HRD Climate in VTPS and KTPS - A Study

Various Organizational factors formulate HRD climate such as the importance given by management towards Human Resource Development, freedom of employees, and various subsystems of HRD mechanisms. HRD climate profoundly influences the outlook, wellbeing, attitude and commitment of employees and plays a significant role in enhancing organizational performance. The present study aims to study the HRD climate existing in two public undertakings who have been pioneering disposition in spending for human resource development programs. The data has been collected from 607 employees using simple random sampling method. The findings of the study cover the perceptions of executives and non-executives on various aspects of General Climate, OCTAPACE culture and HRD mechanisms in VTPS and KTPS. The suggestions for better HRD practices and recommendations for improving HRD climate based on the findings are also discussed.