Octapace profile and human resource climate in a South Asian public sector undertaking with special reference on KSFE

Undoubtedly any organization's success depends on the efficiency with which they manage their resources. Over the decades the organizations has realized the importance of managing their most crucial resource, which can think on their own, which has emotions and feelings. Many researches have identified the interrelationship between productivity of the employees and organization. Among the various reasons for employee productivity; one may be the perception of the employees on how the organization is and what the organization values and believes. This may be summed up as the organization climate which deals with the perception of the employees towards the policies, procedures and practices of the organization. The research study focus on ascertaining the organization climate of Kerala state financing enterprise (KSFE) and to understand and analyze the various dimensions of OCTAPACE.The data is collected primarily by personal interview and questionnaire of 100 employees in KSFE. The results show that KSFE scored high in openness, confrontation, authenticity and collaboration. The Mean Score analysis shows Proaction, Collaboration and experimentation to be the highest. The factors which scored low are trust and autonomy.