Wipro and the Building of Human Capital in India

Thursday, November 7, 2002
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
(Pacific)
Daniel and Nancy Okimoto Conference Room
Speaker: 
  • Vivek Paul

This talk will discuss Wipro's growth to become one of India's top three software service providers and its readiness for the future. To achieve its current position, a key strategy was to develop human capital by providing an entrepreneurial working environment and undertaking a higher level of complexity of work than available with competitors, supplemented by an internal degree program. How will this strategy help the firm in the emerging environment characterized by a slowdown in traditional businesses, strategic shifts towards high-end work and the growth of untraditional, IT-linked businesses (such as business process outsourcing)?