గురువారం, జనవరి 07, 2010

ప్రపంచీకరణ న్యూ యార్క్ - 2020


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విజయవంతమైన త్రీ ఇడియట్స్ సినిమా కధ మూల రచయిత చేతన్ భగత్ గతంలో One Night @ the Call Center అనే పుస్తకం వ్రాసారు. ప్రపంచీకరణ మహాత్యం తో భారత్ లోని ఉద్యోగులు ఆంగ్ల నామాలు ధరించి ఈ కాల్ సెంటర్ల్లో పనిచేయటం గమనించే ఉంటారు మీరు. సాఫ్ట్వేర్ రంగంలో భారత్ గణనీయమైన శక్తిగా ఎదుగుతూంది. ఈ రంగంలో పెరుగుతున్న అవసరాలకనుగుణంగా భారత్ లోని పెద్ద కంపనీలు తమ పని విదేశాలకు Outsource చెయ్యటం అనూహ్యమైన విషయం కాదుకదా. 2020 లో ఈ రంగంలో పరిస్థితి ఎలా వుండగలదో ఊహిస్తూ వ్రాసిన ఒక వ్యాసం అంతర్జాలంలో తిరుగాడుతూ ఉంది. ఈ వ్యాస రచయిత ఎవరో తెలియదు. రండి న్యూ యార్క్ కాల్ సెంటర్ ఉద్యోగ శిక్షణాకేంద్రం లో నిపుణులు ఉద్యోగస్తులకు ఏమి నేర్పుతున్నారో చూద్దాము.

It is the year 2020 and call centers are opening all over the West, as the new economic power India outsources work to the countries wheremany jobs originated. Millions of Americans, still struggling to adapt to a global economy, are willing to accept jobs that pay them in a new currency sweeping much of the world: Rupees.

Some of them, eager to land one of the customer service jobs from India, are attending special training sessions in New York City, led by language specialist Dave Ramsey, who goes by a simpler name for his Indian clients: Devendra Ramaswaminathan.

On this warm afternoon, the professor is teaching three ambitious American students how to communicate with Indian customers.
Professor: "Okay, Gary, Randy and Jane, first we need to give you Indian names. Gary, from now on, you’ll be known to your customers as Gaurav. Randy, you’ll be Ranjit. And Jane, you'll be Jagadamba. Now imagine you just received a call from Delhi. What do you say?"

Gary: "Name as tea?"
Professor: "I think you mean 'namaste.' Very good. But what do you say after that?"
Gary: "How can I help you?"
Professor: "You're on the right track. Anyone else?"
Jane: "How can I be helping you?"
Professor: "Good try! You're using the correct tense, but it's not quite right. Anyone else?"

Randy: "How I can be helping you?"
Professor: "Wonderful! Word order is very important. Okay, let's try some small talk. Give me a comment that would help you make a connection with your Indian customers."

Randy: "It's really hot, isn't it?"
Professor: "The heat is always a good topic, but you haven’t phrased it correctly. Try again."
Randy: "It's deadly hot, isn't it?"
Professor: "That's better. But your tag question can be greatly
improved."
Randy: "It's deadly hot, no?"
Professor: "Wonderful! You can put 'no?' at the end of almost any statement. You are understanding me, no?"
Jane: "Yes, we are understanding you, no?"

Professor (smiles): "We may need to review this later. But let's move on to other things. Have you ever heard Indians use the word 'yaar'?"
Randy: "Yes, my Indian friends use it all the time. Just last night,one of them said to me, 'Randy, give me yaar password. I am needing it to fix yaar computer."

Professor (laughs): "That's a different 'yaar,' yaar. The 'yaar' that I'm talking about means friend or buddy. You can use it if you've developed a camaraderie with a customer. For example, you can say,'Come on, yaar. I am offering you the best deal.' Do you understand,Jagadamba?"
Jane: "Yaar, I do."

Professor (smiles): "Okay, let's talk about accents. If your client says 'I yam wery vorried about vat I bought for my vife,' how would you respond?"
Randy: "Please don't be vorrying, yaar. She vill be wery happy and vill give you a vild time tonight."
Professor: "Vunderful! I mean, wonderful. You have a bright future,Ranjit. And so do you, Jagadamba. But Gaurav, you haven't said anything in a while. Do you have any questions about what we've just learned?"

Gary: "Yes, Professor, I do have one question: Wouldn't it be simpler to learn to speak Hindi?"

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చైతన్య చెప్పారు...

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