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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Letter of Transmittal
Sir,
Enclosed in this report is what was required by you. We have
tried our best to use our knowledge and capabilities to meet
your requirement. Kindly excuse us if there is any kind of
mistake.
Thanks
Yours obediently,
ALI FAROOQI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................1
ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN...........................................................................................2
Functionally efficient.....................................................................................................2
Economically viable.......................................................................................................2
Environmentally aligned...............................................................................................2
Growth promoting..........................................................................................................2
Change responsiveness..................................................................................................3
Individual work..............................................................................................................3
Work-organization.........................................................................................................3
Organizational environment.........................................................................................3
CULTURE...........................................................................................................................4
APPARENT CULTURE......................................................................................................5
Formal.............................................................................................................................5
Official rules....................................................................................................................5
TYPES OF CULTURE........................................................................................................6
Communal culture...................................................................................................6
Customer service culture........................................................................................6
Diversity culture......................................................................................................7
Creativity culture.....................................................................................................7
STATEMENT OF ITS VALUES OR PHILOSOPHY.........................................................9
1. Make it easy.............................................................................................................9
2. Keep promises.........................................................................................................9
3. Be inspiring..............................................................................................................9
4. Be respectful............................................................................................................9
ETHICS.............................................................................................................................10
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE................................................................................11
Hierarchical levels........................................................................................................11
Structure of Telenor Pakistan.............................................................................................11
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Span of control.......................................................................................................11
Chain of command.................................................................................................12
Integration.............................................................................................................12
Departmentalization.............................................................................................12
Standardization.....................................................................................................13
Centralization and decentralization....................................................................13
Empowerment.......................................................................................................14
Conflict resolution.................................................................................................14
Formalization.........................................................................................................14
Flow of information..............................................................................................15
TECHNOLOGY................................................................................................................16
EDGE network in Pakistan...........................................................................................16
Bill payments through Easy Paisa...............................................................................16
Blackberry Service.......................................................................................................17
Technology and Organizational Effectiveness...................................................................17
Input.......................................................................................................................17
Conversion:............................................................................................................17
Output....................................................................................................................18
Technical complexity and Organization Structure.............................................................18
High technical complexity....................................................................................18
Climate-friendly technology and virtual travel..................................................................18
COMPONENTS OF PROCESS........................................................................................19
RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................................21
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BACKGROUND
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is different. Telenor Pakistan is fully involved with its key stakeholders and
trusted as a friend of the community.”
ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN
Organization design is the formal, guided process for integrating the people,
information and technology of an organization. Keeping this in view some of
important characteristics of Telenor’s organization design are:
Functionally efficient
Economically viable
Telenor is second largest GSM provider in Pakistan and is generating large profit
through effective cost management.
Environmentally aligned
Growth promoting
In Telenor Pakistan there are continuous growth and development chances for its
members. The company ensures a secure career development for its employees.
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Change responsiveness
Telenor Pakistan is very sensitive to the changes taking place in its surroundings.
It keeps on anticipating and responding to the changes continuously through its
unique services. The design of the Telenor Pakistan ensures the congruency
among the following subsets.
Individual work
From the employees of Telenor it has been confirmed that organizational design
of the company provides them with the opportunities of learning, growth,
accomplishment and self-fulfillment. Due to which they work with full
commitment to give their best to the organization.
Work-organization
The design of the work units and the job are supported by the strategic objectives
of the company. They ensure the full motivation of the employees.
Organizational environment
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CULTURE
The culture at Telenor is top down, the top employees establishes the tone of the
organization. The top level employees take good care while performing any task
or action, because it will have to be followed by the subordinates. Things are
properly informed. There is no means of getting misinformation.
The employees are provided with the recreational activities, by sending to hilly
areas to get fresh and also perform certain work tasks which are to be completed
in normal routine. They get motivated well by having recreational activities. The
employees are provided by complete resources that if they move from one place,
they move as an office, they are provided with laptops as well.
The dynamic group of people sharing similar mindsets, love being with each
other and meet on other occasions if unable to meet during work hours. They
employees can be seen roaming around till 9 at night.
Primarily culture comes from the top management. CEO of Telenor Pakistan is
humble and cooperative. The employees get the message that if the top
management is accommodating then the employees should behave similarly.
The values of humbleness and free interaction in putting forth ideas to a
harmonious culture and efficient communication. The management is easily
accessible to discuss various issues. It is difficult to distinguish between them as
the culture is so homogenous that it keeps everyone at par with others.
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The Human Resource at Telenor Pakistan is their core competency. The reason is
that the employees create a culture and all the achievements of Telenor are
attributed to its flexible culture. It is necessary to motivate and retain this asset of
the organization. For this purpose, training and compensation is provided to
employees along with other motivational techniques.
APPARENT CULTURE
Formal
The culture at Telenor is quite flexible, which is most suitable for the employees
on the other hand ensuring all the targets is met. Employees are not bound to
follow a dress code unless they are to attend a formal meeting. This culture has
been set by the CEO himself and the new employees coming into the
organization have no difficulties in adjusting into it.
Official rules
Rules and procedures are present to control the behavior of employees and to
facilitate smooth working of the organization. A level of standardization is
required to be maintained in certain vital functions such as Budget Control. SOPs
are documented in the case of the financial control or HR related policies.
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TYPES OF CULTURE
Communal culture
Telenor believes that its success mainly depends on the level of satisfaction of
customers. The more the customers are satisfied, the more customers they will be
able to attract and retain. As a result, their profits and market share will increase.
Telenor’s aim is to keep the customers satisfied as much as it can. For this reason
they have Customer Relation Department or Customer Service Centre the
different customer queries and complaints are raised daily by number of
customers which are dealt by this department. Sometimes, the employee’s
frustration increases as the workload or customer queries increases. This issue is
dealt with care at Telenor. Since the management believes that in service
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industry, customer delight can only be achieved if the employees are satisfied.
Only a satisfied employee can handle the customer with care.
Diversity culture
Telenor Pakistan is keen to promote diversity and has achieved good results in
this area. Telenor has developed requirements for diversity in both recruitment
and management development programs. There is an appropriate blend of less
seasoned and experienced employees. No quota has been assigned; the best-fit
candidate (according to the job requirements) is employed. At the office level or
call centers, even fresh graduates are apt but the director level requires a masters
degree and preferably some work experience. Telenor Pakistan has a large
proportion of females who are recruited for internal leadership development
programs and executive positions on the basis of past performance. The
organization is working on Day Care Centers to help female employees manage
their responsibilities after settling down. Relocation issues are dealt
cooperatively when female individuals move out of the city after marriage and
wish to continue working. They are relocated and facilitated in the new city.
There is an effective hiring process. Only those people are hired which the HR
department would believe can easily blend into the culture of the organization.
This ensures harmony within the whole culture effectively manages diversity.
Creativity culture
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management. If the ideas are feasible enough to be implemented then they are
applied to respective areas and the employees are duly rewarded for their
contributions. For example the sales personnel have a greater interaction with
customers and knowledge of their needs. They can convey this information to
the management who can use it to design better consumer packages.
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STATEMENT OF ITS VALUES OR PHILOSOPHY
1. Make it easy
2. Keep promises
3. Be inspiring
4. Be respectful
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ETHICS
While making any decision, Telenor Pakistan has been ethically conscious. Since
Telenor (the parent company) has its origin in Norway, a society with a soft-
oriented and feminine culture, Telenor Pakistan acknowledged its moral and
ethical duty towards its stakeholders and society. Telenor Pakistan will not resort
to bribery or illegal offers to accept any decision, values will not be
compromised. If the organization believes it is not ethically right, it will never
take that decision.
In most of the advertisement, they project themselves as the care taker of the
values of Pakistani people, so they claim to cherish the core cultural norms and
values of the Pakistani people. When the cartoon controversy arose, Telenor
condemned such action mocking religious beliefs and portrayed this on their
building.
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Hierarchical levels
The organic structure of Telenor Pakistan promotes cultural values that result in
integration and coordination. Roles and responsibilities are clearly defined at the
time of joining the organization; employees are selected against defined criteria.
Roles can be added later but employees have a fair idea about their job
responsibilities from the beginning.
Span of control
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Span of Control is determined by the role and job responsibilities of managers. It
varies from department to department. On average, the span of control is 4-5
people under a manager. There are two types of span of control:
The HR and finance department have a narrow span of control but marketing
and customer relation have a wide span of control.
Chain of command
Integration
Departmentalization
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Human Resource Department
Marketing Department
Finance Department
Information Technology Department
Standardization
Work is important instead of the number of hours worked. Employees can select
their work timings which can even be from afternoon to evening. Instead of
being bound by office hours, a sense of responsibility is inculcated in them to
achieve self assigned goals. This brings a sense of comfort in working in such
organizational structure.
Rules and procedures are present to control the behavior of employees and to
facilitate smooth working of the organization. A level of standardization is
required to be maintained in certain vital functions such as Budget Control. SOPs
(standard operating procedures) are documented in the case of the financial
control or HR related policies.
Genuine requests from external customers are taken into account by the CRO
(Customer Relationship Officer) at Service Centers. The CRO does all they can or
is possible within authority to process the request or complaint. If the customer’s
request is beyond the authority of the CRO, then managers are there to aid the
customer or provide some sort of non monetary compensation to appease him.
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Apart from strategy, all other functions are de-centralized. People at Telenor
Pakistan are motivated to take their responsibilities especially in cross functional
projects. Managers in each department oversee that the employees take up their
roles and duties and their performance is monitored accordingly.
Empowerment
Conflict resolution
Formalization
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There is no formalization at Telenor Pakistan. High level and lower
administration work together as a team.
Flow of information
Telenor has very liberal and free flowing information unless it is not private. This
helps in breaking the communication barriers and generation of new and
innovative ideas from employees. The free flow of information also helps them in
understanding the current situation to act accordingly.
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TECHNOLOGY
The way the organization converts its Like, Telenor Pakistan and Tameer
Microfinance Bank together have announced the launch of Easypaisa, a uniquely
convenient and safe way for everyone to carry out financial transactions.
Easypaisa users will have the freedom to make bill payments and send and
receive money at thousands of outlets and in addition manage their bank
accounts over their mobile phones. Easypaisa combines the best from the
financial and mobile sectors, offering the first branchless banking solution of its
kind in Pakistan and neighboring countries. The Telenor Group is an
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international provider of high quality telecommunication, data and media
communication services.
Blackberry Service
Telenor and Research In Motion (RIM) announced the launch of the BlackBerry
solution in Pakistan. This technology smartphones, software and services to
allow easy wireless access to email, messaging, phone, organiser, web and
multimedia applications, as well as thousands of other business and lifestyle
applications. Telenor customers in Pakistan will now be able to enjoy the
freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry®smartphones to stay
connected to people and information on the go.
All this shows that technology exist al all the levels of Telenor And they are
using state of the art technology. Telenor is pioneer in many things They were
also the first ones to reach remote areas where no other telecom company had
courage to Go.
Technology usage at Telenor is for creating high value for the firm by making
sure its presence in all the organizational activities of Telenor.
Input
By the use of technology at input level enables the each organizational function
of Telenor to handle relationships with outside stakeholders so that the Telenor
can effectively manage its specific environment.
Conversion:
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Output
The conversion processes at Telenor for providing out in the form of services can
be programmed in advance and it is fully automated.
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COMPONENTS OF PROCESS
There are no communication barriers. There are seven layers in the organization
so one would believe that there would be a lot of communication barriers
between the employees and their superiors but that is not the case. The policies
adopted ensure that there are no communication barriers present. They include
an open door policy and open work environment where the managers sit with
their sub-ordinates and do not have separate offices. Also employees of the same
level have no cubicles so it helps in enhancing the communication amongst them.
Employees are encouraged to take initiatives and come up with new ideas:
empowerment exists. Also these ideas can easily be communicated to their
superiors. Employees are free to express themselves. The span of control also
suggests that not all powers rest with any particular individual. In projects
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people are encouraged to come up with the best possible solutions and the
manager just oversees the performance of employees. The SOPs and guidelines
have to be followed in order to ensure smooth functioning of all departments
Strong integration with in the organization has been a key success factor.
All conflicts are managed by the concerning departments and if not they are
taken one level above but there have been no such cases which have been
reported to the CEO. The managers of the concerned departments sit and come
up with a solution which is acceptable to both the departments. Social gatherings
also help in enhancing the integrating capabilities of the organization.
Employees are evaluated on the basis of individual evaluation. Even when they
are working in a group this ensures that there are no free riders.
Underperforming employees are provided with counseling sessions or shifted to
another position where they can perform in a more effective manner. All
employees are assigned specific roles and responsibilities for which they are held
accountable. There are no specific work hours but employees are supposed to
meet the specific deadline. This also increases the motivation level of the
employees as they are not bound yet increases their level of productivity as they
are motivated. This results in effective evaluation. Similarly there is an effective
hiring process. Only those people are hired which the HR department would
believe can easily blend into the culture of the organization. This ensures
harmony within the whole culture effectively manages diversity.
All the point discussed above lead to a flexible culture which is most suitable for
the employees on the other hand ensuring all the targets is met. Employees are
not bound to follow a dress code unless they are to attend a formal meeting. This
culture has been set by the CEO himself and the new employees coming into the
organization have no difficulties in adjusting into it.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Dealing with challenges requires a coordinated effort so that the company is able
to sustain itself in the ever-changing competitive environment and continues to
provide superior value to the customers. The group recommends the following:
job training
attachment with different attachment
both line manager concent
promotion :high performane rating if slot avaible
if not then wait
oppertuinity from different department
telenor believe horizontal development
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