Dr. Ch. SRILATHAKUMMITHI SARIKA REDDY2024-09-242024-09-242024-02-14https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810214911The poultry industry is essential to the global agriculture sector and makes a considerable contribution to both food security and economic growth. The contribution of poultry sector to national GDP is one per cent in livestock 14 per cent GDP(FAO,2021). The fastest-growing segment of the world's meat demand is poultry meat. The current study titled “A Study on Human Resource Practices of Organised and Semi organised Players in poultry industry” is carried out in the host organisation. This study attempts to look into how organized and semi-organized players in the poultry sector use human resources. The present study documented the Human resource practices followed by organised and semi organised sectors of poultry industry. Human Resource Practices like selection, training and development, promotion are far better in organised players than in the semi organised players. Various job descriptions which are more common in the marketing and operations divisions of the organised and semi organised players in the poultry industry were studied. A note on the information flow and the co-ordination mechanism in the selected departments of the host organisation was made. The information flows through various levels of the hierarchy. The relation between Human Resource practices and the employee satisfaction levels in both organised and semi organised sectors of the poultry industry were studied. Primary data on employee satisfaction was collected. 60 respondents from the organised players and 20 respondents from the semi organised players were taken for carrying the study. The research aims to offer useful insights into hiring practices, training initiatives, pay scales, measures to decrease the attrition levels. Secondary data on various job descriptions in organized and semi organized sectors of poultry industry in the study area, human resource practices, followed and information flow and co-ordination mechanism was collected from records maintained by the firms and from the Human resource managers. In order to improve operational effectiveness and sustain growth, this study looks for best practices and potential areas for improvement in HR management within the poultry sector. The present study offers a comprehensive understanding of Human Resources practices in poultry sector to the stakeholders of poultry industry, policy makers and academicians. From the study it was concluded that there exists proper Human Resource Practices in organised sectors of the poultry industry. In organised sectors of poultry industry there exists proper job descriptions and co-ordination mechanism was clear, whereas in case of semi organised players of the poultry industry there exists a deviation. Semi organised players are suggested to use online portals like Indeed and Naukri portals to recruit the employees. The outstanding performance of the employees must be recognised and rewarded so that the employees keep motivate and contribute better to the organisation.EnglishThesis