EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS

INDUSTRY PROFILE

The word cement was unknown before 18th century. Cement is a construction
material and it was founded by Egyptians. So Egyptians are the first users of the cement.
Portland cement was first introduced and used in 1824 by JOSEPH ASPIDIN. Modern
Portland cement was first used by England in 1845.
The Indian cement is the second largest cement in the world after the china in the
terms of quality, productivity and efficiency. The cement era in India started with the
establishment of factory act WASERMENPET industries ltd. In Andhra Pradesh the
Cement Production started in 4936 with two factories one with Andhra Cement Company
(ACC) & Krishna Cement. Largest Cement production in India during a year is 7.43
million tons per annum total world wide production of Cement is to be around
1800million tons.

COMPANY PROFILE

Zuari cement located at a distance of 6 kms from Yerraguntla, kadapa district

Andhra Pradesh. It is a division of Zuari cement Ltd and it was by K.K. BIRLA in 1983
braded as Texma co Ltd. This Texma co Ltd was changed into Zuari cements by the
division of Zuri agro chemical Ltd in the year 1995, jointly promoted by K.K.BIRLA and
USX corporation. ZCL has become a separate company with 50-50 joint venture
K.K.BIRLA and Italicement and finally it is totally under the control of Italicement from
oct 1, 2006 with new technologies and increase the production from 1.1 mtpd to 5.5
mtpd. Zuari cement has a total production capacity of 3.5 million tonne per annum.
Every day Zuari cement can produce 5500 tonne. Zuari cement plants produce high
quality cement like ORDINARY PORTALAND CEMENT 53 and 43.

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NEED FOR THE STUDY
Employees are a valuable asset to an organization. Organizational efficiency,
productivity, progress and development to a greater extent depend on training. No
organization can get a candidate, who exactly matches to develop employees and make
them suitable to the job. If the required training is not provided, it leads to performance
failure of employees. And so organizational objectives like viability, stability and growth
may not be achieved. Job and organizational requirements are not static, they are
changed from time to time in view of technological advancement and change in the
awareness of the total quality and change in the awareness of the total quality and
productivity management.
For this reasons the present organizations providing training and development to
match the people with their jobs and also their skills and career. So it is essential to find
out the opinion of employees towards training and development and also measures the
satisfaction level of employees. Hence in this direction the study has been under taken by
the researcher.

OBJECTIVES
 To examine the present training and development programme.
 To assure the satisfaction level of employees towards training and
development programme.
 To study the major factors influencing the training and development
programme.
 To know the employees opinion towards training and development
programme and to suggest feasible ways for the improvement of training and
development programmes.

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 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research design : Descriptive in nature

Source of data : Primary and Secondary data.
Primary data : It is collected from the Respondents through
a structured Questionnaire.
Secondary data : It is collected from company records and internet of
Zuari cement.(www.zuaricement.com)
Research Instrument : Structure Questionnaire.
Research Approach : Survey Method.
Population : 433
Sample Size : 100
Sampling Procedure : Non Probabilistic Convenience Sampling.
Statistical Tool : Simple Percentage & Weighted Average.

FINDINGS

1). 94% of the Respondents are satisfied their relationship with the management where as
3% of the Respondents are highly satisfied and remaining 3% Respondents are neither
satisfied nor dissatisfied.

2). 80% of Respondents agreed which they inspired by the training methods at the
training period where as 17% of the Respondents are Neither agree nor disagree
remaining 3% of the Respondents are strongly agreed.

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3). 97% of the Respondents are stated yes that they are willing to take challenging tasks
where as 3% Respondents are stated that they are not willing to take challenging tasks.

4). 73% of the Respondents are agreed that training progrmmes reduce Tension, Stress
and Frustration where as 20% of the Respondents are strongly agree remaining 7%
respondents are neither agree not disagree.

5). 74% of the respondents are agreed that training programmes increase work efficiency
where as 20% of the Respondents are strongly agreed where as another 3% respondents
are Neither agree nor Disagree remaining 3% Respondents are Disagreed.

6). 53% of Respondents are stated that they want to go another unit (zuari) for training
where as 47% Respondents don’t want to go another unit for training.

7). 60% of Respondents are trained by superior, 23% of Respondents are trained by out
side executive and 17% of Respondents are trained by co-employ.

8). 84% of the Respondents satisfied with their trainer is perfect to conduct training
programme where as 10% Respondents are highly satisfied, remaining 6% respondents
are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.

9). 84% of Respondents are stated that they are clear about training progrmme goals and
objectives where as 16% respondents are not clear about goals and objectives of training
programmes.

10). 77% of the respondents are satisfied with the Rules, Polices and Procedures where
as 13% of the respondents are highly satisfied remaining 10% respondents are Neither
satisfied nor dissatisfied.

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11). 64% of the Respondents are agreed that they maintain good relationship with their
colleagues where as 33% of the respondents are strongly agree, remaining 3%
respondents are Neither agree nor Disagree.

12). 70% of the respondents are agreed that the management give support to the
employees at the training period. Where as 17% of the respondents are strongly agree
remaining, 13% respondents are Neither agree nor disagree.

13). 45% of the respondents opined that they want on the job training at the training
period and 18% of the respondents are want off the job methods remaining 37%
respondents are want both on the job and off the job methods.

14). 77% of the respondents are satisfied with training programme which is conducted by
the organization where as 13% respondents are highly satisfied, 7% of the respondents
are dissatisfied remaining 3% respondents are Neither satisfied nor Dissatisfied.

15). 64% of the respondents opined good on over all training programmes conducted by
the organization where as 23% of the respondents opined average and 7% respondents
opined that excellent, 3% of the respondents opined below average remaining 3% of the
respondents opined poor.

16). 33% of the respondents stated they had trained by the job rotation method where as
27% of the respondents are coaching method and 20% respondents are stated job rotation
method, 17% of the respondents under study method remaining 3% respondents stated
that they had trained by committee assignment method.
17). 46% of the respondents are stated that they had trained by the conference method
where as 20% of the respondents are role play method and 20% respondents are stated
case study method remaining 7% respondents are stated that they had trained by the
vestibule training method.

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18). 80% of the respondents are satisfied with the feed back procedure where as 10% of
the respondents are highly satisfied remaining 10% respondents are Neither satisfied nor
Dissatisfied.

19). 70% of the respondents are stated yes that the training period sufficient to acquire
knowledge and enhance skills where as 30% respondents are stated that training period is
not sufficient to acquire knowledge and enhance skill.

20). 47% of the respondents are stated that the management provide the training
programme once a year where as 23% of the respondents are stated that the management
provide training quarterly and 20% respondents stated that the management half yearly
provide the training programmes remaining 10% respondents stated that training
programmes monthly provided by the management.

21). 93% of Respondents stated yes that their standards has improved and 7%
respondents are stated No because their standards are not improved .

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 SUGGESTIONS

1). The management should update and modify the training methods in order to improve
the skills and knowledge of employees.

2). Practical knowledge is needed for employees. So management should provide on the
job training.

3).The management should concentrate training to the employees based upon their
educational qualification.

4).The trainer should concentrate on the trainee and also give support and co. operation in
the training period.

5). The management has to conduct training programmes in different industries to create
awareness about working conditions at other industries.

6). The management can arrange training programmes for employees by out side
executives also.

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