Understanding quality of work life

Type :

Research papers

Pages :

38 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/21/2009

Category :

Business & market

Sub category :

Human resources

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Summary :

Introduction
1. Quality of Work Life
2. Objectives of study
3. Methodology
4. Data collection methods
Review of literature
1. Quality of Work Life
2. Human resouce development
3. Impact of QWL on productivity
4. Barriers for Quality of Work Life
5. Approaches to improve QWL
6. Hours of work and QWL
7. Alternative work arrangements
Texas Instrument Malaysia (TIM)
The role of the supervisor in QWL
Key supervisory role
1. Consideration
2. Facilitation
Data analysis and interpretation
Findings and suggestions
Limitation of the study
Conclusions
Annexure
Bibliography

Abstract

Human resource management is concerned with human beings, who are the energetic elements of management. The success of any organization or an enterprise will depend upon the ability, strength and motivation of the persons working in it. The Human Resource Management refers to the systematic approach to the problems in any organization. It is concerned with recruitment, selection, training and development of personnel. Human resource is the most important asset of an organization .Planning for human resource is an important managerial function. It ensures sufficient supply, proper quantity and quality as well as effective utilization of human resources .In order to meet human resources needs, an organization will have to plan in advance about the requirements and the sources, etc.

Employees at the grass- root level experience a sense of frustration because of low level of wages , poor working conditions, unfavorable terms of employment , in human treatment by their superiors and the like managerial personnel feel frustrated because of alienation over their conditions of employment , interpersonal conflicts, role conflicts, job pressure , lack of freedom in work, absence of challenging work etc .

Organizations in the past, gave more importance on advance technology for higher productivity surpassing the needs and mental state of its employees. This created a negative impact on the working environment among the employees. quality of work life denotes all the organizational inputs , which aims at the employees satisfaction and enhancing organizational effectiveness . In the late 1950s the term quality of work life was used to stress the prevailing poor quality of life at work place and it was first defined and then in terms of people's reaction to work , particularly an individual's job satisfaction and mental health. It also refers to favorableness of the job environment for people.