SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (MBA IVth Semester) Employee Engagement and employee delight This Research Project

is submitted for the partial fulfillment of MBA at School of Management.

Project Guid:Mr.Vinod negi Submitted By: Name :Reema Thakur ID No.: 2011PGMB063

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BAHRA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT PROJECT REPORT PERFORMA

Cover Page. Certificate by College. Certificate by student. Acknowledgement. Contents. About the topic / Concept. About the Company / Area. Research Methodology & Objectives. Data Analysis & Interpretation Findings & Recommendations. References Appendices (If any)

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that this project report titled Employee Engagement And Delight is the bonafide work of REEMA THAKUR who carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

SINGNATURE FACULTY IN CHARGE

A PROJECT REPORT ON
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND DELIGHT A PROJECT REPORT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Miss Tara hetta SUBMITTED BY REEMA THAKUR ROLL NO.-063 In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree Of MBA IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take the opportunity to express our gratitude to all the concemed people who have directly or indirectly contributed towards completion of this project. I extend my sincere gratitude towards Mahindra holidays resort india limited, located in mashobra, for providing the opportunity and resources to work on this project. I am extremely grateful to Miss Tara hetta(working in HR department) my mentor in MHRIL for her guidance and invaluable advice during the project, whose insight encouraged me to go beyond the scope of the project and this broadened me learning on this project. I also want to show my gratitude to my faculty Incharge: Dr.Vinod Negi whose insight helped me to complete this project.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction 1.2 Statement Of The Problem 1.3 Objectives

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CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY
2.1Questionnaire Design 2.2 Type Of Research 2.3 Information Needs 2.4 Data Collection From Secondary Sources 2.5 Data Collection From Primary Sources 2.6 Questionnaire Pretesting 2.7 Sampling Techniques

CHAPTER 3EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENTANDEMPLOYEE DELIGHT

3.1 Definition 3.2 The Concept

CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 Analysis And Results 4.1(A) Results Of Questionnaire One 4.1(B) Results Of The Employee Delight Questionnaire 4.2 Recomendations And Conclusion 4.2 (A) Questionnaire One. 4.2(B) Questionnaire Two
REFERENCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The project is regarding one of the most flaring topics in HR today Employee Engagement that leads to Employee Delight. Retaining quality employees is a tough task for many HR professionals in todays aggressive job scenario .With the job market opening up slowly, the challenge now is to retain the best by offering incentives that ensure employee engagement and delight. In addition a significant part of the project deals with the novel concept of Employee Gratification that has been measured using the Servqual Scale. the project focuses on the concept of employee engagement in parallel with customer delight and drawing a relationship between them. The company (MHRIL) is used as a model, for this study. The research helped the company realize its strengths on which it can capitalize and also identified areas of improvement.

The project basically helped the company realize how effective its employee engagement activities are and suggested a few changes and recommendations. The project not only does help the company but also the industry as a whole, giving suggestions and recommendations for the same. All this was studied keeping in mind the basic theme of the project employee engagement and employee delight. The first questionnaire on Employee Engagement helped the company identify the loopholes in the system as a whole .The major findings were as follows a) Awareness level of the employees regarding the company needed an update and improvement. b) Trainings need to be practically delivered

c) Effective Communication techniques to be implemented d) Employee Engagement activities need to be conducted with more vigor and enthusiasm. The second questionnaire was developed on Employee delight which used the Servqual Scale The result thus was an overall average of 0.3148 thus this the overall gap score that needs to be covered before the company can achieve employee delight over the five main dimensions of Reliability, Responsiveness, Empathy, Assurance and Tangibles .The various factors on which the company needs to improve were identified as a) The open door policy should be an effective one. b) The promises thus made by the company should be fulfilled , credibility issue. c) Employee issues and motivational level of employees need be dealt at priority basis. The major conclusion thus drawn after the study was that there are certain areas where minuscule changes can bring about considerable results such as having a proper induction program, refining training programs and improving cafeteria food etc. Then there are areas where larger changes are required such as salaries and working hours etc. These gaps cannot be fulfilled by simply bridging a few gaps as these need a bottom up approach of solving the problem at the management level , these problems need a strategic solution .

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

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1.1 INTRODUCTION
Attributed to the highly dynamic global environment, India is being preferred for a lot of industries like IT, BPO and many others and hence the Indian market is expanding knowing no bounds, the service sector taking the lead. Contributing 55 % to the Indian GDP the service sector is one of the largest industries spreading its roots worldwide. Services are activities or benefits that one party can offer another that are essentially intangible and do not result in the ownership of anything. They say today all industries are into services only the magnitude in which they do so vary. The job opportunities are ever increasing and so is the need of retaining employees in these organizations.
THE COMPANY:

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India limited, Indias leading leisure hospitality provider. Part of the Rs.24000 crore/US 6.7 billion dollar conglomerate Mahindra Group, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India limited has proven expertise in providing world class facilities, holiday experiences in providing and hospitality services for over 12 years. With a multi brand portfolio that includes Indias No .1Holiday brand, Club Mahindra, Zest Breaks and Mahindra Homestays, Mahindra Holidays has a network of luxurious resorts and unique home stays across picturesque destination all over India. Over the years leveraging its expertise in holidays and hospitality, Mahindra Holidays has been successfully delighting guests who range from the best

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corporate houses, families and groups with a diverse portfolio of unique getaways that include family holidays ,wellness retreats, short breaks, honeymoon packages and conferences. The Companys annual turnover about 250 crores and it employees about 2000 people across 18 resorts around the country this number is excluding the corporate headquarters and other sales offices. The budgeted staff of the company is about 122 employees, which includes both the day and the night shifts. Out of 122 about 15 are newcomers hence they have not been considered for the survey no one less than 20 days of joining has been considered and the same number are on night shifts hence they could not be evaluated .Out of the remaining about 45 were evaluated for the purpose of the project.
THE PROJECT

They say that India would need 150000 hotel rooms over the next three years in keeping with the recovery of this industry after the great recession. These needs would further get transformed into opportunities for those wanting to pursue a career in this segment. This is where human resource management comes into picture the more the opportunities for employees it is more difficult for companies to retain the already existing ones. Also with the growing pace of the industry the attrition rate is growing at a pace of 40 % per year which is expected to increase with the advent of the commonwealth games in the nation. An employee is not alone driven by money but his level of commitment to the organization can be attributed to a lot of other factors that prevail in an organization These factor are responsible for the kind of believe , behavior,

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thinking and inclination that an employee has towards the organization that he works for. Not only does it affect his thinking but also transfers this thinking into the minds of the customers he meets. Researches show organization with engaged employees have customers who use their products and services more. Hence, his engagement to the organization becomes an imperative. One of the repercussions of the unengaged workforce can be high rates of attrition Employee Engagement is not only important because its absence will incur costs to the organization but also many employees make an everlasting relationship with the customers hence if the employee leaves, the customer also leaves and they say making new customers is extremely difficult in comparison to retaining the old ones. This is a research based project on employee engagement .It draws its parallel with the concept of customer delight. Customer delight is a concept which says giving a wow factor to your customers so that the product adoption model AIETA (Awareness, Interest, Evaluation, Trial, Adoption) straight away moves into Customer loyalty . Achieving Customer loyalty is a very difficult task in todays dynamic environment. The objective of the project is to study the concept of employee engagement on similar lines. Wherein the study will focus on the effectiveness of employee engagement activities and looking at measures which can improve their effectiveness .The project will try an establish a link between a few important facets of human resource .This is will include, not only companies should focus on giving a wow factor to their customers but they should employ the same concept for the employees as well. Keeping

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the employees engaged and inculcating in them the so called organization citizenship behavior is of utmost importance because this is something that will ultimately lead to a chain reaction. Wherein a completely engrossed and pleased employee in his work, would pass on the same satisfaction and exuberance to the customers which will in turn earn profits for the organization on the whole. Hence the value of this concept is worth paying attention to. The company serves the purpose of a model on which we base our study. The project discusses the pros and cons of employee engagement as well as its relationship with other employee retention policies that are important to any organization as such

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

To study the effectiveness of the major employee engaging activities prevalent in the organization .In addition to employee engagement to the study the gaps that the company needs to bridge before it reaches the stage of complete employee gratification.

1.3 OBJECTIVES
The Problem had basically three objectives to fulfill 1. To study the employee engagement practices which leads to employee delight which will be contrasted with customer delight, with respect to the hospitality industry. 2. Identify Strengths and areas of improvement in the organisation related to this particular aspect of employee engagement.

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3. Also how employee engagement can help reduce attrition rates in various industries concentrating mainly on the service sector.

CHAPTER 2

METHODOLOGY

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2.1 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

I. QUESTIONNAIRE ONE :

This questionnaire dealt with employee engagement and its various facet .This was constructed keeping the organization policies and procedures in mind. This questionnaire was divided into the following sections, which were based on the different aspects of the organization that lead to employee engagement. These were as follows:

a. Awareness about the company b. Trainings and its effectiveness c. Effectiveness activities d. Effective communication in the organization e. Organizations policies f. Work Cultures g. Future prospect etc. of Employee Engagement

Under this category also two separate questionnaires were designed 1) QUESTIONNAIRE for the off roll employees

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2) QUESTIONNAIRE for the on rolls and the HODs of each of the departments. Although most of the questions in both the questionnaires were used to measure the same factors but were put up in a different manner, in order to ensure the uniformity of the answers given by employees and their heads. A combined analysis was done of each questions ,according to the answers of both the categories , a comprehensive result has been prepared for all the questions. II. QUESTIONNAIRE TWO This was a common questionnaire designed for all the employees based on the servqual scale. About a 35 people were considered for this questionnaire. The comprehensive result score wise has been discussed in the results and analysis section.

2.2 TYPE OF RESEARCH

The study involves both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The Qualitative technique was applied to extract as much primary data as possible and Quantitative technique was applied to statistically prove the validity of the information thus retrieved.

2.3 INFORMATION NEEDS

The first and the foremost information needed for the project , was to know the awareness levels of the employees regarding the company. This was done in order to understand every aspect of the employee and his relationship with the company which is an imperative for a topic like employee engagement and delight.

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2.4 DATA COLLECTION FROM SECONDARY SOURCES

The data thus collected from the secondary sources shaped the foundation for creating the questionnaire as well studying the topic in detail and understanding the trends in the industry. The data collected was as follows a) Various websites regarding the topic were surfed and the useful material was gathered. b) Books on the topic were consulted for the understanding of the topic c) Research papers were consulted to know the extent of the research conducted in this arena d) Various surveys were consulted to understand the topic in details. e) Official surveys were taken as reference for study purpose.

2.5 DATA COLLECTION FROM PRIMARY SOURCES

The primary data was necessary to understand the scenario of the organization and to know about the effectiveness of the policies and procedures .Also to measure the core of the project, i.e., employee delight it was imperative to gather the primary data so as to measure the success of the scale and understand that it can be employed in other organizations as well. a) Data was collected with the help of the questionnaire using the interview and the form filling method. b) Expert guidance was sought from the officials of the company. Their views and valuable inputs were sought for the purpose of the research.

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2.6 QUESTIONNAIRE PRETESTING

The pretesting was done on five employees at first and then after a few changes and new ideas, a few more questions were sampled in and ultimately 45 employees were taken as a sample size.

2.7 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

The sampling Technique thus applied was that of simple random sampling that allows each possible sample to have an equal probability of being picked and each item in the entire population to have an equal chance of being included in the sample. This technique although was applied for both the questionnaire, the questionnaire on employee delight mainly concentrated on employees who could actually gather the meaning of each of the statements given therein.

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CHAPTER 3

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE DELIGHT

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3.1 DEFINITION
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT On searching upon Google we get 1, 64,000 hits on employee engagement and the master Wikipedia defines it as Employee engagement as quoted by Wikipedia: Employee engagement, also called work engagement or worker engagement, is a business management concept. An "engaged employee" is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about, his or her work, and thus will act in a way that furthers their organization's interests. Empirical research on "employee engagement" is relatively new. "Employee retention has received the lion's share of the spotlight. This focus on retention however has spawned several studies on "engagement" - since retaining employees is dependent upon the need to "engage" them. Hence, engagement studies are beginning to take center stage. One of the most significant threads in the current research is the discovery that employee engagement is linked to customer satisfaction, which is linked to organizational financial success. All these and many more similar definitions are available on the net and many books .Today many world class companies are focusing on this concept of employee engagement because retaining employees is, as emphasized over and over again is not easy .

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EMPLOYEE DELIGHT Defining this is not an easy task as the word delight itself can have varies implications for different people. Employee delight is giving the wow factor to the employees which is passed on to the customer as customer delight translating into profits for the organization. One of the most important drivers of growth and success for any organization is its people. HRM practices have the power to influence employee behaviour in a desired manner such that it finally leads to improved organizational performance. It is a known fact that satisfied, motivated and committed employees will lead to improved productivity and better quality of products/services delivered. This, in turn, will positively influence customer satisfaction and eventually organizational performance. Going by this logic, if a company wishes to target customer loyalty, and for that matter customer delight, the same need to be achieved in-house vis--vis employees, to begin with. There is no doubt that a delighted employee will be more productive than a disgruntled one, since s/he will believe that s/he is doing something meaningful and worthwhile, and will feel good about giving it the best. The employee would be in a state where s/he feels that s/he is applying his mind and heart in the job that s/he is doing and will always endeavour to improvise it. Thus, it is important that each employee has the passion, drive and discipline to make the company grow.

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3.2 THE CONCEPT

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

The concept thus employed was based on the researches conducted so far on the topic and the factors responsible for it .The study was an amalgam of the all those factors responsible for employee engagement. A model was thus designed on these basis which laid the groundwork for entire research .It was with the help of this model that the questionnaire was designed .
INDUCTION PERFORMANCE

MOTIVATION

TRAINING

COLLEAGUES

GROWTH PROSPECTS

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
SALARY TYPE OF JOB

FEEDBACK

WORK CULTURE

ENTERTAINMENT AND PERKS

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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The questionnaire was thus designed to know the effectiveness of the these factors prevailing in the organization .The organization was used as a model for study ,the questionnaire tried to include as many factors as possible in order to get the best picture available. It not only did serve the purpose of finding the effectiveness of the employee engagement activities but also the other HR related policies that actually form a part of engaging employees . Just by studying the employee engagement activities alone would not have served the purpose as it is not just dependent on any one factor but is a blend of so many other factors as the model above suggests.
EMPLOYEE DELIGHT

This novel concept was measured using a standardized scale called SERVQUAL SCALE. The Servqual Scale initially had many attributes on which it was based but researchers over time have molded these attributes according to the research that they carry out .In this particular questionnaire the 21 service attributes of the Servqual Scale have been modified to 24 employee desires grouped into the five standard service quality dimensions which can be renamed out here to employee welfare and well being quality dimensions. These are namely reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles all these with respect to the organization towards its employees. The survey is based on two different rating attributes one reflecting the level of concern the employees would EXPECT from the excellent companies in a given sector and the other reflecting their PERCEPTION of the employees of their own company within that sector.

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The difference in the scores of perception and expectations would help us identify the gap between employee expectation and perception of the company which will help calculate the zone of tolerance of each employee and hence help measure the gap that the company needs to bridge before its achieves employee delight. Zone of tolerance defined as the difference between the desired and adequate service levels. The definition of the desired and adequate service level is very subjective depending upon the type of service, the type of customer, and the situations and various variable factors.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CONCEPT

On similar lines, this concept was applied to the employees of the organizations wherein the employees can be substituted for the customer and the service provider for the employer. Hence, this gap between the desired and adequate service level can be utilized, as a true reflection of the expectations and perceptions of an employee .An expectation is something that an employee has from the organization when he joins it and perception is picture that he forms in his mind after working for the organization. Similarly, desired level of concern from the organization can be considered as an expectation of the employee and the perception can be the adequate level because of which he is still in the organization and working for it although there is a possibility that the adequate level can be the desired level or there could be a considerable gap between the two, the diagram below is a pictorial representation of the concept.
Desired concern: An Expectation

Zone Of Tolerance
Adequate concern: Perception thus formed

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Anything above the desired level will make the employee delighted anything below it can cause dissatisfaction, which can even lead to employee turnover. In services marketing anything that occurs in the region of zone of tolerance goes unnoticed in case of a customer. However, this can be a point of difference between the employee and the customer .Human psychology says that every incident that occurs in the process of the formation of expectations and then leading to the perception thus formed is a like a building block in the minds of the employees and this something that finally builds the feeling of his being connected or alienated from the organization. This zone of tolerance too can vary for an employee as well as it varies for the customer depending on the situation and circumstances.

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CHAPTER 4

DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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4.1 ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

4.1(a) RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE ONE

Each of the questions has been analyzed separately and a pie chart is presented alongside for a quantitative picture. The two questionnaires made under this category have been analyzed together under individual facet headings. AGE:
ANALYSIS

The Age of the people working in an organization is a large factor in understanding its work culture, the young and the restless bring in a lot new ideas to the company, and also they are energetic and prove more efficient than the older ones. Whereas the older employees carry a bunch of experience which is precious and priceless when it comes to handling difficult situations .The rich knowledge of their experience cannot be substituted for anything else Although this is a neverending debate, which is better than the other but a good blend of both can prove valuable for the organizations.

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ADVANTAGE

Seventy two percent of the employees in the organisation belong to the age group of 18- 30 and seventy percent of these belong to the early twenties arena .These are called the beginers and are an inexperineced lot usually in their first jobs .The new and the fresh can bring in novel and pioneering ideas to the organisation.The need is to analyze their ideas with a mingle of experience and make the best of it for the organisation as well as the employees.
DRAWBACK

The drawback that the compnay faces is that of having very few experienced employees.An experienced employee can be a pool of great advices and solutions to many problems.Their expertise can help the inexperienced to achieve heights.The presence of experienced people in the organisation can make it a learning organisation.
RECOMMENDATIONS

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Except the General Manager and a few other head officials everyone is in their youth.The problem here that the company faces is high rates of attrition because of many employees being in the beginers stage .As they are fresh and new,they are constantly being hunted by the other recrutiers thus it becomes difficult to retain them.The organisation should take adequate steps in having a good combination of both , in each department so that the attrition rates can be lowered to a certain extent as the chances of the mid aged and the old aged, of leaving a job decreases many fold in comparison to the young ones. Also the cost of hiring and training the new employees would reduce amd the chances of the young ones leaving the organization would also reduce when under the guidance of such experienced people.There will be only one time hiring cost.This can be implemented when the club shifts to the new property because at that time anyways new recruitments will take place,might as well do it keeping these facts in mind. TENURE OF WORK AND WORK EXPERIENCE

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ANALYSIS

As the property is only a year old in this partcular place hence the reason that not many people can be found in the orgsanisation above 1 to 1 years tenure but there are others who have been working with Club Mahindra for the past 5 to 6 years no matter whether a property changes they stick to it wherever it goes.The larger the time a person spends within an organization the more are his chances of growth in that organization ,less are the chances of him leaving the organization,as this person has been with the company through its major ups and downs hence this person can prove very helpful at the time of crisis. In addition the company too should make an extra effort to retain any such employee who plans to leave because this person can act as good advocate to the organization and finding a replacement for a person like this can be very expensive in terms of opportunity costs.Hence to avoid the loss of knowledge ,experience and an ambassador made over time the company should make extra special efforts to retain them.Hence this brings into highlight the need for effective employee retention policies .The company does not have any such effective retention policies as of now this will become imperative in the near future.

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This graph seems to speak in the favour of the firm and also contradictory to what has been said in the age paragraph.But the truth is rather startling in the hospitality industry people begin early with no great quality education or experience people are hired on neoptism basis.Nepotism is a great problem for the upcoming organisations like the one under study.This not only ruins the chances of bringing in a brighter chaps also it increases the chances of losing large amount of capabilities.Also like the other industries wherein a bare minimum qualification is required to ac start with , the hospitality industry does not follow this rule ,there are people working with highest degrees to the lower most qualification possible. A startling example job seekers with under 10th qualification is also eligible to work only that he should know the skills required for the job he is being hired for .This is like compromising on the quality of work ,beacuse only a quality person can deliver quality work and education should be given its due share of importance.In addition for employees , like these the aspirations are small hence they would hardly add value to the organization.Thus education and pervious work experinece should be given its due importance while recruiting.

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LEVEL OF AWARENESS REGARDING THE COMPANY

An engaged employee is one who is up to date about the organization that he is working for also he is well informed about all the important information about the company and its officials. The question dealing with this was basically divided into five parts and the answers are as follows. I. History

II.

Whom it belongs

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III.

Your Managing Director

IV.

Your Resort Manager

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V.

Your Divisional Head

The last two parts of the question were eliminated for the on rolls and the HODs because these were obvious answers for them.

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ANALYSIS

The purpose of this question was to know the depth of knowledge and awareness levels of the employees that they had about the organization as such because an informed employee would be an engaged one. The questions thus asked where regarding the history, the name of the chairperson, the Managing Director etc. The questions were very simple for e.g. Who is the Resort Manager and the Divisional Head? These questions were simple because these are the two top most people in the resort many people knew the name of the top boss but didnt know his designation the others knew his designation but not his name .Hence, It can be concluded that the employees were ill informed about the organization.
DRAWBACKS

The drawback that the company faces is that of the employees having a very poor knowledge of the organization, especially the off roll employees who form the backbone of this organization. It was surprising to see that even the on rolls and the HODs were not pretty much clear about a few answers although most of them could answer but there were some problem areas. This shows that the employees of the organization are ignorant. The employees are confused about the person who heads them, it is a matter to worry about. Hence this becomes an imperative for the HR department to keep the employees informed. These questions reveal another weakness in the organization ,i.e., of communication, from time to time the people at different posts keep on changing new designations are added and subtracted hence an up to date becomes a must .
RECOMMENDATIONS

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This kind of information should

be passed on effectively .Such information

should be disbursed at the time of induction hence the need for an effective induction program and also a monthly up to date program which can be easily carried out during the monthly open house meetings. Hence, maximum

participation of the staff should be encouraged during these meetings especially those who are new to the organization so that they do not feel left out or out of place If need be the meeting can be organized twice with two different sets of employees so that no one is left out.The employees of the organization who are well informed can also then become effective brand ambassadors of the same which can be of great advantage to the company.
VISION AND MISSION OF THE COMPANY

ANALYSIS

The vision and mission are the most important aspects about an organizations policymaking. The mission and vision are the directive principles that guide an organizations work culture and steer the organization in the right direction. Thus its importance needs no further enlightenment

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DRAWBACKS

The vision and mission are meant for aligning everyones work in one single direction and giving everyone a threshold to achieve .If that is not clear in the minds of the people who form the building blocks of the organization, it is matter worth considering.
RECOMMENDATIONS

The effectiveness of the HR and the communication level here too are imperative. By simply putting up boards that dictate the mission and vision, do not serve the purpose. It should be effectively imbibed in the culture of the organization. In addition, it is important to keep reminding the people about the vision and the mission and this is not alone the duty of an HR manager but all the HODs who come in contact with their employees each day .From time to time the vision and mission should be reemphasized into the minds of the people. To stop this very constructive policy from becoming an ornamental one it is very important to understand that we live in a country where maximum people still speak our mother tongue hence a translation of each of these in simple and readable Hindi should be put up, not only Hindi but any other regional language prevalent in that particular region. Whenever the vision and mission are disbursed amongst employees, it should also be done in a language understood by all. EXPECTATIONS AND LEVEL OF CONCERN This question is imperative from the employee delight point of view as well. The question is based on the primary data that was gathered during the general interaction with various employees .These are some of the very basic expectations that an employee has from his workplace.

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The results are as follows. I. Salary

II Type of work assigned to you

II.

Work timings and work culture

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III Work Environment

III.

Challenging Job

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IV.

Amount of Vacations

V.

Perks that the company pays

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EMPLOYEES SOLICITED

ANALYSIS

The above two questions ( Q.6 & Q.7 ) are interlinked and were asked together for a purpose. These questions were asked to understand the level of expectations that an employee has from his job in terms of the above given attributes. It is very important for an organization to understand the level of expectation that its

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employees have from it. This is important because too low an expectation does not speak well of the organization culture and too high expectations need to be tactfully handled.
DRAWBACKS

Looking at the figures above it seems that employee have hardly been inquired about these facts ever before. This can be one of the reasons for the high rate of attrition that the company is facing .While analyzing these questions many important facts were revealed. One being that of salary, which almost a unanimous reason of dissatisfaction amongst employees . The salaries are much lower than the average market salaries and a major source of dissatisfaction, but this is something that is decided by the corporate head office and is not in the hands of the Resort in charges. In addition, work timings are really long than the usual shift timings, which are 9 hours people, work for 12 to 14 hours, without overtime. However, everyone needs a job for life hence people work in the company for some time and leave as soon as they get a better opportunity to work. The work culture seems to be fine as all the employees are more or less comfortable with the work environment but many say that it is deteriorating over time this is due to the long working hours and high rate of attrition as people quit quickly, hence the already burdened employees are overburdened with more work as a result they get dissatisfied and leave. Hence leading to the formation of a vicious circle, a circle that needs to be broken soon, in order to have a stable and sustainable workforce.
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The solutions to these problems can be many but the major one is a proper policy framing from the top. Instead of following a complete top down approach, a mixed approach would be better, because a developing company needs constant guidance from the top and complete support from the bottom. Its time that the company needs to understand its competitors and do a SWOT analysis, to understand where the major threat lies. One solution in this regard could be that of proper staffing and not only staffing but also many other HR policies need to be reframed as the company has grown big and the policies are still the old ones. To achieve its vision of becoming number one in Asia in the timeshare business these are some of the critical aspects that the company needs to deal with. INDUCTION AND ORIENTATION
ANALYSIS

This is another area where the company needs to improve. All the questions given under Q. 4 would not have been difficult to answer had each employee undergone an effective and an organized orientation. As maximum numbers of employees are not educated to that extent that they understand what is written in the offer letters in English, hence it is important to inform them about the company and its salient features. The saying When in Rome do as the Romans do is applicable here because the situation is far from ideal hence the best way is to modify the policies according to the staff they recruit. Orientation is necessary to familiarize the employees with the organization and forms a major part of the employee engagement process. Hence the same drawbacks and recommendations as above are applicable out here as well

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PERSONAL QUESTIONS

ANALYSIS

These 3 questions were group questions and they were asked just to know the reason why they are working in this particular organization and this particular industry. Sometimes people are working because of some sort of compulsion and

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hence are not able to give their 100% and nor are completely involved in work. These questions were only put to the off rolls because of obvious reasons the Heads and the on rolls either would not fit into this category or would not answer them. This was identified during pilot testing and hence these questions were

eliminated for the on rolls and the HODs

ADVANTAGE

Fortunately the company has maximum people who are internally motivated to work. This is a strength on which the company needs to capitalize.
DRAWBACKS

The only drawback here could be that most people are internally motivated because they are near home and do not want to shift. Hence the company needs to provide them with more strong reasons so that they stick to the organization for a long period of time.
ORGANIZATION POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND WORK CULTURE

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ANALYSIS

This question was framed to know whether the company, which was in huge loss last year, has been able to communicate the Job Roles and Responsibilities successfully to its employees.
ADVANTAGE

Nevertheless, this is a reason to smile for the company, as maximum people are clear about their job roles and responsibilities. Hence, this too can be used as an advantage to the company.
RECOMMENDATIONS

The company can train such employees in their respective areas and get the best work out of them. This would increase the productivity and hence earn profits for the company.
DRAWBACK

This can be attributed to the fact that people are skilled in their work and know how to go about doing it without understanding the role they play and when asked the question they answer it positively because it is a reflection of their work. CUSTOMER DELIGHT

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ANALYSIS

This question was asked because this is the most important concept prevalent in the services sector especially in the hospitality industry where the employees come in direct contact with the customers every now and then .Although this is a concept that should run in the veins of a service sector employee but this stressed upon more on the departments which come in direct contact with the customer. This is the same reason why a part of the pie is green. Still the major part is uninformed and the percentage is high in the blue region only for the reason that the HODs and On rolls responses have also been included in here else the percentage of the blue would have been much less.
DRAWBACK

Customer delight is a part of the job of people working in this industry especially the departments that directly come in contact with the customers for e.g. Front office, Housekeeping, F&B Service etc but unfortunately many of the employees

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in these particular departments havent even heard of this term. Thus this can be a reason for the deteriorating service quality over time .
RECOMMENDATIONS

This is something that should be communicated to the employees. It is not the term which is is important but idea and concept are important which should be communicated and explained well. They should be motivated to work on these lines and hence deliver the best experience to their guests. AUTONOMY

ANALYSIS

The question was asked to get an in depth knowledge of the functioning of the organization how much autonomy the employees have
ADVANTAGE

The figures above shows that except a few most of the employees have the required autonomy according to the capacity of their jobs. This too is a positive strength of the organization .Hence an important factor in engaging employees to

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their work .This type of work culture inculcates a sense of belongingness towards the organization which will ultimately benefit the organization itself.
RECOMMENDATIONS

Although autonomy is limited in most of the cases .Considering employees opinion is a good source of motivation and engagement for them but this should be done under expert supervision to avoid fatal mistakes. A topic like autonomy as always been a debatable one but it goes without saying excess of everything is bad. WORK ENVIRONMENT

ANALYSIS

These questions were framed for a specific work purpose; the dictionary definition of conducive is favorable. What makes a favorable environment for working is again very subjective what someone might like, may be disliked by the other, but the questions that follow are all ingredients of a favorable working environment.

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These questions were asked just to check the general perception of the employees. If the organization culture is a building the following factors are the bricks and mortar.
DRAWBACKS

Although maximum people say a yes here this was one of the questions that had very confused responses that ended into a yes.
RECOMMENDATIONS

This clearly depicts that there is something missing somewhere which needs to be handled in time because the employees themselves are not clear about the same .Hence the issues thus mentioned ahead should be identified from time to time and dealt with as soon as possible.
HOD SUPPORTIVE

ANALYSIS

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The question is a part of the above given question.They say the boss is always right ,but the HR says the Boss always has to be bright in order to understand the needs and wants of their subordinates and when need be communicate it effectively to the higher authorties and thereafter keep a track of the request.
ADVANTAGE

According to the above given data its seems the HODs do support the employees in most of the things they do hence this too is good reason why an employee should not leave.
DRAWBACKS

In this question a sense of fear was fealt amongst the interviees many said that speaking against your own HOD is a crime hence only say good things.Socially Desirable answers made the answers biased OPEN DOOR POLICY

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ANALYSIS

This particular question had the most interesting statistical conclusion as both the pie graphs say the same thing. Companies where employees are allowed to talk and speak out their minds have far more engaged employees than companies which are more rigid and dictatorial. Hence this question had three parts for a reason so that almost similar questions can be asked in two differently worded sentences, thus to maintain the consistency of the answers thus received. The answer to the how often part was difficult to answer for some the answers were more or less similar and said that the employees could complain any time they wanted to and also many said that yes there is an open door policy ,they could speak to their managers whenever they wanted to but so far so good they did not have any complaints .These answers have also been included in the yes category. This question was put up to the subordinates and correspondingly their managers were asked the second question whose second part was prepared in a manner to

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check the consistency of the answers and to have a connect between the answers of the subordinates and their HODs.
ADVANTAGE

This was another good news for the company as most of the people said yes they were allowed to complain although there were some nos in the process but mostly everybody said yes. Hence, this kind of organization culture is a potency to build upon. Treating your employee the way they are meant to , always develops an internal contentment in the hearts of the employee and which makes them work more religiously towards the organizations welfare.
DRAWBACK

The answer could be a biased one because again speaking ill about their superiors will not be socially acceptable .Also the HODs would never want to say a no to this kind of a question because this is something that adds to their reputation .

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ANALYSIS

The hollowness of the answers in the previous question comes out very clearly in this one as the figures above show an unnanimous yes about the complaints heard and acted upon from the HODs but the employees have almost a mixed story to tell .Also the next question is being discussed in this section as this too is a part of the open door policy effectiveness series of questions.The give example part was designed only for the sole purpose to know that whether the answers are a mere yes or no or there is some matter to support what they say. The suggestions part again repeat the same story a unnaimous YES from the HODs and a pretty much mixed response from the rest.
DRAWBACKS

Hence only having an ornamental open door policy does not serve the purpose,its effective implementation is a must.Both the complaints and suggestions question had the same story to tell ,although more of suggestions were welcome than of

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complaints ,which is a good sign but many of the complaints that fell on deaf ears were essential for engaging the employees and keepin them glued to the organisation.The examples have not been discussed here as they are not important but after many yess they were only blank faces .Hence this front should take the due share of its importance in the rountine of the organsiation policy framing. Another question asked in this series was to the HODs which was how do they decide the priority of complaints and suggestions that they receive the maximum answers received were according to the importance related to the work and the employee problems seem to have had taken the back seat in this case when discussed further in details. FEEDBACK

ANALYSIS

This is something that is embedded very well in the organization culture.Although there is not set pattern but this is done from time to time for some employees .

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DRAWBACK

Although many people said feedback was given it was surprsing to know that a large percentage(29 %) had never received a feedback.This reveals another loop hole in the system .
RECOMMENDATIONS

A timely feedback whether poisitive or negative is always useful for the employees it gives them a push to work harder and better which will ultimately benefit the organization .As a golden rule in HR give positive feedback in the presence of many and a negative one in the private. ABOUT THE TRAININGS

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ANALYSIS

This group of question was asked to measure the effectiveness of one of the most enthusiastically followed policies of the organization the weekly trainings .the company has a policy which says conduct 8 trainings per month ,two per week. Now whether trainings did actually occur and occur effectively were a reason to worry about because a lot of time and money is invested in them ,if they do not add value anywhere, its a complete waste .
DRAWBACKS

The answers and the observation in the organization say that due to the work pressure the trainings lose their effectiveness conducting two trainings per week is too much a load for the HODs and the departments especially during season time. Although the trainings do not have a time limit but usual trainings were at the max one to one and a half hour long. In this case the figures are completely contradictory from the original scenario ,following the observation this is not the case again bias is the problem here as well.

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ADVANTAGE

Having such a strong training policy in the organization ,is advantageous not only to the employees but also the organization but the only problem is in its effectiveness and innovation. Trainings like these give employees a chance to grow in their organization and hence built on their own capabilities which gives them a reason to stay attached to the organization.
RECOMMENDATIONS

The training modules should be suggested for each department from their head office .On the basis of that framework the HODs can decide on the weekly training modules. Trainings should be practically delivered and with full involvement of all the employees. The evaluation techniques should be in place that is completely lacking although HODs say that they follow the evaluation techniques such as observation and question answer sessions but how effective these techniques are, is questionable. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
ANALYSIS

These questions were put forward to study the efficacy of the so called employee engagement activities that are a part of the organization policies.
DRAWBACK

The most startling answers came from this section ,most of the employees werent involved in these activities ,others hadnt heard of them ,the ones who actually wanted to participate in them did not get the time because of long shift hours .Hence a major loophole was identified at this front as most of the employees had either not heard of them or had not participated in them Although the Heads say

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they encourage their employees to participate but because of the long shift hours it makes it almost impossible and many also say that their work suffers if they participate in these activities and have to extend their work timings in order to participate .
RECOMMENDATIONS

A lot is being done at this front much more needs to be done (Appendix Third Section).The organization policies are in place regarding this but the only thing that is missing is the diligence to carry them ,in the manner they would be the most effective in. COMMUNICATION

ANALYSIS

This was one of the major areas of concern for the top officials although daily morning meetings would convey all the issues to the HODs ,but how effectively.

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were they being passed on was an issue to be dealt with hence the communication level in the organization was debatable
DRAWBACKS

At first, most of the people said a yes but they were not too sure what sort of information was being talked work related information was passed on effectively but the other information was passed only sometimes hence the blue area forms the major chunk of the pie.
RECOMMENDATIONS

Regular departmental meetings ,else if something urgent then it should be communicated on priority basis. The channel of communication should be that effective that any important activity going on the organization ,everyone should feel that they are a part of it and have a role in making it successful. EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS A lot of new and old suggestions came up while asking this questions those have been complied together in the recommendations and conclusion section of the report FUTURE PROSPECTS
ANALYSIS

This question mostly people said no and the ones that said a yes ,gave the answers in the following order Growth Opportunities, Type of Job, Brand Name ,Work Culture and salary. This shows that salary would be the last reason to stay with the organization and because of the growth prospects people want to stick to it

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DRAWBACKS

Many people were not sure of the rankings , hence ambiguous answers.
RECOMMENDATIONS

The salary should be according to work (Pay for performance). If people work overtime, overtime should be paid.

4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

4.2 (a) QUESTIONNAIRE ONE. Although the many Recommendations have been given alongside while analysis of the questions an exhaustive list is provided here.
HR RELATED PROBLEMS

1) People are not clear about the 5 days salary cut they should be explained in detail. A major distress causing issue. 2) According to many employees the contract should end after a year for regular employees and they should be put on rolls. 3) The old employees did have a formal induction by the Hr head but prior to that no updates as well as no new comer has been given any formal induction only a little bit here and there about the job thats all. No information about the organization has been shared with them .There are even many who have straight away joined work without any sort of communication with their respective HODs. A proper induction schedule should be made.

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4) Staff facilities should be improved not in sync with the other resorts in Shimla. The facilities should be provided at all levels right from the GM to the lowest level (For e.g. House rent, Room rent, Medical facilities etc.)

5) The appraisal system should be revised as it should be on the basis of the overall performance and not certain set criterias because all the departments are not equal in size and strength hence parity should be maintained. For e.g. a department of only say 5 members would get lower ratings in attrition if only two of his people leave.

6) Evaluation of all departments twice in a month. Interdepartmental meetings to enhance co ordination amongst departments.

7) The salary should be according to work (Pay for performance). If people work overtime, overtime should be paid.

8) The staff should be taken care of and should not be pressurized to work for longer hours.

9) Exit Interviews should be conducted. 10) Mahindra standards not maintained here. The recruitment should be proper only professionally qualified staff should be hired.

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COMMUNICATION RELATED ISSUES

11) Customer delight is a part of the job of people working in this industry especially the departments that directly come in contact with the customers for e.g. Front office, Housekeeping, F&B Service etc but unfortunately many of the employees in these particular departments havent even heard of this term. This is something that should be communicated to them. It is understandable that the term is not what is important but they do not have the idea of the concept as well. 12) The HODs say that they are open to suggestions and the employees agree on it .They are heard most of the time but many a times their pleas fall on deaf ears. When asked for examples some of the suggestions were regarding not only the employees but also the organization on the whole. Nothing is being done about that. The HoDs should communicate the reasons so as to if something is being done regarding the suggestion or the complaint and if nothing can be done about it, it should be communicated. This causes a lot of skepticism amongst the employees.

13) Lack of co ordination amongst the departments a major problem. On this front the HoDs should have regular meetings and do something about it because in the presence of the guests it gets embarrassing for the

organization as it is depicted as an example of mismanaged company.

TRAININGS

1) People working for the past one year here havent participated in any of the monthly trainings.

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2) Trainings should be practically delivered that would increase its efficiency and it would be easier to understand because a pen a paper training cannot provide practical knowledge and also not everyone is capable enough of understanding what is taught to them , as education backgrounds are different. 3) The trainings should be proper and planned and not just a formality. 4) No evaluation techniques in place to measure the outcome of the trainings.

ORGANIZATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

1) Medical incentives should be paid. An in house doctor for employees as well as the guests.

2) People who joined Club Mahindra at the time of its opening say that, at that point in time whatever was promised was just a way to tap them they were told salaries would increase that did not happen .Hence a sense of betrayal. 3) The HODs communicate only work but no other information sharing done .Many of the employees do not know anything about the Divisional heads joining it is an example of that. They have no idea about activities and events of the resorts. The communication is not completely lacking but it is not consistent. To explain further at times only those people are informed who are directly related to the event and thats how the information passes on. 4) Accommodation and pick and drop are a major problem faced by many. If the night shift turns up late the previous person is stuck here

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without any conveyance and it is very difficult to go back home hence they have to adjust with the local employees here. This can be done under normal circumstances but at times it is urgent to go back home then this becomes a huge problem. 5) Long working hours the pressure increases when people leave. 6) Vacations are also problem in season time holidays are not given and then they are carried forward and are never given. 7) The shift hours should be fixed like in other organizations. Many said the law says no shift should be longer than 8 hrs and here we have to work for 12 to 14 hrs at times sometimes without breaks during the season. 8) No bonuses and incentives given, probably promised earlier and nothing done about it.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

9) Participation in the employee engagement activities low because people have to take time off from work to take part in them, the work gets affected and hence the participation low.

10) More should be done for staff entertainment so as to break the monotony of work and rejuvenate them. 11) Open house meetings should be well organized maximum participation should be encouraged and more staff gatherings and parties should be organized. 12) Vision and Mission should be clear in the minds of the people so that everyone can work together as a team towards its achievement.

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13) The staff should be motivated and pumped up from time to time and company policies should be made clear. 14) Company should provide non monetary benefits like concession for stays in resorts around India.
OTHER STAFF RELATED ISSUES

15) Parity amongst salaries of employees of the same grade. 16) Designation that was promised was not given. 17) Flexibility in working hours. 18) Food in the cafeteria should be improved. 19) Many people said that the work environment earlier was good but now everything is deteriorating over time. Things were better earlier on. 4.2(b) QUESTIONNAIRE TWO The major results and the corresponding recommendations were as follows. Hence the major areas that need improvement were that 1) Promises made should be fulfilled ,nothing is more dissatisfying for an employee more than a broken promise . 2) The issues of the employees should be dealt at priority basis . 3) The motivation level of the employees should be boasted so that they are ready to deliver their best anytime and anywhere. 4) The open door policy should be an effective one and the Heads should take sufficient interest in solving them. 5) The working hours should be reduced to the average normal working hours and longer shifts of 12 to 13 hours should be reduced if at all if someone works beyond the required 9 hours of service overtime should be paid.

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6) Infrastructure wise also a lot of scope of improvement is their but for now this should not be ignored as the property is on lease and the new property will soon be operating. These are some of the major gaps that the organization needs to fulfill before which employee delight would be difficult. Thus it can be concluded that both the questionnaires more or less are hinting at the same problems .Many of the problems given above are worthy of due attention and the recommendations thus provided can be useful if implemented effectively. In addition ,this study can serve as a model for many more researches conducted in the field of Employee Engagement and Delight.The model thus employed is a novel work inspired by many other researches especially the implementation of the Servqual scale in this particular area. The project can help many to measure the level of employee gratification in their respective organizations and hence a comparative study can be carried out.

REFERENCES
BOOKS

1. Mamoria ,C.D,Personal Management,10th Edition(1992),Himalaya Publishing House 2. Subbarao Dr T,Human Resource Management environmental influence,(1989),Chugh Publications 3. Bennett Roger,Managing Personnel and Performance:An Alternative Approach(1982).

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WEBSITES

1. http://www.management-issues.com 2. http://www.siescoms.edu/images/pdf/reserch/.../employee_engage ment.pdf 3. http://retention.naukrihub.com/increase-employee-engagement.html 4. http://www.businessworld.in/events/gptw 5. http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com 6. http://books.google.co.in/books 7. http://www.authorstream.com

VI.

QUESTIONNAIRES 1. QUESTIONNAIRE ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT a. Off Roll Employees

ABOUT THE PERSON 1) Name : Gender: 2) Tenure: 3) Previous work experience if any ABOUT THE COMPANY 4) What all do you know about the organization you work for ? VI. VII. History Whom it belongs Department: Age :

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VIII. IX. X.

Your Managing Director Your Resort Manager Your Divisional Head

5) What is the vision and mission of the company you work in? 6) Did you get what you had expected from this job in terms of i. Salary ii. Type of work assigned to you iii. Work timings and work culture iv. Work Environment v. Challenging Job vi. Amount of Vacations vii. Perks that the company pays me 7) Did anyone in the organisation ever ask you about the same? 8) Did you undergo an orientation program before joining work ? PERSONAL QUESTIONS 9) Are you here by choice or by force? 10) 11) If by force then what would you like to do? Are you internally motivated to do this job?

ORGANIZATION POLICIES AND PRODECURES and WORK CULTURE

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12) 13)

Are you clear about your Job ROLEs and RESPONSIBILITIES? Have you heard of the term customer delight? What is it ? Do you know

that a part of your job role is dedicated to the customers? (This question imp only for F&B Service,FO,HK,HA) 14) How Much Autonomy do you have in your Job? (level of interference of

your boss) 15) 16) 17) How conducive is the working environment?(strict/lenient) Do you think your HODs are supportive enough? Does the organization follow an open door policy? Are you allowed to

complain? How often? 18) 19) Are the complaints heard and acted upon by the person concerned? Did u ever have a suggestion for the organization you worked in? Were you

heard? if yes was it implemented? 20) 21) Are you given feedback of your performance from time to time? Give any one example of a complaint you had and it was dealt in time by

your superiors? ABOUT THE TRAININGS 22) 23) 24) How effective do you think the trainings provided to you are? Do they add any value anywhere? Do you use the trainings in your daily activities?

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25)

Are you evaluated for the same?

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 26) How many of these activities have you participated in?

IF YES 27) 28) 29) 30) Do you like them? Do you know the purpose of these activities? Do you think they should be conducted very often? Do you feel a sense of belongingness towards your organisation after your

participation in these activities? 31) 32) Do you feel motivated after the monthly open house meetings? Do you feel the monetary benefits associated with the participations in the

programs are good source of motivation? 33) What was the overall feeling after your participation?

IF NO 34) What is the reason behind your low participation? Were you not given a

chance? 35) 36) Do you want to be a part of such activities? Do you think they add some value to the organisation as a whole?

ABOUT EMPLOYEE DELIGHT

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37)

Any suggestions for the organisation that you want that you think can boost

your morale and help you perform above expected service levels? 38) Do you see yourself working for the organisation for the next 2 years ?why

or why not ?attribute to the following. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Salary Growth opportunities Work culture Type of Job Brand name of the organisation Any other Reason (please state)

COMMUNICATION 32) Are you informed on regular basis about the major events and activities that are happening in your organization at a particular point in time ? b. For the On Rolls and Head of the Departments ABOUT THE PERSON 1) Name : Gender: 2) Tenure: 3) Previous work experience if any ABOUT THE COMPANY Department: Age :

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4) What all do you know about the organization you work for ? 5) History 6) Whom it belongs 7) Your Managing Director 8) Your Resort Manager 9) Your Divisional Head 10) 11) What is the vision and mission of the company you work in? Did you get what you had expected from this job in terms of i. Salary ii. Type of work assigned to you iii. Work timings and work culture iv. Work Environment v. Challenging Job vi. Amount of Vacations vii. Perks that the company pays me 12) 13) Did anyone in the organisation ever ask you about the same? Did you undergo an orientation program before joining work ? PERSONAL QUESTIONS 14) Are you here by choice or by force?

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15) 16)

If by force then what would you like to do? Are you internally motivated to do this job? ORGANIZATION POLICIES AND PRODECURES and WORK CULTURE

17) 18)

Are you clear about your Job ROLEs and RESPONSIBILITIES? Have you heard of the term customer delight? What is it ? Do you

know that a part of your job role is dedicated to the customers? (This question imp only for F&B Service,FO,HK,HA) 19) How Much Autonomy do you have in your Job? (level of interference

of your boss) 20) 21) 22) How conducive is the working environment?(strict/lenient) Do you think your HODs are supportive enough? Does the organization follow an open door policy? Are you allowed

to complain? How often? 23) 24) Are the complaints heard and acted upon by the person concerned? Did u ever have a suggestion for the organization you worked in?

Were you heard? if yes was it implemented? 25) 26) Are you given feedback of your performance from time to time? Give any one example of a complaint you had and it was dealt in time

by your superiors? ABOUT THE TRAININGS

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27) 28) 29) 30)

How effective do you think the trainings provided to you are? Do they add any value anywhere? Do you use the trainings in your daily activities? Are you evaluated for the same? EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

31)

How many of these activities have you participated in? IF YES

32) 33) 34) 35)

Do you like them? Do you know the purpose of these activities? Do you think they should be conducted very often? Do you feel a sense of belongingness towards your organisation after

your participation in these activities? 36) 37) Do you feel motivated after the monthly open house meetings? Do you feel the monetary benefits associated with the participations

in the programs are good source of motivation?

38)

What was the overall feeling after your participation? IF NO

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39)

What is the reason behind your low participation? Were you not

given a chance? 40) 41) Do you want to be a part of such activities? Do you think they add some value to the organisation as a whole? ABOUT EMPLOYEE DELIGHT 42) Any suggestions for the organisation that you want that you think can

boost your morale and help you perform above expected service levels? 43) Do you see yourself working for the organisation for the next 2

years ?why or why not ?attribute to the following. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Salary Growth opportunities Work culture Type of Job Brand name of the organisation Any other Reason (please state) COMMUNICATION 44) Are you informed on regular basis about the major events and

activities that are happening in your organization at a particular point in time ?

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II.

QUESTIONNAIRE TWO

EMPLYOEE DELIGHT PERCEPTIONS

Perception Statements in the Reliability Dimension. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. When my company promises to do something within a certain time

period ,it does so 2. When I have a problem my company shows sincere interest in

solving it 3. My important documents are kept confidentially and safely and can

be easily found at the time of need. 4. Company provides me with anything I ask for within the limits of

my capacity and Job. 5. My company insists on error free records.

Statements in the Responsiveness Dimensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. I am informed about all the activities going on in the company at a

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given point in time 2. 3. not. 4. My superiors are never too busy to respond to my request. I am motivated to deliver quick service to the customer. I am always ready to help our customers whether in my domain or

Statements in the Assurance Dimensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. me 2. 3. 4. want 5. My supervisor or to whom so ever I ask the query is willing and has I feel safe at work My colleagues are consistently courteous and trustworthy If I have any queries I am allowed to ask my superiors anytime I The behavior of all the employees is good and instills confidence in

sufficient knowledge to answermy questions.

Statements in the Empathy Dimensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. There is someone at work who gives me individual attention There is someone at work who seems cares for me as a person

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3. 4. 5.

My company has my best interests at heart My company understands my specific needs The working hours in my company are convenient

Statements in the Tangibles Dimensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. My company has all modern and state of the art infrastructure and

equipments. 2. 3. My companies physical facilities are visually appealing and neat The sitting arrangements and place surrounding me is comfortable

4. My company is a neat and clean place to work for. 5. The employees of the company appear neat to me

EXPECTATIONS

Rating a world class company "7 " for its HR policies how would you rate MHRIL in terms of

Reliability

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. 3. In fulfilling the promises made In solving any problem that the employees have. In terms of maintaining privacy and confidentiality of your

documents. 4. 5. In fulfilling your demands within the limits of your capacity. In keeping error free records.

Responsiveness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. 3. The level of effective communication in your organization. Trains employees in delivering quick service to your customers. Motivates employees to an extent that they go out of their way to

help customers. 4. The responsiveness of your superiors

Assurance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. Behavior of collegues. Safety at work

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3. 4. 5.

Courteous colleagues Freedom to ask queries. Willingness and knowledge of the supervisor

Empathy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Someone giving you personal attention Someone taking care of you as a person Keeping your best interests at heart Understanding of your specific needs Working hours

Tangibles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In terms of infrastructure Visually appealing Your sitting arena and surroundings Neatness Employee uniform and neatness.

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MAHINDRA HOLIDAY AND RESORTS INDIA LTD.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES They have a lot of Employee Engagement activities that go on during the year .

DAILY ACTIVITIES

1. Daily 10oclock meetings 2. All employees right from the GM (called the RM-Resort Manager here) to the on roll staff everyone has lunch in the same cafeteria.
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES 1) Recently began a Cheers program wherein every week one group

activity will be organized . This week they conducted a paper bag making competition
MONTHLY ACTIVITIES 1) Open house meetings

This meeting is held every month which contains information regarding the following of the previous month Financials Initiatives (of all departments)

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Proposals(of all departments) Employee of the month: Presented with certificates by the RM himself Celebrations if any 2) Monthly Birthday Bash: Employees birthday celebrated 3) Unity day from the corporate directly. 4) Sports activities: Held a badminton competition last month 5) Champs show YEARLY ACTIVITIES 1) Picnic ones year for all staff members including trainees. 2) All the Festivals celebrated. 3) ESOPs: Employee Social Operations: This is their CSR activity .They organized a blood donation camp