Question 1.Discuss the major issues highlighted in the case study.

Answer.

Major issues highlighted in the case study:

1.CITPR did campus recruitment and failed to provide offer letters to the selected students and hence
caused trouble for their future.

2.Lack of coordination and awareness amongst the employees of CITPR.

3.Rash decision making without concrete evidence by the Recruitment Manager, Mr. Swami, at CITPR

.4.Wrong decision making by the Placement Officer, Mr. Ravi Sampat, as he did nota l l o w h i s s t u d e n t s t o
sit for other companies even when the due date forp r o v i sio n o f o f f er le t te r s fr o m
C I T P R h a d p a s s e d a n d t h e r e w e r e v a g u e responses from Mr. Swami and Mr. Ganesh.Question

2. I n yo ur o pinio n co uld Mr. D Ganesh have taken so me measures to avo id the embarrassment
caused to CITPR? Justify your option with relevant arguments.

Answer.

In my opinion Mr. D Ganesh could have taken some measures to avoid the embarrassment caused to
the Company:1.Initially he should not have trusted Mr. Swami blindly and should have asked himt o w a i t
fo r t he de ma nd to be a sc er ta i ned . T hi s wo ul d ha ve d el a ye d t he recruitment
p r o c e s s b u t w o u l d h a v e d e f i n i t e l y s a v e d t h e C o m p a n y f r o m embarrassment and the
College from the phase of uncertainty and fear for thecareers of its students.

2.After the recruitment fiasco, he could have stabilized the situation by informingthe College
about the shortage and the mishap that has happened from theCompany s o t hat t he
coll ege coul d have asked its st udents t o sit f or other companies.
Question 3. Elucidate the serious omissions by Mr. Swami related to the campus recruitmentdrive
at TTC College of Engineering and Management.
Answer.
Serious omissions by Mr. Swami related to the campus recruitment drive atTTC College of
Engineering and Management:1.He did not back the anticipated demand for .net professionals with
facts. He wentby what was told to him by the VP of Product Development, Mr. D Ganesh whenthey
were in the middle of signing a deal