2. Quality Of Work Life (QWL)
• Quality of relationship between employees&total
working environment
• aprocess by which an organization responds
to employeeneeds
• Varyingfrom industry to industry
4. MAJOR ISSUES OF QWL
1. Payandstability of employees
• Employees will demand more in the form of social
security and welfare benefits
• Not given proper payments will affect theQWL
2. Jobsecurity
• Should not have fear of losing theirjob
• Systemswith healthy working conditions&
optimum financial security
5. 3.Occupationalstress
• Dueto working conditions,
working schedule , hypertension,
irritability etc..
4. Adequacyof resources
• Match between resource availability & company
objectives
• Leadto employee dissatisfaction
6. STRATEGIESFORIMPROVEMENTOF QWL
1. Selfmanagedwork team
• Autonomouswork groupor
integrated work teams
• Plan, co-ordinate &control activities with the help
of teamleader
• employee participation
• Improve QWL
7. 2. Participativemanagement
• Allowed to participate in managementparticipative
schemes– quality circle
• Develop apositive attitude
• Improve QWL
3. Worker- supervisorrelationship
Socialassociation, belongingness,
achieve of work results…
8. 4. Promotion
• Opportunity to move in tojobs with
highjobsatisfactionand prestige
• Orderly,logical and prompt sourceof recruitment forthe
management to fillvacancies
5. Recognition
•Humanbeing rather thanemployee
•rewardingsystem,jobenrichment,
offering membershipetc…
9. 6.Organizational health program
• Educating employee about health problems
• Results in reduction of absenteeism,hospitalization
etc..
7. Alternative workschedule
• Work at home, flexible working hours, parttime
employment etc…
10. SOME NEW METHODS OF QWL
Apple Computersoffice has a meditation room
and employees are given 30minutesto meditate
or pray.
Intel offers 22weeks of maternityleave
11. CONCLUSION
• Quality work life basically is all about employee
involvement, which consists of methodsto motivate
employeesto participate in decisionmaking.This
help in building in goodrelationship
• To retain agoodtalent ,organization should have
low stresslevel andhighquality of work life.