Quality of work life: The need and relevance to organisations

Abstract

Quality of work life is important and significant to all organisations. The impact of QWL in different phases of work and its contribution to positively enhancing the efficiency and productivity of organisations have made not to overlook its importance. Any mode and method of doing the work by an employee at the work place becomes his work life, organisations should ensure that employees have better work life, while they are at the workplace. Employees are more sensitive than any other resource and therefore they should not feel frustrated or their feelings hurt by the rules and policies of the organisations. The work life of the employees designed by the organisations is directed towards satisfaction of its broader goals. The human resources in an organisations play a significant role in making an optimum utilisation of other resources. The strength of an organisation is influenced by the work behaviour of its human resources. This can be positively achieved by controlling the utilisation of other resources, so as to add maximum value to the organisation. This article tries to review the meaning of QWL various literature reviews, and definitions of QWL.