HRD CLIMATE

HRD climate is the perception of employees about the prevailing HRD culture in the organization. It refers to perception of employees about the policies, procedures,practices and conditions which exist in the work environment. Mapping HRD climate helps the organization in the following ways: To know the existing climate To take necessary steps to modify or change certain practices ( If they feel there remains a gap between what they want and what is prevalent) To understand the HRD climate, organization often institute a survey with a structured questionnaire covering the entire or a sample of employees. Some of the elements of questionnaire can be listed as follows: Does the organization consider employees as the most important resource? Are the personnel policies supportive in nature? To what extent the organization is transparent in communication? Are the employees encouraged to take risks? To what extent HRD activities are develo...