Impact of HRD practices on job satisfaction – A case study of syndicate bank and karnataka bank ltd.

The major challenge of the contemporary banking business is how to optimize the contribution of human resources in achieving organizational goals and objectives. An efficient and satisfied work force is the most significant factor in organizational effectiveness and managerial excellence.

Systematic investigations in industrial and service organizations have revealed that though individually Indian workers are as knowledgeable and efficient as their counterparts elsewhere in the world collective efforts often falls short of corporate expectations. While a part of this shortfall may be due to the inadequate commitment and motivation on the part of the employees, environmental pressures, attitude of trade unions, the contribution of management policies and practices in relation to human technical and material resources is also contributing significantly for this situation.

The general objective of Human Resource Development practices is concerned with the development of human resources i.e., knowledge, capacity, skills, potentialities and achieving employee goals including job satisfaction. In this paper authors made an attempt to describe the various HRD practices and impact of the same on employees? job satisfaction.