Management Toolkit

Managing outsourcing with a clear conscience

Winston Chai CNETAsia

Published: 13 Dec 2004 16:50 GMT

How would you describe your management style?
I believe that meritocracy and hard work is the foundation of all successful institutions. It is important to have the ability to work as part of a team, subsuming individual glory to team achievement and making unbiased decisions based on analysis of data. I like to empower people but do sample checking to see that things are proceeding along expected lines.

What is your definition of 'good' people? What qualities do you look out for?
At Infosys, our aim is to attract good professionals. We focus on recruiting candidates who display a high degree of 'learnability'.

By learnability we mean the ability to derive generic knowledge from specific experiences and apply the same in new situations.

We also place significant importance on professional competence and academic excellence.

Other qualities we look for are analytical ability, team work and leadership potential, communication and innovation skills along with a practical and structured approach to problem solving.

How do you motivate yourself and your employees?
People are Infosys' most valuable assets. More so, since success at Infosys depends on the ability to recognise, learn and assimilate changes quickly, and on bringing business value to the customers by leveraging the assimilated knowledge.

To attract, retain and motivate professionals, a corporation needs to uphold the respect and dignity of each individual. Further, it is important to create a competitive environment.