“A STUDY ON WORK LIFE BALANCEOF EMPLOYEES AT

HANNA POLYMERS PVT LTD, THODUPUZHA’’

Project Report
Submitted To

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Submitted By
IRSANA IQBAL
(Reg. No: 160021107577)
Under the guidance of
Ms. RESHMA MARIAM MOHAN

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

ST PAUL’S COLLEGE KALAMASSERY

(2016-2019)
 ST. PAUL’S COLLEGE

(Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University)

Kalamassery-683503, Kerala, India

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Ms. IRSANA IQBAL (Reg. No.160021107577) has done project
work entitled “A STUDY ON WORK LIFE BALANCE OF EMPLOYEES IN
HANNA POLYMERS PVT LTD., THODUPUZHA” under the guidance of Ms.
Reshma Mariam Mohan, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, St.
Paul’s College, Kalamassery towards the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
award of degree of the Bachelor of Business Administration in Mahatma Gandhi
University and this is the Bonafide record of the project work delivered by her during
2018-2019.

Dr. JOSEPH JOB Ms. RESHMA MARIAM MOHAN

Head of the Department Faculty Guide
Department of Management Studies Department of Management Studies
St Paul’s College St Paul’s College
Kalamassery Kalamassery

External Examiner:
 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the project report entitled “A STUDY ON WORK LIFE
BALANCE OF EMPLOYEES IN HANNA POLYMERS PVT. LTD.,
THODUPUZHA,” submitted by me under the guidance of Ms. Reshma Mariam
Mohan in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of bachelor of business
administration of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, during the year 2016-
2019 is a record of original project work done by me. Empirical findings in the report are
based on the data collected by me.

Place:
IRSANA IQBAL
Date:
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The research study is made possible with the sincere cooperation assistance and
constructive suggestion of many of whom that like to express my gratitude and thanks.

I wish to acknowledge my gratitude and sincere appreciation to my Principal, Prof.

Mary Jeltruth, my HOD Dr. Joseph Job and my project guide Ms. Reshma Mariam
Mohan, Lecturer of Department of Management Studies, St. Paul’s College Kalamassery
and other faculty members of Department of Management Studies for all valuable
suggestions and recommendations.

In a special way I owe a great deal of thanks to Hanna Polymers Pvt Ltd and the
Managing Director, Mr. Sojan Jacob Sir for granting me the permission to do the project.

I am especially thankful to the employees of Hanna Polymers Pvt Ltd. I am deeply

indebted to my respondents without whose cooperation this work would have been
impossible.

Finally, my sincere thanks to my parents and friends for their motivation which help
to complete this study.

IRSANA IQBAL
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
NO CONTENTS NO.

1 INTRODUCTION 1–4

2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 5 – 12

3 INDUSTRY AND COMPANY PROFILE 13 – 34

4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATON 35 – 54

5 FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS, CONCLUTION 55 – 57

6 BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANNEXURE
 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE PAGE
TITLE
NO NO.
4.1 Period of time the employees has been working the company 35

4.2 Usual working hours. 36

4.3 Time taken for travelling 37

4.4 Employees feeling about the amount of time spend at work place 38

4.5 Employees Marital Status 39

4.6 The time, employees get to spend with his/her family 40

Attitude of the management towards workers in the opinion of

4.7 41
the employees

4.8 Opinion of the employees about the working conditions 42

4.9 Opinion of the employees about the welfare measures. 43

4.10 Opinion of the employees about the promotion policy 44

4.11 Economic satisfaction of the employees 45

Satisfaction of the employees on the grievance handling &

4.12 46
redressal procedure

Satisfaction of employees with the extend of participation in

4.13 47
decision making.

4.14 Work stress the employees are experienced 48

4.15 Whether the employees are experiencing work stress 49

4.16 Whether work/family policies help to maintain work life balance 50

 Whether work life balance policy in the organization should be
4.17 51
customized to individual needs

4.18 Whether the employees experience any kind of work pressure 52

Employees opinion about different way to help them balance

4.19 53
their work life

4.20 Whether employees feel they are able to balance their work life 54
 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURES PAGE
TITLE
NO NO.
3.1 Showing the organisational chart 25

3.2 Showing the administrative structure of purchase department 26

3.3 Showing the structure of production department 27

3.4 Showing the structure of marketing department 28

Showing the structure of finance account and account

3.5 29
department

Showing the structure of administrative and personnel

3.6 31
department

3.7 Flowchart showing the production of department 34

4.1 Period of time the employees has been working the company 35

4.2 Usual working hours. 36

4.3 Time taken for travelling 37

Employees feeling about the amount of time spend at work

4.4 38
place

4.5 Employees Marital Status 39

4.6 The time, employees get to spend with his/her family 40

Attitude of the management towards workers in the opinion of

4.7 41
the employees

4.8 Opinion of the employees about the working conditions 42

4.9 Opinion of the employees about the welfare measures. 43

4.10 Opinion of the employees about the promotion policy 44

4.11 Economic satisfaction of the employees 45

Satisfaction of the employees on the grievance handling &

4.12 46
redressal procedure

Satisfaction of employees with the extend of participation in

4.13 47
decision making.

4.14 Work stress the employees are experienced 48

4.15 Whether the employees are experiencing work stress 49

Whether work/family policies help to maintain work life

4.16 50
balance

Whether work life balance policy in the organization should

4.17 51
be customized to individual needs

4.18 Whether the employees experience any kind of work pressure 52

Employees opinion about different way to help them balance

4.19 53
their work life

Whether employees feel they are able to balance their work

4.20 54
life
 CHAPTER-1

INTRODUCTION
 CHAPTER -2

LITERATURE REVIEW
 CHAPTER-3

INDUSTRY PROFILE
AND
COMPANY PROFILE
 CHAPTER-4

DATA ANALYSIS
AND
INTERPRETATION
 CHAPTER-5

FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS
AND
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 St Paul’s College

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

• Dr M.M. Varma, 1986 Personal Management and Industrial Relations, King Book,
New Delhi.
• Dr C.B Gupta, 1992 Human Resources Management, Sultan Chand and Sons,
Educational Publication, New Delhi.

WEBSITES

• www.slideshare.in/worklifebalance
• Work life balance/Wikipedia
• www.quicklerala.com/hannapolymers
APPENDEX
 QUESTIONNAIRE
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:

1. How long the employees have been working with the company?

 1 Year
 2-5 years
 5-10 years
 More than 10 years

2. How many hours in a day do the employees normally work?

 7-8hours
 8-9 hour
 10-12 hours
 More than 12 hours

3. How many hours a day employee spend travelling?

 5-30 Mins
 30-60 mins
 60-120 mins
 More than 120 mins

4. How employees feel about the amount of time they spend at work?

 Very happy
 Happy
 Indifferent
 Very unhappy
 Unhappy

5. Whether the employees are married?

 Yes
 No

6. How many hours do the employees get to spend with his/her family?

 2-3 hours
 4-5 hours
 <5 hours or>

7. What is the attitude of management towards the workers in the opinion?

Of the employees?

 Friendly
 Strict
 Automatic
 Participate
 Laissez faire

8. What is the opinion of the employees about the working condition?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

9. What is the opinion of the employee’s welfare measures?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

10. What is the opinion of the employees about the promotion policy?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

11. How can we rate the economic satisfaction of employees?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

12. How can we rate the satisfaction of the employees on the grievance handling and
redressal procedure?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

13. The satisfaction of the employees with the extend of participation in decision
making?

 Highly satisfied
 Satisfied
 Neutral
 Dissatisfied
 No comment

14. Whether the employees are experiencing work stress?

 Never
 Rarely
 Often
 Always

15. Whether the employees experience work stress at home?

 Very high
 High Moderate
 Low
 Very low

16. Whether work /family policies help to maintain work-life balance in the opinion of
the employee?

 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
 No comment

17. Whether work life balance policy in the organization should be customized to
individual need?

 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Indifferent
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree

18. Whether employees experience any kind of work pressure?

 Never
 Rarely
 Sometimes
 Often
 Always

19. The Employees opinion about different ways to help the balance their work life?

 Flexible duty schedules

 Flexible finishing times
 Holiday/paid time offs
 Time off for family

20. Whether employees feel they are able to balance their work life?

 Yes
 No