HRD and Management- A Case Study of Public Sector Undertakings in India

Abstract

Top Management of an organization plays an important role in designing Human Resource policies and their execution. Human Resource policies of an organization are mainly based on top management's assumption about people working in the organization. It reflects the attitude of the top management about the 'people'. Human Resource Development (HRD) is somehow related with the type of approach and commitment of the top management towards its people. Human Resource Development (HRD) has been given due importance by all the organizations in India as it aims at developing all the employees of an organization in a planned manner to acquire and apply their existing capabilities as well as their inner potentials. Theory X and Theory Y developed by McGregor further strengthen the view that the managements who consider its people as its assets plays a positive role in their development and those who consider that they need to be directed and are just a means of production like other means don't make policies for their development and believe it to be wasteful expenditure. The present study is an attempt to ascertain whether the top management in public sector organizations believes in employee development and to what extent they are helpful in developing organizational development climate in their undertakings. The study is quite significant as it has significant impact on the efficiency and productivity of the organization.