QUALITY OF WORK LIFE BALANCE

KSRM COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES:: KADAPA

A STUDY ON “QUALITY OF WORK LIFE” DONE AT
‘KESORAM CEMENTS LIMITED’- HYDERABAD
 
Project done by Under the guidance of
 
B. PRASHANTHI, Mrs.P.MADHUMALA M.B.A.
18HK1E0019, ASSISTANTPROFESSOR,

MBA – IV SEM., KSRMCMS, KADAPA

KSRMCMS, KADAPA.
INTRODUCTION
 
The term QWL was introduced in the late 1960s as a way of
focusing on the effects of employment on health and general
well-being and ways to enhance the quality of a person’s on
the job experience. QWL is much broader and more diverse
than organizational development, in ensuring adequate and
fair compensation, safe and healthy working conditions,
opportunities for personal growth and development,
satisfaction of social needs at work, protection of employee
rights, compatibility between work and non-work
responsibilities and the social relevance of work-life.
INDUSTRY PROFILE
Cement is binder, a substance that sets and hardens and can bind
other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans,
who used the term opuscaementicium to describe masonry resembling
modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt lime as
binder. The volcanicash and pulverized brick supplements that were
added to the burnt lime, to obtain a hydraulic binder, were later
referred to as cemented, cementer, cement, and cement.
Cements used in construction can be characterized as being either
hydraulic or non-hydraulic, depending upon the ability of the cement
to be used in the presence of water (seehydraulic and non-hydraulic
lime plaster)
COMPANY PROFILE
One among the industrial gains in the country today serving the
nation on the industrial front Kesoram industries limited has a
tenured and extent full history dating hock to the twenties when
the industrial house of Birla’s enquired it. Kesoram cement is one of
the prestigious units in the renowned Kesoram industries group that
is one of India’s leaden industrial conglomerates, under the
leadership of Mr. B.K. Birla, the famous personality of Indian
Industry, who owes branches all over India.
 
NEED OF THE STUDY
Human resources are most important for any organization. It is important to
know the quality of work life of the employees in KESORAM cement limited.
Improved quality of work life leads to improved performance. Quality of work life
affects job involvement, job satisfaction and job performance. There is a need to
study quality of work life in the organization.
 
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
 
To find out the factors that influences the quality of work life in KESORAM
cement ltd.,
To know the measures to improve quality of work life in KESORAM cement.
 
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study is based on the major factors that affect the quality of work life viz.,
pay, employee benefits job security, working conditions, superior and sub-
ordinate relationship, and social benefits in KESORAM ltd.
The study expresses the opinion of workers on their satisfaction, motivational
factors and compensation plans in the organization
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research methodology is the specific procedures or techniques used to identify,
select, process, and analyze information about a topic.
There are two types of data Primary Data and Secondary Data →
1. Primary Data → Raw data or primary data is a term for data collected at source. This type
of information is obtained directly from first hand sources by means of surveys, observations
and experimentation and not subjected to any processing or manipulation and also called
primary data.
2. Secondary Data → It refers to the data collected by someone other than the user i.e. the
data is already available and analyzed by someone else. Common sources of secondary data
include various published or unpublished data, books, magazines, newspaper, trade journals
etc.,
Research Design : Descriptive in nature
Data Source : Primary & secondary data
Primary data : primary data collected through structure questionnaire
Research instrument : Structure Questionnaire
Population size : Employees of KESORAM cement
Sample Size : 100 Employees from company
Sampling procedure : Random sampling
Statistical tool : Simple percentage method
Sampling unit : HYDERABAD
• FINDINGS
• Most of the respondents are satisfied towards safety measures.
• Most of the respondents are satisfied towards wage policies.
• Majority of the respondents are agreed towards increases the wage rates.
• Most of the respondents are agreed towards freedom to use your skills in
your area of job.
• Most of the respondents are agreed towards recognition for good results
achieved.
• Most of the respondents are not satisfied towards promotional policy in
the company.
• Majority of the respondents are agreed towards pay salary by considering
responsibilities.
• Most of the respondents are satisfied towards work timings of the
organization.
• Most of the respondents are satisfied towards motivation by supervisors.
• Majority of the respondents are satisfied towards relation with superior.
SUGGESTIONS
• The company should try to implement promotional activity,
in all the levels.
• Job security is the important factor for the development of
the organization in view of the employees. So, the company
should give the job security to the employees.
• The company should provide freedom to the employees in
order to provide their comments and suggestions very
freely to the management.
• Giving rewards to the employees by linking it with job
performance makes the company easy to improve the
performance level of the employees in a positive way.
• The company should take care of the career development
of each and every employee. So that the employees feel
much positive about the growth in career development in
the present company.
CONCLUSION
Quality of work life is a term that includes many things relating
to the work situation. There should be balance between stated
objectives and resources provided by the company. This study tells
that “QUALITY OF WORK LIFE” for employees is good in KESORAM
CEMENT LTD., and the employees are not satisfied with promotional
policy, job security; feel free to offer comments and suggestions,
rewards to job performance and career development. So, the
management needs to concentrate on those areas.