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The HR Manager

XYZ Pvt. Ltd.

Date:

Dear Sir/Madam,

___________ is a bona fide student of Sikkim Manipal University Department of

Distance Education, currently enrolled in the third semester of the MBA program,

with specialization in the area of _________________.

As part of the requirements of the MBA degree, he/she is required to complete a

Project of approximately eight months duration in his/her area of specialization.

This should ideally be a live Project on an ongoing problem faced by the

organization, under the supervision of a company guide. The objective of the project

is to enable the student to apply his/her theoretical knowledge, problem solving and

analytical skills and to equip himself/herself to face the challenges of the real world.

Evaluation of the project will be based on a written report, as well as an oral

presentation, after which a certificate of completion should be given by the

organization.

I would be grateful if an opportunity could be given to ________ to work on such a

project in your esteemed organization. Please review his/her enclosed resume and

let me know if a suitable project would be available in his/her area of specialization.

Looking forward to a positive response,


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Sincerely,

LC Head

About Cover page and Title Page:

A PROJECT REPORT

Under the guidance Of

______________________________

Submitted by

______________________________

in partial fulfillment o f the requirement

for the award of the degree

Of


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MBA

IN

[Finance/Marketing/Human Resource

Management/Information Systems/ Banking/Retail

Operations/ Operations Management/ Project

Management/ Total Quality Management]

&

Bonafide Certificate:

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE


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Certified that this project report titled

.. is the bonafide work of

... who

carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT FACULTY IN CHARGE

Project Report on Motivation Level of Employees or Employees Motivation


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Certificate

This is to certify that the research project report entitled Motivation Level of

Employees has worked on Final Year Student of MBA under my supervision. She

has showed a tremendous zeal, working spirit and enthusiasm towards this project.

I certify that this research work is original and have the requisite standard of an

MBA student. Therefore, I recommend the same for evaluation.

I wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

Signature

Contents

1. Introduction to the Project Report on Employees Motivation

2. Industrial Profile

3. Research Methodology

4. Analysis

5. Conclusions

6. Recommendations

7. Limitations

8. Bibliography

9. Annexure

Introduction towards Project Report on Motivation


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The efficiency of a person depends on two factors, firstly, the level of ability to do

a certain work, secondly, the willingness to do the work. So for as the first factor is

concerned it can be acquired by education and training, but the second factor can

be created by motivation. A person may have several needs and desires. It is only

strongly felt needs which becomes motives. Thus motives are a product of needs

and desires motives are many and keep on changing with time motives are

invisible and directed towards certain goals.

Motivation means that process which creates on inspiration in a person to

motivation is derived from the word motive which means the latest power in a

person which impels him to do a work.

Motivation is the process of steering a persons inner drives and actions towards

certain goals and committing his energies to achieve these goals. It involve a chain

reaction starting with felt needs, resulting in motives which give rise to tension

which census action towards goals. It is the process of stimulating people to strive

willingly towards the achievement of organizational goals motivation may be

defined as the work a manager performs an order to Induce Subordinates to act on

the desired manner by satisfying their needs and desires. Thus motivations is

concerned with how behaviour gets started, is energized, sustained and directed.

Definition of Motivation :

1st Definition of Motivation : According to Michael J. Jacius ; Motivation is the

act of stimulating some one or oneself to get a desired course of action or to push

the right button to get a desired reaction.


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2nd Definition of Motivation : According to Dalton E. Mcfarland, "The concept of

motivation is mainly psychological. It related to those forces are many and keep on

changing with time motives are invisible and directed towards certain goals.

Techniques of Motivation

The main techniques of motivation are as under :

Positive and negative motivation.

Financial and Non-financial motivation.

Individual and group motivation.

Extrinsic and Intrinsic motivation.

Importance of Motivation

Motivation is one of the most crucial factors that determine the efficiency and

effectiveness of an organization with its help a desire is born in the minds of the

employees to achieve successfully the objective of the enterprise. All

organizational facilities will remain useless people are motivated to utilize these

facilities in a productive manner. Motivation is an integral part of management

process. An enterprise may have the best of material, machines and other means of

production but all these resources are meaningless so long as they are not utilized

by properly motivated people. There was a time when the human resource of

production was treated like other non-human resources and was not given any

special importance. But this old concept has lost all importance in this competitive

age classifying the importance of motivation Renis Likert has called it. "The core

of Management". The importance of motivation becomes clear from following

facts :


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1. High Level of Performance.

2. Low Employee Turnover and Absenteeism.

3. Easy Acceptance of organizational changes.

4. Good human relations.

5. Good image of organization.

6. Increase in Morale.

7. Proper use of Human Resource Possible.

8. Helpful in Achieving Goals.

9. Builds Good relations among employees.

10.Easier Selection.

11.Facilities Change.

Problem of Motivation

Motivation is the outcome of a certain relation between the superiors and the sub-

ordinates for this the superiors or the managers make special effort different from

the daily control or functions. It is not necessary that the efforts made by the

managers will be unanimously acceptable. It can also be opposed in this way there

are many hardles in implementing a motivational system. They are follows :

1. A Costly Efforts

2. Trouble Making Employees.

3. Motivation is an internal feeling.

4. Opposition to changes.

Objectives of the Project Report


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To know the motivation level of the employees of the organization.

To access the working of the personnel department.

Research Methodology

Scope of Study :

The study was limited to B.T.M. (Bhiwani) of Birla Groups.

Research Design :

This research is of descriptive. In descriptive research we have sufficient data on

the concept and research material. Because many researchers have been done the

same concept. Therefore, there is nothing new this concept while I am going to

study. I have used questionnaire method for collecting the data. I have formed

same questionnaire for workers & staff members.

Methodology

Sample Size : 30

Instrument Used : Questionnaire.

Sample Technique : Random Sampling.

Sources of Data

Primary Data - Questionnaire.

Secondary Data - Files, Record Books, Company Manuals, Websites and

Books.

Project Report on Employees Motivation - An Analysis of Motivation Level

of Employees


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Here are the complete Analysis of Employees Motivation :

Table - 1

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the Age

Age GroupNo. of

RespondentsPercentage

Below 30 0 0

30-40 6 20

40-50 18 60

50-60 6 20

Total 30 100

Description : Table 1 shows that most of the respondents are in the age

group of 40-50 and 20% of the respondents are in the age group of 30-40

and 50-60 respectively.

Table - 2

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the Qualification

QualificationNo. of


Below Matric 8 26.7

Matric 18 60

Intermediate 4 13.3Graduate 0 0

Post Graduate 0 0

Any Tech. 0 0

Description : Table 2 shows that out of 30 respondents, most of them are

Matric, 13.3% respondents are intermediate and 26.67% are below matric.


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Table - 3

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the sex

SexNo. of


Male 30 100

Female 0 0

Description : Table 3 shows that 100% respondents are male.

Table - 4

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the experience

ExperienceNo. of


0-5 Years 0 0

5-10 Years 2 6.7

10-15 Years 2 6.7

15-20 Years 7 23.2

20-25 Years 8 26.725-30 Years 8 26.7

30-35 Years 0 0

35-40 Years 3 10.0

Total 30 100

Description : Table 4 shows equal no. of respondents are having the

experience of 20-25 and 25-30 years respectively and 7 respondents are

having the experience of 15-20 years.

Table - 5

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the Marital Status

Marital Status No. of Percentage


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Respondents

Married 30 100

Unmarried 0 0

Description : Table 5 shows that all of the respondents are married.

Table - 6

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the Employee Motivation

Are you

motivated by

the officers

No. of


Yes 30 100No 0 0

Description : Table 6 shows that 100% respondents view that they are

motivated by the officers.

Table - 7

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the Types of Feeling with

organization

What type of

feeling you

have by

working on

BTM

No. of


Satisfied 30 100Unsatisfied 0 0

Description : Table 7 shows that 100% of the respondents are of the opinion

that they are satisfied with the organization.


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Table - 8

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the opportunity for views

expression

Do you get the

opportunity to

express your view

in the company

No. of


Yes 30 100

No 0 0

Description : Table 8 shows that 100% respondents are of the opinion that

they gets the opportunity to express their views.

Table - 9

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the job satisfaction about

company management

Are you satisfied

with your

company

management

No. of


Completely 21 70

Partially 9 30

Description : Table 9 shows that 70% respondents are completely satisfied

about company management and 30% of respondents are partially satisfied

with the company.

Table - 10

Title : Respondent's Classification According to the satisfaction with regard

to working conditions


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Are you satisfied

with the working

conditions on

BTM

No. of


Completely 27 90

Partially 3 10

Description : Table 10 shows that 90% respondents opinion that they are

completely satisfied with the working conditions and 10% of the opinion

that they are partially satisfied with working conditions.

Project Report Analysis of Motivation Level of Employees

Here are the complete Analysis of Employees Motivation :

Conclusion

On the basis of the data analysis and interpretations the research come to

know that following points :

Respondents get opportunity to express their views.

70% of the respondents are completely satisfied while 30% of the

respondents are partially satisfied.

Majority of the respondents are completely satisfied with the working

conditions.

70% of the respondents are satisfied with the wages and salary

administration of the organization.

40% of the respondents are completely satisfied with the medical facilities.

There is a cooperative relationship between workers and management.


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Motivation is abstract quality, for which measurement become to difficult

task because of the non-availability of standardized test for it.

Attitude of workers towards supervisor and co-workers is also extremely

favourable.

Attitude of workers towards organization is extremely favourable.

Suggestions

After finding out the Survey Report on Employees Motivation, the conclusions the

following suggestions can be made :

Working conditions should be improved.

Wages and salary administration should be made appropriate for their

purpose wages should be revised annually.

More financial benefits should be given.

Welfare services for the benefits of workers need to be improved. Partially

medical facilities needs a significant improvement.

Promotion system should be communicated among the workers.

Today, as there is a atmosphere of worker participation in the decisions

regarding organization worker should have given opportunity to express

their views in the company.

The human motivation is changeable and not stable it should be considered

in mind.

Money incentives should be given more. Management policies and practices should be communicated so that workers

could understand them easily.

Limitations


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Limitations of the research are as follows :

Motivation Abstract : Motivation is abstract and it is very difficult to measure

motivation because it can only be felt. As it cannot be touched there is no

standardized data on motivation.

Lack of Education Among the workers : Most of the workers are not educated as a

result they become suspicious of the filling of these questionnaire.

Difficulty in Filling : A large number of the respondents needed help in filling

these questionnaire.

Lack of Seriousness : Some of the workers did not attach the required seriousness

to the investigator.

Questionnaire of Employees Motivation Survey

Background Information

Name : _______________________ Father's / Husband's Name :

__________________

Age : _______________ Sex : Male ( ) Female ( )

Department : ______________________Designation : _________________

Experience : In the organization ( _____ Years) In other organization ( _____

Years)

Educational Qualifications :


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Illiterate ( ) Literate ( )

If Literate : Below Matric ( ) Matric ( ) Intermediate ( ) Graduate ( )

Marital Status : Married ( ) Unmarried ( )

Category Levels : Skilled ( ) Unskilled ( ) Semi Skilled ( )

Nature of Job : Casual ( ) Permanent ( )

Questionnaire For Employees

1. Are you motivated by the officers ?

(i) Yes (ii) No

2. What type of feeling you have by working in the BTM ?

(i) Satisfactory (ii) Unsatisfactory

3. Do you get the opportunity to express your view in the company ?

(i) Yes (ii) No

4. Are you satisfied with your company's management ?

(i) Completely (ii) Partially (iii) Moderate

5. Are you satisfied with the working conditions in BTM ?



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6. Are you the member of any recognize union ?

(i) Yes (ii) No

Specify the name _____________________________________.

7. What type of relation you have with your officers ?

(i) Direct (ii) Indirect

8. How are the relation with workers union and management ?

(i) Fine (ii) Average (iii) Bad

9. Which method of motivation motivate you more ?

(i) Positive Method (ii) Negative Method

10. According to you which one is the best motivator ?

(i) In Cash (ii) In Kind.

11. Are you satisfied with wages and salary administration ?

(i) Completely (ii) Partially (iii) Moderate (iv) None of those.

12. What is your view the practices & Policies of management ?

(i) Fair (ii) Unfair (iii) Cannot Say

13. Holidays provided to you in a year ?

(i) 0-10 (ii) 10-20 (iii) 20-30 (iv) 30-40


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14. Do you consider BTM is the best place of work ?

(i) Yes (ii) No

15. Do you satisfied with the medical facilities ?


16. Are you satisfied with Financial Benefits ?


17. What kind of the recreational facilities provided by the company ?

(i) Sports Club (ii) Library (iii) Any other, specify.

18. What kind of the facilities provided by the company ?

(i) Residential Facility (ii) Canteen Facility (iii) Children's School Facility (iv)

All of Above.

19. What do you get for over time ?

(i) Extra money (ii) Leave facility (iii) Praise (iv) All of above.

20. How's the relation between workers and management ?

(i) Co-operative (ii) Un-cooperative.


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Project Report - Training and Development of Employees

Objectives of the Project Report

Training and Development of Employees Finding is the main objective of this

project report and some of the sub-objective in this report. They are :

To know the effectiveness of the training programme conducted by the

company.

To know whether employees are aware about their responsibilities and

authorities or not.

To improve Organizational Climate and increase the morale of employees.

To know whether training programme is conducted successfully or not.

To know about the work culture of the organization.

Training and Development of Employees :

Training and Development of Employees : After employees have been selected for

various positions in an organization, training them for the specific tasks to which

they have been assigned assumes great importance. It is true in many organizations

that before an employee is fitted into a harmonious working relationship with other

employees, he is given adequate training. Training is the act of increasing the

knowledge and skills of an employee for performing a particular job. The major

outcome of training is learning. A trainee learns new habits, refined skills and

useful knowledge during the training that helps him improve performance.


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Training enables an employee to do his present job more efficiently and prepare

himself for a higher-level job. The essential features of training may be stated thus:

Increases knowledge and skills for doing a particular job; it bridges the gap

between job needs and employee skills, knowledge and behaviors

Focuses attention on the current job; it is job specific and addresses

particular performance deficits or problems

Concentrates on individual employees; changing what employees know,

how they work, their attitudes toward their work or their interactions with

their co-workers or supervisors

Tends to be more narrowly focused and oriented toward short-term

performance concerns.

Training is needed to serve the following purposes:

Newly recruited employees require training so as to perform their tasks

effectively. Instruction, guidance, coaching help them to handle jobs

competently, without any wastage.

Training is necessary to prepare existing employees for higher-level jobs

(promotion).

Existing employees require refresher training so as to keep abreast of the

latest developments in job operations. In the face of rapid technological

changes, this is an absolute necessity.

Training is necessary when a person moves from one job to another(transfer). After training, the' employee can change jobs quickly, improve

his performance levels and achieve career goals comfortably

Training is necessary to make employees mobile and versatile. They can be

placed on various jobs depending on organizational needs.


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Training is needed to bridge the gap between what the employee has and

what the job demands.

Training is needed to make employees more productive and useful in the

long-run.

Training is needed for employees to gain acceptance from peers (learning a

job quickly and being able to pull their own weight is one of the best ways

for them to gain acceptance).

Importance of Training :

Training offers innumerable benefits to both employees and employers. Itmakes the employee more productive and more useful to an organization.

The importance of training can be studied under the following heads:

Benefits to the business:

Trained workers can work more efficiently. They use machines, tools, and

materials in a proper way. Wastage is thus eliminated to a large extent.

There will be fewer accidents. Training improves the knowledge of

employees regarding the use of machines and equipment. Hence, trained

workers need not be put under close supervision, as they know how to

handle operations properly.

Trained workers can show superior performance. They can turn out better

performance. They can turn out better quality goods by putting the materials,

tools and equipment to good use.

Training makes employees more loyal to an organization. They will be less

inclined to leave the unit where there are growth opportunities

Benefits to the employees:


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Training makes an employee more useful to a firm. Hence, he will find

employment more easily.

Training makes employees more efficient and effective. By combining

materials, tools and equipment in a right way, they can produce more with

minimum effort.

Training enables employees to secure promotions easily. They can realise

their career goals comfortably.

Training helps an employee to move from one organization to another

easily. He can be more mobile and pursue career goals actively.

Employees can avoid mistakes, accidents on the job. They can handle jobs

with confidence. They will be more satisfied on their jobs. Their morale

would be high.

Thus, training can contribute to higher production, fewer mistakes, greater job

satisfaction and lower labour turnover. Also, it can enable employees to cope with

organizational, social and technological change. Effective training is an invaluable

investment in the human resources of an organization.

Learning Principles: The Philosophy of Training

Training is essential for job success. It can lead to higher production, fewer

mistakes, greater job satisfaction and lower turnover. These benefits accrue to both

the trainee and the organization, if managers understand the principles behind the

training process. To this end, training efforts must invariably follow certainlearning-oriented guidelines.

Modelling


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Modeling is simply copying someone else's behavior. Passive classroom learning

does not leave any room for modeling. If we want to change people, it would be a

good idea to have videotapes of people showing the desired behavior. The selected

model should provide the right kind of behavior to be copied by others. A great

deal of human behaviour is learned by modelling others. Children learn by

modelling parents and older children, they are quite comfortable with the process

by the time they grow up. As experts put it. "managers tend to manage as they

were managed"

Motivation

For learning to take place, intention to learn is important. When the employee is

motivated, he pays attention to what is being said, done and presented. Motivation

to learn is influenced by the answers to questions such as: How important is my job

to me? How important is the information? Will learning help me progress in the

company? etc. People learn more quickly when the material is important and

relevant to them. Learning is usually quicker and long-lasting when the learner

participates actively. Most people, for example, never forget how to ride a bicycle

because they took an active part in the learning process.

Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement consists of rewarding desired behaviors. If a behavior is

rewarded, it probably will be repeated. People avoid certain behaviors that invite

criticism and punishment. A bank officer would want to do a postgraduate course

in finance, if it earns him increments and makes him eligible for further

promotions. Both the external rewards (investments, praise) and the internal

rewards (a feeling of pride and achievement) associated with desired behaviors


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compel subjects to learn properly. To be effective, the trainer must reward desired

behaviors only. If he rewards poor performance, the results may be disastrous:

good performers may quit in frustration, accidents may go up, and productivity

may suffer. The reinforcement principle is also based on the premise that

punishment is less effective in learning than reward. Punishment is a pointer to

undesirable behaviors. When administered, it causes pain to the employee. He

mayor may not repeat the mistakes. The reactions may be mild or wild. Action

taken to repeal a person from undesirable action is punishment. If administered

properly, punishment may force the trainee to modify the undesired or incorrect

behaviors.

Feedback

People learn best if reinforcement is given as soon as possible after training. Every

employee wants to know what is expected of him and how well he is doing. If he is

off the track, somebody must put him back on the rails. The errors in such cases

must be rectified immediately. The trainee after learning the right behaviour is

motivated to do things in a 'right' way and earn the associated rewards. Positive

feedback (showing the trainee the right way of doing things) is to be preferred to

negative feedback (telling the trainee that he is not correct) when we want to

change behaviour.

Spaced Practice

Learning takes place easily if the practice sessions are spread over a period of time.

New employees learn better if the orientation programme is spread over a two or

three day period, instead of covering it all in one day. For memorizing tasks,

'massed' practice is usually more effective. Imagine the way schools ask the kids to


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say the Lord's prayer aloud. Can you memorise a long poem by learning only one

line per day? You tend to forget the beginning of the poem by the time you reach

the last stanza. For 'acquiring' skills as stated by Mathis and Jackson, spaced

practice is usually the best. This incremental approach to skill acquisition

minimises the physical fatigue that deters learning.

Whole Learning

The concept of whole learning suggests that employees learn better if the job

information is explained as an entire logical process, so that they can see how the

various actions fit together into the 'big picture'. A broad overview of what thetrainee would be doing on the job should be given top priority, if learning has to

take place quickly. Research studies have also indicated that it is more efficient to

practice a whole task all at once rather than trying to master the various

components of the task at different intervals.

Active Practice

'Practice makes a man perfect': so said Bacon. To be a swimmer, you should

plunge into water instead of simply reading about swimming or looking at films of

the worlds' best swimmers. Learning is enhanced when trainees are provided ample

opportunities to repeat the task. For maximum benefit, practice sessions should be

distributed over time.

Applicability of Training

Training should be as real as possible so that trainees can successfully transfer the

new knowledge to their jobs. The training situations should be set up so that


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trainees can visualise - and identify with - the types of situations they can come

across on the job.

Environment

Finally, environment plays a major role in training. It is natural that workers who

are exposed to training in comfortable environments with adequate, well spaced

rest periods are more likely to learn than employees whose training conditions are

less than ideal. Generally speaking, learning is very fast at the beginning.

Thereafter, the pace of learning slows down as opportunities for improvement

taper off.

Areas of Training

The Areas of Training in which training is offered may be classified into the

following categories.

Knowledge

Here the trainee learns about a set of rules and regulations about the job, the staff

and the products or services offered by the company. The aim is to make the new

employee fully aware of what goes on inside and outside the company.

Technical Skills

The employee is taught a specific skill (e.g., operating a machine, handling

computer etc.) so that he can acquire that skill and contribute meaningfully.

Social Skills


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The employee is made to learn about himself and others, and to develop a right

mental attitude towards the job, colleagues and the company. The principal focus is

on teaching the employee how to be a team member and get ahead.

Techniques

This involves the application of knowledge and skill to various on-the-job

situations.

In addition to improving the skills and knowledge of employees, training aims at

moulding employee attitudes: When administered properly, a training programme

will go a long way in obt8ining employee loyalty, support and commitment to

company activities.

Types of Training

There are many approaches to training. We focus here on the types of training that

are commonly employed in present-day organisations.

Skills training: Skill training is most common in organisations. The process here is

fairly simple. The need for training in basic skills (such as reading, writing,

computing, speaking, listening, problem solving, managing oneself, knowing how

to learn, working as part of a team, leading others) is identified through

assessment. Specific training objectives are set and training content is developed to

meet those objectives. Several methods are available for imparting these basic

skills in modern organisations (such as lectures, apprenticeship, on-the-job,

coaching etc.). Before employing these methods, managers should:

explain how the training will help the trainees in their jobs.

relate the training to the trainees' goals.


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respect and consider participant responses and use these as a resource.

encourage trainees to learn by doing.

give feedback on progress toward meeting learning objectives.

Refresher training: Rapid changes in technology may force companies to go in for

this kind of training. By organising short-term courses which incorporate the latest

developments in a particular field, the company may keep its employees up-to-date

and ready to take on emerging challenges.

It is conducted at regular intervals by taking the help of outside consultants

who specialise in a particular descriptive.

Cross-functional Training: Cross-functional Training involves training employees

to perform operations in areas other than their assigned job. There are many

approaches to cross functional training. Job rotation can be used to provide a

manager in one functional area with a broader perspective than he would otherwise

have. Departments can exchange personnel for a certain period so that each

employee understands how other departments are functioning. High performing

workers can act as peer trainers and help employees develop skills in another area

of operation. Cross functional training provides the following benefits to an

organisation (and the workers as well) (1) Workers gain rich experience in

handling diverse jobs; they become more adaptable and versatile (2) they can

better engineer their own career paths (3) they not only know their job well but

also understand how others are able to perform under a different set of constraints(4) A broader perspective increases workers' understanding of the business and

reduces the need for supervision (5) when workers can fill in for other workers

who are absent, it is easier to use flexible scheduling, which is increasingly in

demand as more employees want to spend more time with their families. Eli Lilly


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and Company (India), for example, encourages cross-functional movements to

make the organisation equally attractive to both specialists and generalists.

Team Training: Team training generally covers two areas; content tasks and group

processes. Content tasks specify the team's goals such as cost control and problem

solving. Group processes reflect the way members function as a team - for example

how they interact with each other, how they sort out differences, how they

participate etc. Companies are investing heavy amounts, nowadays, in training new

employees to listen to each other and to cooperate. They are using outdoor

experiential training techniques to develop teamwork and team spirit among their

employees (such as scaling a mountain, preparing recipes for colleagues at a

restaurant, sailing through uncharted waters, crossing a jungle etc.). The training

basically throws light on (i) how members should communicate with each other (ii)

how they have to cooperate and get ahead (iii) how they should deal with conflict-

full situations (iv) how they should find their way, using collective wisdom and

experience to good advantage.

Creativity training: Companies like Mudra Communications, Titan Industries,

Wipro encourage their employees to think unconventionally, break the rules, take

risks, go out of the box and devise unexpected solutions.

Postpone judgment: Don't reject any idea

Create alternative frames of reference

Break the boundary of thinking Examine a different aspect of the problem

Make a wish list of solutions

Borrow ideas from other fields

Look for processes to change or eliminate


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Think up alternative methods

Adopt another person's perspective

Question all Assumptions.

In creativity training, trainers often focus on three things:

(a) Breaking away: In order to break away from restrictions, the trainee is expected

to (i) identify the dominant ideas influencing his own thinking (ii) define the

boundaries within which he is working (iii) bring the assumptions out into the open

and challenge everything

(b) Generate new ideas: To generate new ideas, the trainee should open up his

mind; look at the problem from all possible angles and list as many alternative

approaches as possible. The trainee should allow his mind to wander over

alternatives freely. Expose himself to new influences (people, articles, books,

situations), switch over from one perspective to another, -arrange cross fertilization

of ideas with other people and use analogies to spark off ideas.

(c) Delaying judgement: To promote creative thinking, the trainee should not try to

kill off ideas too quickly; they should be held back until he is able to generate as

many ideas as possible. He should allow ideas to grow a little. Brainstorming

(getting a large number of ideas from a group of people in a short time) often helps

in generating as many ideas as possible without pausing to evaluate them. It helps

in releasing ideas, overcoming inhibitions, cross fertilising ideas and getting away

from patterned thinking.

Diversity Training: Diversity training considers all of the diverse dimensions in the

workplace race, gender, age, disabilities, lifestyles, culture, education, ideas and

backgrounds - while designing a training programme. It aims to create better cross-


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cultural sensitivity with the aim of fostering more harmonious and fruitful working

relationships among a firm's employees.

The programme covers two things: (i) awareness building, which helps employees

appreciate the key benefits of diversity, and (ii) skill building, which offers the

knowledge, skills and abilities required for working with people having varied

backgrounds.

Literacy Training: Inability to write, speak and work well with others could often

come in the way of discharging duties, especially at the lower levels. Workers, in

such situations, may fail to understand safety messages, appreciate the importanceof sticking to rules, and commit avoidable mistakes. Functional illiteracy (low skill

level in a particular content area) may be a serious impediment to a firm's

productivity and competitiveness. Functional literacy programmes focus on the

basic skills required to perform a job adequately and capitalise on most workers'

motivation to get help in a particular area. Tutorial programmes, home

assignments, reading and writing exercises, simple mathematical tests, etc., are

generally used in all company in-house programmes meant to improve the literacy

levels of employees with weak reading, writing or arithmetic skills.

Training Methods

Training methods are usually classified by the location of instruction. On the job

training is provided when the workers are taught relevant knowledge, skills and

abilities at the actual workplace; off-the-job training, on the other hand, requires

that trainees learn at a location other than the real work spot. Some of the widely

used training methods are listed below.

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The JIT method (developed during World War II) is a four-step instructional

process involving preparation, presentation, performance try out and follow up. It

is used primarily to teach workers how to do their current jobs. A trainer,

supervisor or co-worker acts as the coach. The four steps followed in the JIT

methods are:

1. The trainee receives an overview of the job, its purpose and its desired

outcomes, with a clear focus on the relevance of training.

2. The trainer demonstrates the job in order to give the employee a model to

copy. The trainer shows a right way to handle the job.

3. Next, the employee is permitted to copy the trainer's way. Demonstrations

by the trainer and practice by the trainee are repeated until the trainee

masters the right way to handle the job.

4. Finally, the employee does the job independently without supervision.

Merits:

Trainee learns fast through practice and observation.

It is economical as it does not require any special settings. Also, mistakes

can be corrected immediately.

The trainee gains confidence quickly as he does the work himself in actual

setting with help from supervisor.

It is most suitable for unskilled and semi-skilled jobs where the job

operations are simple; easy to explain and demonstrate within a short span oftime.

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The trainee should be as good as the trainer if the trainer is not good,

transference of knowledge and skills will be poor.

While learning, trainee may damage equipment, waste materials, cause

accidents frequently,

Experienced workers cannot use the machinery while it is being used for

training.

2. Coaching:

Coaching is a kind of daily training and feedback given to employees by

immediate supervisors. It involves a continuous process of learning by doing. Itmay be defined as an informal, unplanned training and development activity

provided by supervisors and peers. In coaching, the supervisor explains things and

answers questions; he throws light on why things are done the way they are; he

offers a model for trainees to copy; conducts lot of decision making meetings with

trainees; procedures are agreed upon and the trainee is given enough authority to

make divisions and even commit mistakes. Of course, coaching can be a taxing job

in that the coach may not possess requisite skills to guide the learner in a

systematic way. Sometimes, doing a full day's work may be more important than

putting the learner on track.

When to use coaching usefully? Coaching could be put to good use when:

an employee demonstrates a new competency

an employee expresses interest in a different job within the organisation

an employee seeks feedback

an employee is expressing low morale, violating company policies or

practices or having performance problems


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an employee needs help with a new skill following a formal training

programme.

Effective working, obviously, requires patience and communication skills. It

involves:

explaining appropriate ways of doing things

making clear why actions were taken

stating observations accurately

offering possible alternatives / suggestions

following up

3. Mentoring :

Mentoring is a relationship in which a senior manager in an organisation assumes

the responsibility for grooming a junior person. Technical, interpersonal and

political skills are generally conveyed in such a relationship from the more

experienced person. A mentor is a teacher, spouse, counsellor, developerr of skills

and intellect, host, guide, exemplar, and most importantly, supporter and facilitator

in the realisation of the vision the young person (protege) has about the kind of 1ife

he wants as an adult.

The main objective is to help an employee attain psychological maturity and

effectiveness and get integrated with the organisation. In a work situation, such

mentoring can take place at both formal and informal levels, depending on the

prevailing work culture and the commitment from the top management. Formal

mentoring can be very fruitful, if management invests time and money in such

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Career functions: Career functions are those aspects of the relationship that

enhance career advancement. These include:

1. Sponsorship: Where mentors actively nominate a junior person (called 'mentee')

for promotions or desirable positions.

2. Exposure and visibility: Where mentors offer opportunities for mentees to

interact with senior executives, demonstrate their abilities and exploit their

potential.

3. Coaching: Mentors help mentees to analyse how they are doing their work and

to define their aspirations. Here mentors offer practical advice on how to

accomplish objectives and gain recognition from others.

4. Protection: Mentors shield the junior person from harmful situations/seniors.

5. Challenging assignments: Mentors help mentees develop necessary

competencies through challenging job assignments and appropriate feedback.

Mentors create opportunities clients to prove their worth to demonstrate clearly

what they have to offer.

Psychological functions: Psychological functions are those aspects that enhance the

mentees sense of competence, and identify effectiveness in a professional role.

These include:

6. Role modeling: Mentors offer mentees a pattern of values and behaviours to

imitate

7. Acceptance and confirmation: mentors offer support, guidance and

encouragement to mentees so that they can solve the problems independently and


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gain confidence in course of time. Mentors also help people to learn about the

organisation's culture and understand why things are done in certain ways.

8. Counseling: Mentors help mentees work out their personal problems, learn about

what to do and what not to do, offer advice on what works and what doesn't, and

do everything to demonstrate improved performance and prepare themselves for

greater responsibility.

9. Friendship: Mentors offer practical help and support to mentees so that they can

indulge in mutually satisfying social interactions (with peers, subordinates, bosses

and customers)

Mentoring in India is based on the time-honoured guru-shishya relationship where

the guru would do everything to develop the personality of the shishya, offering

emotional support, and guidance. Companies like TISCO, Neyveli Lignite

Corporation, Polaris, Coca-Cola India have used mentoring systems to good effect

in recent times (Economic Times, 25 Oct., 2002). Organisations like General

Electric, Intel, Proctor & Gamble have given a lot of importance to mentoring

programmes, going even gone to the extent of penalising senior managers if they

fail to develop leadership skills among subordinates. Of course, mentoring is not

without its problems. Mentors who are dissatisfied with their jobs and though who

teach or narrow or distorted view of events may not help a protege's development.

Not all mentors are well prepared to transfer their skills and wisdom to their junior

colleagues. When young people are bombarded with conflicting viewpoints - abouthow things should go - from a series of advisors, they may find it difficult to get

ahead with confidence. Mentoring can succeed if (i) there is genuine support and

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transfer ideas, skills and experiences in a systematic way and (iii) mentees believe

in the whole process and carry out things in an appropriate manner.

4. Job Rotation :

Job rotation may pose several problems, especially when the trainees are rolled on

various jobs at frequent intervals. In such a case, trainees do not usually stay long

enough in any single phase of the operation to develop a high degree of expertise.

For slow learners, there is little room to integrate resources properly. Trainees can

become confused when they are exposed to rotating managers, with contrasting

styles of operation. Today's manager's commands may be replaced by another setfrom another manager! Further, job rotation can be quite expensive. A substantial

amount of managerial time is lost when trainees change positions, because they

must be acquainted with different people and techniques in each department.

Development costs can go up and productivity is reduced by moving a trainee into

a new position when his efficiency levels begin to improve at the prior job.

Inexperienced trainees may fail to handle new tasks in an efficient way. Intelligent

and aggressive trainees, on the offer hand, may find the system to be thoroughly

boring as they continue to perform more or less similar jobs without any stretch,

pull and challenge. To get the best results out of the system, it should be tailored to

the needs, interests and capabilities of the individual trainee, and not be a standard

sequence that all trainees undergo.

This kind of training involves the movement of trainee from one job to another.This helps him to have a general understanding of how the organisation functions.

The purpose of job rotation is to provide trainees with a larger organisational

perspective and a greater understanding of different functional areas as well as a

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boredom, job rotation allows trainees to build rapport with a wide range of

individuals within the organisation, facilitating future cooperation among

departments. The cross-trained personnel offer a great amount of flexibility for

organisations when transfers, promotions or replacements become inevitable.

5 Apprenticeship Training

Most craft workers such as plumbers and carpenters are trained through formal

apprenticeship programmes. Apprentices are trainees who spend a prescribed

amount of time working with an experienced guide, coach or trainer.

Assistantships and internships are similar to apprenticeships because they alsodemand high levels of participation from the trainee. An internship is a kind of on-

the-job training that usually combines job training with classroom instruction in

trade schools, colleges or universities. Coaching, as explained above, is similar to

apprenticeship because the coach attempts to provide a model for the trainee to

copy. One important disadvantage ofthe apprenticeship methods is the uniform

period of training offered to trainees. People have different abilities and learn at

varied rates. Those who learn fast may quit the programme in frustration. Slow

learners may need additional training time. It is also likely that in these days of

rapid changes in technology, old skills may get outdated quickly. Trainees who

spend years learning specific skills may find, upon completion of their

programmes, that the job skills they acquired are no longer appropriate.

6 Committee Assignments

In this method, trainees are asked to solve an actual organisational problem. The

trainees have to work together and offer solution to the problem. Assigning

talented employees to important committees can give these employees a


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broadening experience and can help them to understand the personalities, issues

and processes governing the organisation. It helps them to develop team spirit and

work unitedly toward common goals. However, managers should very well

understand that committee assignments could become notorious time wasting

activities. The above on-the-job methods are cost effective. Workers actually

produce while they learn. Since immediat.e feedback is available, they motivate

trainees to observe and learn the right way of doing things. Very few problems

arise in the case of transfer of training because the employees learn in the actual

work environment where the skills that are learnt are actually used. On-the-job

methods may cause disruptions in production schedules. Experienced workers

cannot use the facilities that are used in training. Poor learners may damage

machinery and equipment. Finally, if the trainer does not possess teaching skills,

there is very little benefit to the trainee.

Off-the-Job Methods

Under this method of training, the trainee is separated from the job situation and

his attention is focused upon learning the material related to his future job

performance. Since the trainee is not distracted by job requirements, he can focus

his entire concentration on learning the job rather than spending his time in

performing it. There is an opportunity for freedom of expression for the trainees.

Off-the-job training methods are as follows:

a. Vestibule training: Vestibule training method, actual work conditions aresimulated in a classroom. Material, files and equipment - those that are used in

actual job performance are also used in the training. This type of training is

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duration of this training ranges from a few days to a few weeks. Theory can be

related to practice in this method.

b. Role playing: It is defined as a method of human interaction that involves

realistic behaviour in imaginary situations. This method of training involves action,

doing and practice. The participants play the role of certain characters, such as the

production manager, mechanical engineer, superintendents, maintenance

engineers, quality control inspectors, foreman, workers and the like. This method is

mostly used for developing interpersonal interactions and relations.

c. Lecture method: The lecture is a traditional and direct method of instruction. Theinstructor organizes the material and gives it to a group of trainees in the form of a

talk. To be effective, the lecture must motivate and create interest among the

trainees. An advantage of lecture method is that it is direct and can be used for a

large group of trainees. Thus, costs and time involved are reduced. The major

limitation of the lecture method is that it does not provide for transfer of training

effectively.

d. Conference/discussion approach: In this method, the trainer delivers a lecture

and involves the trainee in a discussion so that his doubts about the job get

clarified. When big organisations use this method, the trainer uses audio-visual

aids such as black boards, mockups and slides; in some cases the lectures are

videotaped or audio taped. Even the trainee's presentation can be taped for self

confrontation and self-assessment.

The conference is, thus, a group-centered approach where there is a clarification of

ideas, communication of procedures and standards to the trainees. Those

individuals who have a general educational background and whatever specific


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skills are required such as typing, shorthand, office equipment operation, filing,

indexing, recording, etc. - may be provided with specific instructions to handle

their respective jobs.

e. Programmed instruction: This method has become popular in recent years. The

subject matter to be learned is presented in a series of carefully planned sequential

units. These units are arranged from simple to more complex levels of instruction.

The trainee goes through these units by answering questions or filling the blanks.

This method is, thus, expensive and time-consuming.

Behaviourally Experienced Training

Some training programmes focus on emotional and behavioural learning. Here

employees can learn about behaviour by role-playing in which the role players

attempt to act their part in respect of a case, as they would behave in a real-life

situation. Business games, cases, incidents, group discussions and short

assignments are also used in behaviourally-experienced learning methods.

Sensitivity training or laboratory training is an example of a method used for

emotional learning. The focus of experiential methods is on achieving, through

group processes, a better understanding of oneself and others. These are discussed

elaborately in the section covering Executive Development Programmes.

Evaluation of a Training Programme

The specification of values forms a basis for evaluation. The basis of evaluation

and the mode of collection of information necessary for evaluation should be

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The process of training evaluation has been defined as any attempt to obtain

information on the effects of training performance and to assess the value of

training in the light of that information. Evaluation helps in controlling and

correcting the training programme. Hamblin suggested five levels at which

evaluation of training can take place, viz., reactions, learning, job behaviour,

organisation and ultimate value.

1. Reactions: Trainee's reactions to the overall usefulness of the training including

the coverage of the topics, the method of presentation, the techniques used to

clarify things, often throw light on the effectiveness of the programme. Potential

questions to trainees might include: (i) What were your learning goals for the

programme? (ii) Did you achieve them? (iii) Did you like this programme? (iv)

Would you recommend it to others who have similar learning goals? ( v) what

suggestions do you have for improving the programme? (vi) Should the

organisation continue to offer it?

2. Learning: Training programme, trainer's ability and trainee's ability are

evaluated on the basis of quantity of content learned and time in which it is learned

and learner's ability to use or apply the content learned.

3. Job behaviour: This evaluation includes the manner and extent to which the

trainee has applied his learning to his job.

4. Organisation: This evaluation measures the use of training, learning and change

in the job behaviour of the department/organisation in the form of increased

productivity, quality, morale, sales turnover and the like.

5. Ultimate value: It. is the measurement of ultimate result of the contributions of

the training programme to the company goals like survival, growth, profitability,


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etc. and to the individual goals like development of personality and social goals

like maximising social benefit.

Methods of Evaluation

Various methods can be used to collect data on the outcomes of training. Some of

these are:

Questionnaires: Comprehensive questionnaires could be used to obtain

opinions, reactions, views of trainees.

Tests: Standard tests could be used to find out whether trainees have learnt

anything during and after the training.

Interviews: Interviews could be conducted to find the usefulness of training

offered to operatives.

Studies: Comprehensive studies could be carried out eliciting the opinions

and judgements of trainers, superiors and peer groups about the training.

Human resource factors: Training can also be evaluated on the basis of

employee satisfaction, which in turn can be examined on the basis of

decrease in employee turnover, absenteeism, accidents, grievances,

discharges, dismissals, etc.

Cost benefit analysis: The costs of training (cost of hiring trainers, tools to

learn, training centre, wastage, production stoppage, opportunity cost of

trainers and trainees) could be compared with its value (in terms of reduced

learning time, improved learning, superior performance) in order to evaluatea training programme.

Feedback: After the evaluation, the situation should be examined to identify

the probable causes for gaps in performance. The training evaluation

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the instructors, trainees and other parties concerned for control, correction

and improvement of trainees' activities. The training evaluator should follow

it up sincerely so as to ensure effective implementation of the feedback

report at every stage.

Training Programme of Company

Purpose-

To establish and maintain a documented procedure for identifying and providing

training to all the employees of the organization with essential skill and knowledge

so as to achieve desired quality and productivity goals.

Scope-

This procedure is applicable to all employees. Company's personnel involved in

quality system.

Training Process

Training is provided both In House and through Outside Agencies Which

could be for an individual or for group of persons as a collective training.

Training is conducted either through Planned Training Programme Emergent

Training Programme which is organized by the HRD Department

Planned Training-

The planned training programme is drawn on annual basis both for individual and

group of persons for collective training at the beginning of Calendar Year by

Manager HRD and HRD Executive of factory. The departmental Heads drawn out


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the training requirements on the training requisition slip and sent it to HID Dept.

Training of the senior personnel at Factory Is also catered for at Head Office on

receipt of requirement from HRD Executive.

The annual Training Prog. at Head office is approved by from Chairman cum

Managing Director.

Annual training Prog. is prepared on format and circulated to all heads of

department and is updated. If required in case of additional training needs.

Emergent Training

The Emergent training programme is a supplementary training programme both for

individual and collective persons which is imparted during the course of work to

take care for unforeseen or uncatered training requirements arisen due to

installation of new machine, system, procedure etc.

Identification of such training need is done by the concerned HOD at Head Office

and HOD/Supervisor at factory and accordingly forwards their request. The

procedure as in case of planned training is followed there after.

Conduct of Training

HRD Head at HO & HRD (Executive) at factory ensures that identified training in

their respective areas is conducted as scheduled.

In case of External training, liaison with the agency is done and dates, venue etc. is

fixed up and concerned person is intimated through Heads of Department.


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For In-House training, date/Venue is fixed up with identified faculty and

concerned individual is informed through Heads of Department. Besides, necessary

resource/infrastructure is also provided for effective training.

External Trainers for the Company are:

Father Son & Company

Skill & Thoughts

Logic Consultant

Topics covered under Training Programme

EFT Act & Scheme Provisions Rigid and Semi Rigid Packaging

Principles of Contract Labour Act

Self-motivational & Attitudinal Seminar

Organic farming

Training about operations in the company.

Processing of Rice (value addition In Rice)

Knowledge about rice trade

Operational and maintenance of dryer & Cleaning Plant

Silo storage Techniques

Scientific Instrumentation

Finished goods quality control

Trouble shooting

Job satisfaction

Job satisfaction is in regard to one's feeling or state of mind regarding the nature of

their work. It can be influenced by a variety of factors e.g.: quality of one's


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relationships with there supervisor, quality of physical environment in which they

work, degree of fulfillment in there work etc.

Locke gives a comprehensive definition of job satisfaction as involving cognitive,

effective and evaluative reactions or attitudes and states it is "a pleasurable or

positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job or job

experience." Job satisfaction is a result of employees' perception of how well their

job provides those things that are viewed as important.

There are three generally accepted dimensions to job satisfaction.

First, job satisfaction is an emotional response to a job situation, as such it cannot

be seen; it can only be inferred.

Second, job satisfaction is often determined by how well outcomes meet or exceed

expectations. For example if organizational participants feel that they are working

more harder than others in the department but are receiving fewer rewards, they

will probably have a negative attitude toward the work, the boss or the coworkers.

They will be dissatisfied. On the other hand, if they feel they are being treated very

well and are being paid equitably, they are likely to have a positive attitude toward

the job. They will be job - satisfied.

Third, job satisfaction represents several related attitudes.

Factors determining job satisfaction

Factors affecting jobs are the main factors of job satisfaction, which may be

challenging work, reward systems, working conditions, colleagues, learning and

personality. Skill variety autonomy and significance are challenging tasks, which


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provide maximum satisfaction to employees. Many people feel bored if a job is too

simple and routine, but many employees also enjoy simple and routine jobs.

The job characteristics are important factors for providing satisfaction. Reward

systems, equitable rewards, equal pay for equal work, promotion avenues, etc are

satisfaction factors. Money is important to employees having unfulfilled basic

needs, i.e. they require more award and recognition.

Fairness in promotion, unbiased attitude of management, responsibilities and social

status are the factors that are said to be providing satisfaction to employees.

Working conditions influence employee's level of satisfaction. Under conducive

working condition, people prefer to work hard while in an adverse atmosphere

people avoid work. Working condition not only include physicals of the work but

also the working relationships in the organization. The physical conditions, for

example, are the light, temperature, willingness, etc. A clerk working under routine

conditions likes to work hard in an air - conditioned atmosphere with computer

facilities. It increases the working capacity of the employee.

The relationships between the employees and the managers have an important

bearing on job satisfaction.

Job satisfaction is greater in case the higher authority is sympathetic, friendly and

willing to help the employees. Employees feel satisfied when their views are

listened to and regarded by their higher authorities

Personal attitude and perceptions are the employees' angles of satisfaction, which

should be taken into consideration while motivating people to arrive at job

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Feedback from the job itself and autonomy are two of the major job-related

motivational factors. A recent found that career development was most important

to both younger and older employees.

Supervision is another moderately important of job satisfaction. There seem to be

two dimensions of supervisory style that affect job satisfaction. One is employee -

centeredness, which is measured by the degree to which a supervisor takes a

personal interest and cares about the employee. It commonly is manifested in ways

such as checking to see how well the employee is doing, providing advice and

assistance to the individual, and communicating with the associate on a personal as

well as an official level . The other dimension is participation or influence, as

illustrated by managers who allow their people to participate in decisions that

affect their own jobs. In most case, this approach leads higher job satisfaction.

Friendly, cooperative coworkers or team members are a modest source of job

satisfaction to individual employees. The group, especially a "tight" team, serves as

a source of support, comfort, advice, and assistance to the individual member.

Outcomes of job satisfaction

To society as a whole as well as from an individual employee's standpoint, job

satisfaction in and of itself is a desirable outcome. It is important to know, if at all,

satisfaction relates to outcomes variable. For example, if job satisfaction is high,

will the employee perform better and the organization be more effective? I f job

satisfaction is low, will there be performance problems and ineffectiveness? The

following sections examine the most important of these.

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Most assume a positive relationship; the research to date indicates that there is no

strong linkage between satisfaction and performance. Conceptual, methodological,

and empirical analyses have questioned and argued against these results.

The best conclusion about satisfaction and performance is that there is, definitely a

relationship. The relationship may even be more complex than others in

organization behavior. For example, there seem to be many possible-moderating

variables, the most important of which is reward. If people receive reward they feel

are equitable, they will be satisfied, and is likely to result in greater performance

effort.

Satisfaction and turnover:

Unlike that between satisfaction and performance, research has uncovered a

moderately negatively relationship between satisfaction and turnover. High job

satisfaction will not, in and of itself, keep turnover low, but it does seem to help.

On the other hand, if there is considerable job dissatisfaction, there is likely to be

high turnover. Obviously, other variables enter into an Employees decision to quit

besides job satisfaction. For example, age tenure in the organization, and

commitments to the organization, may playa role. Some people cannot see them

selves working anywhere else, so they remain regardless of how dissatisfied they

feel.

Another factor is the general economy, typically there will be an increase in

turnover because will being looking for better opportunities with other

organization.

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Research has only demonstrated a weak negative relationship between satisfaction

and absenteeism. As with turnover, many variables enter into the decision to stay

home besides satisfaction with the job. For example, there are moderating variables

such as the degree to which people that there job are important. For example,

research among state govt. Employees has found those who believed that there was

important had lower absenteeism than did who did not feel this way. Additionally,

it is important to remember that although job satisfaction will not necessarily result

in absenteeism, low job satisfaction more likely to bring about absenteeism.

Significance of Study

Every organization desires that it will grow continuously and make and retain its

position in the competitive and continuously changing market environment. For

this purpose the employees of the organization must be skilled and talented. But all

the employees may not have the desired skills. Their skills can be improved with

the help of training programs. It is an important activity for the origination to

conduct appropriate and related programme for its employees, so that may be able

to understand the terms required for the completion of his job. This also helps the

employees of the organization to know about his job and organization very well.

This also helps in better communication and relation among the organization wants

to grow rapidly, then it is essential for it to conduct periodically training

programmes for its employees to improve the skills and knowledge.

So the top management must concentrate on the training programs and organizethem in such a way that maximum number of employees wants to attend these

programs. These must be related to training and development of employees and

their job satisfaction.


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PROJECT REPORT ON "CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT"

This Project Report entitled - Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Main

topic in this project report is Introduction of CRM, What is CRM, Customer

Relationship Management Techniques, Ways of CRM and all information about

CRM.

Customer Relationship Management Introduction :

The biggest management challenge in the new millennium of liberalization and

globalization for a business is to serve and maintain good relationship with the

king the customer. In the past producers took their customers for granted,

because at that time the customers were not demanding nor had alternative source

of supply or suppliers. But today there is a radical transformation. The changing

business environment is characterized by economic liberalization, increasing

competition, high consumer choice, demanding customer, more emphasis on

quality and value of purchase etc.

All these changes have made todays producer shift from traditional marketing to

modern marketing. Modern marketing calls for more than developing a product,

pricing it, promoting it and making it accessible to target customer. It demands

building trust, a binding force and value added relationship with the customers.

What is Customer Relationship Management CRM ? The process of developing a

cooperative and collaborative relationship between the buyer and seller is called


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customer relationship management shortly called CRM. According to Ashoka dutt

head of Citi Bank the idea of CRM is to know the individual customer intimately,

so that the company has a customized product ready for him even before he asks

for it.

Customer Relationship Management CRM Techniques :

The CRM is a new technique in marketing where the marketer tries to develop

long term relationship with the customers to develop them as life time customers.

CRM aims to make the customer climb up the ladder of loyalty.

The company first tries to determine who are likely prospects i.e. the people who

have a strong potential interest in the product and ability to pay for it. The

company hopes to convert many of its qualified prospect into first time customers

and then to convert those first time customers into repeat customers. Then the

company tries to convert these repeat customers into clients they are those people

who buy only from the company in the relevant product categories. The next

challenge for the company is to convert these client into advocates. Advocates are

those clients who praise the company and encourage others to buy from it.

The ultimate challenge is to convert these advocates into partners where the

customers and the clients work actively together to discover ways of getting

mutual benefit.

Thus in CRM the key performance figure is not just current market share but share

of life time value by converting customers into partners.


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In CRM the company tries to identify that small percentage (20%) of key account

holders whos contribution to the company revenues is high (80%). So from this

point of view, CRM is also known as KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT.

Why Customer Relationship Management

A satisfied customer in 10 years will bring 100 more customers to the

company.

It costs 7 time more to attract a new customer than to serve an old one.

20% of the companys loyal customers account for 80% of its revenues.

(Paretos principle). The chances of selling to an existing customer are 1 in 2, the chances of

selling to a new customer are 1 in 16.

Eight ways to keep customers for life

1. Every part of the companys marketing effort should be geared towards

building lifetime relationships.

2. People want to do business with friendly people. To have effective relations

a friendly attitude must permeate in the organization.

3. Information technology developments should be positively used to serve the

customers.

4. The company should always be flexible to bend its rules and procedures in

the clients favor.

5. The company should communicate with its customers even when it is not

trying to sell something.

6. The company can communicate and develop stronger customer bonding by

providing financial and social benefits.


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7. The company should try to know all its customers including their lifestyles,

hobbies, likes and dislikes etc.

8. The company should make it a point to deliver more than what is promised.

How to introduce CRM in the company

There are four key steps for putting one to one marketing program to work

Step 1 : Identify your customers

To launch a one to one initiative the company must be able to locate and contact a

fair number of customers or at least a substantial portion of its valuable customers.

It is crucial to know the customer details as much as possible, not just their names

or address, but their habits, preferences and so forth.

Step 2 : Differentiating your customers

Customers are different in two principal ways, they represent different levels of

value and have different needs. Once the company identifies its customersdifferentiating them will help the company to focus its efforts to gain the most

advantage with the most valuable customers.

Step 3 : Interacting with the customer

Interaction is also a crucial component of a successful CRM initiative. It is

important to remember that interaction just not occur through marketing and sales

channels, customer interact in many different ways with many different areas of

the organization so to foster relationship all the areas of the organization must be

accessible to the customer.


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Step 4 : Customize your enterprises behavior

Ultimately to lock a customer into a relationship a company must adapt some

aspect of its behavior to meet customers individually expressed needs this might

mean mass customizing a manufactured product or it might involve tailoring some

aspect of the service surrounding the product.

Research Project on Customer Relationship Management

Review of the Existing Literature

With the available literature we can summarize Customer Relationship

Management (CRM) in the words of various authors as follows-

According to Shani and Chalarani Customer Relationship Management can be

defined as an integrated effort to identify, maintain and build up a network with

the individual customers and to continuously strengthen the network for the mutual

benefit of both parties, through interactive, individualized and value added

contracts over a long period of time."

In the words of Lekha Customer Relationship Management (CRM) aims at

delivering better products and value to the customers through better understanding

of his needs.

Conceptualization

A firm in textile industry has to maintain good relations with its customers. They

have to retain the customers for a long time to avail the benefit of their relations.

The customer relationship management is one of the effective tool to identify,


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establish and maintain relationship with the customers. With the help of this

research we are going to identify the importance of CRM in textile industry.

Focus of the problem

The textile industry is basically manufacturing based industry. Through this study

we are going to identify the importance of CRM in the textile industry. How it is

benefited from CRM? Is their any relevance of implementing CRM? And what

role does information technology can play in CRM?

Objectives of Project Report on Customer Relationship Management

To study the current practices of Customer Relationship Management

(CRM).

To find out the impact of CRM on the profitability of the organization.

To study the factors affecting the CRM practices.

To study the role of information technology in CRM.

Research Methodology

A research design is simply a plan for study in collecting and analyzing the data. It

helps the researcher to conduct the study in an economical method and relevant to

the problem.

Research methodology is a systematic way to solve a research problem. The

methodology should combine economy with efficiency.

Research design

The study conducted here is exploratory cum descriptive.


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Collection of the data

There are two types of data.

Primary data Primary data is that data which is collected for the first time. These

data are basically observed and collected by the researcher for the first time. I have

used primary data for my project work.

Secondary data secondary data are those data which are primarily collected by

the other person for his own purpose and now we use these for our purpose

secondly.

Data collection

Data is collected through schedule.

Findings

The customers of COMPANY are the wholesalers throughout India.

COMPANY also export the fabric to countries like Egypt and U.A.E.

The needs of the customers are clearly defined and the products are

customized according to the needs of the customers.

Customers comments and complaints are welcomed and resolved quickly

and positively. Comments and complaints are taken through face to face

interviews.

The company conducts customer satisfaction surveys through research

agencies.

The company provides credit facility to its customers up to 90 days. If the

customers pay within 7 days they are given 4% cash discount.


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Sales persons of the company maintain frequent and informative

communication with the customers.

Business process is regularly reviewed to eliminate non value-adding

activities.

The average sale per customer has increased by 15% and customers

response to the marketing activities is also improving. Customer retention is

also improving.

The factors which have an impact on the CRM are organization culture,

support from top management, interpersonal skill of the sales personals and

working environment of the company.

Analysis

The customers of the COMPANY are the wholesalers. It is because the

number of retailers is very large as compared to the wholesalers. So it is not

possible for the company to approach to the retailers. Therefore the company

sells to the wholesalers and then wholesalers sell to the retailers.

Customers are encouraged to give suggestions and complaints so that the

company can improve its working and services. If the customers complaints

are not resolved the customers will be dissatisfied and the company may lose

its customers.

Different customers have different requirements. So the company customize

its product accordingly to satisfy the customers. It also gives more choice to

the customers.

To get the information about the customers and to measure the satisfaction

the company conducts surveys. Because of the expertise needed in the

research the company give this work to research agencies like AC NILSON.


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The company gives credit facility to its customers to increase the sales

volume. If the company do not sell on credit the customers may switch over

to other companies.

The company maintains frequent communication with the customers. As

soon as the product is ready or a new product is launched the information is

provided to the customers. Communication is also necessary to maintain the

interest of the customers in the company.

The company gives concession to its regular customers so as to retain its

most valuable and profitable customers.

The company regularly reviews the business process in order to eliminate

non value-adding activities, to reduce the cost and to make the whole work

efficient and effective. If the internal customers are not satisfied and there is

lack of coordination among the departments then it will affect the external

customers also.

Conclusion

From this study it can be concluded that the customer relationship management in

Company is satisfactory. The company is using various CRM practices like

customization of the product, maintaining interaction with the customers regularly

and providing good quality product etc. Customer relationship management has a

certain impact on the profitability of the company. Average sale per customer has

increased 15% over the last two years. Customer response rate towards marketing

activities is also improving. There are various factors affecting the customer

relationship management like working environment of the company, support from

projects on hrm

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