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Ashutosh Singh
Snigdha Shukla
Submitted by
L Ng Vane
University Roll no. 1515070011
IILM CET, Greater Noida
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DECLARATION
I do hereby declare that this project report entitled EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
carried out at EICHER POLARIS PVT LTD has been prepared by me and is being
submitted to Department of MANAGEMENT at IILM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY, Greater Noida under the esteemed guidance of Ms Snigdha
Shukla in the partial fulfilment of requirement of the award of M.B.A.
All the particulars furnished in the project are true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. It has not been submitted by me in part or in full to any other University/Institute.
L NG VANE
University Roll No. 1515070011
IILM CET
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is my proud privilege to express my deepest gratitude to a number of helping
hands for their indefatigable cooperation that enabled me to shape my study. Indeed this
page of acknowledgement shall never be able to touch the horizon of generosity of those,
who rendered help to me.
Its my utmost pleasure to extend my sincere gratitude to EPPL for offering me an
opportunity to undergo summer internship programme in this esteemed organization.
I offer my sober and earnest regards to MS SNIGDHA SHUKLA, HR
MANAGER, MR SACHIN, MR GAUMTAM KUMAR SINGH, my corporate guide
for their scholarly guidance& kind cooperation. Their keen interest and encouraging words
at every step were a source of inspiration that enabled me to broaden my sphere of domain
knowledge.
I am extremely grateful to Mrs Sunita Shukla & Mrs Ashutosh Singh, Faculty
Member and Guide whose timely guidance and illuminating suggestion inspired me in
shaping the report in its existing form.
I acknowledge special thanks to all the employees and staff members of different
departments in EPPL for their ready to help attitude and support extended during the
course of programme.
This report is a reflection of the knowledge acquired by me during the internship
period.
L NG VANE
UNIVERSITY ROLL NO. 1515070011
IILM CET, GREATER NOIDA
ABSTRACT
Employee engagement is the level of commitment and involvement an employee has
towards their organization and its values. An engaged employee is aware of business
context, and works with colleagues to improve performance within the job for the benefit
of the organization. It is a positive attitude held by the employees towards the organization
and its values.
Employee engagement is associated with many desirable outcomes such as job satisfaction,
intention to stay and job performance. Companies with a greater number of engaged
employees typically have lower operating costs, higher customer satisfaction and higher
profits. There is a tangible monetary benefit to companies investing time and resources in
fostering higher engagement within their employees.
The task of precisely defining employee engagement is still ongoing, but it is most often
defined in terms of behaviours exhibited in the workplace. Engaged employees are
prepared to go the extra mile in pursuit of workplace excellence. They are ambassadors for
their organizations, who will speak highly of the company and its people, even when they
are not in a work setting.
An engaged employee is identifiable by workplace behaviours such as losing track of time
as they are so absorbed in the task at hand. This is distinct from excessive overtime in
order to give the impression of hard work. Both look the same, but one is productive for
the employer-employee relationship and one is not! Academics would say that not enough
is understood about what drives employee engagement as most research in the area has
tended to focus on business outcomes without investigating underlying causes. As the
impact of engagement on business has been positive and has been linked with higher
profitability, practice has raced ahead of the underpinning research in pursuit of creating a
more engaged and hence profitable workforce.
The idea is not to simply perform an academic exercise, but to critically examine them to
see where the company and its employees might be finely tuned to generate higher levels
of performance.
The overall results as well as the category wise results of each question would give us an
insight to the problem areas to bring under focus.
INTRODUCTION
Human resource executives in India continue to struggle with talent management issues,
particularly retention. The quest to find the best way to retain employees has taken HR
pundits through concepts such as employee review, employee satisfaction and employee
delights. The latest idea is Employee Engagement, a concept that holds, that, it is the
degree to which an employee is emotionally bonded to his organization and passionate
about his work that really matters.
Engagement is about motivating employees to do their best. An engaged employee gives
his company his hundred percent. The quality of output and competitive advantage of a
company depends upon the quality of its people.
It has been proved that there is an intrinsic link between employee engagement, customer
loyalty and profitability. When employees are effectively and positively engaged with their
organization they form an emotional connection with the company. This impacts their
attitude towards the companys clients, and thereby improves customer satisfaction and
service levels.
Most organizations realize today that a satisfied employee is not necessarily the best
employee in terms of loyalty and productivity. It is only an engaged employee who is
intellectually and emotionally bound with the organization, feels passionately about its
goals and is committed towards its values who can be termed thus. He goes the extra mile
beyond the basic job responsibility and is associated with the actions that drive the
business. Moreover, in times of diminishing loyalty, employee engagement is a powerful
retention strategy. The fact that it has a strong impact on the bottom-line adds to its
significance.
A successful employee engagement helps create a community at the workplace and not just
a workforce. As organizations globalise and become more dependent on technology in a
virtual working environment, there is a greater need to connect and engage with employees
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to provide them with an organizational identity. Especially in Indian culture this becomes
more relevant given the community feeling which organization provide in our society.
There are a lot of HR things. They are called fads. Those are the bandwagons upon which
we hop. Perhaps its time to evaluate whether employee engagement is a fad or a new
knowledge domain for which HR executives can help make their companies a better place
to work.
It suggested that first I ought to observe every minute activity going in the EPPL.
Next to analyse the employee engagement activities followed by various automobile
of the EPPL.
After that I undertook the job of employee interaction- the most important part of my
project.
Employee interaction was in the form of questionnaire fill up.
Report generation was the ultimate ramification of the questionnaire administration in the
survey.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SOURCES
Ms Snigdha Shukla my respected external guide, was the sole source of
everything which was important for my easier-said-than-done project to materialize. She
guided my footsteps whenever and wherever I stumbled on the way to my objective and
not only this she was also my torchbearer and gave me all the moral and material support.
Available with me was the employees database which was a reliable and authentic
source of employees address. And from those documents maintained by HR department I
used to distribute the questionnaire to the employees.
1. Primary Source
It consisted of the first hand source of data collected through the questionnaires from
the respondents.
In this project the primary data was collected through questionnaire method. A structured
questionnaire was administered and employees were asked to fill it. A total of 80
employees responded to the questionnaire.
Questionnaire
The survey was designed to measure the level of agreement
to 39 questionnaire items with two open ended questions, which represented potential
factors that influence employees perception about employee engagement. Based on
previous research and current literature, questionnaire items were framed to capture some,
but not all information with respect to the following factors:
Relation to organization
Relation to work
Competency
Scale Used
Likert - type scaling technique was used for the analysis approach wherein a particular
item is evaluated on the basis of how well it discriminates by adopting favourable or
unfavourable attitude towards the given object. The respondent responded in any of the
following ways:
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Secondary data
The theoretical foundation of the study is based on various secondary sources such as:
a. Websites of EPPL
b. Journals
c. Past records
d.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Exploratory Research
We will augment our knowledge of Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd. by interviewing the various
executives in a focused group discussion. Based on a thorough inventory of EPPL internal
processes a questionnaire (Annexure 1) was developed.
Descriptive Research
The responses of the employees would be further used for statistically analysis to bring out
the salient features of data and points out to the week or strong spots for further
investigations.
SAMPLE DESIGN
Sample size is
The sample population comprises of all the employees working in Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd.
Plant office. Total employees responded to the questionnaire, which would be further used
for the analysis.
The sampling would be representative sampling, where all the employees at plant office
Kukas, Jaipur, are considered on a probability basis, and from which information are
obtained and statistical inferences or predictions made about the entire population within
Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd.
Limitations
Since the whole population of employees is not considered in sampling and only a segment
is considered, there is a probability of biasness.
The data is not a true representative of the Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd.
The employees have attempted to fill the questionnaires as an act of formality.
All the present employees did not fill in the questionnaires.
CHAPTER 3
4.1.
Indian
roads.
4.2.
Company profile
In July 2012, Eicher Motors Limited signed a strategic joint venture agreement with US
based Polaris Industries Inc., to design, develop, manufacture and sell a full new range of
personal vehicles suitable for India and other emerging markets. The joint venture will
allow Eicher Motors Ltd. to enter into a new vehicle segment. This JV was formed with an
initial investment of 350 crore (equivalent to 462 crore or US$68.6 million in 2016) and
the new company was named "Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd." In 2013, the JV company Eicher
Polaris Pvt. Ltd (EPPL), set up its manufacturing facility in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Thereafter, Eicher
Motors and
Polaris
Industries combined
their research
and
development facilities in their new manufacturing plant in Kukas, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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The Eicher Polaris Multix (or Multix) is a personal utility vehicle manufactured
by Eicher Motors and Polaris India (the Indian arm of Polaris Industries). The vehicle was
announced in June 2015, and the first vehicle was delivered on 26 August 2015. Multix is
promoted by its manufacturer as "India's first personal utility vehicle", able to be used as
a people carrier, a cargo carrier and also a power generator.
4.4.
About Multix
Multix is purpose-built for the independent businessman. Son, brother,
father, shopkeeper, dreamer, doer, gambler, winner, herohe plays many
roles. His road to success is lined with twists and turns, a series of everevolving challenges that he adapts to and overcomes without fail.
Unfortunately, there was no single vehicle that could support him through
his unpredictable journeyuntil Eicher Motors identified the problem and
decided to do something about it.
Collaboration with global ATV experts Polaris Industries Inc. resulted in the
perfect partnership: Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd. And this powerful collaboration
resulted in the perfect solution. Multix. From family to business, Multix is
purpose-built to take care of your ever-evolving needs. It seats a family of 5
comfortably. With 1918 litres of extendable carrying space, it is ideal for
business trips. Thanks to its X-Port TMfeature, Multix can generate 3 kilowatts
of electricity. Its the first of its kind. Its a game changer. Its the new 3-in1.
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Design
The Multix was designed with the aim of being used for both family and business
purposes, and has been called a "3-in-1" vehicle. Its cargo capacity is 400 litres. Multix
also generates 3 kilowatts of electricity and can thus be used as a power generator as well.
Variants
The Multix has two variants, the AX+ and the MX. With the exception of doors (and the
overall weight of the vehicle), both the variants are identical. AX+ has open doorways,
whilst MX has doors. The curb weight of the MX is 100 kg more than that of AX+.
Multix AX+
With open doorways and carrying space, the AX+ makes extra room for passengers and the
tools of your trade. Its sturdy roof protects against the harshest weather, while its tubular
frame ensures safety.
Available in two colours
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Rich Red
Pure white
Multix MX
The MX makes ample room for the tools of your trade. Its built-in music
system is perfect for family road trips and vacations. The MX is fully
loaded, built for those who juggle roles and value flexibility.
Available in 4 colours
Rich red
Pure white
Bright yellow
Soft silver
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A power take-off unit, the X-PortTM helps Multix generate 3 kilowatts of electricity so that
you can power your home, water pumps, music systems, winnowing fans, chaff cutters and
other essential machinery. Its not just a vehicle, its a powerhouse.
2. Space
3-Minute Seat Configuration x Family x Business
Multix goes from carrying a family of 5 to carrying the tools of your trade in 3 minutes.
Its as easy as one, two, and three.
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Dismantle rear glass + unfold rear seat on to the floor + fix seat into place
Remove rear cover for ample carrying space
High ground clearance (172 mm) and the Pro-RideTM independent suspension system
ensure an exceptionally smooth ride quality. Multix makes the toughest of back roads feel
like slick city streets.
4. Comfort
Generous Cabin Space x Ample Carrying Space x Smooth Ride Quality
With 122 mm of legroom and ample cabin space, Multix is ideal for long-distance and
daily travel. It can seat up to 5 people. Its adjustable seats can be used to create extra room
for business trips. Combine this with a bump-free ride, and youve got comfort like never
before.
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5. Safety
Strong Tubular Frame x Efficient Handling x Damage Resistance
Multixs body is highly durable and damage-resistant. Its tubular frame is built to
withstand most hits, bumps and bangs. Multixs robust inner frame keeps passengers well
protected. With its precise handling, Multix tackles the roughest terrain with ease, making
safety a standard fit.
6. Economy
Diesel Engine x High Mileage x Low Maintenance
The four-stroke, direct-injection BS III diesel engine delivers a mileage of 28.45 kmpl.*
The body is made of FlexituffTM, a highly durable material, resistant to rust and easy to
repair at affordable rates. Multix needs very little attention, a promising quality in any
partner, on or off the road.
*As certified by ARAI under Rule 115 of CMVR, 1989
7. Styling
Tubular Frame x Muscular Lines x 4 Colours
Rugged lines and sharp angles mark Multix' s tubular frame body. The build emphasizes its
height and muscle.
Available in 4 colours
Rich Red
Bright Yellow
Pure White
Soft Silver
*The AX+ is only available in Rich Red and Pure White. The MX is available in all 4 colours.
4.5.
Market Potential
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4.6.
1. Siddhartha Lal
2. Lalit Malik
in India.
Before joining AIG, Lalit worked at Ernst & Young from August 2006 to March 2008,
as an Associate Director responsible for Business Development/ Sales of all the EYs
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Joined Royal Enfield in June 2011 as the Senior Vice President - Industry for his
second stint with the company.
He is also spearheading the set up of Royal Enfields second plant at Oragadam near
Chennai and is implementing extensive cost management in sourcing and operations.
Started career with TTG Industries in June 1989 and then joined Brakes India Ltd in
June 1992.
Joined Royal Enfield as Manager - Engineering in 1995 and was responsible for Power
train unit Manufacturing System Engineering.
4. Bennet J. Morgan
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President and Chief Operating Officer of Polaris Industries Inc. since April 12, 2005.
Served as a Vice President of ATV Division at Polaris Industries Inc. from November
2004 to April 12, 2005 and its General Manager, ATV Division.
5. Mike Dougherty
Vice President, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Polaris Industries Inc.
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6. Pankaj Dubey
Managing Director and Country Head at Polaris India Pvt. Ltd... , 100%
subsidiary of Polaris Industries Inc.
Joined Polaris India Pvt. Ltd. at the time of the companys inception in
January 2011 and introduced Indian Motorcycle and Polaris Off road
vehicles in India.
Prior to joining Polaris India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Dubey has worked in Indias top
automotive companies such as Yamaha Motors, LML, and Hero; which
have enriched him with diverse experience in the area of Sales,
Marketing, Channel, Vendor and Business Development.
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7. Radhesh C Verma
CEO, Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd., a newly formed joint venture between
Eicher Motors and Polaris Industries.
During his stint with Metro Cash & Carry, Radhesh reshaped the
business model for Reseller business resulting in doubling of top line in 2
years, with a healthy bottom line improvement.
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CHAPTER 3
3.1.
1. McKinsey & Co. (1998) study entitled The War for Talent that reported that a shortage of
skilled employees was an emerging trend. Today, there is widespread agreement among
academics and practitioners that engaged employees are those who are emotionally
connected to the organization and cognitively vigilant. How employees feel about their jobs,
their supervisors, their peers, top management, and many other factors affects their individual
productivity, and collectively the ability of the organization to achieve its objectives.
2. Robinson (2006) recommended that there is considerable evidence that many employees are
greatly underutilized in the workplace through the lack of involvement in work-based
decisions.
3. Beardwell and Claydon (2007) found that Employee involvement is seen as a central
principle of soft HRM, where the focus is upon capturing the ideas of employees and
securing their commitment. Critics have argued that employee involvement has management
firmly in control and very limited real influence is given to employees. According to Lawler
and Worley (2006) for a high-involvement work practice to be effective and for it to have a
positive impact on employee engagement, employees must be given power.
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4. Penna (2007) presents a hierarchical model of engagement. This model indicates that staff is
seeking to find "meaning" at work. Penna defines "meaning" as fulfillment from the job.
Fulfillment comes from the employee being valued and appreciated, having a sense of
belonging to the organization, and feeling as though they are making a contribution, and is
matching with the underlying theoretical framework of Robinson. Penna states that the
organization becomes more attractive to new potential employees and becomes more
engaging to its existing staff.
Me
ani
ng
Leadership,
Trust and
Respect
Promotion Opportunities
Learning and Development
Pay, Working hours, Conditions
5. Kular et al. (2008) explored Five key areas: What does employee engagement mean?; How
can engagement be managed?; What are the consequences of engagement for organisations?;
How does engagement relate to other individual characteristics?; How is engagement related
to employee voice and representation?
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6. Robertson-Smith and Markwick (2009) throw light on what engagement is and reveals that
it is an important yet complex challenge, and there remains a great deal of scope for
discussing the various approaches.
7. Simpson (2009) discussed that the current state of knowledge about engagement at work
through a review of the literature. This review highlighted the four lines of engagement
research and focuses on the determinants and consequences of engagement at work.
8. Susi & Jawaharrani (2011) examined some of the literature on Employee engagement,
explore work-place culture & work-life balance policies & practices followed in industries in
order to promote employee engagement in their organizations to increase their employees
productivity and retain them. Work-life balance is key driver of employees satisfaction.
9. Ram & Gantasala (2011) investigated the antecedents and consequences of employee
engagement in Jordanian Industry.
10. Bhatla (2011) focused on the need for such employees and how their presence can improve
the progress and work efficiency of the organization as a whole .Also focused on the
challenges faced by the HR managers to improve employee engagement for an organizations
survival.
11. Shashi (2011) reinforced the importance of employee communication on the success of a
business. She revealed that an organization should realize the importance of employees, more
than any other variable, as the most powerful contributor to an organizations competitive
position.
12. Bijaya Kumar Sundaray (2011) focused on various factors which lead to employee
engagement and what should company do to make the employees engaged. Proper attention
on engagement strategies will increase the organizational effectiveness in terms of higher
productivity, profits, quality, customer satisfaction, employee retention and increased
adaptability.
13. Siddhanta & Roy (2012) explored implications for theory, further research and practices by
synthesizing modern 'Employee Engagement' activities being practiced by the corporate with
the review of findings from previous researches / surveys.
14. Singh & Shukla (2012) tried to find out what variables are significant to create an engaged
workforce. The study was exploratory in nature and the data has been collected from a tin
manufacturing organization.
DIMENSIONS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
In 2006, The Conference Board published an article Employee Engagement A review of
current research and its implication on the basis of some major studies conducted by
Gallup, Towers Perrin, Blessing White, The Corporate Leadership Council and others. It
identified following key drivers related to employee engagement as:
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Trust & integrity managers should communicate well and go by their words.
Nature of the job employees should find their job challenging enough to motivate
themselves.
Line of sight between employee performance and company performance employee should
organization.
Co-workers / team members relationship with colleagues significantly increase employee
engagement level.
3.2.
IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGEMENT
Engagement is important for managers to cultivate, given that disengagement or alienation
is central to the problem of workers lack of commitment and motivation. Meaningless
work is often associated with apathy and detachment from ones works (Thomas&
Velthouse ).In such conditions, individuals are thought to be estranged from their selves.
An organizations capacity to manage employee engagement is closely related to its ability
to achieve high performance levels and superior business results.
In the workplace research on employee engagement(Harter,Schmidt&Hayes,2002)have
repeatedly asked employee whether they have the opportunity to do what they do best
every day. While one in five employees strongly agree with this statement. These work
units scoring higher on this perception have substantially higher performance. Thus,
employee engagement is critical to any organization that seeks to retain valued employees.
As organizations globalize and become more dependent on technology in a virtual working
environment, there is a greater need to connect and engage with employees to provide
them with an organizational identity.
Engaged employees are more likely to stay and be an advocate of the companys product
and services. They contribute to the overall success of the organization. A greater number
of loyal employees ensure low recruitment and training costs, in effect enhancing the
productivity of the organization. They are also more willing to put in extra effort when the
organization needs it. Their impact on the working environment is also significant as they
are more focused on organizational benefit than personal goals. This consequently reduces
feelings of acrimony and internal rivalries. They also project a positive image to new
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recruits and this motivates the latter to perform better and assimilate them in the office
culture. Research also shows that engaged employees in customer-facing roles are more
likely to treat customers in ways that positively influences customer satisfaction.
3.3.
CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES
There are three different types of employees. They are engaged, not engaged, actively
disengaged.
1. Engaged - Engaged employees are builders. They want to know the desired expectations
for their role so that they can meet and exceed them. They are naturally curious about
their company and their place in it. They perform at consistently high levels. They want
to use their talents and strengths at work every day. They work with passion and they
drive innovation and move their organization forward.
2. Not engaged - Not engaged employees tend to concentrate in tasks rather than the goals
and outcomes they are expected to accomplish. They want to be told what to do just so
that they can do it and say they have finished. They focus on accomplishing tasks vs
achieving an outcome. Employees who are not engaged tend to feel their contributions
are being overlooked and their potential is not being tapped. They often feel this way
because they dont have productive relationships with their managers or with their coworkers.
3. Actively disengaged - The actively disengaged employees are the cave dwellers. They
are consistently against virtually everything. They are not just unhappy at work they
are busy acting out their unhappiness. They sow seeds of negativity at every opportunity.
Everyday actively disengaged workers undermine what their engaged co-workers
accomplish. The problems and tensions that are fostered by actively disengaged workers
can cause great damage to an organizations functioning.
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direct reflection of how employees feel about their relationship with the boss.
Employees look at whether organizations and their leader walk the talk when they
proclaim that, Our employees are our most valuable asset.
2. Career - Leaders should provide challenging and meaningful work with opportunities
for career advancement. Most people want to do new things in their job. For example, do
organizations provide job rotation for their top talent? Are people assigned stretch goals?
Do leaders hold people accountable for progress? Are jobs enriched in duties and
responsibilities? Good leaders challenge employees; but at the same time, they must
instil the confidence that the challenges can be met.
3. Clarity - Leaders must communicate a clear vision. People want to understand the
vision that senior leadership has for the organization, and the goals that leaders or
departmental heads have for the division, unit, or team. Success in life and organizations
is, to a great extent, determined by how clear individuals are about their goals and what
they really want to achieve.
4. Convey - Leaders clarify their expectations about employees and provide feedback on
their functioning in the organization. Good leaders establish processes and procedures
that help people master important tasks and facilitate goal achievement. Good leaders
work daily to improve the skills of their people and create small wins that help the team,
unit, or Organization performs at its best.
5. Congratulate - Business leaders can learn a great deal from Woo dens approach.
Surveys show that, over and over, employees feel that they receive immediate feedback
when their performance is poor, or below expectations. These same employees also
report that praise and recognition for strong performance is much less common.
Exceptional leaders give recognition, and they do so a lot; they coach and convey.
6. Contribute - People want to know that their input matters and that they are contributing
to the organizations success in a meaningful way. First, an employee understands of the
connection between her work as operational zed by specific job-relevant behaviors
and the strategic objectives of the company had a positive impact on job performance.
Second, an employees attitude towards the job and the company had the greatest impact
on loyalty and customer service than all the other employee factors combined. Third,
improvements in employee attitude led to improvements in job-relevant behaviour; this,
in turn, increased customer satisfaction and an improvement in revenue growth. In sum,
good leaders help people see and feel how they are contributing to the organizations
success and future.
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7. Control - Employees value control over the flow and pace of their jobs and leaders can
Create opportunities for employees to exercise this control A feeling of being in on
things, and of being given opportunities to participate in decision making often reduces
stress; it also creates trust and a culture where people want to take ownership of
problems and their Solutions.
8. Collaborate - Studies show that, when employees work in teams and have the trust and
cooperation of their team members, they outperform individuals and teams which lack
good relationships. Great leaders are team builders; they create an environment that
fosters trust and collaboration. Surveys indicate that being cared about by colleagues is a
strong predictor of employee engagement. Thus, a continuous challenge for leaders is to
rally individuals to collaborate on organizational, departmental, and group goals, while
excluding individuals pursuing their self-interest.
9. Credibility - Leaders should strive to maintain a companys reputation and demonstrate
high ethical standards. People want to be proud of their jobs, their performance, and
their image.
10. Confidence - Good leaders help create confidence in a company by being exemplars of
high ethical and performance standards. Practitioners and academics have argued that
Competitive advantage can be gained by creating an engaged workforce.
Leaders should actively try to identify the level of engagement in their organization,
find the reasons behind the lack of full engagement, strive to eliminate those reasons,
and implement behavioural strategies that will facilitate full engagement. These
efforts should be ongoing. Employee Engagement is hard to achieve and if not
sustained by leaders it can wither with relative ease.
3.5.
1. Career development
Opportunities for personal development - Organizations with high levels of engagement
provide employees with opportunities to develop their abilities, learn new skills, acquire
new knowledge and realize their potential. When companies plan for the career paths of
their employees and invest in them, then they prove to be the assets of the organization.
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7. Communication
The Company should follow the open door policy. There should be both upward and
downward communication with the use of appropriate communication channels in the
organization. If the employee is given a say in the decision making and has the right to be
heard by his boss then the engagement levels are likely to be high.
8. Quality of working relationships with peers, superiors & subordinates
If employees relationship with their managers is fractured, then no amount of perks will
persuade the employees to perform at top levels. Employee engagement is a direct
reflection of how employees feel about their relationship with the boss.
9. Perception of the ethos and values of the organization
Inspiration and values are the most important factors that influence engagement.
Inspirational leadership is the ultimate perk. In its absence it is unlikely to engage
employees.
10. Performance appraisal
Fair evaluation of an employees performance is an important criterion for determining the
level of employee engagement. The company which follows an appropriate performance
appraisal technique (which is transparent and not biased) will have high levels of employee
engagement.
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Research indicates that the engagement levels are low if the employees do not feel secure
while working. Therefore every organization should adopt appropriate methods and
systems for the health and safety of their employees.
13. Job satisfaction
Only a satisfied employee can become an engaged employee. Therefore it is very essential
for an organization to see to it that the job given to the employee matches his career goals
which will make him enjoy his work and he would ultimately be satisfied with his job.
14. Family friendliness
A persons family life influences his work life. When an employee realizes that the
organization is considering his familys benefits also, he will have an emotional attachment
with the organization which leads to engagement.
15. Co-operation
If the entire organization works together by helping each other i.e., all the employees as
well as superiors co-ordinate well then the employees will be engaged.
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survey.
Conducting a survey without planning how to handle the results can lead employees
to disengage. It is therefore to feel the pulse; the action plan is just as essential.
Employee engagement should be measured at regular intervals in order to track its
contribution to the success of the organization.
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CHAPTER 4
4.1.
The people are the most important assets and through their capabilities and use of their
knowledge.
The human resource department of EPPL experiments and conducts surveys to develop
new concepts relating to employee well being, satisfaction and organizational behaviours
for the development of the employees in the organization.
Engagement of an employee is an important factor of consideration for every organization
for the prosperity and integrity of the organization. Satisfied knowledgeable workforce is
therefore instrumental in achieving organizational success. If an employee is not satisfied
in any of the factors which are basic ,prior and unavoidable like good and secured job,
working environment ,salary, proper and effective interpersonal communication among all
the level of the organization, scope of development ,recruitment policy, reward and
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department and the management to take proper action in future for the well being,
motivation, satisfaction and development of the employees working within it from the
human relations and organizational behaviour point of view.
Employee training & development, competency mapping through HRRA, career
progression, succession planning is given utmost attention by top management for
developing a world class workforce. HR programs are tailored to meet these objectives.
4.2.
Workforce Focus
In alignment with the company's vision, mission and values, EPPL's workforce focus aims
at creating a flexible, knowledgeable & satisfied workforce. The company achieves high
performance by creating agile & flexible organization design, understanding workforce
needs through various listening and learning posts, promoting innovation and creativity
through Cross Functional Teams, motivating employees through performance management
and professional development and providing a safe and supportive environment.
4.3.
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EPPL believes that motivating employees in the right way can have a direct impact to the
productivity of the organization. That is why they organize different award ceremonies
throughout the year. Some of the significant recognitions are as follows:
a. Value Champion of the Month (VCM)
This programme is mainly focused on the white collar employees for their continuous
improvement and engaging them with the organisation. The rewards are given to the best
performers on monthly basis. To achieve its aim and objectives of being the most loved
brand and enriching the lives of millions; EPPL continuously works to achieve its 7 valuescustomer centricity, respect, lean ways of working, passion, speed, innovation and
trust. Employees are encouraged to provide KUDOD points to each other in terms of the
above mentioned values in their relationship. Kudos can be treated as an effective tool of
motivation.
b. Kaizen
c. You Make a Difference
The 'U Make a Difference' award program recognizes individuals and teams who
exemplify excellence and the ability to reach above and beyond the expected to "Make a
Difference" in the organization.
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The awards acknowledge that outstanding contributions to the organization's vision can
take many different forms and they provide all members of the company the opportunity to
formally recognize each other's efforts and contributions throughout the year. These awards
are an important aspect of company's culture of recognition.
A 'U Make a Difference' award is an honor for members of the company community
who, through their performance, commitment and service make the university a great place
to learn and work. The rewards are given every year by the Board of Director to the
employees for their outperformance.
d. Shabbash
2. Meetings
a. Employee connect
This activity is a platform where all the employees of the organisation meet together at one
place and share the opinion of each for the improvement. Here the employees can also
raise their voice about any problems they face in their working environment. Solutions are
the main focus of the organisation rather than the problems.
b. Communication meeting
Communication meeting is done with the associates to update about the plant.
c. Safety committee meeting
Safety is very important part of any organization in this present era. So EPPL also takes
care of this very aspect to save its employees as well as to maintain the safety level in
company premises. Keeping in view the nature of the job and activities performed, safety
of employees assumes a critical role observance of safety rules and practices is the
responsibility of all EPPL employees. An unsafe act of one employee endangers other, as
well as himself. Therefore, certain safety rules have been developed for all the plants.
d. Canteen committee meeting
e. Transport committee meeting
3. Sports event
Sports can help the employees to refresh themselves from the monotonous routine work.
EPPL considers Sports as an effective tool to build team spirit and leadership ability. They
also arrange intra and inter tournaments of volleyball and cricket at regular interval.
4. Environment month
Environment Month was observed with full enthusiasm by the organization. Staffs and
associates participated in plantation drives to make their surrounding green. The theme
resolute
for
the
World
Environment
Day
2015
is
'Seven
billion
dreams.'
Saplings were implanted by the members of the organization. The authorities motivated the
employees to plant more and more trees in order to make the surroundings green.
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Staffs and associates raised slogans and displayed posters regarding different
environmental issues and were encouraged to participate in drawing and poster making
competitions with environment-related topics.
Marathon race were also held on account of environment month where all the members
of the company took part. This activity make the employees take a relief from work stress
and build the feeling of competition and sense of achievement to the winners. This also
helps in growth of the employees as there is rewards and recognition to all participants.
Every Thursday in the course of environment month there was Skit with the theme of
saving environment from one department in a week.
5. Talented Tuesday
Talented Tuesday is a weekly event held for the staffs where any members can share
anything of his talent and share the opinion to other members and executives. There would
be a presentation by the employees based on what is happening in the work and what have
been done for the improvement n what are still required. The presenter is rewarded with
6. Training and Development
Within the company, training and development is divided into two areas. Manager and
leadership training is one area with another involving the delivery of programs to ensure
that company values and methods are understood and practiced worldwide. The second
area involves training specific to manufacturing at Multixs manufacturing plant in the
company like safety of the associates in operating the equipments and machineries.
7. Ocular evidence
---Rally for the publicity of the brand and the organisation is also held to make aware of
the public with the upcoming vehicle Multix. Here the employees as well as the associates
take the initiative.
8. Medical fitness and camp
Camp of medical fitness for employees is held for their health and wellbeing. Blood
donation is done in this camp.
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EPPL organized a free medical camp at the Company. The health camp was organized with
the objective of providing free medical examination/check-up to the employees. Our Tiens
distributors, company officials, Cardiologist Dr. Mary Magdalene and lab technicians
kindly volunteered to contribute towards achieving the following objectives:
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