identification of factors affecting the performance among labourers in current civil engineering practices
B.Vijay Antony Raj,P.S.Kothai
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Civil,Structural,Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering and Developing
ISSN: 2320-723X Impact Factor:1.7 Volume:2 Issue:2 Year: 01 June,2014 Pages:90-97
Abstract
Human Resource Management or HRM is the process of managing people in a company/firm as well as managing the existing inter-personal relationships. These two processes are key in the success and growth of a business. Human resource management is the management process of an organization's workforce, or human resources. It is responsible for the attraction, selection, training, assessment, and rewarding of employees, while also overseeing organizational leadership and culture and ensuring compliance with employment and labour laws. HR now focuses on strategic initiatives like mergers and acquisitions, talent management, succession planning, industrial and labour relations, and diversity and inclusion. Successful implementation ensures that all employees know their role, career path and also feel part of an organization which is able to manage and reconcile their expectations as well as those of the organization and its objectives. This project is done in identification of factors irrespective to labours. Based on those factors a questionnaire has been prepared in labours point of view. In this thesis , questionnaire survey have been conducted with various companies among 75 labours and using SPSS software their response have been extracted for studying the impact of human resource management practices on productivity and financial performance in construction industry and appropriate solution was given for all impacts.
Kewords
Human resource management, Labors, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Response, Analysis
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