Human Resources Development

We believe that people hold the key to achieving organizational excellence. Our Human Resources function is the process owner for constantly upgrading people skills, realizing their potential and helping them lead purposeful lives. JISCO has deployed comprehensive systems of Recruitment, Performance Management and Training and Development. The HR function of the company caters to the needs of nearly 1,528 employees.

  • Major Initiatives:
    • JISCO's guiding principles (Code of conduct) were adopted with an objective to integrate values and ethics in all transactions.

    • Job Swaps: The organisation has done job swaps at the top management level to develop cross-functional competencies.

    • Depending upon the skills and aspirations of the employees and the organisational needs, job rotations are done at all levels.

    • One of the key HR initiatives last year was BRACE (Business Results Achievement through Competence & Ethics), an in-house executive development programme, for our young managers. Spanning over three months, it offered latest insights in managerial skills. Managers undergoing this programme were released from their daily operational responsibilities to enable them to focus on the programme.

    • A SWOT analysis is being carried out for the entire management staff, to help them better understand their potential and prepare their individual development plan.

    • Action Oriented Leadership programs are being initiated for senior level management, developing cross-functional areas, to keep them intuned with the changing environment.

    • In the point of Appraisals
      The organisation aims to reward merit. This is achieved by having in place, a structured performance appraisal system, which is upgraded keeping in abreast with the latest developments. The key components of our performance appraisal system are:
      a) quarterly reviews,
      b) Measurement against goals, skill employment and potential to take up higher responsibilities.
      c) For the year 2001, Peer Appraisal has been introduced for senior level management.


    • The process of mentoring is being developed in-house to guide young talent.

    • Employees have been sent abroad for benchmarking studies.

    • Life-enrichment series are organised to focus on how to tackle challenges on business and personal fronts.

  • Training & Development:

    HRD Centre, a large training facility at Vasind is the focal point of training in the company. Faculty includes HR staff, line / functional Managers and external experts. Training in technical areas is supplemented with managerial and behavioral training.
  • Appraisals:

    The organisation aims to reward merit. This is achieved by having in place, a structured performance appraisal system. The key components of our performance appraisal system are
    a)     Quarterly reviews,
    b)     Measurement against goals, skill employed and potential to take up higher responsibilities.

Employee Welfare:

Driven by the vision of the top management, the welfare programmes have encompassed the lives of the people of Jindal organization in myriad ways.

a. Cultural and recreational activities

Celebrating festivals at the community level has developed camaraderie. 17th September, Vishwakarma Day celebration, is an important function for the Jindal Community.

b. Sports activities

Various sports activities are organized year round, which involve tournaments of Squash, Badminton, Volleyball, Tennis, Football, Martial Arts, and Swimming. Children of Jindal employees have brought laurels to our organisation in Squash. Three of our boys were recently selected for international tournaments sponsored by Air India.







c. Health related activities

Jindal Hospital offers health services to employees and their families. These involve periodic check-ups, health surveys and various health camps. Awareness about health is generated by celebrating various health related days. The hospital also provides antenatal and postnatal services to family members of employees

Lectures on Cancer, Eye testing and awareness programme on alcoholism are being organised. .

d. Educational and awareness activities

Adult literacy classes are being organized since 1992. Lectures on issues such as personality development, stress management, achievement motivation for women, and also on how families could become change agents to overcome problems of society are regularly conducted.

Income generation programmes are being conducted especially for the women.



e. Children focused activities

A number of sports and health activities are organized especially for children.

Nature Club: A Nature Club in JVM School has been started. As a part of this ongoing programme, they had gone a nature trail in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary. Through out the year nature based projects are being organised on issues such as conservation of nature, degradation, pollution etc. to generate awareness.

Competitions: Slogan writing, painting and essay writing competition are organised. Healthy baby contest is also regularly conducted.

Scholarships: Around 135 girl students shall receive the scholarships. Jindalites did the fund raising, where 36 employees collectively donated Rs.1, 30,000/-






f. Community Development

The company has initiated several community development projects to improve the living conditions, education, health and hygiene of people in the vicinity of its plants, such as:
a) Mahuli Village.

b) In the primary schools of Sarmal and Dahagaon village



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