WORK LIFE BALANCE

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

SUBMITTED BY: PULKIT GOYAL SUBMITTED TO: Dr. ISHA BHAGRA

(BBA LLB HONS.)
  WHAT IS WORK LIFE BALANCE?
 WHAT IS NOT WORK LIFE BALANCE?
 IMPORTANCE OF WORK LIFE BALANCE
 PERSONAL LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE
 HOW WORK LIFE BALANCE CAN BE IMPROVED?
 BENEFITS OF WORK LIFE BALANCE
 POSITIVE, NEGATIVE AND NEUTRAL WORK LIFE BALANCE
 GREENHOUSE COLLINS AND SHOW’S RESEARCH
CONTENTS  HEYMEN’S RESEARCH
 QUESTIONNAIRE ON WORK LIFE BALANCE
 GREENHOUSE AND BEUTAL
 TWO WAY RELATION BETWEEN STRESS AND WORK LIFE BALANCE
 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN ORGANISATIONS
 REASONS FOR INCREASED STRESS
 CONCLUSION
  Work life balance is a method which helps employees of an
organization to balance their personal and professional lives.
WHAT IS WORK  Work life balance encourages employees to divide their time
on the basis on priorities and maintain a balance by devoting
LIFE BALANCE? time to family, health, vacations etc along with making a
career, business travel etc.
 It is an important concept in the world of business as it helps
to motivate the employees and increases their loyalty towards
the company.
WHAT IS NOT  Work-Life Balance does not mean an equal balance.
 There is no perfect, one-size fits all, balance you should be striving
WORK LIFE for
BALANCE?
  Work life balance concept allows an employee to maintain a fine
balance in the time he or she gives to work as well as to personal
matters.

IMPORTANCE  By having a good balance, people can have a quality of work life.
 This helps to increase productivity at workplace as the employee is
OF WORK LIFE relaxed about his personal commitments.
BALANCE?  It also allows the employee to give quality time with family to
spend vacations, leisure time, work on his/her health etc
 Hence work life balance is extremely important for employees
and increases their motivation to work for the company.
PERSONAL
LIFE AND
PROFESSIONA
L LIFE
HOW ONE CAN ENSURE CLEAR
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE
TWO?
HOW WORK  BY CREATING WORK LESIURE PLAN
LIFE  BY LEAVING OUT ACTIVITIES THAT WASTE TIME & ENERGY.
BALANCE  BY OUTSOURCING WORK

CAN BE  BY SETTING ENOUGH TIME FOR RELAXATION

 BY PRE PLANNING THE SCHEDULE
IMPROVED?
  Work life balance increases the motivation of employees and helps
them perform better at job
 It helps people to relieve their stress as they can spend leisure time
with their near and dear ones
 Companies can maximize productivity from an employee who is
BENEFITS OF rejuvenated and refreshed as compared to a over worked
WORK LIFE employee
 Healthy lifestyles can be maintained by having a work life balance.
BALANCE This includes a good diet, regular exercises etc
 Employees who are highly motivated can help the business grow
as they are more attached to their job and careers
Hence, this concludes the definition of Work Life Balance along
with its overview.
  POSITIVE WORK LIFE BALANCE
1. WORK LIFE ENHANCEMENT

POSITIVE, 2.WORK LIFE ENRICHMENT

 NEGATIVE WORK LIFE BALANCE
NEGATIVE
1.WORK LIFE INTERFERENCE
AND 2.WORK LIFE CONFLICT
NEUTRAL 3.WORK LIFE SPILLOVERS
WORK LIFE  NEUTRAL WORK LIFE BALANCE
BALANCE 1.WORK LIFE INTERPHASE
2.WORK LIFE INTEGRATION
3.WORK LIFE INTERACTION
GREENHAUS
COLLINS AND
 HE GAVE THREE DIMENSIONS TO WORK LIFE BALANCE
SHOW’S 1.TIME BALANCE
RESEARCH 2.INVOLVEMENT BALANCE
ON WORK 3.SATISFACTION BALANCE
LIFE
BALANCE
  HE GAVE THREE MEASURES FOR WORK LIFE BALANCE
HAYMAN’S
1.WORK INTERFERENCE WITH PERSONAL LIFE
RESEARCH 2.PERSONAL INTERFERENCE WITH WORK LIFE
ON WORK 3.WORK PERSONAL LIFE ENHANCEMENT
LIFE
BALANCE HE ALSO GAVE 15 ITEM QUESTIONAIRE
  How many days in a week do you normally work?
a) Less than 5 days
b) 5 days
c) 6 days
d) 7 days

QUESTIONNA  How many hours in a day do you normally work?

a) 7-8 hours
IRE ON WORK b) 8-9 hours

LIFE c) 9-10 hours

d) 10-12 hours
BALANCE e) More than 12 hours
 How many hours a day do you spend traveling to work?
a)Less than half an hour
b) Nearly one hour
c) Nearly two hours
d) More than two hours
  Do you work in shifts?
a) General shift/day shift
b) Night shift
c)Alternative
 Being an employed man/woman who is helping you to take care of your children?

QUESTIONNA a) Spouse
b) In-laws

IRE ON WORK c) Parents

d) Servants
LIFE e) Crèche/day care centers
 How often do you think or worry about work (when you are not actually at work or traveling to work)?
BALANCE a) Never think about work b) Rarely
c) Sometimes d) Often
e) Always
  TALKED ABOUT CONFLICTS
 WORK LIFE CONFLICT
GREENHOUS 1.TIME BASED CONFLICT
E AND 2.STRAIN BASED CONFLICT
BEUTAL 3.BEHAVIOUR BASED CONFLICT
TWO WAY
RELATION OF  WORK LIFE BALANCE STRESS

STRESS &
 STRESS WORK LIFE BALANCE
WORK LIFE
BALANCE
  BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT(BENIFITTED BY
CONTEMPOR THE MEANS OF WORK FROM HOME AND 24 hr SERVICE AND
ALSO INTRUDED IN PERSONAL LIFE)
ARY TRENDS  CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHICS(PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURE
IN WORK TOGETHER)
 LIFE-WORK BALANCE(PEOPLE PRIORITIZE LIFE OVER WORK)
ORGANISATI
ONS
  WORK ALCHOHOLISM – INCREASED COMPETITION, SURVIVAL,
REASONS MNC’s, GLOBALISATION
 WORK RELATED & NON WORK RELATED STRESSES
BEHIND
 EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS, HOW TO COP UP
INCREASING WITH ORGANISATION, WITH WHICH ORGANISATION THEY
WANT TO WORK
STRESS
  THE APPROACHES USED BY THE COMPANY TO ENSURE WORK
LIFE BALANCE ARE:
 The Starbucks College Achievement Plan gives employees who
work more than 20 hours a week the opportunity to complete a
Work life bachelor’s degree with full tuition coverage for every year of
college through Arizona State University.
balance in
 Provide flex hours excluding seasonal hours
context  Less rigid lunch schedules
of Starbucks  CONS: Not good work life balance and hours always change fast
paced. Women Employees not much happy with the fast paced
schedule hours.
  Work/life balance initiatives have the potential to significantly reduce absenteeism,
improve employee morale and retain organisational knowledge and staff,
particularly during testing economic times.
 In today's global marketplace, as companies aim to reduce costs, it falls to the
human resource professional to understand the critical issues of work/life balance
and champion work/life programs. However developing a work life balance policies
is not enough. These need to be practiced and supported especially by the top level
managers.
 Employee expectations are very high in regards to flexible work conditions at
today's society. So it is imperative for businesses to have highly functional work life
balance options to stay competitive and attract the highest skilled staff. Hence
many organisations view work/life balance as a human recourse directive with
CONCLUSION strategic importance.
 Organisational culture plays a key role when it comes to work life balance
provisions. So an organisation with co-worker and managerial support will excel
with carefully created flexible work options. It is apparent that the HR policies in
terms of work-life balance mostly concentrate on individuals who have families
with small children. Due to the diversity of the concept of family now, work/life
balance improvement policies should address every aspect of family such as single
parents, shared parents, elderly care and singles.
 Finally, we need to adapt a "give and take" philosophy. This means that both
employer and employee need to be willing to bend a little. Small compromise will
go a long way in achieving perfect harmony between personal and work lives.