Positive Work Environment

Jr. Class PGBE

EDI, Gandhinagar
12th November 2015
 What is Work Environment
• Physical Aspects
a. Ergonomics
b. Need
c. Appearance
• Human Element
a. Comparison
b. Relations
• The Flux
a. Dimensions of Reach
• Purpose
a. To get the best out
 Parties Substance
• Managers • Individual
• Employees • Job, reward career,
communications, culture
• Employee’s
• Collective
representatives
• Joint agreements, joint
machinery

Operations Structure
• Level • Formal
• Process rules/procedure
• Style • Informal
understandings,
expectations,
Work assumption
Relationships
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Impact
Herzberg Balance
Motivation Hygiene
 Designing

Clarify

Institution
Build
alize
Effective
Work
Environment
Design
Provide Define

Group

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 Elements of Work life Balance
Job Design • Roles, Ambiguity, conflict, autonomy
Performance
• Reasonable and achievable targets
Standards
Job Placement • Right job for right man
Career
• Career plans and movement
Development
PMS • Allow dialogue
Counselling • Course correction for better path
Anti Bullying • Major cause of stress

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 Studies
• Hawthorne Experiments
• Ahmadabad Experiments
• McDonald Douglas Ohio Operations
 Other Related Practises
• 5S
• Kaizen
• JIT (Toyota Production System)
• TPM – TQM
• Work Buddies
• SMED
• GMP/CGMP
 Legislation
• The Factories Act 1948
• Mines Act 1952
• Dock Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act
1986

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 Bodies
• ILO
• National Policy on Safety, Health and
Environment at work place
• National Safety Council of India (NSCI)
• National APELL (Awareness and Preparedness
for Emergencies at Local Level) Centre (NAC)
• IS 18001:2000 Occupational Health and Safety
Management Systems
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THANK YOU