A Study on Employees Job Satisfaction (With Special
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P: ISSN NO.: 2394-0344 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/67980 VOL-1* ISSUE-12* March- 2017 E: ISSN NO.: 2455-0817 Remarking An Analisation A Study on Employees Job Satisfaction (With Special Reference to Kota Division of West Central Railway) Abstract Job satisfaction is the sum total of all the factors that primarily affects an individual‟s ability and the actual output to perform any given kind of work. The origin and development of job satisfaction factors comes externally (non controllable) or internally (controllable); outside and within the working individual environment. Job satisfaction is the combination of all the physiological, psychological and conditional factors that either satisfies an employee or rather makes him dis-satisfies with the job. The results obtained from job satisfaction have evaluative, cognitive, behavioural and emotional outcomes. The following research study is to look after the various job satisfaction factors, problems and to search out the remedial measures affecting the railway employees working at the Kota Division of West Central Railway Division of the Indian Railways. Kota Division is a prime division of Indian Railways situated on Delhi Mumbai rail route. Kota is headquartering and catering to the railway needs of 10 districts. DRM (Divisional Railway Manager) is the main administrative and regulating authority located at Kota. Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Factors and Railways. Introduction Indian Railways Ather Khan Indian Railways is no doubt serving as the life lines for the millions Research Scholar, of travellers. It not only offers employment to over 13 lakhs of employees Deptt.of Management, (this accounts about 9% of the total employment in the country either Bhagwant University, directly or indirectly) but it also serves a strong foundation to visit every Ajmer, Rajasthan length and breadth of the country through its charming trains, amazing routes, natural beauty and off course meeting and interacting vivid communities, languages and cultures. Thus still today Indian Railways remains a great fascination for all of us. Railways in the Indian subcontinent commenced its journey in the year 1853 between Mumbai and Thane. It was primarily a very heavy expenditure that rests over the shoulder of innocent Indians from the British for a number of reasons; to have a complete control over the country, principal means of transportation (for exploiting rich Indian bounty to way back to England and also to move armed forces to every corner of the nation) and to fulfil the sources of income for English. Umed Singh Now currently today Indian Railways is over 160 years old that is Sr. Lecturer, successfully running with a network spread of over 65, 000 kilometres, Deptt.of Business Administration, serving more than 7, 000 railway stations, with 12, 000 passengers trains Govt.Commerce College, and 8, 000 goods train and carrying 2.5 million passengers daily. Indian Kota Railways play‟s a significant role in developing Indian economy that fulfils the transportation requirements of all industrial and manufacturing based industries, long distance travel of the passengers from one end of the nation to the other far end, sub-urban travel, regional travel and millions of freight carrier. In line with the massive growth of population, pressure generated by economic growth, globalization and latest technological advancements, Indian Railways has also been continuously upgrading its systems to work out appropriate technological and managerial solutions for the problems that are very much peculiar faced by our country. A new face has begun when Indian Railways has made its presence in the most remote regions of the country such as Jammu & Kashmir, north-east of the country, introduction of new integrated freight corridors, gauge conversion, doubling rail tracks, laying down of triple rail tracks on most busiest rail routes, to carry fast and heavy load induction of double decker goods and carriage vans, metro trains, mono rails and now hoping for bullet trains also. 6 P: ISSN NO.: 2394-0344 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/67980 VOL-1* ISSUE-12* March- 2017 E: ISSN NO.: 2455-0817 Remarking An Analisation Effortless move is being taken make our the State of M.P., 758 km (about 25 %) falls in journey comfortable, hassle free and convenient. This Rajasthan and rest 54 km. comes under the objective has been much achieved in the form of jurisdiction of U.P. WCR has 2 major marshalling introducement of new coaches and cabins that is yards at New Katni Junction and Itarsi Junction, made from most refined and light materials thus besides 3 electric loco sheds at New Katni (holding having enough space for the passengers and capacity of 188 Locomotives), Itarsi (holding capacity luggage, enhanced AC tier coaches that have larger of 189 Locomotives) and Tuglakabad (holding seat capacity and free from noise, heat and dust, bio capacity of 227 Locomotives) thus having a total fleet operated toilets and wash rooms, WiFi facility in of 604 electric locomotives. There are 2 diesel loco railway stations and trains, cumulative improvements sheds at New katni (holding capacity of 229 in the reservation system (by the help of Passenger Locomotives) and Itarsi (holding capacity of 170 Reservation System and Advanced Passenger Locomotives) thus having a total fleet of 399 diesel Information System) and attendance of emergency locomotives to keep the traffic moving on its routes. calls, increasing the speed of trains to 160 KMPH (for In addition there is a Coach Rehabilitation Gatiman Express) and 140 KMPH specially for elite Workshop at Bhopal and a Wagon Repair Indian trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdhi, August Workshop at Kota WCR became the 1st of Indian Kranti, Duronto, etc., achieving new international Railways to eliminate all its unmanned level crossings standards in food catering, hospitality and on board by 31 Aug, 2015. services, computerized signalling system and updated The significant statistical data for the track system enables better and fast means of Financial Year 2015-16 are as follows: daily average connectivity between big cities thus nurturing fast loading is about 1, 810 wagons, annual originating business growth and economy sustenance, and the revenue earning loading is nearly 41.66 million list goes endless. tonnes that amounts to approximately Rs. 4, 026.88 Indian Railways has its own research and crores, there are 608 mail/ express trains, 143 design institute (RDSO: Research, Design and passenger trains including 9+2 pairs of Rajdhani/ Standards Organization) that constantly make Shatabdi, 2 pairs of Jan-Shatabdi, 5 pairs of Garib technological innovations for locomotives, coaches, Rath, 8 pairs of Duronto and 2 pairs of Suvidha rolling stocks, rail tracks or any of the rail and track Express, nearly 132.8 million passengers originate components. The other forms of technological their journey on this track giving an earnings of breakthrough are the development and use of modern approximately Rs. 1, 413 crores, with parcel traffic signalling system that uses solid state interlocking earnings of Rs. 132 crores thus the overall auxiliary warning systems for enhancing and ensuring total annual earning to nearly Rs. 5, 760 crores. safety, heavier rails, concrete sleepers, elastic The operating ratio of WCR in the year 2015-16 was fastenings, long span bridges and girders, 64.38%. improvement in overhead electric traction; all these Some important ongoing projects of WCR methods helps in increasing the lives of components, are: electrification work of Itarsi-Manikpur section (510 less maintenance and minimize accidents and other Km.); constitution of new lines on Lalitpur-Khajuraho- hazards and the use of latest information technology Panna-Satna section (283 Km.), Rewa-Sidhi-Singrauli in all the areas of railway working, etc. section (165 Km.) and Ramganjmandi-Bhopal section Indian Railways as primarily stated is a (262 Km.); doubling lines of Katni-Singrauli section massive labor industry so for keeping all the records (261 Km.), Bina-Kota section (282 Km.) and Satna- and data intact in relation with the employees it has Rewa section (50 Km.) and tripling project of Bina- numerous batch processing applications such as Habibganj-Barkheda-Budni-Itarsi section (total 242 computerized pay roll and salary applications, leaves Km.). Foundation stone of Diesel Locomotive and other vacation records, stocks and inventory Traction Alternator Workshop has been laid at control, sale and purchase and accounting. Vidisha (Bhopal division in 2015) for the purpose of Additionally Indian Railways has also designed a long indigenously manufacturing some important range decision support system that assists for components to be used in Diesel Locomotives. WCR scenario building and „what-if‟ analysis for investment has a total officers and staff strength of 56, planning; this has also been developed and it being 022 (On Roll as on January 2017). utilized for investment planning and decision making. Kota Division West Central Railway (WCR) is one of the 17 This railway division was first originally zones of Indian Railways that came into existence on formed on 1st April 1952 and its headquarters are 1st April 2003. It is headquartered at Jabalpur located at Kota (DRM office: Divisional Railway (Madhya Pradesh). The West Central Railway with its Manager) in the State of Rajasthan. Kota Railway headquarters at Jabalpur comprises of Jabalpur Division again was re-fabricated on 1st August 1956 and Bhopal divisions of erstwhile Central Railway and by joining the railway division of the districts that come Kota division of erstwhile Western Railway. West under Western Railway. Kota Railway Division is one Central Railway caters to 39 districts (24 districts of of the 3 railway divisions existing under the current Madhya Pradesh, 13 district of Rajasthan and 2 West Central Railway zones of the Indian Railways districts of Uttar Pradesh). It has a total route length that was constituted on August 1st 2003; Jabalpur of 2, 997 kilometres of which 1, 627 route Division and Bhopal Division are the other 2 railway kilometres is electrified.