Employee Morale refers to an attitude of satisfaction with a desire to continue and strive for attaining the objectives of a factory.

Morale is purely emotional. It is an attitude of an employee towards his job, his superior and his organization. It is not static thing, but it changes depending on working conditions, superiors, fellow workers pay and so on.

INDUSTRY PROFILE
y Plastic Pipes are used for water delivery as

well as drainage in construction. Besides this, these plastic pipes are also utilized for water transmission, cable protection and many more. Plastic pipes are high in demand, consequently contributing in the growth of the industry. The Indian Pipe Industry is among the top three manufacturing hubs after Japan and Europe.

COMPANY PROFILE
y The Balco brand of electric conduits, now the

market leader across Kerala, was the first product from the group and this was launched as a small unit in 1991 named Solve Plastic Products. Later the product line was expanded and the scales of production increased with a major capacity addition. Water pipes, solvent cement and bends as support material were produced next. Presently the Balco brand name enjoys a high degree of good will in Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.

y Balco brand in electrical conduits are presently

the largest manufacturers of the product in Kerala and was the first to have adopted frontier technology like twin screw twin dye down stream process of batten field.The main factory and the corporate officers are located at in Punaloor, the second unit at Edamon, and the third in Thenkasi. They believe in the highest standards of integrity and transparency in its operations. Company ensures maintaining a high Morale in the staff and the marketing network.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

They provide better physical and mental health to workers

and thus promote a healthy work environment

Employers get stable labor force by providing welfare

facilities. Workers take active interest in their jobs and work with a feeling of involvement and participation.
To make the workers happy and satisfied. To relieve workers from industrial fatigue and to improve

intellectual, cultural and material conditions of living of the workers.

NEED OF THE STUDY

This research study will help to understand the prevailing problems in the company. Identifying the problems helps the company to forecast according to that. To improve the productivity of the organization.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

 To know and understand about the employee

morale.
 To find out the various factors leading to employee morale

in the organization.
 To know the level of morale of the employees working in

solve plastics pvt ltd.

 To know the level of satisfaction of the employees towards

the company.
 To suggest measures to increase morale of the employees.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Total population Sample size

: 80 : 30

Type of sampling : Under probability method, simple

random sampling is used for data collection

Tool of analysis method

: percentage

Diagrammatic representation : bar diagram

SOURCE OF DATA COLLECTION

PRIMARY DATA
Data observed or collected directly from first-hand

experience.
Personal investigation. Observation method. Information from the employees. Information from the superiors of the organization

SECONDARY DATA
Published data and the data collected in the past or

other parties
Published sources such as journals, government

reports, magazines and newspapers.

Unpublished sources such as company internal

reports.
Website is also searched to find data.

PERIOD OF STUDY
Period of the study is one month starting from 6-july-2011 to 3-august-2011

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

y The study is only limited to SOLVE plastics

Pvt Ltd Punlur.

y The study was on 50 selected employees, so

their need not be the universal opinion.

y Some of the employees refused to answer the

questionnaire