Packages Limited

PACKAGES LIMITED
Human Resource Development

Submitted to:
SIR Fahad Javeed

Submitted by:
Muhammad Muneeb-Ur-Rehman 092

(Department of Management sciences)

COMSATS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND
TECHNALOGY
Packages Limited
Packages Limited
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most
Kind
Packages Limited

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction of Packages Ltd
Overview of the Packages Ltd
Introduction to HRD Department
Structure of the HRD Department
Functions of HRD Department
Packages Limited

Introduction to the Organization

P ackages Limited was established in 1956 as a joint venture between the Ali
Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden to convert paper and
paperboard into packaging for the consumer industry.
Packages is the only packaging facility in Pakistan offering a complete range
of packaging solutions including offset printed cartons, shipping containers and
flexible packaging materials to individuals and businesses world-wide. Its clientele
includes illustrious names such as Unilever and Pakistan Tobacco Company, who
have been its customers for over 50 years. Packages employ over 3000 people and
HRD Manager
had sales of over US $ 100 million in 2004.
A package has always been at the forefront of new developments in
packaging research and has pioneered several innovations, including the use of
Introductio
wheat straw as a raw material for paper and board manufacture. Its on-site paper
and board mill, established in 1968, has constantly increased its production capacity.
n to the
A new plant with even greater capabilities is planned for the near future.
Organizati
Brief History
on to enhance its facilities to meet the
Over the years, Packages has continued
growing demand of packaging products.

P
Since 1982, Packages Limited has had a joint venture with Tetra Pak
International in Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited to manufacture paperboard for liquid
food packaging and to market Tetra Pak packaging equipment.
Packages commissioned its own paper mill with a production capacity of 24,000
tones in 1968. The mill producesackages
paperLimited
and paperboard based on waste paper and
agricultural by-products like wheat straw and river
was established in grass. With growing demand the
capacity was increased periodically and in 2003 was nearly 100,000 tones per year.
1956 as a joint
In 1993, a joint ventureventure
agreement was signed with Mitsubishi Corporation
between
of Japan for the manufacture of Polypropylene films at the Industrial Estate in Hattar,
the Ali Group
NWFP. This project, called Tri-Pack of
Films Limited, commenced production in 1995
with equity participation by Packages Limited,
Pakistan and Mitsubishi Corporation, Altawfeek
Company for Investment Funds, Saudi Arabia and the public. Packages Limited
Akerlundequity.
owns 33% of Tri-Pack Films Limited's & Rausing
In 1994, Coates Lorilleux Pakistan
of Sweden to Limited, in which Packages limited has
55% ownership, commenced production and sale of printing inks.
In 1996, a joint ventureconvert paper
agreement andsigned with Printcare (Ceylon)
was
Limited for the production of paperboard
flexible packaging
into materials in Sri Lanka. Packages
Lanka (Private) Limited commenced production in 1998. Packages Limited now
owns 79% of this company. packaging for the
Packages Limited has also started producing
consumer corrugated boxes from its plant in
industry.
Karachi from 2002.
In 1999-2000, Packages Limited Packages is
successfully completed the expansion of the
flexible packaging line by installing
the onlya new rotogravure printing machine and
packaging
expanded the carton line by adding a new Lemanic rotogravure inline printing and
facility in Pakistan
offering a complete
range of packaging
solutions including
 offset printed
cartons, shipping
containers and
Packages Limited flexible packaging
cutting creasing machine. A new 8-colortoFlexographic printing machine was also
materials
installed in the Flexible Business Unit in 2001.
individuals
In 2003, Packages entered into anand
agreement with Vimpex of Austria to
provide management and technical assistance
businesses world-to help in the operation, production
optimization and capacity expansion of a paperboard mill in Syria. A team from
Packages is currently providingwide. Its services
these clientele and is close to optimizing mill
production. includes illustrious
The Bulleh Shah Project: Packages is planning to relocate its paper
names
manufacturing facilities from the suchlocation,
existing as which has limited capacity for
expansion, to a new site 54 km from the
Unilever and present one. This will enable us to radically
increase our paper and paperboard production from 100,000 to 300,000 tones per
year. The packaging operation Pakistan Tobacco
shall continue concurrently at the Lahore site.
Company, who
have been its
customers for over
50 years. Packages
employ over 3000
people and had
sales of over US $
100 million in 2004.
A package
has always been at
the forefront of new
developments in
packaging research
and has pioneered
several innovations,
including the use of
wheat straw as a
raw material for
paper and board
manufacture. Its on-
site paper and
board mill,
established in 1968,
has constantly
increased its
production capacity.
A new plant with
even greater
capabilities is
 near future.

Packages Limited Brief

Human ResourceHistory
Development
Department (HRD)
Over the years,

o
Packages has
continued
ne of the most significant to
developments in the field of organization in recent
times is the increasingenhance
importanceits given to human resources. More and more
attention is being paid to motivational aspects of human personality,
facilitiesgroup
particularly the need for self-esteem, to meet the
belonging, and self-actualization. This
new awakening of humanism growingand humanization
demand of all over the world has in fact
enlarged the scope of applying principles of human resource management in
organizations. The development packaging
of people, their competencies, and the process
development of the total organization
products.are the main concerns of human resource
management.
Since 1982,
Packages Ltd is proud Packages
of its human resource, as almost all the employees
Limited
have been hand picked by the management. It is the fortunate for Packages Ltd that
has hadisavery
the leaders i.e. the top management jointmuch qualified and has the ability to lead
the staff in an efficient and effective
venturemanner. Human resource is considered to be
with Tetra
the most valuable asset in Packages Ltd. With its expanding business operations,
the requirements of new employeesPak International
keep on arising. Human Resource management
strives to achieve organizational goalsPak
in Tetra and the goals of employees through effective
personnel programs, polices and procedures.
Pakistan Limited to
manufacture
paperboard for
liquid food
packaging and to
market Tetra Pak
packaging
equipment.
Packages
commissioned its
own paper mill with
a production
capacity of 24,000
tones in 1968. The
mill produces paper
and paperboard
based on waste
paper and
agricultural by-
products like wheat
straw and river
 demand the
capacity was
increased
Packages Limited periodically and in
2003 was nearly

Structure of HRD Department

100,000 tones per
year.

In 1993, a
General Manager
joint venture
agreement was
signed with
Mitsubishi
Corporation of
Japan for the
manufacture of
Polypropylene films
at the Industrial
Estate in Hattar,
Assistant
HR Manager NWFP. This HR Executive
project, called Tri-
Pack Films Limited,
commenced
production in 1995
with equity
participation by
Packages Limited,
Mitsubishi
Corporation,
Altawfeek Company
for Investment
Funds, Saudi
Arabia and the
public. Packages
Limited owns 33%
of Tri-Pack Films
Limited's equity.
In 1994,
Coates Lorilleux
Pakistan Limited,
in which Packages
 limited has 55%
ownership,
commenced

Packages Limited production and sale

of printing inks.
Functions of HRD Department
In 1996, a of Packages
joint venture
Following are the main functions of HRD was
agreement department:
signed with
 Human Resource Planning
Printcare
and forecasting
(Ceylon)
Limited for the
 Job Analysis/Job Description
production of
 Recruitment and Selection
flexible packaging

 Orientation materials in Sri

Lanka. Packages
 Training & Development
Lanka (Private)
 Performance appraisalLimited
commenced
 Career management
production in 1998.
 Succession planning
Packages Limited
now owns 79% of
this company.
Packages Limited
has also started
producing
corrugated boxes
from its plant in
Karachi from 2002.
In 1999-
2000, Packages
Limited successfully
completed the
expansion of the
flexible packaging
line by installing a
new rotogravure
printing machine
and expanded the
carton line by
adding a new
Lemanic
 printing and cutting
creasing machine.
A new 8-color
Packages Limited
Flexographic
printing machine
was also installed in
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
the Flexible
Organization development (OD) is a planned, organization-wide effort to increase an organization's
Business
effectiveness and viability. Warren Bennis Unit in to OD as a response to change, a complex
has referred
educational strategy intended to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, and structure of organization so
2001.
that they can better adapt to new technologies, marketing and challenges, and the dizzying rate of
change itself. OD is neither "anything done to better an organization" nor is it "the training function of
In 2003,
the organization"; it is a particular kind of change process designed to bring about a particular kind of
end result. OD can involve interventions in the organization's
Packages entered "processes," using behavioural
science knowledge as well as organizational reflection, system improvement, planning, and self-
analysis into an agreement

DEFENITION: with Vimpex of

Austria to provide
"Organization development is a system-wide application of behavioral science knowledge
to the planned development andmanagement and
reinforcement of organizational strategies, structures,
and processes for improving an organization's effectiveness.
technical
assistance to help
MODLE FOR OD:
in the operation,
Organizational development is production
continuing process of long term organizational
improvement consisting of series of stages. In an OD program, emphasis is placed on a
optimization
combination of individual, team, and
and organizational relationships.

capacity expansion
Stages of OD: of a paperboard mill

Stage One: ANTICIPATE NEEDin Syria. A team

FOR CHANGE
Stage Two: DEVELOP THE PRACTIONEER CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
from Packages is
Stage Three: THE DIAGNOSTIC PHASE
Stage four: ACTION, PLAN, STRATGIES AND TECHNIQUES
currently providing
Stage five: SELF-RENEWAL, MONITOR AND STABILIZE
these services and
is close to
optimizing mill
production.
Now we will describe all this in the context of Packages Pakistan.
The Bulleh
Shah Project:
Packages is
planning to relocate
its paper
manufacturing
facilities from the
existing location,
which has limited
capacity for
expansion, to a new