INTRODUCTION

Management has been defined by Mary Parker Follett as, the art of getting things done through people. Human resources are one of the most important assets of the organization & assessing it current value is both important and difficult, but it must be done if this resources utility is to be optimized, the performance of their resource will determine the overall effectiveness of the organization. People in any organization manifest themselves, not only through individual sections but also through group interactions. When individuals come to work place, they come with not only technical skills, knowledge etc., but also with their personal feelings, perception, desires, motives, attitude, values etc. also other factors of the human resources. In simple sense, human resources management means employing people, developing their resources, utilizing, maintaining and compensating their services in tune with the job and organizational requirements. Human Resource Management can be defined as managing the functions of employing, developing and compersating human resources resulting in the creating and development of human relations with a view to contribute proportionately to the organizational, individual and social goals. Michael J. Jucius defined Personnel Management as the field of management which has to do with planning, organizing, directing and controlling the functions of procuring, developing, maintaining and utilizing a labour force. According to Leon C. Megginson, the term human resources can be thought of as, the total knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents and aptitudes of an organizations workforce, as well as the value, attitudes and beliefs of the individuals involved. Therefore, employee management in an organization does mean management of not only technical skills but

QUALITY OF WORK LIFE Quality is generally defined as conformance to requirements .Quality is as fitness for purpose. The concept is not only applied to all goods and services created by the human beings, but also for work place where the employees were employed Quality in the workplace comes from understanding and then fully meeting, the needs of all your internal and external customers, this is done for future and continual improvement in efficiency and effectiveness of their employees. QWL is the Degree to which members of work organization are able to satisfy important personal needs through their experience in the organization. QWL is cooperative rather than authoritarian, evolutionary and open rather then static and rigid, informal rather than rule bound, impersonal rather than mechanistic, mutual respect and trust rather than hatred against each other. QWL refers to the favorableness or un- favorableness of a total job environment of the people. The basic purpose is to develop jobs and working conditions that are excellent for people as well as for economic health of the organization. QWL provides a more humanized work environment .It seeks to employ the higher skills of workers and to provide an environment that encourages improving their skills. Q - Quest for excellence U - Understanding A - Action L - Leadership I - Involvement of people T - Team spirit Y - Yardstick to measure progress

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

"A study on worker's perception on their quality of work life in Nutrine Confectionery Company Ltd". Quality of work life is general phrase or relative concept that covers a person's feelings about every dimension of work including economic rewards and benefits, security, safe and healthy working conditions, organizational & inter personal relations. Quality of work life is the quality standard of an employee's work life & this quality is the resultant factor of all the aspects, each having its own share which comes in the area of action of a working person.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

Quality of work life is multidimensional aspect. The workers expect the following needs to be fulfilled. Compensate the reward for the work should be fair and compensate. The organization should take care of health and safety of the employees. Job security should be given to the employees. Job specification should match the individuals. An organization responds to employee needs for developing mechanism to allow them to share fully in making the decisions that design their lives at work. The study quantifies the effects of quality of work life on employees. The study aims to gain an insight into current working life policies and practices, as well as worklife balance issues of employees.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

To get an account of the welfare activities being laid down for the employees. Employee level of satisfaction both inside and outside the organization. To know how quality of work life leads to high satisfaction. To know how the various welfare activities and other benefits help to bring a better quality of work life.

LIMITATIONS
Time limit is the one of the major component of this study. It is not possible to collect the information from all the employees in the organization. Some employees were unwilling to answer the questions. Employees will not provide accurate information They views changes according to the situations.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research cause recognize that students preparing to manage business, not for profit and public organizations in all functional areas Needs training in a discipline process for conducting an enquire of a management The factors that stimulate an interest in a specific approach in decision making The managers increase need for more and better information The availability of improved techniques and tools to meet this need The resulting information overload discipline is not employed in the process

Definition According to P. Cook Research is an honest, exhaustive, intelligent researching for facts and their meanings or implications with reference to a given problem. According to Redman and Mory, Research is a systematized effort to gain new knowledge. According to C. C. Craford Research is simply a systematic and redefined of thinking employing specialized tools, instruments and produce to obtain a more adequate solution of a problem. Research Design A research Design is the arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the purpose with economy in procedure. Generally the Research Design can be convenient described in 3 ways. They are, Research design in case of descriptive research studies. Research design in case of exploratory research studies. Research design in case of diagnostic research studies.

Source Of Data The source for collecting the data is form both primary method and secondary method

Primary Data The primary data are those which are collected afresh and for the first time, and thus happen to be original in character. The tools for collecting this primary data are by two types namely Interview Methods and Questionnaire Method. Secondary Data The Secondary data are those which have already been collected by someone else and which have already been passed through the statistical process in the company. Sample Size The sample size of the survey is taken as 100 respondents. Sampling Procedure Sampling is the selection of group with a view to obtain information about the whole is group of persons that represent particular community. The sampling method used was random sampling. This sampling method was used because of lack of through knowledge about the universe. The sample size was fixed to 100 respondents Type Of Survey Simple random sampling technique.

Research Instruments
Personal Interviews Schedulers where administrated Personally for Collecting the data. Questionnaire The questionnaire comprises of Closed-ended Questions. Statistical Tools Used Bar charts ( Percentage analysis, charts and others Statistical Tools

QUESTIONNAIRE
___________________________________________________________________ Name Designation : : Age Sex : :

____________________________________________________________________ Q1. Since how many years have you been working with this organization? a. 0-5 Years b. 5-10 Years c. 10 to 15 Years d. More than 15 Years

Q2. Do you think there are good career prospect in your organization? a. Yes b. No

Q3.Do you feel comfortable and satisfied with your job? a. Satisfied b. Neutral c. Dissatisfied

Q4. Does the company provide training for enriching the skills of employees? a. Yes b. No

Q5. Do you think quality of work life of the organization helps to improve your productivity? a. Yes b. No

Q6. Does the top management involve employees in the management decisions? a. Yes b. No

Q7.Do you feel free to offer comments and suggestions? a. Yes b. No

Q8. Do you think departments in the organization have cooperation? a. Yes b. No

Q9.I am given adequate and fair compensation for the work I do? a. Strongly agree b. Agree c. Disagree d. Strongly disagree

Q10. Are you free to perform your duties? a. Yes b. No

Q11. Does the organization provide satisfactory Salary according to your Work? a. Yes b. No

Q12. Does working in the organization give you a feeling of security and improves your productivity? a. Yes b. No

Q13. Does the company takes care of the employees working in night shift ? a. Yes b. No

Q14.Fringe benefits provided to you. a. Insurance b. Retirement benefit c. Health checkup d. All the above

Q15. What do you think that employees in the organization are skilled, motivated and productive? a. Yes b. No

Q16. Do the facilities provided by the organization motivate you to improve your productivity? a. Yes b. No

Q17. How is the physical working condition in the JIS.LTD? a. Good b. Average c. Poor

Q18. Which factor motivates you the most? a. Salary increase d. Motivational talk b. Promotion e. Recognition c. Leave

Q19. How is the working hours of the organization ? a. Highly Satisfactory b. Satisfactory c. Dissatisfactory

Q20. Do you think proper training improves the productivity of the company and employees? a. Yes b. No