Organizational Climate at Bajaj Allianz LTD
Organizational Climate at Bajaj Allianz LTD
Organizational Climate at Bajaj Allianz LTD
ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS PREVAILING
INTRA-MURALLY IN A
FINANCIAL ORGANISATION
Date: ……………......
Guide’s certificate
This entire Project Work is an outcome of her own creativity, concept and
imaginative effort.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Any effort and activity always needs to be acknowledged by the person
concerned in terms of thanksgiving. At the outset, I extend my deep
gratitude to God Almighty without whose blessings and support, I could not
have undertaken this Project Assignment at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Limited.
My Parents- Dr. Pradeep Kr. Sinha and Mrs. R.K. Sinha an my elder brother
Mr. Mayank Sinha, have been very cooperative and supportive in every
respect as far as managing this entire activity has been concerned. My
Principal- Dr. Sister Doris D’Souza A.C. also needs to be thanked in this
regard for her valuable consent which she provided for my Summer
Training. My Faculty Members, consisting of my Co-ordinator Ms.Sweta
Rani, Ms. Shagufta Nasreen and others deserve special thanks for giving me
a positive guideline in every respect as far as preparing the complete report
is concerned.
This Report of mine would not have been completed without the active
support of my Senior Faculty- Dr. Subroto Guha, who was instrumental in
deciding the Project Theme and has been responsible for structuring the total
Report format including the Basic Project Protocol. This entire Report has
been his brain child and I owe him a deep sense of gratitude in this context.
My Friends- Ms. Jyoti Kumari, Ms. Jyoti Agrawal and Ms. Apurva have
been a great source of inspiration during this entire Project Study and I shall
never forget their support and co-operation.
The sense of gratitude shall not be complete, unless and until I express my
thanksgiving to Mrs. Alpana Singh, Branch Head in the Organization under
whose guidance this entire Study was conducted and completed. Without her
support and motivation, this entire compilation would not have been ready.
CONTENTS
Ch. No. PAGE NO.
PREFACE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNEXURE
PREFACE
The principle hypothetical assumption of this study is based upon the fact
that every organization is subjected to an Organizational Climate, which
surrounds the total organization from different angles and what is primarily
important refers to the internal setup and the Intra-Mural atmosphere.
Besides, the element of job related stress is quiet prominent and apparent in
every organizational scenario and precisely speaking, it needs to be managed
in a planned way so as to carve out the best possible results. This study
assumes that even in an organization like Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Limited , the element of job related stress and the management of
Organizational Climate, needs to be correlated.
This entire study has been designed and developed to undertake certain
specific Aims and Objectives, and the major ones in this regard are:-
Methodology
The study is about the organizational climatic condition and the work stress
management in the Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited. The
study is done on the basis of both primary and secondary data bases
collected from the organization.
that this would hamper the image of their organization. They think it
will hamper the image of the company. This shows their loyalty
towards their company but it prevents them from giving the true
picture and hence affecting the outcome.
biasness.
Despite these limitations, the study was conducted and the compilation in
this project would prove the hypothesis with which we have proceeded.
CHAPTER-1
In the first quarter of the current financial year, 2007-08, Bajaj Allianz
garnered a premium income of Rs.547 crores, achieving a growth of 27%
over the last year for the same period and Net profits rose to Rs.21 crores.
Mission:
Company Background
The Company is a joint venture between Bajaj Auto Ltd. (74 percent) and
Allianz SE (26 percent). The Company has a wide range of products in
traditional and unit-linked insurance business.
The Joint Venture
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. is a Joint venture between Allianz
AG Bajaj Auto Limited characterized by global presence with a local focus
and driven by customer oriented to establish high earnings potential and
financial strength. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd . was
incorporated on 31st March, 2001. The Company received the Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Certificate of Registration
(R3) on 2nd May, 2001 to conduct general insurance in India.
Bajaj is one of the India’s largest two and three wheelers manufacturer and
the fourth largest manufacturer of two wheeler in the world, with an annual
turnover of Rs.42016 billion.
Allianz AG
Allianz group was founded in 1980 and is one of the world’s leading
insurance companies with over 100 years’ experience in insurance and
related services. It is also the largest insurer in Europe. Allianz group has
multi-local structure and presence in over 70 countries. The key business
area of Allianz group includes Life Insurance, Reinsurance, Risk
Management, General Insurance, Asset Management and Pension Fund
Management.
Allianz SE
Trust
At Bajaj Allianz, we realize that you seek an insurer whom you can trust.
Bajaj Auto Limited is a part of Bajaj group, which is a trusted name for over
55 years in the Indian market and Allianz SE has over 110 years of global
experience in financial services. Together we are committed to provide you
with time tested and trusted financial solutions that provide you all the
security you need for your investments.
Underwriting Philosophy
Claims Philosophy
The Bajaj Allianz team follows a service that aims at taking the anxiety out
of claims processing. We pride ourselves on a friendly and open approach.
We are focused towards providing you a hassle free and speedy claims
processing. Our claims philosophy is to:
Customer Orientation
At Bajaj Allianz, our guiding principles are customer service and client
satisfaction. All our efforts are directed towards understanding the culture,
social environment and individual insurance requirements - so that we can
cater to all your varied needs.
Superior Technology
Using the Web, policies can be issued from any office across the
Film insurance.
Event management cover.
Sports & Entertainment Insurance Package.
The service methodology is tried, tested and Proven the world over and
involves:
Risk retention.
Risk Transfer: To an insurer as well as reinsurer (as required).
The Company has an offsite disaster recovery centre for its data back ups,
which is in separate seismic zone from the main data centre. It has a wide
network and is spread in almost all over the country.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance is the only Insurance company in India that
has been showing underwriting profits for the past 6 years consistently.
Corporate Values
The core values are the never-changing definition of who we are and what
we stand for as Bajaj Allianz. They form the very foundation of the business
and guides every action and thoughts of the company.
There are 7 corporate values that they have that and they will look at each
one of them in details.
Value 3- Trust
Philosophy: Believes that there cannot be teamwork without mutual trust.
Trust is fundamental to their business and will guide all internal and external
interactions.
Guide For Action: Know that they are trusted. The responsibility of
maintaining this trust is with each of them. Trust includes transparency
feedback and accountability for lapses.
PRODUCTS
Critical Illness
OTHER PRODUCTS:
• Health • Shopkeepers
Personal Guard • Fidelity Guarantee
Hospital Cash • Office Package
Health Guard • Motor Dealer’s Package
Critical Illness • Marine Cargo
Silver Health • Marine Hull
E-opinion • Public Liability Act
Star Package • Public Liability
• Overseas Travel • Product Liability
• Swades Yatra • Composite Public Product
• Aviation Liability
• Tea Crop Insurance • Professional indemnity
• Burglary • Farmer’s Package
• Cash • Cattle Insurance
• Plate Glass • Credit Insurance
• Householders
In addition to the above products and services, several customized & co-
branded products for banks are also available.
Group Business
• A growing product range to meet generic and specific needs of
various groups like Group Team Insurance , Gratuity, Group
Superannuation, MRTA, GTL in lieu of EDU are a few among
many others.
• A dedicated team ensures best standards in terms of services and
delivery.
• 200 Group Schemes.
Agency Channels
• A country wide network of 1000 offices.
• Over 8,500 Sales Team Managers.
• Over 1,50,000 Insurance Consultants.
• Over 1,50,000 Satisfied Customers.
Banc assurance
Banc assurance is one of the key business strategies and forms the core focus
area. It has tie-ups with several leading national and private sector banks.
• Standard Chartered Bank.
• Syndicate Bank.
• Other leading Co-operative Banks.
• Ever-expanding reach, through tie-ups with Regional Banks.
• Exclusive General Insurance Products- MRTA and Credit Sales.
• Products customized to suit specific needs of banks and their
customers.
Alternative Channels
• The Strategic Alliances group at Bajaj Allianz focuses on
strengthening the business through ‘Group Insurance 3’ and
‘Corporate Agency’ activities.
During the year under review general insurance industry registered a growth
of 24% by writing gross premium of Rs.227 billions during April 2007 to
February 2008 from Rs.183 billions in the corresponding period of the
previous year. The Private Sector companies grew by 48% increasing their
share to Rs.80 billions compared to Rs.54 billions in 2006-07. The company
grew by 40% and maintained its second position among the private sector
companies.
The major development was the formation of the third party motor
reinsurance pool for commercial vehicles. This pool has come into effect
from 1st April’07. Although the third party motor insurance rates have been
increased by up to 75%, the increase is substantially lower than what is
required for companies to earn a reasonable economic profit.
The “online selling” channels initiated a year ago to tap the growing internet
user populations was consolidated, thus offering the convenience to the
customers. It has also helped in enhancing services to the customers through
direct contact as well as to acquire new customers.
Geared to Perform:
Products tailored to suit the needs of the customers.
Decentralized Organizational structure enables faster response.
Wide reach to serve customers’ better- a network of thousand officers
across India.
Specialized departments for banc assurance, corporate agencies and
group business.
Well networked customer care centers with state of the art IT systems.
High standard of customer services and simplified claim settlement
process.
Website to provide all assistance and information across all products
and services, online buying rewards.
Toll free numbers to answer all queries.
A strong telemarketing and direct marketing team.
Achievements:
Bajaj Allianz has received "iAAA” rating, from ICRA Limited,
an associate of Moody's Investors Services, for Claims Paying
Ability. This rating indicates highest claims paying ability and a
fundamentally strong position.
CHAPTER-2
ORGANIZATIONAL
FRAMEWORK
Board of directors
RAHUL BAJAJ DR. WERNER ZEDELIUS
Chairman, Board of Management,
Bajaj Auto Ltd. Growth Market,
Allianz SE.
(Insurance), Management,
Authority,
Responsibility
and
Accountability
Relationship
Structure
CEO
Swaraj
Krishnan
Pune HO
Head-IT Head-Internal
Thomas Audit
Varghese Ketul Patel
Pune HO Delhi HO
Technical Heads
Zonal Managers
All Lines
CFO
S. Sreenvasan Head-HR
Pune HO Roopa Kochhar
Pune HO
CEO
Swaraj Krishnan
The Technical Heads are located at the corporate office and have functional
reporting from the regional and branch offices.
Motor Agency
Rajesh Kr. Das Rakesh Ranjan Vikash Kumar Dhananjay Kumar Anshu Sinha
Sr. Exec. CSR/Mktg Executive Jr. Exec. Mktg Agency Admin.
Dharmendra Pratap
Suraj Kr. Singh
Singh
Jr. Exec Mktg.
CSR
Manoj Kumar
Sales Officer
CHAPTER-3
COMMERCIAL
PARAMETERS
Financial Highlights
CHAPTER-4
CONCEPT OF
ORGANIZATIONAL
CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS
Over the past few decades large-scale organization change has become a
way of life in American business. TQM, cycle-time reduction, process re-
engineering, theory of Constraints, and general flattening of the organization
have, at various times, led the parade of favored approaches to organization
change.
But many organization change initiatives, in these or other forms, have
failed to deliver promises of increased productivity and morale, decreased
costs, decreased waste, and increased customer satisfaction. McKinsey has
reported that more than two-thirds of Quality initiatives over the past few
decades have failed to realize the benefits stakeholders expected.
Often among the failures common themes has been the lack of collaborative
cultural inquiry and re-designs. New work structures− such as autonomous
teams− are established and people simply are expected to become
empowered by these new ways in which they are working. Yet, largely due
to a lack of understanding of the power of the collective human system to
obstruct the progress of initiatives, many merely structural change programs
have foundered. A sad result of these failures has been to reinforce fear,
defensiveness, and cynicism among people at work toward organization
change efforts.
Organizational Change
Leaders and
managers continually
make efforts to
accomplish
successful and
significant change --
it's inherent in their
jobs. Some are very
good at this effort
(probably more than
we realize), while
others continually
struggle and fail. That's often the difference between people who thrive in
their roles and those that get shuttled around from job to job, ultimately
settling into a role where they're frustrated and ineffective. There are many
schools with educational programs about organizations, business, leadership
and management. Unfortunately, there still are not enough schools with
programs about how to analyze organizations, identify critically important
priorities to address (such as systemic problems or exciting visions for
change) and then undertake successful and significant change to address
those priorities.
A General Model for Integrating
Cultural and Structural Change
Many individuals in successful organizations have developed skills in
refining both structural stream activities, and group process and meeting
management. Fewer appear to have developed skill in speaking and listening
in order to lead non-coercive cultural inquiry and design. Fewer still appear
to have established practices of mindfulness, grounded presence, and
connectedness with others which can lead to increased leadership through
inner mastery.
Inner Mastery: The innermost circle denotes that set of practices and
skills by which individuals are able to maintain a grounded, focused, and
authentic presence in the midst of mounting chaos and stress. Individuals
with developed skill in Inner Mastery tend to appear to others as leaders
worthy of trust. Leaders with Inner Mastery skills can sense and maintain a
connection with others because they are more completely in touch with
themselves. In contrast, most of us are not at all at home in our bodies.
We are not in touch with the physical sensations that may accompany our
being effective or ineffective. We do not have a sense of where our physical
center is, and our reactive thoughts and fears seem to drag us in every
direction, especially in stressful situations.
ANALYSIS &
INTERPRETATION OF
THE STUDY
Analysis & Interpretation of
the Study
Study Interpretations are always carried out on the basis of analyzing and
interpreting the primary data
which has been gathered and
on the basis of the assessment
which is carried out, therein.
The first area of analysis which concerns my study relate to the designation
criteria and obviously displays its relationship with the management level.
My responses in terms of respondents falling under the top management
amount 9(12.8%), middle level amounting to 27(38.6%) and bottom level
amounting to 34(48.6%). This means that the majority of my respondents
who were investigated for their opinion on organization climate changes fell
under the bottom level management and the minimum being under the
category of top management. This entire picture could be depicted through
the following bar diagram:-
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Top Level Mgt. Middle Level Mgt. Lower Level Mgt.
Male Female
No. of Employees 64 6
Total no. of employees 70 70
Percentage 91.4% 8.6%
In the fourth question, we have assessed about the no. of male and female
employees working in Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Ltd. The above
frequency table shows that the percentage of male employees, i.e. 91.4% is
10 times more than that of female employees which is only 8.6%. The above
configuration can be shown through following visual expression:-
8.6%
Male
Female
91.4%
In the fifth question, the analysis which concerns my study relates to the
educational level of the employees working in the organization. The above
frequency distribution table show that majority of the employees are
Graduates (48.6%) and Post- graduates (45.7%) and only 4 of them, i.e.
5.7% being under the category of Under-graduate. This entire picture could
be depicted through the following pie-chart:-
5.7%
45.7% Under-Graduate
Graduate
48.6% Post-Graduate
2.9% 1.40%
Up to Rs.15,000
This database shows the no. of years of association of the employees with
Bajaj Allianz Ltd. And this database represents the indirect implications of
the fact that how does and till what extent is it important to be attached with
an organization, as it has its own bearings. We just have only one respondent
falling under the category of being associated with the org. between 2 and 4
years, whereas the rest 69 respondents have been associated for only 2 yrs.
Since this org. was established in the year 2005 in Patna, there are no
employees who have been associated for more than 4 yrs. The above
configuration can be shown through following visual expression:-
120.00%
100.00%
80.00%
60.00%
40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
Last 2 yrs B/w 2 & 4 yrs B/w 4 & 6 yrs More than 6 yrs
120.00%
100.00%
80.00%
60.00%
40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
Managerial Non-managerial Advisory Concerned w ith Supervisory
planning,
coordinating &
monitoring
This database shows that majority of the respondents (72.7%) are happy and
are satisfied with their coordination with other employees. 8 respondents
said that the coordination amongst team members are excellent. This can be
depicted by the following visual expressions:-
1.5% 0% 11.5%
14.3%
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Satisfying
Not up to the mark
72.7%
In this question, we have assessed the job satisfaction level of the employees
arising out of the job which they are performing. My responses in terms of
respondents falling under extremely satisfying levels amounts 36 (51.4%)
and satisfying level amounting to 34 (48.6%). This data shows that all the
respondents are satisfied with their jobs. The above configuration could be
depicted through the following visual expression:-
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Extremely Satisfying Not-satisfying Extremely
Satisfying Dissatisfying
In question no. 14, we have assessed that how the respondents feel and rate
this organization and we get mostly biased answers. As no one wants to
complain about the organization they are working in, 54 out of 70
respondents said their organization is better than other organizations and 16
said it is as good as others. This is a very expected response and therefore no
one complaint about it or said it is inferior to others. This could be very
clearly depicted by the following Pie-chart:-
22.9%
Better
Good as others
77.1%
CHAPTER-6
FINDINGS OF THE
STUDY
The findings of the study generally relate to the major observations without
which my study is never complete. In this case, where my research work was
related to Organizational Climatic Conditions, the hypothesis has been taken
care of and the findings as given under would help in proving the same:
FINDINGS NO.1
The first major finding revolves around 98.6% of the respondents who have
been associated with this company for the last two yrs., although the fact
remains that this organization is about three years old in Patna. The
implication is that the total study has been governed in majority by these
98.6% who apparently are the best people to respond which regard to
Organizational Climatic Conditions. This is so because they are in the best
position to respond to the various questions and assessments which would be
taken care of in the other findings.
FINDINGS NO.2
The second major finding of mine pertains to assessing the kind of a job
which the respondents have been handling with regard to their association
which they have been holding with regard to the organization. The data
reflects that 18.6% of the respondents held a non-managerial profile where
the balance 81.4% of the respondents were conceived with managerial,
advisory, planning, coordination and monitoring of the Intra-Organizational
activities are definitely the ones which have a very close relationship with
the Intra-Organizational Climatic Conditions.
FINDINGS NO.3
FINDINGS NO.4
The fourth finding is concerned with assessing the overall job satisfaction
level of my respondents. The data reflects that 51.4% of my respondents are
extremely satisfied with their job conditions within the organization, where
the balance 48.6% respondents are happy with their job but not fully
satisfied because of some conditions and reasons only known to them which
have not been clarified in the study. The implied analysis shows that51.4%
of the respondents who are extremely satisfied with their work performance
refers to the situation which probably has no link with the changing climatic
scenario in terms of the fact that, Intra-Organizational Climatic Conditions
had no impact what so ever as far as creating job satisfying effect is
concerned.
FINDINGS NO.5
The fifth major finding is related to stress caused due to the job-profile of
the employees. The data reflects that the responses are in the ratio of 3:1.
75.7% of my respondents usually get stressed because of their job
responsibility. Most of the reasons of stress are due to the work environment
and pecuniary factors. The balance 24.3% respondents said that they are
quite comfortable with their job-profile and they do not generally feel
stressed out.
CHAPTER-7
CONCLUSIONS &
RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCLUSION
While interviewing with different employees and customers of during my
Summer-Training Period, they gave me valuable suggestions to change
various things in Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Limited Company in order
to make it a more competent organization.
It is agreed that the employees in this organization are fully satisfied and
majority of them are happy working within the organization. Sometimes the
work load make them stressed but the infrastructure facilities are well
enough to help them out with their stress and working conditions.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Level of interaction between the
manager and the employees should
be brought at a better level.
Management should get more concerned about the infrastructure
facilities and profit-making of the organization.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The list reference for the purpose of completing this summer training project
report is as given below:
3 www.bajajallianz.com -
4 www.google.com -
5 www.allbusiness.com -
6 www.vininvestments.com -
ANNEXURE
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name of the respondent: …………………………………………
2. Designation: ………………………………………....
3. Age: ……..........yrs.
4. Gender: Male Female
5. Academic Profile:
a) Under-Graduate
b) Graduate
c) Post-Graduate
6. Financial Profile:
a) Earning up to Rs. 15,000 per month
b) Earning between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 30,000 per month
c) Earning between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 45,000 per month
d) Earning above Rs. 45,000 per month
10. How do you rate the coordination amongst the team members within
the organization?
a) Excellent
b) Very Good
c) Good
d) Satisfactory
e) Not up to the mark
11. How do you find your job satisfaction level arising out of the job
organization?
a) I have a bright future.
b) Chances of growth are minimum.
c) Chances of growth are bleak.
d) I see no future for myself.
16. On the whole, how do you rate Bajaj Allianz Ltd. As an organization
to work in?
a) This organization gives ample opportunities to youngsters/new-comers.
b) It is a good platform to learn work.
c) It is an organization which trains us to face challenges.
d) It is an organization where working is fun.
e) It is an organization where working is boredom.