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Abstract-To proceed with the study the researcher took 1.1.1 JOB ENLARGEMENT VS. JOB
structured questionnaire which was under various
ENRICHMENT
parameters such as working environment,
compensation and welfare, grievance, stress, incentives,
employees’ relation, etc. The whole population of The modern interest in quality of work life
employees was taken for conducting the survey. The was stimulated through efforts to change the scope of
sample size taken for the study was 100 with people’s jobs in attempting to motivate them. Job
convenience sampling technique, to describe the study scope has two dimensions – breadth and depth. Job
under description research design, to analyze the breadth is the number of different tasks an individual
various objectives; statistical tools were used such as is directly responsible for. It ranges from very narrow
percentage analysis and Chi-square analysis. Analysis (one task performed repetitively) to wide (several
depicted that quality of work at ATS is satisfied. It can
tasks). Employees with narrow job breadth were
be improved by attaining the needs of employees in
order to retain them and achieve their organizational
sometimes given a wider variety of duties in order to
good with the help of suggestion recommended in the reduce their monotony; this process is called job
study towards the expectation level of the employer. enlargement. Another approach to changing job
breadth is job rotation, which involves periodic
Keywords: Job enrichment, Trading platform, assignment of an employee to completely different
Respondents service sets of job activities. Job rotation is an effective way
to develop multiple skills in employees, which
1. INTRODUCTION benefits the organisation while creating greater job
interest and career options for the employee.
1.1 QUALITY OF WORK LIFE
The concept of quality of work life (QWL) 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE:
deals with the issue of how rewarding or satisfying
the time spent in the workplace is. As such, QWL A review on the previous studies on quality of
may reflect working conditions and contextual issues work life of the employees is necessary to know the
such as relationships with work colleagues and the areas already covered this will help to find our new
intrinsic satisfaction of the job itself. A movement area uncovered and to study them in depth. the earlier
focusing on employee perceptions of job satisfaction studies made on quality of work life among the
and job challenges, health and safety at work, job employees are briefly reviewed here.Various authors
fulfillment and working conditions and the balance and researchers have proposed models of Quality of
between work and non-work. The movement has working life which include a wide range of factors.
promoted such things as flexitime, autonomy, Selected models are reviewed below.
employee participation in decision-making, etc.
Underlying this use of QWL is the belief that it 2.1 According to Hackman and Oldham (2001)1
enhances employee performance and productivity;
however, empirical proof of this relationship is not Drew attention to what they described as
conclusive. Quality of working life is dependent on psychological growth needs as relevant to the
the extent to which an employee feels valued, consideration of Quality of working life. Several
rewarded, motivated, consulted, and empowered. It is such needs were identified; Skill variety, Task
also influenced by factors such as job security, Identity, Task significance, Autonomy and Feedback.
opportunities for career development, work patterns, They suggested that such needs have to be addressed
and work life balance.
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if employees are to experience high quality of increasing client base in a professional and ethical
working life. In contrast to such theory based models. way.
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methods but also consider the logic behind 4.3.4 TOOLS USED FOR ANALYSIS
the methods we use in the context of our
research study and explain why we are using a The various tools like percentage analysis,
particular method or technique. barchart, piechart, correlation, etc. are used to
analyze the data property and to derive the
4.3 RESEARCH DESIGN findings.Percentage analysis is used in making
comparison between two or more series of data
“A research design is the arrangement of Percentage is used to describe relationship.
conditions for collection and analysis of data in a
manner that aims to combine relevance to the Chi square test is one of the simplest and
research purpose with economy in most widely used non parametric tests in statistical
procedure”.Research design is the conceptual work. The chi square test was first used by Karl
structure within which research is conducted; it Pearson in the year 1900. The quality chi square
constitutes the blueprint for the collection, describes the magnitude of the difference between
measurement and analysis of data. The type of theory and observation. It is defined as
research design used in the project was Descriptive Null Hypothesis H0 : Attributes are independent
research, because it helps to describe a particular Alternative Hypothesis H1 : Attributes are not
situation prevailing within a company. Careful design
of the descriptive studies was necessary to ensure the 5. IMPLEMENTATION
complete interpretation of the situation and to ensure
minimum bias in the collection of data. CHART SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF
RESPONDENTS GENDER
4.3.1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
• TOTAL NO OF POPULATION=433
• NO OF SAMPLE=100
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RESPONDENTS OPINION ON
RESPONDENTS HAVING COMPENSATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY
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6. CONCLUSION
RESPONDENTS HAVING MEDICAL SCHEME
The whole population of employees was
taken for conducting the survey. The sample size
taken for the study was 100 with convenience
sampling technique, to describe the study under
description research design, to analyze the various
objectives, statistical tools were used such as
percentage analysis and Chi-square analysis.
Analysis depicted that quality of work at ATS is
satisfied. It can be improved by attaining the needs of
employees in order to retain them and achieve their
organizational good with the help of suggestion
recommended in the study towards the expectation
level of the employer. The study of Quality life has
been analysed with the help of the collected data
from the company we can justify.
REFERENCES
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality
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Authors Profile
Mr. B.Kiran Bala., B.Tech.,
M.E., MBA, Asst. Professor,
Dept of Computer Science &
Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan
College of Engineering, Trichy,
Tamil Nadu, India. Having 4
years of Research experiences
and also published several
journals as well as international
books
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