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    METAMORPHOSIS OF TATA STEEL

    -THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT

    "There is nothing more difcult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,

    or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction

    o a new order o things."

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Prince (!#$

    "%n times o rapid change, e&perience could 'e our worst enem."

    ). Paul *ett

    INTRODUCTION

    1. Tata Steel is the largest steel company of the country and at present

    stands as the 10th largest steel rm in the world. The company with its

    headquarters in Jamshedpur operates in 20 countries with a presence in

    about 50 countries across the world. The past few years has seen Tata Steel

    growing from strength to strength through the path of !"# wherein# they

    ha$e acquired "nglo%&utch Steel company 'orus(renamed Tata Steel

    )urope*# illennium Steel (renamed Tata Steel Thailand* and +ational Steel

    ,oldings of Singapore. -ts annual capacity of production is approimately /0million tons of crude steel and has set an ambitious target to achie$e a

    capacity of 100 million tonne by 2015. anaging &irector . uthuraman

    stated that of the 100 million tonne# Tata Steel is planning a 50%50 balance

    between greeneld facilities and acquisitions.

    2. Tata Steel is part of the Tata roup of companies and lie any other

    group companies# it is nown for its good corporate go$ernance# transparent

    system# employer friendly atmosphere and ecellent 'orporate Social

    3esponsibility ('S3*. Therefore# the questions which trouble are 4why did

    Tata Steel require a change6 and 4how was the change managed and was itdi7cult6. To understand how the winds of change too place at Tata Steel

    and what were the hurdles# as well as the strategy to o$ercome them# it is

    essential to understand the ,istory and 'ulture of Tata Steel prior to

    implementation of change in 2005%2008.

    History

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    3. Tata Steel was established in 190: in a nondescript place called Sachi

    (The present day Jamshedpur* by Jamset;i +ursserwan;i Tata and his son

    &orab;i Tata. )stablishment of Tata Steel also had a nationalistic fer$our# as

    Jamset;i wanted -ndia to be self reliant in metals. The uniqueness of this

    company was that for the rst time in the history of -ndia# the whole

    company was nanced by the -ndian populace (masses# a

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    +INDS OF CHANGE-THE INESCAPA,LE ROUTE

    T N#(#ssity

    8. The -ndian trade# industry and economy had been stagnating in the

    years preceding 1991 due to o$t regulating the industry# and state

    protection policies of licensing# high tariBs and administered prices. These

    protectionist policies made our industries complacent and curtailed the

    competiti$e spirit of the rms# maing them ine7cient in the intensely

    competiti$e global maret. The state of -ndian economy was in such

    doldrums that there was a necessity for the -ndian o$t to implement drastic

    scal policies and a controlled deregulation.

    :. T E(oo*i( T"raro") o 11. The state of the -ndian

    economy made the go$t realise that they could no more remain isolated

    from the world economy# and therefore# brought in economic liberalisation

    and free economy. &eregulation# free Gow of goods within and outside the

    country and encouragement of foreign technology became the order of the

    day. The new policies brought in a erce competition# which epitomised the

    age old dictum of Hsur$i$al of the ttestD. any rms were forced to close

    shop because of obsolescence of their product or technology and lac of

    sills to match up with the international standards.

    C. I*%!i(atios or Tata St##!. The go$t policies post independence

    from 19@:%1991 impinged on Tata Steel from becoming a global steel rm in

    the face of cutting edge technology. Ehen liberaliIation nally came in the

    early nineties# the company was ill%prepared to face the emerging businesssituation that was increasingly characteriIed by maret determined prices#

    lower import tariBs# intense competition# and mo$e from a sellerDs maret to

    a buyerDs maret. Since# Tate Steel as ain to the other companies were used

    to the protected en$ironment there was certain complacency in the ran

    and le of the company. This amply showed in their performance till early

    90s# when their performance was worse than S"-K which was a Lublic Sector

    Mndertaing (LSM*# and the industry eperts started questioning the $iability

    of Tatas continuing in the Steel industry. This period also coincided with a

    change in leadership at Tata Steel# when r. 3atan Tata too o$er as the'hairman of the company and &r. -rani too o$er as the anaging &irector.

    oth of them were progressi$e in nature and felt that if Tata Steel had to

    sur$i$e in the highly competiti$e global steel industry# the company would

    need to tae some far%reaching steps to cause a turn around. The path of

    turnaround was lled with many di7culties lie the intense global

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    competition# poor product quality# poor compliance of meeting the deadlines#

    old and ine7cient plants and o$er%siIed worforce.

    T R#/ita!isatio

    9. -n the ensuing years Tata Steel went in for ma;or changes in their

    process and organisation structure. This was implemented in two phases.

    The ma;or features of the two phases are appended in the succeeding

    paragraphs.

    10. P&as# I. The focus of Lhase - was reducing the cost and increasing

    the protability. Following initiati$es were undertaen during this phase%

    (a* ,arnessed better source of raw material from its capti$e

    resources# wherein their Joda mines in >rissa was made the main

    source of iron ore.

    (b* Msage of blue dust# which resulted in uniform mining operations.

    (c* enchmared their plants with the best in the world lie +ippon

    Steel# 'ST raIil# Losco South ?orea# which increase their production

    by 80=.

    (d* Kaunched a programme for new coe maing technology# which

    ob$iated the use of much costlier imported coe which acts as a life

    line for a steel processing unit. The success of this technology made

    considerable reduction in production cost and the resultant increase in

    the prots.

    (e* Too aggressi$e steps to increase the utilisation of blast furnaces

    for increasing the daily tonnage of production by means of process

    optimisation.

    (f* -mplemented energy sa$ing processes by stopping the liquid fuel

    taen from other reneries and using gas produced by their own

    processes (blast furnace# coe o$ens and K& con$erters* for

    downstream processes.

    (g* "long with the other cost sa$ing and producti$ity related steps

    Tata Steel also went in for ma;or modernisation of its plants.

    (h* ,owe$er, the most signifcant one was addressing the

    overstang at Tata Steel. Ehen Tata Steel went to international

    in$estors in early 90s# they were told that though the company was

    good for in$estment# howe$er# it was grossly o$erstaBed and much

    beyond the international norms. This went on to become the most

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    challenging tas Tata Steel e$er faced due to the Tata reputation# which

    was nown for employee friendly organisation.

    11. P&as# II. &uring the Lhase -- the company concentrated on business

    ecellence# wherein they tried to bring in practices which were pre$alent in

    Japanese steel mills. " core group was formed# which $isited Japan andessentially became the trainers within the company for eBecting the

    transformation. The important features of this phase were the guidelines set

    for the top management# which were as follows% (+ource -ase +tud on

    Tata +teel in ikalpa$

    (a* Top management taing personal ownership# where responsibility

    could not be delegated.

    (b* e the 3ole model and the rst to changeA personal in$ol$ement

    and in$estment of time is ey to success.

    (c* 'reate endless opportunities for two%way communication withinthe company.

    (d* )mbrace change e$en when it does not appear necessary.

    (e* Train small groups and empower them to bring about the change.

    (f* Set ?ey 3esult "reas (?3"s* and include the top management

    into it.

    12. Tata ,"si#ss E0(#!!#(# Mo)#!The Tatas as a roup also adopted

    Tata usiness )cellence odel (T)* in 199@. Through implementation of

    this model# the group aimed at bringing about organisational transformation.The ob;ecti$e of T) was to impro$e the performance and e7ciency of the

    Tata roup in $arious business areas and to enable them to successfully

    o$ercome the global competiti$e challenges. The management felt that the

    attitudes and perceptions of people had to be changed rst before bringing

    about a ma;or change in the functioning of the organisation. The Tata Nuality

    anagement Ser$ice (TNS* in collaboration with Tata anagement Training

    'entre# the &epartment for )conomic Studies and the Tata 'ouncil for

    'ommunity -nitiati$es (T''-*# was assigned the responsibility of

    implementing T) in the $arious group companies. -t adopted a @"

    approach wherein it was to pro$ide ass"ra(# ass#ss*#t a)

    assista(# to the group company. >nce the company was considered to

    ha$e achie$ed the required le$el of business ecellence# it was gi$en the J3&

    NO Aar)# which was the fourth ".

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    (+ource Tata *roup we'site$

    13. -t was also necessary for these companies to achie$e the minimum

    standards of ecellence which was determined by scores based on the

    alcolm aldrige model. T) measured an organisationDs performance

    both on the basis of no%nancial and nancial parameters

    1@. I*%!#*#tatio o T,EM i Tata St##!. Tata Steel ga$e ma;or

    thrust on impro$ing the quality of product and processes. -t also adopted

    se$eral inno$ati$e programs to impro$e its business performance and

    focused on reducing costs signicantly. Since the early 1990s# Tata Steel laid

    more emphasis on quality consciousness across all di$isions. Tata Steel

    focused more on training and customer%focused aspects through a series of

    internal campaigns. )ternal customer focus concentrated on the customerDs

    requirement and their perception towards the company. The company

    benchmared all its ey processes and operations including product

    de$elopment# maret intelligence# complaint handling and determination of

    customer satisfaction with the best industry standards and practices.

    Fo("s o t St")y

    15. Though all the aspects included in the Lhase - ! -- of rein$enting Tata

    Steel relates to change management# howe$er# the group has limited itself to

    the aspect of O/#rsta4gor 5D#-!ay#rig # as this was most di7cult

    tas to implement and was more rele$ant to organisationDs culture. -n

    addition# the group felt that addressing the entire gamut of changes brought

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    about by Tata Steel would increase the scope of the study and it would not

    be able to do ;ustice# especially since the study is limited to literature

    a$ailable on web and ;ournals.

    THE METAMORPHOSIS6 A CHALLENGE

    C&a!!#g#s

    18. The aim of drastic reduction of the staB was to mae the company

    more cost eBecti$e and protable so it could compete with the global steel

    rms. The dening moment for this decision was when the company

    interacted with the foreign in$estors# and the in$estors ased the 'hairman

    and & what business they had to eep :C000 people on their role.

    1:. ,owe$er# it was not an easy tas to implement# as the company wasdeeply rooted to its founders philosophy that worers and their welfare were

    of utmost priority. Lro$iding its employee more than ;ust a mere ;ob was the

    ethos of the entire Tata roup since its inception. Tatas were the pioneer

    company in employee welfare and had taen following initiati$es much

    before the go$t or any company in the country%

    (a* )ight%hour woring day.

    (b* Free medical facilities.

    (c* aternity benets.

    (d* First pro$ident Fund Scheme in 1920# much before the o$t who

    implemented it in 1958.

    1C. ,ra) I*ag#. Tatas was one of the most admired corporate brands

    with operation in -ndia. -t was raned the second in the list of most admired

    companies# in a sur$ey conducted among students of leading management

    schools of -ndia. oreo$er# Tata Steel was widely recognised as a corporate

    entity committed to taing care of the interest of all its stae holders and

    unshaable $alues of trust. The sheer fact that Tata Steel ne$er lost a single

    day of wor since 192C stands testimony to the companyDs commitment to

    labour welfare and industrial relations. -n the light of the image Tatas had#

    downsiIing the :C000 strong employee base to the required le$el was a

    huge challenge for &r -rani.

    IMPLEMENTATION-THE RIGHT SI7ING

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    T Protagoist

    1. To implement such a re$olutionary step Tata Steel required a strong

    leadership. Fortunately# they had &r -rani at the helm of aBairs who was $ery

    clear in his intentions with a con$iction that he had to mae the 'ompany

    sur$i$e in midst of the intense global competition. ,e communicated $ery

    clearly in his many interactions with the worforce that though the focus of

    the company of creating ;ob and not wealth needs to be now balanced

    against the producti$ity. ,is resol$e was also baced by the fact that after

    him r uthuraman would tae o$er the reins of the company# who was a

    man with a democratic leaning in his leadership style# and would be the right

    person to soothe the frayed ner$es post down%siIing with empathy.

    ,!"# Co!!ar Dosi8ig

    29. T First St#% toar)s Rig&t-Si8ig. -n 199@# a Tas Force was

    commissioned to e$aluate and predict the siIe of worforce by the year

    2002. " HPero basedD manning eercise was carried out by the ,3 team#

    wherein# manning requirements of each departments were eamined afresh.

    Following are the salient features of the suggestions by Tas Force%

    :a; 'ontinued modernisation of plant and machinery.

    :'; 'ost reduction and increasing labour producti$ity through closure

    of loss maing and uneconomic plants.

    :(; 3ationalisation of manpower in the functioning plants.

    :); >utsourcing non%core acti$ities.

    :#; &ownsiIing or 4right siIing6 manpower from eisting :C000 to

    /5000.

    21. T H"*a Fa(# - S*oot& Trasitio. The image of Tata Steel was

    the main stumbling bloc in the eecution of downsiIing. Tata Steel was

    widely recognised as a corporate entity committed to tae care of all its

    staeholders including the labour force. ,owe$er# with the realisation that a

    :C000 strong pampered labour force would do more harm than benet# the

    company went into a systematic process of downsiIing. ?eeping in with the

    companyDs ethos and the need to right%siIe# Tata Steel made sure that there

    was a smooth transition for its worforce from being a Tata employee to

    starting a second innings. Following measures were undertaen by the

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    'ompany to mae sure that the outplaced employees ha$e a respectable

    beginning%

    :a; "ttracti$e Ooluntary 3etirement and )arly Separation Schemes

    were put in place# wherein the employees do not feel cheated as far as

    compensation was concerned.

    :'; >utplacements were used etensi$ely in the process# thereby

    ensuring that no retrenchment taes place. Lrofessional agencies were

    employed for the purpose.

    :(; Kabour unions were taen into condence by the management

    which ensured the success of )arly Separation Schemes. "ttracti$e

    compensation# eBecti$e communication and ecellent design of the

    schemes allowed the worers an eit with dignity.

    D#-!ay#rig o t D#(isio Ma$#rs < T E0#("ti/# C!ass

    22. The downsiIing of the blue collared worforce achie$ed to a large

    etent what &r -rani had planned# but he was not yet nished. ,e new that

    decision maing process# which was too hierarchical in nature and

    detrimental to Tata SteelDs march to being a global steel maer# was not yet

    addressed. oreo$er# and rightly so# there were questions raised from the

    union o7ce and employee rans as to why the company only targeted blue

    collared worers in the process of downsiIing lea$ing a 5000 plus strong

    eecuti$e cadre untouched. Therefore# the management felt that afundamental re$iew was necessary in the eecuti$e cadre also# to produce a

    structure commensurate to the $arious needs identied in the organisation.

    23. The management realised that eisting decision maing

    structure is hea$ily layered and bureaucratic# which has resulted into lac of

    responsi$eness to the opportunities presented by the en$ironment. &ecision

    maing was terribly slow with each person looing o$er his shoulder for

    appro$als. "nother concern was the high eecuti$e turno$er of the company.

    The company had not only failed to attract talent but also failed in retaining

    the eisting talent.

    2@. Ro!# o M(=is#y as Cos"!tats i t %ro(#ss o D#-!ay#rig.

    Since the 'ompany was undertaing such a drastic step for the rst time in

    history of Tatas# it wanted to ensure a professional and an unbiased

    approach# and therefore decided to hire a professional agency to undertae

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    the study. Thus# c?insey ! 'ompany was hired as consultants. The tas

    gi$en to c?insey was to%

    (a* 3edesign the organisational structure and redene the ;ob

    contents with the aim of re;u$enating the organisation with richer ;obs

    and fewer hierarchical le$els of reporting.

    (b* To incorporate clear accountability and autonomy in the structure

    thereby bringing in cultural changes along with structural changes.

    (c* Suggesting new system of Lerformance anagement which can

    be lined to a career de$elopment plan for each employee.

    (d* To reduce the eisting 1/ layers among 5100 eecuti$es by

    increasing span of control which were small at present.

    (e* 'omprehensi$e pro;ect report on >rganisation 3edesign and

    detailed plan on Selection and Sta7ng of the new organisationstructure.

    2>. >n the basis of report submitted by c?insey# on 01 "pr 2000# a

    Lerformance )thic Lrogramme (L)L* was launched which delineated a code

    of conduct relating to performance.

    P#ror*a(# Et&i( Progra**# :PEP;

    2?. O'@#(ti/#s. The ob;ecti$es of L)L were

    :a; To increase the focus on attracting# nurturing and retaining

    talented ,3 by(i* 'reating de$elopment opportunities for rapid growth of

    Tata Steel employees.

    (ii* -mpro$ing performance management by ensuring that

    targets are set properly and people are e$aluated on the right

    criteria.

    (iii* 3ewarding high performers adequately.

    :i/; "rticulating a clear policy for de$eloping and supporting

    under performers.

    :'; To impro$e the pace and quality of decision maing by increasing

    degrees of freedom and accountability.

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    2. Fo("s < BP#o%!# a) P#ror*a(#. >$er the years Tata Steel had

    made huge in$estments in modernisation of the plants and acquiring state of

    the art Steel maing facilities. +ow the focus was on the people who would

    be ultimately eploiting the assets in a protable manner. The L)L was

    intended to full this need i.e. to redesign the current organisational

    structure and its processes to create a high performing organisation of

    moti$ated and energised managers. The L) program had two core elements

    Q new organisational structure with $e wor le$els based on their impact on

    company performance (-mpact Ke$el 1 to 5* and a new Lerformance

    anagement System (LS* with a new ,3 Lolicy. L)L would in$ol$e

    determining competencies required for each ;ob in each impact le$el

    followed by assessment of eecuti$es for their competencies. The whole

    process was en$isaged to be ob;ecti$e# scientic and systematic. The LS

    would set ?ey 3esult "reas for e$ery le$el# dene clear measures of

    performance and targets and regularise performance re$iews. The new ,3Lolicy would foster meritocracy% as system which identies# nurtures and

    rewards strong performers and pro$ides de$elopment opportunities for

    e$eryone.T PEP Pro(#ss

    2. I*%a(t L#/#! 1 a) 2. The initial assessment started with 100 ;obs

    which were en$isaged to ha$e maimum impact on the aBairs of the

    company $iI -mpact le$el 1 ! 2 (-K1# -K2*. The process in$ol$ed matching of

    the eecuti$es against the ;obs on the basis of their past performance and

    future potential. -n the rst phase out of 5100 eecuti$es# C/@ wereshortlisted. Senior management along with ')> debated on each of the C/@

    cases and arri$ed at a consensus on 2/5 candidates. -n the net round# these

    2/5 candidates went through multiple rounds of analysis and discussions at

    the assessment centres and 100 were selected with a resolution to consider

    the remaining in the net cycle. Thus -K%1 (-mpact Ke$el%1* and -K%2 were

    nalised. The process can be diagrammatically represented as follows%

    Crit#ria

    >199

    O4(#rs

    Sr. Mg*t

    i "t

    199 Maag#rs

    sta#)Poo! o 3

    Maag#rsD#/#!o%*#

    t

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    2. Cy(!# - 2. -n cycle %2 many ;obs were merged which rendered many

    eecuti$es# who didnDt t into the competencies required of the ;obs#

    redundant. -t was decided that senior persons would not be pushed down

    into lower impact le$els# as that would be detrimental to the morale of the

    company and would lead to disgruntlement. The natural outcome was that

    some of the eecuti$es needed to separate from the company. The whole

    process resulted into a total of /20: managers matched to $e layers% 10 to

    -K1# 9C to -K2# /8: to -K/# @80 to -K@ and 22:2 to -K5. The nal transition

    structure is as tabulated below

    ,#or# PEP :13 L#/#!s; At#r PEP :> L#/#!s;

    )1 2: -K 1 10

    )2 Q )/ 105 -K 2 9C

    )@ Q )5 /C5 -K / /8:

    )8 Q ): 8C9 -K @ 10C2

    >1 Q >8 /:89 -K 5 22:2

    TOTAL >199 TOTAL 399

    39. The rst phase of L) resulted in a reorganised structure of the

    company# the fundamentals of which are creation of two strategic business

    units i.e. HSteelD and H+ew and "llied usinessDA 'reation of the corporate

    ser$ice functionA &ecentralisation of the areting ! SalesA Finance and ,3

    functions for each business unitA &e%layering and appropriate sta7ng for new

    structure.

    Maagig t C&ag#

    31. &e%layering at the )ecuti$e le$el was the most challenging part of the

    transition at Tata Steel. The people at the )ecuti$e le$el would though

    understand the requirement for change better# but were the most di7cult to

    con$ince when it to came to their indi$idual future in the company.

    23>

    Maag#rs

    13> Maag#rs

    i (y(!#-2

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    Therefore# &r -rani and his team too some progressi$e steps to mae this

    transition smooth# as well as acceptable. The steps taen by the company

    are enumerated in the succeeding paragraphs.

    32. Co**"i(atio it& a!! L#/#!s. )Becti$e communication with

    eecuti$es was the ey for the success of change of such a magnitude andthe same was well managed. -nteracti$e sessions were organised to

    communicate the procedure and methodology adopted to all eecuti$es.

    )ecuti$es who were oBered )arly separation schemes were eplained as to

    why they did not t into the framewor. Those who were retained were

    eplained about the assessment system and career progression in the new

    structure. -n a top%down approach# special dialogue sessions with the ')> of

    the company was held for all eecuti$es to communicate the progress of L)L

    and the wor that lay ahead.

    33. Fa(i!itatio or S#(o) Iigs. "n attra(ti/# ESS %a($ag#was

    de$eloped and posted on the internet for out%placed o7cers. " %!a(#*#t

    ag#(y was hired to pro$ide support by way of counselling# resume

    preparation# coaching placement and entrepreneurship de$elopment.

    3. R#)r#ssa! M#(&ais*. There were three categories among the

    sur$i$ing eecuti$es. The rst was the group which mo$ed up in the impact

    le$els and were happyA the second category were the people who stayed in

    the same positions and felt relie$ed and the third category of people

    included those senior o7cers who had been brought down the impact le$el.The third group resulted into accumulation of disgruntled o7cers at the

    impact le$el 5# which was at the lowest le$el. ')> interacted with this le$el

    and the sur$i$ors were told in clear terms that company had to adopt a

    Hperform or perishD policy to sur$i$e the global challenges and nobody is

    indispensable in such a scenario. The new ')> adopted an open door

    approach where aggrie$ed o7cers could meet him. The aggrie$ed o7cers

    used to feel relie$ed after meeting the ')> e$en if they could not get full

    redressal of their grie$ance. -n addition# a team of senior eecuti$es under a

    &eputy ')> constituted a 5R#)r#ssa! C#!!to consider each case on its

    merit and ad$ise the L)L team accordingly. &uring the process# the 3edressal'ell heard out close to 500 representations ranging from change in the

    reporting relationship# seeing another opportunity in the same impact le$el

    or a reassessment under L)L.

    3>. F##)'a($ Syst#* C&agig P#r(#%tio. The new ')> who was

    accessible and open to communication sought feedbac from the eld and

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    people who were aBected. ,e instructed the ,3 and >rganisation &esign

    team to ll the gaps in communication between the company and its

    employees. "fter the right%siIing# the focus was turned on educating people

    on the opportunities a$ailable in the company for career progression# which

    would be supported by a uniform appraisal system to bring in ob;ecti$ity in

    career progression. The aim was to bring in more transparency and change

    the people mindset and con$ey that performance would be rewarded and

    attract better talent to the company. This was also aimed at talent retention.

    ANALSIS

    /8. The $arious factors that contributed to the successful change

    management at Tata Steel and re;u$enated the company towards attaining

    global competiti$e edge are elucidated below%

    :a; R#(ogitio o t #a$#ss#s a) iitiatig r#(o/#ry.

    The company was able to pre%empt that it was ill prepared to

    face the emerging business situation post economic liberalisation that

    was characterised by maret determined prices# lower import tariBs#

    intense global competition and a shift to buyerDs maret. 'ompany

    immediately re$iewed its strategies and embared on a turnaround

    plan with a clear timeline.

    :'; isioary L#a)#rs&i%. The economic liberalisation periodalso coincided by change in leadership at Tata Steel when r. 3atan

    Tata too o$er as 'hairman and &r. JJ -rani too o$er as anaging

    &irector. oth were $isionaries with a strong con$iction and were the

    much needed change%agents to bring out a turnaround in the fortunes

    of Tata Steel and mae it globally competiti$e. Today the world

    acnowledges Tata Steel as a global giant of the Steel industry.

    :(; P#r#(t P!aig. The whole process was implemented in a

    well structured systematic manner with target timelines. 3ecognising

    that the philanthropic policies adopted by the company needs to be

    reshaped for sur$i$al in the competiti$e world# eternal consultants lie

    c?insey and )icher were commissioned by the company to suggest a

    new organisational structure and changes required in the organisation

    to bring about the competiti$e edge.

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    :); Co**"i(atio a) Tras%ar#(y. The company too the

    labour unions into condence while going for the blue collar

    downsiIing. Salient aspects of the restructuring and new ,3 initiati$es

    were communicated clearly to the eecuti$es. The whole process was

    ept transparent as far as possible.

    :#; a!"#s a) So(ia! o'!igatio. True to its $alues# the

    company did not retrench a single person be it an employee or

    eecuti$e. Llacement agencies were hired to counsel and help the

    indi$iduals. The Ooluntary

    Separation pacages were made lucrati$e. 'ompany helped people for

    self employment by gi$ing loans on soft interest and pro$iding sill

    enhancement trainings. "ll this initiati$es helped the company to

    implement the plans with minimal opposition. Lerhaps# this is the

    aspect which separates Tata roup from other business conglomerates.

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