This book provides a systematic progression from the legacy networks of the past to the Next Generation Convergent networks of the future. The books aims at providing complete background and relevant details that are required to plan, design and deploy modern day core/backbone telecommunication networks. This is book would be useful to individuals associated with most of the areas of the vast telecom as well as data networking spectrum including planning, engineering, network management & operations, installation and commissioning as well as operations and maintenance, besides any knowledge...

The modern day organizational landscape is witnessing rapid changes, both in its structure and management. Managing its intangible assets is of paramount importance to an organization irrespective of its size, sector or domain, to enable it withstand the rigors of the current global economies. Only organizations that have a well defined and integrated Competency Management Framework would be able to successfully survive and compete in the knowledge economies of the future. This book introduces the basis terms, terminologies, processes associated with organizational competency management.

Competency Quotient (CQ) provides a holistic measure of an ascertaining the value of an employee to an organization irrespective of its operational domain. CQ can also be employed to grade fresh graduates being churned out by educational institutions. This is especially of immense value in the Indian subcontinent where there is a tremendous gap between academic curriculum and industry demands.

Intellectual Capital remains the most unexploited resource within an organization. Knowledge continues to be seen as a static organizational asset. This is especially true for organizations in the Indian subcontinent. The tremendous growth in the different fields of management and research contributions in the last decade have not helped in addressing all the limitations in measurement models. The framework presented in this book builds on the advantages and the robustness of the Balanced Score Card while doing away with some of its primary limitations, namely rigidity, traditional financial...

The objective of this research is to evaluate the deployment of competency management frameworks, models and techniques in the Indian industry, identify shortcomings and propose suitable interventions for enhancing organizational competency management initiatives. The primary objectives of this research study are: To evaluate the extent of deployment of competency mapping and management techniques in Indian Organizations An in-depth study of the deployed frameworks/models/techniques with a view of their identifying shortcomings Suggest suitable interventions to mitigate identified...

Competency Management and its allied terminologies are a buzz word in the corporate circles. The proliferation of mobile computing devices coupled with 24*7 internet connectivity has brought about a flood of information within the reach of individuals. This book is a part of a series that aim to synthesize data into information, add context and present the relevant knowledge in a form that can be easily disseminated by an individual. This book introduces the basic terms, terminologies; processes associated with organizational competency management. The book attempts to present the core...