Organizations are adopting
Employee Involvement
(EI) as an Organizational Development (OD)
intervention to face the competitive demands for better performance, increase in
the demand of the products, cost reductions and greater flexibility
in work. This is to enhance and increase the level of
participation of the members of the organization, performance improvement
and members' satisfaction. Previously, EI was also termed as Quality of
Work Life. EI is the continuous process of increasing the member's efforts
into fruitful decisions which results in better organizational
performance and employees well-being. Enlightened companies like
BHEL, Tata Motors, General Mills, SAIL, GTE and Ford, etc. have
increased and intensified the value of worker's involvement through
enriched form of works.
A beautiful example of EI is demonstrated by Thermax.
The company in August 2007, came forward with GiveIndia, a
not-for-profit organization to start a program "payroll giving"
which helps the employees of the company to invest for social benefits
and social welfare. The employees can give any amount from their
salary every month, to help the society and also for other social causes under
the program. More than 800 people were motivated and have
joined their helping hands to volunteer this program. The employees
of Thermax actively take initiatives in company's CSR activities.
Thermax Social Initiatives Foundations run schools for children where
the employees gift cycles and guides them in their education
and personal growth. |
