Training and Development in WIPRO

By: Karishma Hinduja and Qutubuddin

Wipro have an in-house training department that handles continuous training of

employees.

Those with less than one year of experience are taken through a well-structured

induction/training program. This will cover all aspects of software development skills

that are required.

To meet the ever-changing requirements in training, wipro have rolled out their

e-learning initiatives, which is available to all employees. Their "Virtual Campus" runs

with the objective of building a vast learning community on the Net. The facility of

"Training on demand" enables the individual to be in complete charge of his own

learning experience.

Wipro strongly believes that development is a process and not an event. To groom and

development the leadership qualities in their managers, they have a Wipro Leaders

program. Their Leadership programs like their Entry Leader Program, New Leaders

Program, Wipro Leaders Program, Business Leaders Program, and our Strategic Leaders

Program gears you up to take on the challenges at every stage of your career growth with

them.

The stock options for employees are assessed based on the following criteria:

Potential of employee to contribute to company performance

Criticality of the employee

Contribution made by the employee towards business results, processes, customer

satisfaction, employee satisfaction, etc.

High market value or replacement value of the employee.

Wipro provides assistance to its new employees in finding accommodations and also

helps by providing advances/loans to set-up their homes. The loan schemes are quite

unique ranging from loans for house deposits to loans for two-wheelers.

All joinees, whose hometown is different from the place of posting, will be provided

accommodation for eight days to help them settle in. The joinees will also be reimbursed

II AC railway fare from their hometown to the place of training. Wipro even reimburses

expenses towards transportation of household articles up to a reasonable cost.

 

Wipro has the necessary skill sets and domain expertise to institutionalize and implement

frameworks that are best in breed and are accepted standards for enterprise wide and

functional process improvements.

Training and Development Overview

 

Wipro Infotech's business process transformation practice adopts a holistic approach by

looking at the three cornerstones of an organisation - Processes, People and Technology.

Adopting best practices and industry standards brings about process improvements. This

would involve changes ranging from process improvement to process re-design, which

are applicable across all industries. Wipro's thrust in process improvement is in using Six

Sigma methodologies in Business processes, Technology processes and People processes.

 

 

Business Processes:

 

Six Sigma frameworks

 

Wipro's focus would be roll out six sigma across the entire organisation and build

capability within the client organisation to take forward the initiative on their own. This

engagement includes training, certification of people and hand holding during

implementation across critical business processes of the organisation. The engagement is

further strengthened with Wipro's surround methodologies of Knowledge management,

Program management, monitoring and participation in turbo projects. Wipro's approach

is quantitative and can reduce the cost of quality as measured as % of sales.

 

Six- Sigma brings -in

Continuous defect reduction in products/services 

Focus on performance metrics 

Measurable milestones. 

Sustainability

Integrated Business Process Improvement

 

An integrated process improvement involves improvement of process efficiencies

followed by process automation. This approach benefits from a robust change

management program. Wipro applies best in class tools, methodologies in a systematic

way. This provides measurable milestones that can be presented to those involved and

stake holders. A robust process thus becomes suited for process automation. It can serve

as bedrock to move to higher level of building capabilities.