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Vision “To be a globallyrespected corporation thatprovides best-of-breed businesssolutions, leveraging technology,

delivered by best-in-class people."

Mission “"To achieve ourobjectives in an environment of fairness, honesty, and courtesy

towards our clients, employees,vendors and society at large."



Infosys Technologies Ltd. was started in

1981. Infosys first client was Reebok. Infosys hired its first set of employees in

1982 from Its revenue raised from Rs 1.2 million to

Rs 145.2 million during the period from1981-1989.

In 1993 Infosys went in for an IPO at apremium of Rs 85 for a face value of

Rs.10/share. Since then,Infosy focused on T&D of

human resource and shared company’swealth with its employees.



CAGR43%

CAGR45%/30

%

33% 33% 32% 32%EBITDAMargin

%




Infosys tried to preserve the attributes of asmall company and worked in small groups.

Continuous learning was deeply embedded.

HR department of Infosys had prepared acareer path for all its employees. Proper communication, which kept its

employees highly motivated.

Senior management encouraged open doorpolicy.



Adequate care to identify the right candidate.



Each year Infosys planned to hire 70% freshgraduates and 30% experienced professionals. Recruitment was done through campus

interviews, advertisements in newspapers etc. These experienced professionals were given vital

positions like domain experts, domainconsultants, technical architects.

In the year 2005-06,fortune wrote-”securing aposition at Infosys is more competitive than

gaining admission to Harvard”(1% out of 1.3million applications).



Instep in 1999,which was of six weeks. Global talent program. Campus connect.



Infosys is very well known for its training. Its

like ongoing process. Initially fresh graduates were trained on new

processes & technologies, later on projectmanagement, project development programs

followed by LDP’s.



Nearly 7-8% of annual revenue is spenton training.

In 1991 education & researchdepartment was established.

By 1999 it offered more than 240

courses that includes databasemanagement,ecommerce,programminglanguages,inter-personnelskills,managerialskills,foreignlanguages.



The new recruits were trained at theglobal education center in Mysore.

14 weeks training-of which first threedays on culture and values of thecompany, followed by training on

technical and non technical courses. Training equipped the new entrants

for a challenging career in softwarefield.

Encouragement of feedback

mechanisms.



ILI was setup in 2001 to nurture future leaders in thecompany.

WORK PEOPLESET DIRECTION PERFORMANCE FOCUS INTERPERSONAL

EFFECTIVENESS

DEVELOP LEADERS

Convert vision into goals Display ownership Build trust Recruit people better

than self

Plan & organize Display passion Communicative Give & receive feedback

Change agent Display learnability Listen to others Mentor/coach/role model

Risk taker Innovative Approachable Support to achieve

excellence

decisive Eye for details Resolve conflicts Share the limelight

Motivate Self-confident

Result oriented

TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSFUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL

EXPERTISE

QUALITY CUSTOMER PARTNERING RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Use technology

effectively

Commitment to quality Build long-term

relationship

Network

Demonstrate

technical/functional

knowledge

Use strategic system &

approaches

Ambitious Cross cultural diversity

Add value to customer Negotiate win-win

Set expectations Outward focus



Infosys followed nine pillar model for leadershipdevelopment.



Strengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

Significanc

e of Impact

H High

M Medium

LL Low

• Operationalexcellence to deliverGDM

• Capability to attract& keep talents

• Strong financial• Strong relationship

with LargeCorporations

• More cost/speedconscious customers

• Market growth• Higher awareness on

off-shore model

• Over-reliance on USeconomy

• Limited position invalue chain (i.e. Nopresence or

relationship withconsulting business)

• Wage inflation due tocompetition ontalents (15+% / year)

• Newer disruptivebusiness models (i.e.web services, web2.0)

H

H

H

M

M

M

H

M

LL

LL

M




It was awarded as best company to workfor in the year 2001,2002, 2005.

Among world’s top 100 companies bestplaces to work in IT listingComputerworld magazine,2004.

India’s best managed company-Studyconducted by Business Today.

No.9 on the wired 40-Wired magazine,2005.

No.8 fastest growing technologycompanies-Business 2.0,2005.



• Named India’s Most Respected Company in the Businessworld 2006

survey for the fourth consecutive time

• Adjudged “India’s Best Managed Company” in a study conducted by

Business Today and A.T. Kearney

• Forbes: “Infosys is a role model for companies everywhere in financial

transparency.”

• “Dream company to work for” in India and amongst the “100 best

places to work for in IT” in the US

• Amongst the first companies in world to be certified at CMMI Level 5

• BusinessWeek: Amongst the top 3 IT Services companies in the world

• Wired rated Infosys among its top 40 companies that have reshapedthe global economy.

Exceptional Financial Performance Increase in number of Active Clients Strong Growth in Employees

Revenue(

$M)

Employees

ActiveClie

nts




Technical challenges Threat of global invas Retaining talented pe Developing multiple c Employing global wor

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