Strategic HR Management

         CISCO

            by


           Adil

    adil@adilwaseem.com   built for the human network
    www.adilwaseem.com
● Introduction
● Business Facts
● Corporate Strategy
● Recruitment & Selection
● Training & Development
● Performance Appraisal
● Compensation &
  Benefits
● References
                            Outline
Officers and directors
  ● John T. Chambers: Chairman of
     the Board

  ● First COO: Gary Moore

  ● Chief Strategy officer:Ned
    Hooper

  ● Founders
Leonard Bosack along with his wife
Sandy Lerner
                                     Introduction
  ● Founded in 1984
Name Origin
 ● Cisco is an abbreviation of San
   Francisco.

Symbolic reference
 ● suggest that Human Network: built
   for the human network

Address
 ● 70 West Tasman Drive 170 West
   Tasman Dr SAN JOSE, CA 95134-
   1706                                Introduction
Mission & Goals
 ● Shape the future of the
   Internet
 ● Creating unprecedented
   value
 ● opportunity for:
     ○ Customers
     ○ Employees
     ○ Investors
     ○ Ecosystem partners

Vision                          Mission, Goals & Vision

  ● Changing the way we Work,
    Live, Play, and Learn.
● Revenue in 2011
US$ 43.21 billion
Net profit margin : 15.02%
Operating margin: 17.76%
Employees: 71,825

  ● Stock Symbol
NASDAQ: CSCO (Stock
Price $20.06 as of 04/18/2012)

  ● When CISCO become public
    trade Company: February 16,
    1990                          Business Facts
Products
  ● CISCO played more important role in
    development of Internet
  ● Provide infrastructure of the Internet
    & broadest range of the solutions of
    internet connectivity
  ● offers tools to manage the Internet
    sites

Competitors
 ● Competitors: Alcatel-
   Lucent, Hewlett-Packard
                                             Business facts
   Company, ARRIS Group, Aruba
   Networks, Motorola
● CISCO
Market Cap: 108.90B
Employees: 71,825
Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): 10.80%

  ● ALU = Alcatel-Lucent, S.A
Market Cap: 4.87B
Employees: 79,796
Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): -8.30%

  ● HPQ = Hewlett-Packard Company
Market Cap: 45.70B
Employees: 349,600                  Competitors
Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): -7.00%
Innovator Strategy
  ● Emphasis is on not to adopt
    rigid approach of one
    technology that favor
    technology over other

Core values
 ● Dedication to customer
   services
 ● Company vision must be
   shared with the employee       Corporate and HR strategy
 ● Employee must be
   monitored to check their
   managerial goals
Recruitment and Selection
Methods
 ● Change
 ● Experiment
 ● Rethink

Training
 ● Trains employees how it
   will maintain its winning
   culture
                               HRM Strategy
HR Department supported transition
employees from:
  ● in more than 25 countries
  ● companies acquired by Cisco

Department is equipped with:
  ● Automated tools, standard
    processes

HR Department
 ● Use of transition process to act
   faster, simpler, and more
   consistent                          HRM Department
 ● A small team of HR representative
Recruitment and selection
objective
 ● Increase the number of
   qualified applicants
 ● Quickly match prospective job
   candidates with the right
   positions
 ● Increase the speed of recruiting
   and hiring
 ● Streamline and monitor internal
   hiring processes
 ● Encourage current employees        Recruitment and Selection
   to actively recruit friends
 ● Receives 70,000 applications a
   year
Recruitment Strategies
Hiring top 10-15%' people in the
networking industry
  ● HR department schedule recruiter
     events
  ● Cisco conduct on-campus virtual
     information sessions
  ● Internships and Apprenticeship
     Program

Recruitment Method
  ● Use CISCO Web technologies for
    recruiting & interviewing          Recruitment Practice
● Attracting the candidate that
  most closely matches
  Cisco’s requirements

● Sharing with employee
  critical information about
  CISCO:
   ○ Vision
   ○ Objective
   ○ Goals                        Retention Strategies
Online application
  ● All applications are processed through
    online application

Application screening
  ● HR department screened the applicants

Online testing
  ● Applicants are asked to take complete a
     personality and/or reasoning test

Competency-based Telephone Interview
  ● Telephone interview is conducted to
    test skills and attributes of applicants
                                               Recruitment Practices
Assessment Centre
  ● Applicant is invited for interview at
    assessment centre
Testing methods
  ● Hold interviews using Cisco
    TelePresence technology

Processing time
  ● CISCO try to be quickest as
    possible
  ● Interns- single interview
  ● New graduate and experience
    professional 2 round of interviews

Ideal candidate
  ● Who promote CISCO values             Selection Practices
  ● Help CISCO grow
● Cisco spent more than $90
  million on employee training
  and development.
● 82% of employees participated
  in at least one course
● CISCO offer more than 1.5
  million hours/year
  approximately
● Piloted Talent Connection, an
  internal tool, that allows
  recruitment teams, managers
                                   Training & Development
  and employees to work together
  to match skill sets against
  internal job openings
● 70% of employee development comes
  from job experiences

● 20 % comes from feedback

● 10% from e-learning

● CISCO University offer excellent
  training programs for the employees,
  4000 course and 70,000 registration
  are each quarter

● Cisco also offer Pathfinder training
  program
                                          Training and development
● Employee can shift one department to
  other for nurturing talent

● Thousands of video and tutorial for
  employee only accessible to employees
Annual Employee Performance
Management
 ● Review employee performance and
   development annually
 ● Discuss their need for
   improvement with their managers

Mid-Year Career Discussions
  ● Opportunity for managers and
    employees to discuss their
    development opportunities half
    way through the year.
                                     Performance Appraisal
In 2012
  ● Cisco is creating Performance
    Connection
Salary
Comparison: Software
Engineer

 ● Average CISCO
   employee
   earns $112,084 annually
 ● Alcatel-
   Lucent employee
   earns $106,000 annually
                             Compensation & Benefits
 ● Hewlett-Packard
   employee
   earns $107,558 annually
● Flexible working hours through Cisco
  solutions such as
    ○ Cisco Virtual Office
    ○ Cisco TelePresence
    ○ Cisco WebEx

● Telecommuting is used by 95 % of
  employees

● Life Connection's Health Center
  provides health care for Cisco
  employees and their families

● Medical, Dental, Vision, Behavioral, Lif   Benefits
  e and accidental development
  insurance, Disability, financial, 401
  (K), Employee assistance program
● a global employee tuition

● numbers of assistance
  programs for the employees

● Child scholarship fund for
  the children of deceased
  employees.

● Quad- Cisco's internal
 social network
                               Compensation and benefits

● employee volunteerism
● Provide comprehensive supports to new
  employee which results in 80% retention
  rate

● High-touch human resources (HR)
  model for new employees to feel
  them home.

● Onsite orientation meeting to ensure a
  smooth integration process for the new
  employees

● New Hire Network helps its members
  share knowledge, build leadership skills,
  and develop professional relationships      Challenges for new Employee

● 2012 year, Cisco is creating The Leader
  Playbook for managers and directors to
  engage employees during times of
  transition
Video

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                                       Video
● Acquiring and retaining talent in hypercompetitive
  markets. People and Strategy; 2000; 23, 3;
  ABI/INFORM Complete pg. 38.
● Anonymous, (2004). Cisco connects with its
  workforce. Human Resource Management
  International Digest, 12(3), 11-14.
● Beliveau-Dunn, J.(2011) An Education Revolution
  keeps Cisco in Sync. T+D 27-29
● Duffy, J.(2011) Big Events that shaped Cisco.
  Network world.com, 15.
● Flynn, G. (1996). Cisco Systems' HR is wired for
  success.Workforce Management, 59.
● Hansen, F. (2005). The new way to
  pay. Workforce Management, 84(11), 33-
  33. retrieved from ttp://search.proquest.
  com/docview/219767133?accountid=2797                 References
● Hegar, K. W. ( 2011 ).Modern Human Relations at
  Work. Cengage Learning, 390.
● Kiger,P. (2003) Cisco's homegrown gamble.
  Workforce Management, 28-34.
● Linden, R. (2010). Developing a collaborative
  mindset. Leader to Leader, 2010 (58), 57-62
● O'Reilly, C. A, Pfeffer, J.( 2000 ). Cisco Systems:
  Acquiring and retaining talent in hypercompetitive
  markets, People and Strategy, 23.
● McGillin, C. AAM, National Initiatives. Strategies
  for Recruiting and Retaining Students, CISCO
  Network Academy http://search.proquest.
  com/docview/219767133?
  accountid=27975
● Shields, J. ( 2007 ). Managing Employee
  Performance and Reward: Concepts, Practices,
  Strategies. Cambridge University Press, 158,
  159, 160.
● Simonite, T. (2011). Smashing the cubicles.           References
  Technology Review. 96.
● Snell, S.A., George W. B.(2012).Managing
  Human Resources. Cengage Learning, 312.
● Ed P. (2001). Inside Cisco: The Real Story of
  Sustained M & A Growth. John Wiley & Sons,
  98.
● Turban, E. ( 2006) ,Electronic commerce 2006:
  a managerial perspective, Pearson Prentice
  Hall, 55, 56, 57.
● Why new grads love cisco. (2009, Sep
  14). Business Week, (4146), 38-n/a.
● Special issue: The top places to work in
  PR. (2009). PR News, 65(40), n/a-n/a.
  http://search.proquest.
  com/docview/204219752?
  accountid=27975.
● Whitworth, B. (2011). Cisco celebrates
  open Communication. Communication
  World, 28(4), 29-32
                                                  References

Strategic hr management: Cisco

  • 1.
    Strategic HR Management CISCO by Adil [email protected] built for the human network www.adilwaseem.com
  • 2.
    ● Introduction ● BusinessFacts ● Corporate Strategy ● Recruitment & Selection ● Training & Development ● Performance Appraisal ● Compensation & Benefits ● References Outline
  • 3.
    Officers and directors ● John T. Chambers: Chairman of the Board ● First COO: Gary Moore ● Chief Strategy officer:Ned Hooper ● Founders Leonard Bosack along with his wife Sandy Lerner Introduction ● Founded in 1984
  • 4.
    Name Origin ●Cisco is an abbreviation of San Francisco. Symbolic reference ● suggest that Human Network: built for the human network Address ● 70 West Tasman Drive 170 West Tasman Dr SAN JOSE, CA 95134- 1706 Introduction
  • 5.
    Mission & Goals ● Shape the future of the Internet ● Creating unprecedented value ● opportunity for: ○ Customers ○ Employees ○ Investors ○ Ecosystem partners Vision Mission, Goals & Vision ● Changing the way we Work, Live, Play, and Learn.
  • 6.
    ● Revenue in2011 US$ 43.21 billion Net profit margin : 15.02% Operating margin: 17.76% Employees: 71,825 ● Stock Symbol NASDAQ: CSCO (Stock Price $20.06 as of 04/18/2012) ● When CISCO become public trade Company: February 16, 1990 Business Facts
  • 7.
    Products ●CISCO played more important role in development of Internet ● Provide infrastructure of the Internet & broadest range of the solutions of internet connectivity ● offers tools to manage the Internet sites Competitors ● Competitors: Alcatel- Lucent, Hewlett-Packard Business facts Company, ARRIS Group, Aruba Networks, Motorola
  • 8.
    ● CISCO Market Cap:108.90B Employees: 71,825 Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): 10.80% ● ALU = Alcatel-Lucent, S.A Market Cap: 4.87B Employees: 79,796 Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): -8.30% ● HPQ = Hewlett-Packard Company Market Cap: 45.70B Employees: 349,600 Competitors Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): -7.00%
  • 9.
    Innovator Strategy ● Emphasis is on not to adopt rigid approach of one technology that favor technology over other Core values ● Dedication to customer services ● Company vision must be shared with the employee Corporate and HR strategy ● Employee must be monitored to check their managerial goals
  • 10.
    Recruitment and Selection Methods ● Change ● Experiment ● Rethink Training ● Trains employees how it will maintain its winning culture HRM Strategy
  • 11.
    HR Department supportedtransition employees from: ● in more than 25 countries ● companies acquired by Cisco Department is equipped with: ● Automated tools, standard processes HR Department ● Use of transition process to act faster, simpler, and more consistent HRM Department ● A small team of HR representative
  • 12.
    Recruitment and selection objective ● Increase the number of qualified applicants ● Quickly match prospective job candidates with the right positions ● Increase the speed of recruiting and hiring ● Streamline and monitor internal hiring processes ● Encourage current employees Recruitment and Selection to actively recruit friends ● Receives 70,000 applications a year
  • 13.
    Recruitment Strategies Hiring top10-15%' people in the networking industry ● HR department schedule recruiter events ● Cisco conduct on-campus virtual information sessions ● Internships and Apprenticeship Program Recruitment Method ● Use CISCO Web technologies for recruiting & interviewing Recruitment Practice
  • 14.
    ● Attracting thecandidate that most closely matches Cisco’s requirements ● Sharing with employee critical information about CISCO: ○ Vision ○ Objective ○ Goals Retention Strategies
  • 15.
    Online application ● All applications are processed through online application Application screening ● HR department screened the applicants Online testing ● Applicants are asked to take complete a personality and/or reasoning test Competency-based Telephone Interview ● Telephone interview is conducted to test skills and attributes of applicants Recruitment Practices Assessment Centre ● Applicant is invited for interview at assessment centre
  • 16.
    Testing methods ● Hold interviews using Cisco TelePresence technology Processing time ● CISCO try to be quickest as possible ● Interns- single interview ● New graduate and experience professional 2 round of interviews Ideal candidate ● Who promote CISCO values Selection Practices ● Help CISCO grow
  • 17.
    ● Cisco spentmore than $90 million on employee training and development. ● 82% of employees participated in at least one course ● CISCO offer more than 1.5 million hours/year approximately ● Piloted Talent Connection, an internal tool, that allows recruitment teams, managers Training & Development and employees to work together to match skill sets against internal job openings
  • 18.
    ● 70% ofemployee development comes from job experiences ● 20 % comes from feedback ● 10% from e-learning ● CISCO University offer excellent training programs for the employees, 4000 course and 70,000 registration are each quarter ● Cisco also offer Pathfinder training program Training and development ● Employee can shift one department to other for nurturing talent ● Thousands of video and tutorial for employee only accessible to employees
  • 19.
    Annual Employee Performance Management ● Review employee performance and development annually ● Discuss their need for improvement with their managers Mid-Year Career Discussions ● Opportunity for managers and employees to discuss their development opportunities half way through the year. Performance Appraisal In 2012 ● Cisco is creating Performance Connection
  • 20.
    Salary Comparison: Software Engineer ●Average CISCO employee earns $112,084 annually ● Alcatel- Lucent employee earns $106,000 annually Compensation & Benefits ● Hewlett-Packard employee earns $107,558 annually
  • 21.
    ● Flexible workinghours through Cisco solutions such as ○ Cisco Virtual Office ○ Cisco TelePresence ○ Cisco WebEx ● Telecommuting is used by 95 % of employees ● Life Connection's Health Center provides health care for Cisco employees and their families ● Medical, Dental, Vision, Behavioral, Lif Benefits e and accidental development insurance, Disability, financial, 401 (K), Employee assistance program
  • 22.
    ● a globalemployee tuition ● numbers of assistance programs for the employees ● Child scholarship fund for the children of deceased employees. ● Quad- Cisco's internal social network Compensation and benefits ● employee volunteerism
  • 23.
    ● Provide comprehensivesupports to new employee which results in 80% retention rate ● High-touch human resources (HR) model for new employees to feel them home. ● Onsite orientation meeting to ensure a smooth integration process for the new employees ● New Hire Network helps its members share knowledge, build leadership skills, and develop professional relationships Challenges for new Employee ● 2012 year, Cisco is creating The Leader Playbook for managers and directors to engage employees during times of transition
  • 24.
  • 25.
    ● Acquiring andretaining talent in hypercompetitive markets. People and Strategy; 2000; 23, 3; ABI/INFORM Complete pg. 38. ● Anonymous, (2004). Cisco connects with its workforce. Human Resource Management International Digest, 12(3), 11-14. ● Beliveau-Dunn, J.(2011) An Education Revolution keeps Cisco in Sync. T+D 27-29 ● Duffy, J.(2011) Big Events that shaped Cisco. Network world.com, 15. ● Flynn, G. (1996). Cisco Systems' HR is wired for success.Workforce Management, 59. ● Hansen, F. (2005). The new way to pay. Workforce Management, 84(11), 33- 33. retrieved from ttp://search.proquest. com/docview/219767133?accountid=2797 References ● Hegar, K. W. ( 2011 ).Modern Human Relations at Work. Cengage Learning, 390.
  • 26.
    ● Kiger,P. (2003)Cisco's homegrown gamble. Workforce Management, 28-34. ● Linden, R. (2010). Developing a collaborative mindset. Leader to Leader, 2010 (58), 57-62 ● O'Reilly, C. A, Pfeffer, J.( 2000 ). Cisco Systems: Acquiring and retaining talent in hypercompetitive markets, People and Strategy, 23. ● McGillin, C. AAM, National Initiatives. Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students, CISCO Network Academy http://search.proquest. com/docview/219767133? accountid=27975 ● Shields, J. ( 2007 ). Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Concepts, Practices, Strategies. Cambridge University Press, 158, 159, 160. ● Simonite, T. (2011). Smashing the cubicles. References Technology Review. 96. ● Snell, S.A., George W. B.(2012).Managing Human Resources. Cengage Learning, 312.
  • 27.
    ● Ed P.(2001). Inside Cisco: The Real Story of Sustained M & A Growth. John Wiley & Sons, 98. ● Turban, E. ( 2006) ,Electronic commerce 2006: a managerial perspective, Pearson Prentice Hall, 55, 56, 57. ● Why new grads love cisco. (2009, Sep 14). Business Week, (4146), 38-n/a. ● Special issue: The top places to work in PR. (2009). PR News, 65(40), n/a-n/a. http://search.proquest. com/docview/204219752? accountid=27975. ● Whitworth, B. (2011). Cisco celebrates open Communication. Communication World, 28(4), 29-32 References