch a major subject – program designers
can redesign the curricula.
Detecting misuse: Intelligent tutor systems often pose the ‘next best’ question
to students. A few such iterative cycles result in students knowing the correct
answers to questions, and advancing in the tutoring system, without really
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having the required knowledge. Rather than learning, this allows the students
to cheat the system. The ‘training’, h ence, proves to be ineffective and may
even lead to drop-outs. Analyzing a student’s responses using machine learning
techniques can help identify gaming patterns and aids in redesigning tutorials.
These changes in the education industry may take a few ye ars to gain ground,
but they come with the promise of reducing the manual effort at the teachers’
end. And this is good news for everyone, since these techniques will allow
teachers to use the time saved to guide and support active learning. Put
together, this will also result in synergies between education, cognitive
science, and machine learning. The scores are out on this one – machine
learning techniques are set to change the learning process, and the broader
education system, for the better.
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TCS provides various platforms for building and upgrading competencies :
1. iEvolve
2. TCS ION
3. Safari Online
4. Fresco Play
5. TCS Aspire
6. T Factor
7. Web based trainings
8. Hadoop learning and development platforms.
9. Ultimatix
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iEvolve
The image shown above is TCS iEvolve homepage. The homepage lands itself to
the learning points of the employee who has logged in to the portal.
iEvolve is TCS's Learning Management Syst em. It allows TCSers to bridge the
knowledge gap with the help of available Learning Resources and Skill Mapping.
iEvolve is built with love, by collaboration of Talent Development and Ultimatix
The various sections or categories under TCS iEvolve are sho wn below :
1. Courses : They are various study materials and hands on material for
various technologies emerging in the market. You can register to
multiple course as per your likes or role requirements and complete
them over less time.
2. Competencies : They are the generic skills a employee is required to
complete based on his/her roles in the organization.
3. Certification : These are internal as well as external certifications a
employee and undertake. These certifications helps a employee to
grow up his/her career ladder.
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Cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), big data & analytics, and the
Internet of Things (IoT) are changing the world around us. They’re lowering
barriers to entry, blurring the lines between industries, and fuelling the disrupt ion
that’s keeping company chiefs on their toes.
In studying three of the most digitally successful companies in the last 10 years –
Apple, Amazon and Netflix — we have found their leaders share five traits:
2. Appetite for new and clashing ideas: Inviting, incentivising, and accepting new
ideas that fuel conversations, contradictions, and collaborations are what drive
innovation. Business leaders that understand this are able to attract new ideas and
invest in projects that can create significant advantages.
3. Relentless focus on increasing value to customers: Customers pay for what they
value. To ensure that the company keeps providing what customers value most,
leaders must ensure they’re always in the know and in -touch with their most loyal
customers’ needs and expectations.
5. Being sentimental about top talent but unsentimental about what they do: It’s
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important for leaders to take stock of those who make large contributions to their
business – those who put their heart into their jobs and align themselves to the
company’s goals. To keep up with changing times, leaders must ensure they value
such people but avoid shying away from auto mating and outsourcing their jobs if
required. But they then should reassign such talent to new, more important
positions.
Leaders who can sharpen these traits will be able to better navigate the
organization to a digital future, and ensure its success. I f you’d like to learn more
about how these traits can be nurtured and applied, read my article Executive
Traits for Recognizing the Bountiful Opportunities Ahead in the current edition of
our management journal, Perspectives.
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Explore the trend : A employee can enroll to various
course/competencies/certifications with the customized explorer.
The courses listed down in this section is customized based on the employee roles
and previous learning history.
The number one success factor for six sectors (banks, energy, CPG, automotive,
travel, and healthcare): integrating digital technologies with their existing
information systems. This is the top factor for all industries combined but is
especially critical for these six industries, which have invested huge amounts in
information technology over decades (especially banks).
The number one success factor for three other industries (insuranc e, telecom, and
industrial manufacturing): Having a clear and unified strategy for rethinking their
products and services and the business processes that support those off erings.
Insurance service and phone service can be highly digitized,and often are. T his
was rated utmost in importance by industrial manufacturers as well, which may
refl ect their interest in such technologies as 3D printing, embedded sensors, and
the like. General Electric Co. is emblematic of a major industrial company that is
investing heavily in digitizing its products for a world in which aircraft engines,
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power turbines, and medical equipment send continual digital feedback on their
performance.
Each courses completion gives the employee benefits in points which is a major
factor in the employees appraisal cycle.
The dashboard for the employees shows the compliance status on each employee
for the courses they have enrolled.
Courses can be self enrolled or can be assigned by the line managers of the
learning based on the requirement.
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T Factor : Talent Factor
T-Factor measures your skill diversity in digital domain. It is a way to tell that
apart from your core competencies or expertise how good you are at other cross
technologies or domain. So the horizontal bar is the skill that you should have
knowledge about and vertical bar is your expertise in o ne or two skills.
In today's times where agile is the de facto methodology, people are required to
know skill like DevOps and cloud. So this becomes horizontal. You can choose
whatever expertise you want to develop like Data Science, modern data platform,
microservice, UI/UX etc. These will be contributing into your vertical bar.
To increase T-Factor complete courses in DevOps and cloud section. Chose any
one of the remaining ones and do courses on that track. In each section you will
have courses which are tagged with competency or part of a specialization.
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Completing specialization courses have more weightage. Your competencies from
iEvolve is also a factor in T-Factor score. Higher the competency more T -Factor.
So increase your competency.
Since CEO has mentioned of T-Factor in his quarterly note, it has become
compulsory to attain a good score. Associates are getting reminder mails and
fliers on the same. To help with that there are courses which do not have hands on
and are more of theory based. So yo u can choose those. Some of them are Digital
Foundation and Cyber security, Digital marketing, mobile primer, RPA, story
telling, NPM, Digital Industries, Service Deployment and Discovery,
Infrastructure as Code etc.
Vertical part of T - The knowledge depth(expertise) you have in the desired s kill
set.
Horizontal part of The - A good level of understanding in a set of technologies
relavent for a software platform.
To increase T-factor -
1) Complete E1,E2 competencies in IEvolve for highly boosting your T -factor.
2) Completing courses in CLOUD and DevOps will award you more points.
3)Courses in Digital Foundation , Blockchain , moblie primer (in mobility and
waerables ) are easy to complete which may gi ve approx .025 points for each
course .
The first step in this ‘mammoth’ re -skilling programme was initiated in 2014 by
former CEO N Chandrasekaran with a vision to train one lakh TCSers on digital
technologies such as DevOps, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.
“We did not know where to start. We had to reinvent ourselves, our courses, our
learning methods and our people’s aspiration.
“We wanted employees to come to our training voluntarily. We did not want to set
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up class rooms and tell team leaders to send 100 or 200 people. We wanted to set
up a platform and make it voluntary for employees to use it. We succeeded in it,”
he said.
Fresco Play enables an employee from CEO to a trainee to access training module
in mobile, Web and seamlessly change between devices. “We made it palatable by
making the module 15 to 30 minutes. We designed it for modern TCSers as they
commute,” he said.
Nearly six lakh digital certifications have been issued from the system. This
translates to nearly three digital certifications per employee. This number will be
much higher at entry level, he said.
IT business is always about disrupting, and disrupting fast. In last 30 yea rs, the
industry has grown from $50 million to $150 billion and there was disruption in
every stage — right from Custom built software to advanced languages such as
Oracle, SAP to now the latest SMAC (social, mobile, cloud and analyitcs), he
said.
“Through re-skilling, we are driving the message that all of us need to re -skill
ourselves. Please invest time as the company has given you a training platform
that can be accessed through mobile device or even classroom,” he said.
It is also strong message to clients on how TCS enables its employees wherever
they are to get technically upgraded and that 2.14 lakh employees have gone
through digital certification. “We have innovated to disrupt the internal learning
platform,” he said. “Certification is an input i n to the performance appraisal
system. We don’t want to make this you do this but make it a culture. I can see the
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culture happening. When 2.14 lakh employees have taken up a course, it reflects
the fact that is a consumption culture. Otherwise, the worse thing to do is set
target for everybody to do, and it may not work,” he said.
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TCS Aspire (Pre ILP Online Training Program)
Tcs aspire (Online training program) is mandatory for all associates joining Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS) as freshers. Each one of you would have got the mail regarding Tcs Aspire – the pre-
ILP (Initial Learning Program). In simple words, Aspire is a mandatory learning program for all new
recruits of IT and EIS. It is an online interactive pre-learning program which will help you to
understand some basic concepts. This tcs training platform is especially designed for all those who are
not from IT background.
Through Aspire, you can brush up your basic software engineering concepts and develop your soft
skills. Foremost, to unlock your Aspire, you need to give 1 simple quiz and after that 2 courses
(Introduction to Computer Systems and Basics of Programming) will be unlocked. This aspire will
include courses followed by some chapters and quizzes. You have to go through the chapters and
after each chapter you have to give one quiz. Once you have given all the chapter quizzes, course
completion quiz is there.
In order to complete a course in Aspire TCS, all the chapters within it must be completed. Each
chapter contains sub-topics. After each chapter, one chapter quiz with 40 multiple-choice questions
must be cleared. In order to unlock “Course Completion Quiz”, one must complete all chapter quizzes
of that particular tcs aspire course. At the end of sub-topic, “Ask Doubts” section is provided to clear
your doubts if any.
To pass each chapter, two attempts are given. The second attempt is available only if you are not able
to clear a quiz in the first attempt. However the scores assigned per answer in the second attempt is
lesser than that in the first. If you are unable to clear a quiz in the second attempt also, the next
module is automatically unlocked but miles earned in that quiz won’t be counted.
TCS Aspire courses are subdivided into chapters. In order to complete a course in Aspire TCS, all the
chapters within it must be completed. Each chapter contains sub-topics. After each chapter, one
chapter quiz with 40 multiple-choice questions must be cleared. In order to unlock “Course
Completion Quiz”, one must complete all chapter quizzes of that particular aspire course. At the end
of sub-topic, “Ask Doubts” section is provided to clear your doubts if any. There is no deadline to
complete individual course chapters and quiz but there is deadline to complete aspire and that is same
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for everyone. But ou should complete aspire with good score and leader board rank to get early
joining.
ILP will be held at tcs training centers and it is 90 days long training where you will get technical and
soft skills training. Here also more often you have to do online learning and for some days, faculty
will be available to guide and train you. After completing ILP, you will be deployed to real time
projects.
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TCS ILP (Initial Learning Program)
Every new TCSer is excited and eager to know that what will happen in ILP. This article is especially
for all those who are going to join TCS in upcoming days as freshers and want to know about training
facilities and tcs training centers. I would like to share my experience of TCS Initial Learning
Program (ILP). Starting from the day of selection till the day you complete your ILP, you will
experience many things – both good and bad. The most important thing is you must know how to deal
with different people. But at the end of your ILP, you will definitely come out with lots of learning
and memories for lifetime. You will feel like you are revising your college life in a professional
manner.
ILP corporate training centres of TCSOnce you get joining letters, you have to report at that location
on mentioned date. This location will not be according to your preferred locations. All over India,
there are 10 tcs ILP training centers as listed below.
1. Ahmadabad
2. Chennai (Karapakkam)
3. Hyderabad
4. Kolkata
5. Trivandrum – Thiruvananthpuram
ILP is a training and development program designed by TCS for all new associates. The aim of ilp
program is to enhance your skills by providing technical, soft skill and business skills training. After
ilp, you will be deployed to real time projects. The time period of this training is 90 days i.e. 3
months. In these 3 months, you have to learn online modules, give assessments, attend many seminars
and complete project in team.
Along with all these learning, you will also make new friends for lifetime and enjoy new city and
state if your ilp will not be scheduled in your home state.
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TCS ION : Digital Learning
IT - as - a Service
TCS iON is a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services focused on Manufac turing
Industries (SMB), Educational Institutions and Examination Boards. TCS iON provides
technology by means of a unique IT -as-a-Service model, offering end-to-end business
solutions. It caters to the needs of multiple industry segments, through innovati ve, easy-
to-use, secured, integrated, hosted solutions in a build -as-you-grow, pay-as-you-use
business model. TCS iON serves its clients with the help of best practices gained
through TCS' global experience, domestic market reach, skills, and delivery capa bilities.
TCS iON's Cloud Based Solution is highly modular, scalable and configurable giving
businesses and educational institutions the benefits of increased efficiencies, faster go
to market, predictability of technology as well as spend and better busin ess results.
Integrated solutions
We as a cloud based solutions offer single -window IT with a pre-integrated suite of
hardware, network, software and services. We ensure that your functions are digitized,
automated and connected. For example, if you are u sing a CRM solution along with a
core ERP (e.g a Manufacturing ERP) and have a document management system to
organize supporting files and an HRMS, we ensure that these solutions are connected
and work as one. So for you, it is simply one IT and not multip le applications.
Integrated applications thus provide a comprehensive view of business enabling better
decisions.
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Increased Agility
We bring in the agility to keep pace with changing processes or a new line of business.
We help you configure the processes to work as you currently do or the software
recommends and allows you to choose industry best practices based on your business
parameters. TCS iON gives you increased convenience allowing you to perform various
tasks from your mobile device, no matter wher e you are. Being automatically compliant
with statutory requirements, the solution ensures your company is always audit ready
and legally compliant.
A Pay-as-you-use Model
Our model eliminates capital investment up front as we facilitate procurement of the IT
infrastructure and software on rent for the duration of the contract. Additionally, you
only pay for the number of users who actually use the solution. Thus, you pay as you
use on a monthly basis which includes maintenance and training. Typically, with the
TCS iON cloud based solutions, the ROI exceeds rental within three months, when best
practices are well followed.
Personalized Solutions
Although TCS iON is a cloud service for education, exam boards and manufacturing, the
software is configurable to each sector. You will always get the flavor of your business
by picking and choosing what processes you would need. Furthermore, the multilingual
capability of the solution allows you to customize the solution label names to read in
vernacular languages (like Hindi, Marathi, Tamil etc) enabling users to learn and
operate the solution with ease.
Auto Upgrades
We continuously invest in our cloud based solutions to incorporate best practices. The
solution is constantly enriched based on user feedback and industry and statutory
changes. You will get the upgrades without disrupting your business operations or any
additional cost. Being in perpetual beta ensures that there is no technology
obsolescence.
Enhanced Business Continuity
Our solution offers optimal performance in normal broadband connectivity along with a
stringent security mechanism to ensure your data privacy is maintained. The capacity of
the TCS iON cloud based solution grows with your increasing computing needs and
reduces the need for IT staff. The solution is resilient to failures as the service works
from back-up data centers in the event ensuring continuity of business operations.
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Features and Benefits
Empowered learning
iON Digital Learning empowers teachers with tools to design student -centric
assignments. Teachers can plan and deliver lessons, connect students to communities,
and access teaching aids in-class or on-the-go. They can also share material with
students at any time, and build industry relevant curriculum by facilitating intera ctions
with industry professionals and experts.
Personalised feedback
The ability to conduct assessments after every learning module and provide personalised
feedback on an on-going basis helps enhance learning outcomes. The platform also
provides analytics on student groups to facilitate remedial interventions and ensure
parity in learning.
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Our Key Values
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Key Offerings
Calendar function
The calendar sync facility helps seamlessly disseminate academic notifications on
exams, industrial visits, and project dates. We continuously invest in our cloud based
solutions to incorporate best practices. The solution is constantly enriched based on user
feedback and industry and statutory changes. You will get the upgrades wit hout
disrupting your business operations or any additional cost. Being in perpetual beta
ensures that there is no technology obsolescence.
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Redefining Talent Development with Digital Collaborative Learning
The biggest advantage of using collaborative learn ing as a means of talent development
is the fact that it increases potential for innovation and learning. When two or more
people come together in a collaboration, they each bring their competence to the table,
and learn from each other in the process.
The organizations are employing various methods of learning in order to better facilitate
talent development, such as, Classroom learning, Web -based or virtual learning, Group-
based learning, Peer-to-peer learning, or by providing other digitized learning
platforms. The output of this exercise can be maximized by involving the learner
throughout the process and encouraging the exchange of ideas and experiences, thus
making it collaborative.
Social media is a useful tool for collaborative learning. Various platforms such as
Lynda (a learning initiative by LinkedIn), Coursera, Udacity, and EDX have come into
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being, which are enabling people from all over the world to choose from a vast
collection of courses and enhance their skills. These platforms enable employees to
learn new concepts and interact with mentors as well as peers.
The digitized mechanisms, which can aid collaborative learning, include collaborative
communities: one-to-one, one-to-many (within one’s team), one-to-many (outside one’s
team), one-to-mentor, and many-to-many. The collaboration can be taken a step ahead
by introducing gamification to the system, wherein the learners and subject matter
experts (SMEs) are incentivized to be mo re involved in the process. The system can be
made more effective by adding the features such as:
However, the challenge in deploying collaborative learning will remain when it comes
to developing people on soft skills such as customer orientation, self -confidence
development, achievement orientation, and personality development. To help someone
change a behavioral pattern, one session / connect may not be enough and may require
to adopt a form of coaching. Further, if required, multiple coaches or cross -functional
peers along with the use of multiple optional tools can facilitate learning. The design of
the system thus has to be agile and scalable enough so as to accommodate these
challenges.
Collaborative learning can have a major impact on the morale of the team me mbers, and
will deeply impact the knowledge quotient and team spirit in any organization. It makes
it easier for people with lower self -confidence to come forward and contribute via these
learning mechanisms in smaller groups. Collaborative learning result s in improvement
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of relations/ bonds within employees, which results in better creativity, and hence better
ideation, leading to increased productivity.
Finally, collaborative learning will always find momentum, if it is embedded within the
organization – i.e. aligned with values or business objectives. With the fabric designed
well, all employees are bound to experience increased on -the-job satisfaction and
continued growth.
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TCS Ultimatix :
Every company has its ERP portal for automating employee related services like salary,
timesheet, HR related services and so on. Small companies can buy such services from other
organization as employee count is very less for them. TCS is huge organization having 3,87,000
employees and still growing. To handle all employee related services and functions, they need to
put up huge and scalable system. http://Ultimatix.net in tcs serves the same purpose. Ultimatix is
official TCS portal for fulfilling employee related services.
What all things you can do with ERP System or TCS Ultimatix
(1) Employees can fill their timesheet and details of work they completed for a day.
(2) Employees can put leaves; Supervisors can approve or reject it through leave
management system.
(3) You can get info of any person working in organization like in which project he is
working, his supervisor, cell no., email etc.
(4) You can download all your salary slips through tcs ultimatix.
(5) You can download important documents like bonafide letter, joining letter,
appointment letter etc.
(6) You can check the opportunities available for you in the organization.
(7) Performance management is used for managing salary hike and promotion.
(8) Company’s social network can be integrated here to connect people and share ideas,
light moments, thoughts.
(9) You can manage your Voluntary Provident fund, PF, all different allowances
through ERP portal.
(10) You can connect to your HR or other people for any help within organization.
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Ultimatix is an official portal of TCS and it can be easily accessed by the TCS
employees. It is an official portal, so it has URL www.tcxultimatix.com when it was
created, but now it has been changed. TCS has recently changed their URL for the
portal TCS Ultimatix and now, the official website of the TCS Ultimatix portal is
http://www.elximatix.net/.
Only the URL has been changed, the content as well as the theme of a new site is just
similar like the old domain theme. In addition, the features and functionality which
were provided by the old domain are same and everything is available in the new
domain, nothing has changed. If you are an employee of TCS and you have already
used the old website, plus if you are familiar with all features and functionality, then no
need to worry about this change.
If you are worried that, will you able to use the portal with a new URL, then no need to
worry about it because everything is same. Moreover, you will not find any huge
difference.
TCS has launched an amazing portal which is really helpful for the company
employees. With this portal, one can easily manage his or her timesheet as well as
other relevant services. It is true that everything is not perfect, it may be has some
flaws. In a same manner, with the Ultimatix, one can face any kind of problem and
some users have reported that while using some features they are getting some error
like “Your account has been suspended”, login issues or so on.
The issues which are reported can’t be ignored and it is important that all the issues
will be resolved as soon as possible. But if one is facing any issues, then what to do? If
you are a TCS employee and facing any issue with the portal, then you must have to
contact TCS Ultimatix helpdesk. There are two ways to contact helpdesk i.e. phones
numbers and email.
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TCS Ultimatix India Toll Free Number – 1-800-425-4827 OR 1-800-225-5827
Ultimatix portal system makes the whole management system more flexible as well as
easy for everyone, and one can it anytime. But if anyone face any kind of issue related
to the functionality or, then they can reach to the helpdesk. The staff of help desk
department will resolve your issue or provide an appropriate solution of your problem.
Ultimatix is good gift for the employees of TCS because it is fully automated and helps
the employees in several manners. After this amazing gift, another gift to the
employees by TCS is aTCS Ultimatix mobile app, which is available for all platforms
like android, Windows and iOS. That means, any smartphone user can download the
app and manage it from anywhere.
If want to update timesheet from the office or from anywhere, then he or she will be
able to do it as well as if one wants to know about the human resources service or other
functions, which are available on Ultimatix, then he or she can find through the mobile
application as well.
When the website was launched, then a lot of employees were looking for the
Ultimatix app for the mobile phones. Mobile app will help them to access the
entirefunctions instantly wherever and whenever they are, so they can update their
timesheet on the daily basis.
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TCS employees must know that the mobile app of Ultimatix are available with almost
all functions and features, so one can download it, install it and avail all the functions
of this application. But this mobile app is available for the TCS employees only, who
are present in all over the world. One can avail the functions of the mobile app by login
into the application with the Username and password. Once you logged in, then you
can use all the functionality of Ultimatix mobile app.
Most of the companies have its own ERP portal for the automating employee related
services, such as HR related service, timesheet, salary, etc. While small companies can
buy these services from the other company because it has less employee size. Big
organization or the companies who have a huge number of employees have their own
ERP portal.
In a same manner, TCS is a big organization and it has more than 387,000 employees
and still growing. Thus, to manage all the employees related services, they required to
put up a scalable and huge system. So, they launched the Ultimatix portal for fulfilling
the entire employee related services.
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Features of TCS Ultimatix :
TCS Ultimatix is a very good, productive and time saving application for the employees. What
are the features of TCS Ultimatix? It is important for every employee of TCS to know all the
features of Ultimatix. Here are the features:
This allows an employee to update the timesheet as well as work on the regular basis.
An easy way to download the pay slip, but for that you have to login into Ultimatix.
It also helps a person to manage leaves, via this one can request for the leaves and it depends on
the supervisor that he or she accept the request or deny it. One will get the notification about the
request either his or her leaves are approved or not.
It has a separate section for performance management, which will help in the salary hike and
promotions.
One can gather the information of other TCS employee like his or her project name, supervisor
name, email address, contact number and so on.
Helps to manage the allowance that includes PF.
Important document like increment letter or other confidential letters, etc. are available on the
portal, so one can download it easily.
With the help TCS Ultimatix portal, one can apply for the internal job posting within a company
Through this, one can easily connect with the HR.
One can manage all kinds of allowance through this portal.
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Conclusion:
Tata Consultancy services maintain their image in the market as an ever learning
and growing IT Organization. They have always facilitated their values in Learning and
Skills development.
TCS ION : Digital Learning is used as a learning classroom for the new joiners who
become the part of TCS Family. Such an innovative and collaborative learning platform
helps the new joiners understand and learn their skills which are required by them while
working on their role.
iEvolve learning platform which is internal to TCS and comes under TCS Ultimatix
umbrella has all the required and necessary training a employee should undertake while
working om his/her role.
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