Safer Every Day: Continuous Improvement Powered by PEDD 

Subasini GirivasuAnveshan, Issue 69, Volume 7

In high performance organizations safety is not an occasion checklist, it is a continuous  improvement journey. Sustainable safety emerges excellence leadership, systems, culture.   The PEDD Framework — Plan, Execute, Delegate, Discipline — provides a practical and  behavioural structure to embed safety into everyday operations. And the results of high and  healthy performance.   Need of continuous safety  Research in organizational behaviour …

Is AI a Productivity Paradox? 

Devika (Team IIBP)Anveshan, Issue 69, Volume 7

When generative AI became popular, it gave its users a promise: A promise to automate routine tasks, free our time and just boost our productivity in most settings. Students and employees assumed that their workload would reduce and that they would have more time for challenging tasks which they enjoyed. But that has not been the case. A study this …

The “Underdog Effect” in Entrepreneurship

Devika (Team IIBP)Anveshan, Issue 69, Volume 7

Entrepreneurship research discusses positive motivators like passion, self-efficacy, and identity. Although these factors still remain important, there have been new studies that state negative expectations such as being told you will fail, can actually increase persistence in entrepreneurship. This is associated with Psychological Reactance Theory (PRT) and is referred to as the underdog effect. So, saying that an entrepreneur is …

Equal Work, Unequal Raises

Aayushee (Team IIBP)Anveshan, Issue 69, Volume 7

The goal of equal compensation for equal work has been a mission globally for a long time now. But worldwide, women make about 20% less money than men do, and efforts to close this disparity have been sluggish. This is a result of discrimination, and workplace structures may also unintentionally encourage unequal raise. On one hand, framing raises in budgets …

Why Do Some Companies Build Elite Workforces While Others Settle?

Aayushee (Team IIBP)Anveshan, Issue 69, Volume 7

Imagine a company’s human resources (HR) department is like building a championship sports team. A “High-Performance Work System” (HPWS) means the company is paying for top-tier talent scouts, premium player salaries and the very best trainers to get maximum results. We already know these “championship teams” win more games and make more money but this paper asks a simple question: …