An empirical study on employees perception towards HRD climate in textile mills

The opening of the Indian economy in the early 1990s and the consequent changes in the environment have forced Indian organizations to look for better avenues of performance improvement, resulting in a changed perspective for Human Resource Development (HRD) activities in organizations. The emphasis now is more on a wholesale development, which means a more integrated approach towards HRD. This has led to the introduction of HRD climate of organized activities designed to foster increased knowledge, skills, competencies and better behaviors. Purpose – The aim of the study was to measure employees’ perception of human resource development (HRD) practices, to explore whether relevant accreditations has lead to any improvements in HRD system, and to examine the role of HRD practices on employees’ development climate and quality orientation in the organization. In this context, HRD aims at developing the motivation of the employees to the extent possible, to make them contribute to the organizational goals. The study of HRD climate is very important for all the organization, and textile sector is not an exception. This paper attempts to study employees’ perception towards HRD climate on the basis of demographic characteristics of employees. The study will lead to the outcomes for the perceived HRD climate which will make to directly contribute to the organizations vision, accreditations and strategies. It will also make to analyze the impact of HRD practices on the employees’ development.