SECTION A: PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Gender: Male Female

2. Age: less than 30 30 to 40 41 to 50
51 to 60 More than 60

3. Education Level: _______________________________

4. Position/Title _______________________________

5. Seniority: ______________________ years


SECTION B: COMPANY INFORMATION

1. Number of employees: less than 50 50 to 100 101 to 150
151 to 200 More than 200

(No of female working in an organization --------------)
(No of male working in an organization------------------)

2. Class of firm: Local Foreign/Export Joint Venture
Oriented
3. Years of Operation: less than 5 5 to 10 11 to 15
16 to 20 More than 20
4. Firms Sale Volume: ______________________ (Rs.)

5. Industry Type: Manufacturing Service
Others, please specify_______________________________

6. Major Products (At least one product): _______________/_______________/_____________












SECTION C: BUSINESS OPERATION MODES

For the following questions, please CIRCLE one of the boxes according to the degree of
achievement or adoption of firm. There are two sides of each factor, left & right. Respondent
should choose one between the left & right and rate with five degrees, ranging from 1,2,3,4 to 5
which means (5) Very High, (4) High, (3) Moderate, (2) Low & (1) Very Low. If the level of
achievement or adoption of firm between 2 sides (left & right) makes no difference or is
currently not adopted, then please CIRCLE zero (0) number.


1. Centralization versus Decentralization



Firm transfers responsibilities 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Firm transfers responsibilities
to higher level. to lower level.


Communication among 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Employees have greater
employees is not extensive. communication among them.


2. Trust versus Distrust


Employees only understand 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Employees understand
their own behaviours. each others behaviour.


Employees care about their 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Employees feel sense of
own responsibilities only. responsibilities for each other.


3. Proactive Culture versus Reactive Culture


Decision making is late to 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Decision making is fast
take any action & in to take action & in
conservative manner. innovative manner.


Firm is unresponsive to 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Firm is responsive
to change in business change in business
environment. environment.


SECTION D: HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES

With whom does the primary responsibility lie for the following HRM functions /Activities
Functions /activities Human
Resource
Department
Human
Resource
Department
in
Consultation
with Line
Manager
Line
Management

Line
Management
in Consultation
with
Human
Resource
Department
other
a) Staffing
b) Human Resource
Development

c) Safety & health
d) Compensation
e) Employee & labor
Relation







Please CIRCLE the levels of agreement in each of the
statement below with regards to Human Resource
Management (HRM) Practices of your firm.
Level of Agreement

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1. Human Resource Planning

a) Firm forecasts personnel requirements on a timely
basis.

b) Firm has spent a great amount of money on selecting
staff.



c) Structured and Standardized interviews have been
used in firm.

d) The organization carries out succession planning in order
to ensure that executives are available to fill the key
positions.




2. Job Definition

a) The duties of every job are clearly defined in our
organization.

b) Each job in our organization has an up to date job
description.

c) The job description for each job contains all the duties
performed by individual employee.

d) The actual job duties are shaped more by the employee
than by the formal job description.


e) Each employee has clear about his duties and
responsibilities.







3. Performance Appraisal

a) Performance of the employees is measured on the basis
of objective quantifiable results.

b) Appraisal system in our organization is growth and
development oriented.

c) Employees are provided performance based feedback
and counseling.

d) Employees have faith in the performance appraisal
system.

e) Appraisal system has a strong influence on individual and
team behavior.























4.Training

a) Our organization conducts extensive training programs
for its employees in all aspects of quality.

b) Employees in each job will normally go through training
programs every year.

c) Training needs are identified through a formal
performance appraisal mechanism.

d) There are formal training programs to teach new
employees the skills they need to perform their jobs.

e) Training needs identified are realistic, useful and based
on the business strategy of the organization.






5.Compensation

a) Job performance is an important factor in determining
the incentive compensation of employees.

b) In our organization, salary and other benefits are
comparable to the market.

c) In our organization, compensation is decided on the basis
of competence or ability of the employee.

d) The compensation for all employees is directly linked to
his/her performance.

e) In our organization, profit sharing is used as a mechanism
to reward higher performance






6. Employee Participation

a) Employees in this organization are allowed to make
decisions related to cost and quality matters.

b) Employees in this organization are asked by their
superiors to participate in operations related decisions.




c) Employees are provided opportunity to suggest
improvements in the way things are done here.

d) Employees suggestions for organizations improvement
are always welcomed.

e) Employees are encouraged to participate in problem
solving matters.






Please indicate how frequently each of the following recruitment methods is used for filling
vacancies.(Please tick one box for each method)
Recruitment Methods
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a) Promotion within Organization
b) Employee referrals (e.g., friends or
relatives)

c) Schools or colleges/universities
d) Private employment agencies
e) Public employment agencies
f) Recruitment consultants
g) Executive search consultants
h) Direct Application
i) Advertisement In Media (Newspaper,
Magazine)



Please indicate how frequently each of the following selection techniques are used for filling vacancies
(Please Tick one box foe each option)
Selection Techniques
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a) Application forms (e.g., resumes, bio data)

b) Aptitude tests

c) Skill or knowledge tests
d) One-to-one interview
e) Panel interview
f) Assessment centers
g) References
h) Medical examinations

Please CIRCLE the levels of importance in
each of the statement below with regards to
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Practices of your firm.
Level of Importance







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1 Please indicate how important Human
Resource Planning is in Identifying present
staff requirements

2 Please indicate how important Human
Resource Planning is in Identifying future
staff requirements

3 In the context of recruitment and selection,
please indicate how important job analysis
is.

4 In the context of recruitment and selection,
how important is a job description? (e.g.,
the purpose, the major duties and
responsibilities contained in a job)

5 In the context of recruitment and selection,
how important is the job specification?
(e.g., the required attributes and qualities
of applicants)

6 Among the various personnel or Human
Resource management functions, how
important are the recruitment policies and
practices?

7 How important is the realistic job preview
(RJP) technique in the recruitment process?
(e.g., in the form of case studies of
employees and their work, or job sampling
and videos, which
may better allow applicants to select
whether a particular job is suited to their
needs, and enable the expectations of
applicants to become more realistic)





Thank you very much indeed for your time and effort filling in this questionnaire. We wish you
good health and luck.