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Vijayananda printers Ltd
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATION STUDY INTRODUCTION the organizational study has become an increasingly complex field in which the students of management need to keep abreast of current best practice, legal requirements and likely trends, this
study
sets
out to give an overview
of some departments at Vijaya times and Vijaya Karnataka, that are relevant to the effective management study. being a post graduate student of business administration (MBA), it’s must to under go the internship training for eight weeks at the organization. This is to fulfill the requirements prescribed by the Bangalore university for awarding the mba degree. further it was a personal interest to choose Vijaya Karnataka for the study and get an exposure from various department of the organization.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
to be familiar with the working environment of the said organization. to study how theoretical knowledge is made use of in real life.
to identify strength and weakness of the organization. to study the theoretical and practical aspects of the organization.
INDUSTRY PROFILE City college, Bangalore.
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Press is the fourth estate the other three being the legislative and the judiciary. It owes its emergence following long struggle between the disputes and people for establishment of democracy and representative institutions. The press is supposed to play crucial role of a watchdog to see that, the foreside in situation functions fairly with in the constitution of framework and serve the people of whose they were created. The moment press ceases to perform this function, it shows its credibility The newspaper can initially be defined as a written means of conveying current information. This means that the first organized attempt to provide such a service occurred in ancient Rome, where news letters conveyed what was going in the capital to the father reach of the Roman Empire. In Julius Caesar’s time there were also the ‘actadiurna’ daily announcements of Government and other activities that were posted in the capital public place. “World’s 100 largest news paper” According to the survey of “world association newspaper” “yomiorin shimbun” a Japan’s news paper stands in rank 1st the circulation is nearly about 1.4 crores. There are 15 Indian newspapers in the least. “Dainik jagran” is Indian newspaper which stands 1st in the circulation. The circulation is nearly about 19 lakhs and this is in 20th rank of “world’s 100 largest newspaper” “Times of India” a newspaper which stands in 24th rank. The circulation of this newspaper is nearly 16 lakhs Totally there are 15 Indian newspapers stands in the rank least
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Vijayananda Printers and Publishers is new jewel in the crown of the VRL group, established during the year October 1999 with a laudable objective of serving Kannadigas and Karnataka in particular and the country in general and to provide unbiased news well in time and sumptuous reading material for the readers to update their knowledge and entertain them. The circulation at present is about 4, 50,000 copies (approx) in Karnataka. A separate edition from Mumbai as boon to Mumbai Kannadigas is given by APP. The founder and the M.D. of VRL group Hubli. Sri.V.B.Sankeshwar is guiding spirit of M/s Anand Printers and Publishers his son Mr.Anand Sankeshwar looks after general administration and accounts, other bills and payments. The Director is in charge southern states. The company has three centers at Hubli, Gulbarga and Bangalore for printing and published. The total strength of employees at APP is 105 at Bangalore, 85 at Hubli and 25 at Gulbarga.
“At present the company is engaged in the printing and publication of Kannada news daily and as ‘VIJAYA KARNATAKA’. We have to consider that, entry of Vijaya Karnataka in newspaper industry made some drastic change in journalism and a revolution in Kannada news paper industry. The company is provided with an advanced processing and printing technology machine and other infrastructure facilities like Internet and DTP technology.
1. COMPANY CORE VALUE:
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Vijayananda printers Ltd They strive for excellence in everything they think, say and do. The values that guide their thought and action are:
QUALITY: They are dedicated to achieve the highest levels of quality in everything they do to delight their customers/readers every time.
INNOVATION & CONTINUOUS LEARNING: They provide and environment of innovation and learning that fosters, in each one of them, a desire to excel and willingness to experiment.
TRUTH & INTEGRITY: Their business practices are guided by highest ethical standards of truth, integrity and transparency
RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL: They bring out the bet in individuals by valuing diversity and nurturing team spirit, individual deployment and self esteem spirit.
QUALITY SERVICE: To provide quality service and product to the public.
HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION Firstly Gangavathi unit was attached with Hubli unit on 24-5-2001 it started to work as independent unit the Vijaya Karnataka reaching to readers very easily and covering a news of various places the Gangavathi unit covering Bellary, Koppal, City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Raichur districts the Vijaya Karnataka paper reaches to people as much as early possible When the Vijaya Karnataka was attached with Hubli unit it not possible to cover the news of these above mentioned districts because the length of the distance is very high to avoid this problem it started to work as independent unit to supply this Vijaya Karnataka paper to supply for every village there are many agents distributed throughout these districts, the printed papers are supplied to agents through vehicles in early morning with in 6’o clock When Gangavathi unit started to work independently they have appointed Taluka and some other village reporters for sending there happened events and news of their areas Vijaya Karnataka of Gangavathi unit is having totally 277 agents in 3 districts and they send the news of their places and it has 18 taluk the Vijaya Karnataka is giving the commission to the agents when this unit was attached with Hubli unit the agents of these 3 districts faced many problems for getting commission due to this Hubli unit was far from these 3 districts now this is benefit to the agents Vijaya Karnataka total circulation from this Gangavathi unit is 32000 per day
COMPANY VISION AND MISSION: Vision – To be leading newspaper admired globally for its innovation and quality.
Mission – “To be always the No. 1 newspaper that it is present and serve the public”.
PRODUCT PROFILE The only newspaper in the state having 9 editions / printing centers in Hubli, Gangavathi, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Mangalore, Mysore and Bangalore. Vijay Karnataka is known for its quality supplements. It has 18 supplements encompassing a range of subjects as varied as AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd WOMEN AND CHILDERN’S ISSUE and A SUNDAY FEATURE CATERING ALL SEGMENTS OF READERS.
NICHE SUPPLE MENTS Monday- : SPORTING PASSION, EDUCATION, PROPRETY. Tuesday-BUSINESS: Your instant guide to product launches, finance tips, property, tax, CEOS, company profiles.
Wednesday-Science and Technology: Exposes the reader in laymen terms to the wonder world of science. Brings you face to face with Inventors, Inventions and Innovators.
Thursday-HEALTH AND FITNESS: Doctors, fitness gurus and nutritionists provide the fitness advice on exercise, diet and the working of your body.
Friday –Ticket: Meet the stars of the Glamour World in your ticket to the weekend entertainment circuit. Movies, Television, Drama, Theater, you name the entertainment, its there in your ticket.
Saturday-Family Matters: Children, Women, Etiquette, Cooking, Gardening, Fashion and Passion they all are there in abundance in the only supplement of its kind in the state.
Sunday-Magazines: Your best Sunday reading without doubt. Books, Art, Fashion trends, Music, Travel and the unique theme pages all come alive in this.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Managing director
Director
General Manager
Editorial Dept
Circulation Dept
Production
Advertising
Dept
Dept
Finance Dept
HRM Dept
OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS VIJAYANANDA PRINTERS LIMITED is primarily into the business of editing, producing, circulating the newspaper A brief description of the various departments and their functions are given below. 1. Finance Department 2. Marketing Department 3. Advertisement department 4. Circulation department 5. Human resource Department 6. Production Department 7. Editorial Department
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Finance department of VIJAYANAND PRINTERS LTD. is a centralized department of all other unit’s with head office in Hubli. The main object of this department is to finance the activities of the company. This department is having 8 members and it also deals in purchasing materials like news print ink, chemicals, printing plates etc., from Russia, china, Singapore, Poland, Iran, Austria etc. and other materials are purchased in India only. This department will prepare financial statement in the end of every month.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE:Finance Director
Finance Manager
Company Secretary
Chief Accountant
Accounts Assistants (4 members)
Objectives To protect the financial interest of the company. To help in achieving the proper utilization of funds. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd To exercise the cost control & cost reduction techniques. To monitor the budget & budgetary control.
Functions Monitoring the funds collection and payments Negotiating with banks , financial institutions & other suppliers of credit Evaluation of financial performance Financial and investment decision making Accounting and auditing Looking after the overall financial requirement of the company Recording the inflow and outflow of cash
POLICIES OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Accounting policies •
Basis of preparation of financial statement
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Valuation of Inventories
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Fixed asset and depreciation
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Foreign currency transactions
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Borrowing costs
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Investments
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Retirements Benefits
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Recognition of income & expenditure
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Income Tax
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Contingent liabilities
DEPRECIATION POLICY
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Vijayananda printers Ltd VIJAYANANDA PRINTERS LIMITED follows straight line method of depreciation for the companies act. In this method of depreciation, same amount is depreciated every year for the assets.. INVENTORY POLICY:The company follows first-in – first-out policy i.e. FIFO method.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE Executive managing Directors and Resident Editors make planning for day to day and other planning in the organization about Editorial department. Exe. Managing Director Resident Editor Chief Sub Editor Sr. Sub Editor Sub Editor Proof Reader Reporter Photographer D.T.P Operator
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Vijayananda printers Ltd FUNCTIONS: Front page, last page (sports page), editorial and special papers are received through e-mail from the Bangalore editorial department.
Collected rough information is edited and converted into precise and attractive manner to the readers.
Most important news is highlighted on the front page on the top of the head that give a brief to the busy people.
Chief editor looks after overall editors
Resident editor gives final approval to print.
Page Maker’s make pages using DTP technology and send these pages to the production department. AREA WISE
SOURCE
Local News
Reporters/Reade rs
Taluk News
Collected
by
Reporters and Stringers. District News
Reporters/Stringers
State Level
Supplied from Bangalore regional office.
National
PTI (Publication Television And Internet) / UNI (User-to-Network Interface) Supplied from Bangalore and Delhi office.
Throughout Karnataka, state/National/Sports News remains the same, including supplements. Districts and local news will be covered by each branch separately and it is represented in the third page of the paper
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MARKETING DEPARTMENT Marketing is the human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through an exchange process of goods and services from the producer to consumers. Marketing is so basic that cannot be considered as a separate function. It is the whole business seen from the point of view. Business success is not determined by the producer but by the consumer. OBJECTIVE: Improvements in the customer service Capture large market share Expanding profit margin Price stabilization
MARKETING STRATEGY:•
Quality maintain
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Timeliness
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All over news covering
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Distributors problem solving
The marketing department of VPL is divided into 2 sub departments, namely 1. Advertisement Department 2. Circulation Department
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ADVERTISMENT DEPARTMENT Every advertising medium has characteristics that give it natural advantages and limitations. As you look through your newspapers, you'll notice some businesses that advertise regularly. Observe who they are and how they advertise their products and services.
STRUCTURE:Advertisement manager
Scheduling Clerk
Billing Clerk
Business Executive
FUNCTIONS: •
Sell the space of the newspaper to advertisers and advertising agencies.
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Inform the editors about space needed for the advertise.
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Collection of the payment from the advertisers and concerned parties.
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Sending bill to concerned parties
TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENTS:1. Classified Ads.
4. Display Ads
7. Financial Ads
2. Commercial Ads.
5. Family Ads
8.Panel Ads
3. Corporate Ads.
6. Local Ads
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The dimension of an advertisement should be in cm * cm (square centimeter), hence it is imperative to define size of an ad as “width*height” in all communications including the release order.
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Minimum size of an ad should be 4cm*3cm.In case of appointments, minimum size of an ad should be 8cm*6cm
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Ads will be accepted in the units of integer centimeters both in width & height i.e. width or height of an advertisement should not be represented in decimals i.e. 25.5cm
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In case the ad width is equal to the page width the published width will be 32.9 cms for broadsheet publications
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Ads above 47cms in height will be charged at 50cms for broadsheet publication
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Full page strip ad should be minimum of 3cm in height
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In terms of ad size for billing purpose, a fraction of sqcm will be adjusted to the nearest integral sqcm for e.g. ad measuring 5cm * 5.5cm = 27.5 sqcm will be charged at 28 sqcm.
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The maximum dimension acceptable is 32.5 cm in width and 50 cms in height for broad sheets.
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Death and death related advertisements: -50% on display rate up to 240 sq cm. Placement on specified pages only.
Ads prompting National/social awareness/family planning: -25% on display rates
Ads promoting spiritually and theology -50% on display
Sick units registered with BIFR/SFC -25% on all categories
Lottery - 50% discount
Panel /spot discount -10 to 19 insertions 10% -20 to 29 insertions 20% -30 and above insertions 25%
DEADLINE:-
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Vijayananda printers Ltd If Black and White printing is there then minimum 5 days before publication date for all edition Ads and 3 days before publication date for individual editions. If color printing the minimum 7 days prior date of publication for issue and minimum 10 days for special feature supplements. For cancellation of Black & White printing of front page and premium positions the before 4 days of publication. No cancellation is accepted for color printing.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Advertisement, which offends the provision of the status that are in force, and that would be brought into force hereafter from time to time, and the code of standards of the Indian Newspaper society, will not be accepted. Advertisements are accepted in good faith and the company takes no responsibility whatsoever regarding the bonfire of the advertiser, delay, error, omission in publication, forwarding replies and shrinkage in production. No interview will be granted or correspondence entered into regarding any advertisement published. The management reserves the right to refuse or to suspend the publication of any advertisement without assigning reasons. We stand indemnified against any claims arising directly or indirectly from the publication of an advertisement. Advertisement measuring more than 48cm in height will be billed for the full column height. The types used for display advertisement and the layouts are subject to the approval of the General Manager, Marketing, whose decision will be final.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Corrections and changes in schedules must be intimated at least two weeks before that date of insertion. For color advertisement, the color proofs given must match the positives supplied. All promotions regarding published advertisement should be sent to us in writing within 30 days from the date of insertion, or else any claim whatsoever, will not be accepted. The management does not hold itself responsible for any damage to advertisement material while in transit or in its custody. Minimum size of the advertisement space acceptable is 5cm*1 column. Fraction of centimeter exceeding 0.5cm. for billing purpose will be taken as one full centimeter. If the material is to be returned after use, specific instruction should be given in the release order. Irrespective of the rates mentioned in the release order, the rate in force at the time of publication of the advertisements will be payable. Size billed will be as per the scheduled size or the actual size published whichever is higher Certified voucher cutting of advertisements will be provided on request latest up to 2 months of the date of publication. If an agency or client submits a laser print or artwork the responsibility of reproduction resets with the agency or client. These terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.
Sales Promotion: Free sample and door to door canvas.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Everyday special pages/supplement with regular features. Subscription scheme with special offer They advertise through banners/hoarding, film theatre and magazine CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT:Circulation department is most important department, which takes care of all the activities of circulation. There is director who takes all major decision and gives advice to the other workers. Under director there are some field executives, circulation executives and dispatch in charge with total staff of 23 members. There are 12 vans and 295 agents. The circulation is handled in the district- Koppal, Bellary and Raichur.
Functions:•
Receiving the printed papers from the production department.
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Packaging and refilling the orders.
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Dispatching as per requirements.
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Suggestions from the agents in distribution channel.
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Maintenance of distribution of vans and self owned three wheelers.
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Agreements with private distribution sources such as government buses private buses etc.,
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Appointing of new agents.
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Monitors performance of distribution channels. Deposit of Rs. 150/- is taken for per copy @ 33.33%of profits is given for per
copy on MRP i.e., 55 paisa and on Friday and Sundays 0.90 paisa of profit is given for
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Vijayananda printers Ltd per copy. Rs.3.00 for van transportation is given as a rent for per kilometer and 6% of interest is given on deposits is given. PRICING These papers are generally priced not on the basis of the cost of production and profit margin but they are priced approximately in the same range of the other papers and this price is decided by management of the company.
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL:Agents Indent
Supply Region Wise
Parcel
Van Contract
Agents
Readers
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Vijayananda printers Ltd RESPONSIBILITIES:•
Increasing sales volume of papers.
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Appointing and terminating the new agents.
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Generating security deposits.
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Designing the routes.
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Packaging and dispatching of the printed newspaper to various places.
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Suggesting and finding new routes for distribution.
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Collection of the payments from the agents and other concerned parties.
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Maintenance of the records relating to circulation.
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Hiring of vehicles for distribution.
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Sales promotion activities.
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Circulation.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd HUMANRESOURCE DEPARTMENT
The most important resources of any organization are its Human resources the people supply the organization with their work, talent, creativity and drive. Thus, most important aspect of an organization is the Personnel management.
Human resource management is the branch of management, which deals with the planning, organizing and controlling the labor force to the best interest if both organization and its employees. This includes manpower planning, recruitment, selection and placement of organizational members.
The personnel department handles all the employees’ personal record keeping and documentation activities related to employees. There are two assistants who assist the personnel manager. The personnel manager looks after attendance, salary, recruitment, absenteeism etc.
The employee strength of this unit is nearly about 150 workers who are working for the development of the organization. The promoters have the unique quality in then of choosing the right person for the right job at the right time.
This has taken them to the heights they have achieved in a very short span of time. With this the background the promoters are in the processed of selection of the chief editor, editor, sub – editor and local reporters after due care to ensure that the newspaper published is of a very high order in its quality and standards.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Chief Executive Editor does recruitment related to editorial department in consultation with General Manager and Director of VPL and also the procedure of production department is same as of former.
FUNCTIONS: H.R policy Implementation Attendance management. Training and Development. General Administration HR Records Ensuring good relations Complying communication through meeting Managing the facilities Performance Appraisal
OBJECTIVES •
To recruit and retain the human resources of required quantity and quality.
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To fore seen the employee turn over and make the arrangement for minimizing turn over and filling up consequent vacancies.
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To meet the needs of the programmers of expansion, diversification etc.
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To foresee the impact of technology on work, existing employees and future Human resources requirements.
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To improve the standard, skill, knowledge, ability, discipline etc.,
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To assess the surplus or shortage of human resources and take measures accordingly.
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To maintain congenial Industrial relations by maintaining optimum level structure of Human resources.
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To minimize imbalances caused due to non availability of Human resources of right kind, right number in right time and right place.
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To make the best use of its Human resources.
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To Estimate the cost of Human Resources.
PROCEDURE OF SALARY PAYMENT: Salary list is prepared based on attendance sheet of all employees. The payment is usually done on 5th and between 7th of each month.
Salary slips for all branches are dispatched from Hubli branch. Leave facility For employee is 30 days in a year.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd RECRUITMENT POLICY
Once the required number and kind of human resource are determined the top management plans to recruit the vacant post. It conducts meetings where all directors and heads of departments participate in that. It searches for the right kind of people, doing a right job for the organization.
Internal Recruitment
For internal recruitment the organizational thinks to recruit for the vacant jobs.
Existing employees are received for the vacant job.
A recommendation of any Experienced Employee for the vacancy of a right person is considered.
If previous employee again wants to join the organization it will recruit them.
External Recruitment: The organization never goes for institution or any agency. It follows only
one
method of external recruitment. The candidate who comes directly to the organization it will be considered for recruitment.
After job analysis is prepared by personal manager for recruitment it is sent to Directors and MD after there approval the advertise for that post is given. It is given for only managerial level and above that. In the advertisement candidates job specification and job description are clearly mentioned.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd SELECTION POLICY:Selection policy is followed by recruitment. Selection is process of choosing the right employee for right time doing the specified job. It is effective when only. 1. Employee specification and job requirement should meet. 2. Job analysis is field. In VPL the directors and MD plays an important role in selecting any managerial and assistant post in the organization. The other jobs in the organization must be filled by these persons permission only. After identifying the right person the directors call that candidate for interview. In the interview the candidates qualification, performance in education, knowledge about work, ability of controlling situation, his commitment and whether the candidate will do what the organization wants or not will be tested. His earlier work will be taken into consider at the time of selection. If directors and MD feels good and particular candidate is fit for the job and he will take the organization to words progressive trend then only think to select that candidate. Salaries of the candidate are finalized at the time of interview only. For selecting reporters the executive managing directors has authority. He conducts the interview and tests and the reporter
is selected on the basis of following
qualities:a. Skill b. Knowledge c. Ability d. Special qualities
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Selection Process chart:Job analysis Application Test Interview Select/reject
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Training and Development being one of the pillars of HRM activity, HR department is in charge of this pillar. In order to enable employees for better performance, Training and Development activities is undertaken. Training here is imparting specific skills and basic training is also given to fresh, successful candidates placed on jobs in order to perform effectively. Development programs are aimed at the employees to grow in the organization this involves inter personal skills enhancement. These skills help understand one self and others better, and act accordingly. A development program tries to develop employees all round personality. It stress on knowledge about business environment, management principles and human relations.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL POLICY The performance of an employee known only when it is evaluated by employee himself or by his superior and the evaluation is made by adopting a method for performance appraisal. In VPL the performance of employee is appraised by selecting parameters and rating them. The practice is each departmental head has fixed the parameters for performance appraisal, depending upon the nature of job and as per observation made the rating is allotted to the employee’s performance.
The parameters selected can be as follows: Behavior and dressing sense. Communication skill. Punctuality. Pressure handling. Co-operation and team work etc.
Added to the above mentioned parameters each department selects parameter on job skill, there fore they differ for each of the department. The department in charge prepares a confidential report and appraises the performance of the employees and presents it to the concerned authority. As the name it self specific, the report is confidential and is not made known to the employees. They are not aware of their performance rating. Based on report, reports are made and repot is forward to personnel department. The employees receiving good remarks are given increment along with the salary.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Codes of rating Following are the codes, which are used to rate the performance of the employees. ‘A’ Signifies “Excellent” ‘B’ Represent good. ‘C’ stands normal.
EMPLOYEE WELFARE VPL favors employee welfare because that bears a direct influence on the employee and it motivates them to perform better. VPL intra mural facilities are in other words welfare measures inside the work place consist of: 1. Good working conditions •
Safety and cleanliness
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Good ventilation, lighting, temperature and elimination of smoke etc.
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Good sanitation
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Provision for meal time and tea breaks
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Various conveniences like provisions for drinking water, water coolers and canteen services etc.
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Workers health services: Factory health education, emergency aid and medical examination for workers.
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Employee recreation: In door Games and contests during festivals and other occasions.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
VPL has several employee benefits such as gratuity and bonus and insurance benefits, VPL offers live and health insurance programs to their employees. VPL also offers a variety of incentives and fringe benefits such as:
Incentives: These are the extra monetary rewards given to the employees apart from salary.
Objectives •
To attract and retaining employees.
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To improve their productivity.
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To motivating them.
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Giving recognition for their services.
Fringe benefits Extra benefits given or provided for the employees to improve relation with management and to improve his productivity and feeling job satisfaction. In VPL following are the fringe benefits given to the workers.
ESI: Employee state insurance for below 6500 salary people.
Mobile sets to all managerial level.
Transportation facility.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Production department stands one of the most important departments of the organization, located in Gangavathi which is engaged in printing Vijay Karnataka a daily news paper. The machinery used for the printing the news paper is named as ‘News Line S30’. This ‘News line S30’ is of latest technology where it drawbacks the late printing and installed news line S30 is also called as ‘slack unit’, which is brought from Manu graph industries, Kolhapur. The cost of the machinery is 1crore.It has the capacity of producing 30,000 copies per hour. Over all there are 3 printing units of one S30 unit and two S12 units where it is controlled by operating panel and it is capable of 2 lakhs copies without any break. The colors of the print in these units are placed in the vertical line. The colours being used for printing are blue, magenta, yellow & black & others are generated by combination of these 3 colours. The paper used for printing is imported from Russia. The department is having 20 workers and it is controlled by production manager and works manager. It starts working at 10.30 P.M to 2.00 A.M.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE Production manager
Work Manager
Technician
Printers
Helpers
PRODUCTION DEPT CONSIST OF 4 SECTIONS Production
Process
Packing
Machine
a) Plate makers
a) Production in charge
b) Paste up artist
b) Main painter
c) Assistants
c) Assistant painter
d) Electricians
d) Helpers
Inventory
No of persons consisting in the process section are 4 members each person for each process. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Persons consisting in the machine section are as follows
Production In charge
-1
Main painter
-1
Assistant painter
-4
Helpers
-8
MATERIALS & MACHINERY o MACHINERY Image setter Processor film Plate processor Exposure Printing machines 1 Compressors Generator (D.G.) 1 plate punching and bending Machines 2 packing Machines Reel rewinding machine
SPARE PARTS
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Cutter Blade Bearing Timer Bells Foam rubber Cutting Tucker Blade Cutting rubber Catching pin
OTHER MATERIALS
Chemical Developer Brown tape Cello tape CPF laser Printer Film
PRODUCTION PROCESS
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Vijayananda printers Ltd After final checking done by the news editor, the material plate will be printed on the tracing paper and the following procedure is followed.
Step 1: From the exposing machines, the tracing paper
placed on the
aluminum
plates are subject to developing machine and the matter in the tracing paper will be pasted automatically.
Step 2: The Aluminum plate is placed in bending machine and the edges of the Aluminum plate are bent for its placement in next unit. The holes have been punched using punching machine on the bent edges of Aluminum plate.
Step 3: Aluminum plate is placed in the web upset using the punched holes on the rod and the news print is supplied from the bottom.
Step 4: The matter on the Aluminum plate is printed on the news paper in the required colour fixed previously.
Step 5: All the pages of news paper, printed at different units meet at cutting machines where the copies are separated and columns out folded.
DOCUMENTATION Documents maintained by the production departments are:•
Gate inward
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Purchase register
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Consolidated register
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News print register
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Reel issue slip
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Balance Sheets
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Consumption report
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Machine room stock register
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Wastage register
WASTAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT Print wastage - Wastage from wrong or unclear news Paper. Core wastage - Brown thick cardboard used in the reel. Peal wastage - Damage portion of the news print forms peal Waste Sweep waste – Waste near the machine forms sweep Waste.
MAINTENANCE Lubrication, Gearing, Roller setting etc., are under taken when there is no printing. Everyday blanket wash on roller’s are done. STRENGTHS
Human resource at its best.
Niche supplements for all the seven days of a week. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Good portfolio of writers in all areas. Branches in various parts of Karnataka to satisfy local needs.
WEAKNESS
Improper distribution channels to reach village areas. High expectations from the agents.
OPPORTUNITES •
Targeting the youngsters by providing interesting information regarding fashion trends, art, music, books, cinemas
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Extension of newspaper publishing competency in to publishing of periodicals.
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Targeting Kannada readers in other states.
THREATS
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Continues shift in consumers preference. Upcoming of local newspapers.
ACHIEVEMENT
Vijay Karnataka HAS TOTAL READERSHIP OF 78, 12,000. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijay Karnataka is the only Kannada daily to have witnessed a Growth over last IRS (2004, IR).
In Karnataka, three out of five Kannada Newspaper readers reads VIJAY KARNATAKA.
54.37% of Kannada Daily readers having MHI of above RS 10,000/- read VIJAY KARNATAKA.
VIJAY KARNATAKA has 48% more readers than the no 2 Kannada Daily segment SEC AB.
MAXIMUM READERSHIP
•
MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE YOUR BRAND
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VIJAY KARNATAKA
78,12,000
PRAJAVANI
33,76,000
UDAYAVANI
18,00,000
SAMYUKTA KARNATAKA
25,00,000
PREVIOUS READERSHIP
VIJAY KARNATAKA
70,12,000
PRAJAVANI
33,99,000
SAMYUKTA KARNATAKA
25 ,32,000
UDAYAVANI
15,00,00
8000000 7000000 6000000 5000000 4000000 3000000 2000000 1000000 0
VK
PRAJ
Present
UDAY
SK
previous
Vijay Karnataka is the largest people read Kannada daily amongst:
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Male readers with a readership of 44,20,000 (covering 73% males reading any Kannada daily).
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Female readers with a readership of 14,29,000(covering 55% females reading any Kannada Daily).
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Graduates / post graduates and above segment with a readership of 7,15,000 and SCC but not graduate with a readership of 32,02,000.
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Rural masses with a readership of 32,24,000.
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Urban masses with a readership of 27,12,000.
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Towns with population greater than 15 lakhs with a readership of 4,15,000.
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The age group of 12-19 years with a readership of 15,15,000.
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The age group of 20-44 years with a readership of 27,45,000.
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The age group of 45 and above with a readership of 9,02,000.
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People with MHI greater than RS.5000/-with a readership of 9,03,000.
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People with MHI lesser than RS.5000/- with a readership of 51,50,000.
TURNOVER (in crores)
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GRAPH
140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
2003-04
2004-05
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The turnover of the company is as follows:-
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2003-04 Rs 81,45,9719 cr
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2004-05 Rs 89, 67, 10,170 cr
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2205-06 Rs 122, 44, 47,920 cr
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Vijayananda printers Ltd A STUDY ON EMPLOYEES RESPONSE TOWARDS OCCUPATIONAL FACTORS BEFORE & AFTER ACQUISITION. The Vijayananda Printers Ltd is one of the well established company and has grown from time to time with all its constrains and difficulties. The company is now a pioneered one and now this company is acquired by Times groups. The problem here is to study “the employees’ status of mind and working condition before and after acquiring”. This study is an attempt to study sincerely the different department of the organization as a whole and the different departments in turn. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: To know the employees openion regarding working environment in
VPL both before & after acquisition To know the benefits of acquisition to the employees with respect to welfare activities SCOPE OF THE STUDY: The study is limited to the internal practices and mind set of employees before
& after acquisition which is a purely internal factor. SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTION: The methods of sources adopted for collecting the data during the period of organization study training are mentioned below. 1. PRIMARY SOURCE: The information has been gathered with the help of primary resources such as questionnaires, interviews and discussions with the managers and staff. To know about the functioning of the organization. 2. SECONDARY SOURCE: City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd The information has also been gathered through secondary sources such as broachers, manuals, various documents and annual reports of the organization, which are available in company’s library. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY: 1. The time duration prescribed by the University for the Study is 6 weeks but
deeply studying on organization in 6 weeks is rather impossible. 2. Response given in the questionnaires may not be that accurate because the employees are working for some special projects all the time. 3. As this firm is public concern, all the valuable information are not available, the conclusions are accurate to that extent.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd DATA ANALYSIS AND INFERENCE 1.TABLE SHOWING THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FEEDBACK BEFORE ACQUISITION
AFTER ACQUISITION
AVERAGE
16
18
GOOD
22
16
POOR
12
16
TOTAL
50
50
Analysis : - The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 16 told that the working environment before acquisition is average and 22 said it was good and remaining 12 said it was poor after acquisition only 16 respondents said that working environment in the company is good.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd INFERENCE: - It can be observed that working environment was good before acquisition, but the difference is not much.
2. TABLE SHOWING THE WORK LOAD FEEDBACK
BEFORE ACQUISITION
AFTER ACQUISITION
HEAVY
26
29
NORMAL
24
21
TOTAL
50
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 26 told that the workload before acquisition was heavy and 24said that it was normal. After acquisition 29 respondents said that workload in the company is heavy.
INFERENCE: It can be observed that there is no much change workload after acquisition
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Vijayananda printers Ltd 3. TABLE SHOWING THE SATISFACTION REGARDING WELFARE ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 17 were satisfied & FEEDBACK
BEFORE
AFTER
ACQUISITION
ACQUISITION
YES
17
27
NO
33
23
TOTAL
50
50
33 were not satisfied regarding welfare activities before acquisition. After acquisition 27 respondents said that they are satisfied and remaining are not satisfied.
INFERENCE: It can be observed that the satisfaction regarding the welfare activities is more after acquisition.46%of employees after acquisition are satisfied. City college, Bangalore.
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FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
39
NO
11
TOTAL
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 39 told that the authority & freedom is changed. Only 11 respondents said that authority and freedom in the company is changed.
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INFERENCE: It can be observed that there is a change in authority & freedom after acquisition
5.TABLE SHOWING THE CHANGES IN SYMBOL OF STATUS: FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
28
NO
22
TOTAL
50
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ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 28 told that the symbol of status is changed. Only 22 respondents said that the symbol of status is not changed.
INFERENCE: Regarding status symbol 44%of employees are felt that there is no change in it after acquisition.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd 6.TABLE SHOWING EXTRA BENEFITS ENJOYED BY THE EMPLOYEES AFTER ACQUIRING FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
32
NO
18
TOTAL
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 32 told that they are enjoying extra benefits Only 22 respondents said that they are not getting any extra benefits.
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INFERENCE: 64% employees said that they are benefited with the acquisition. It means acquisition brought some extra benefits to the major portion of the employees.
FINDINGS: VPL is one of the major players in the newspaper industry in Karnataka which is
grown day by day. It has adopted modern technology for printing. It has 8 production centers in various parts of Karnataka. In spit of cost of production is high company is selling newspaper copies at less
price. It recovers the cost through advertisements. Vijaya Karnataka is no.1 on Karnataka in terms of number of circulation.
Employees have not adjusted with the new environment created by acquisition of VPL by TIMES GROUP. Majority of the employees in the organization are benefited with the acquisition in terms of welfare activities, workload etc. City college, Bangalore.
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SUGGESTIONS: The six weeks training program at Vijayananda Printers Limited was a great experience. During this training period, I was exposed to the various functions of the departments. The various aspects that were found at the VPL are clearly mentioned in the previous pages of this project. I would like to conduct this report by recommending further suggestion, which may be useful to the management for enhancing the efficiency of the organization. Company should improve it’s channel to reach village areas in time. Company can think of publishing periodicals targeting women regarding fashion and home making. The company should provide good canteen facilities.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd CONCLUSIONS: Apart from various material needs & comforts, human beings have 4 basic desires & carvings. They have desire to feel important, obtain appreciation, to earn love &liking & avoid effort & exertion as possible. The VRL Group has understood the basics of human nature & has designed the infrastructure of Vijay Times & Vijay Karnataka accordingly. The company is based on certain values such as innovation & creativity, customer satisfaction, & time consciousness, trust &team spirit, integrity & respect for individual. The managers at Vijay Times &Vijay Karnataka are responsible for its Success because they believe in what they do & trust their subordinates & obey their seniors. With a Firm, POSITIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC & HELPFUL ATTITUDE they develop the right Aptitude. Being in such an Organization for a short period of time has given me the working KNOWLEDGE. “IF you are willing to work towards your goal you will surely succeed, if the Good things in Life can be yours, if u has strong MOTIVISATION to achieve them, Ones Attitude determines ones Future”. This is what one learns from a Good company like the VRL GROUP. The people found to be energetic interested in their job and wanting to improve.
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INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATION STUDY INTRODUCTION the organizational study has become an increasingly complex field in which the students of management need to keep abreast of current best practice, legal requirements and likely trends, this
study
sets
out to give an overview
of some departments at Vijaya times and Vijaya Karnataka, that are relevant to the effective management study. being a post graduate student of business administration (MBA), it’s must to under go the internship training for eight weeks at the organization. This is to fulfill the requirements prescribed by the Bangalore university for awarding the mba degree. further it was a personal interest to choose Vijaya Karnataka for the study and get an exposure from various department of the organization.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
to be familiar with the working environment of the said organization. to study how theoretical knowledge is made use of in real life.
to identify strength and weakness of the organization. to study the theoretical and practical aspects of the organization.
INDUSTRY PROFILE City college, Bangalore.
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Press is the fourth estate the other three being the legislative and the judiciary. It owes its emergence following long struggle between the disputes and people for establishment of democracy and representative institutions. The press is supposed to play crucial role of a watchdog to see that, the foreside in situation functions fairly with in the constitution of framework and serve the people of whose they were created. The moment press ceases to perform this function, it shows its credibility The newspaper can initially be defined as a written means of conveying current information. This means that the first organized attempt to provide such a service occurred in ancient Rome, where news letters conveyed what was going in the capital to the father reach of the Roman Empire. In Julius Caesar’s time there were also the ‘actadiurna’ daily announcements of Government and other activities that were posted in the capital public place. “World’s 100 largest news paper” According to the survey of “world association newspaper” “yomiorin shimbun” a Japan’s news paper stands in rank 1st the circulation is nearly about 1.4 crores. There are 15 Indian newspapers in the least. “Dainik jagran” is Indian newspaper which stands 1st in the circulation. The circulation is nearly about 19 lakhs and this is in 20th rank of “world’s 100 largest newspaper” “Times of India” a newspaper which stands in 24th rank. The circulation of this newspaper is nearly 16 lakhs Totally there are 15 Indian newspapers stands in the rank least
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Vijayananda Printers and Publishers is new jewel in the crown of the VRL group, established during the year October 1999 with a laudable objective of serving Kannadigas and Karnataka in particular and the country in general and to provide unbiased news well in time and sumptuous reading material for the readers to update their knowledge and entertain them. The circulation at present is about 4, 50,000 copies (approx) in Karnataka. A separate edition from Mumbai as boon to Mumbai Kannadigas is given by APP. The founder and the M.D. of VRL group Hubli. Sri.V.B.Sankeshwar is guiding spirit of M/s Anand Printers and Publishers his son Mr.Anand Sankeshwar looks after general administration and accounts, other bills and payments. The Director is in charge southern states. The company has three centers at Hubli, Gulbarga and Bangalore for printing and published. The total strength of employees at APP is 105 at Bangalore, 85 at Hubli and 25 at Gulbarga.
“At present the company is engaged in the printing and publication of Kannada news daily and as ‘VIJAYA KARNATAKA’. We have to consider that, entry of Vijaya Karnataka in newspaper industry made some drastic change in journalism and a revolution in Kannada news paper industry. The company is provided with an advanced processing and printing technology machine and other infrastructure facilities like Internet and DTP technology.
1. COMPANY CORE VALUE:
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Vijayananda printers Ltd They strive for excellence in everything they think, say and do. The values that guide their thought and action are:
QUALITY: They are dedicated to achieve the highest levels of quality in everything they do to delight their customers/readers every time.
INNOVATION & CONTINUOUS LEARNING: They provide and environment of innovation and learning that fosters, in each one of them, a desire to excel and willingness to experiment.
TRUTH & INTEGRITY: Their business practices are guided by highest ethical standards of truth, integrity and transparency
RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL: They bring out the bet in individuals by valuing diversity and nurturing team spirit, individual deployment and self esteem spirit.
QUALITY SERVICE: To provide quality service and product to the public.
HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION Firstly Gangavathi unit was attached with Hubli unit on 24-5-2001 it started to work as independent unit the Vijaya Karnataka reaching to readers very easily and covering a news of various places the Gangavathi unit covering Bellary, Koppal, City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Raichur districts the Vijaya Karnataka paper reaches to people as much as early possible When the Vijaya Karnataka was attached with Hubli unit it not possible to cover the news of these above mentioned districts because the length of the distance is very high to avoid this problem it started to work as independent unit to supply this Vijaya Karnataka paper to supply for every village there are many agents distributed throughout these districts, the printed papers are supplied to agents through vehicles in early morning with in 6’o clock When Gangavathi unit started to work independently they have appointed Taluka and some other village reporters for sending there happened events and news of their areas Vijaya Karnataka of Gangavathi unit is having totally 277 agents in 3 districts and they send the news of their places and it has 18 taluk the Vijaya Karnataka is giving the commission to the agents when this unit was attached with Hubli unit the agents of these 3 districts faced many problems for getting commission due to this Hubli unit was far from these 3 districts now this is benefit to the agents Vijaya Karnataka total circulation from this Gangavathi unit is 32000 per day
COMPANY VISION AND MISSION: Vision – To be leading newspaper admired globally for its innovation and quality.
Mission – “To be always the No. 1 newspaper that it is present and serve the public”.
PRODUCT PROFILE The only newspaper in the state having 9 editions / printing centers in Hubli, Gangavathi, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Mangalore, Mysore and Bangalore. Vijay Karnataka is known for its quality supplements. It has 18 supplements encompassing a range of subjects as varied as AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd WOMEN AND CHILDERN’S ISSUE and A SUNDAY FEATURE CATERING ALL SEGMENTS OF READERS.
NICHE SUPPLE MENTS Monday- : SPORTING PASSION, EDUCATION, PROPRETY. Tuesday-BUSINESS: Your instant guide to product launches, finance tips, property, tax, CEOS, company profiles.
Wednesday-Science and Technology: Exposes the reader in laymen terms to the wonder world of science. Brings you face to face with Inventors, Inventions and Innovators.
Thursday-HEALTH AND FITNESS: Doctors, fitness gurus and nutritionists provide the fitness advice on exercise, diet and the working of your body.
Friday –Ticket: Meet the stars of the Glamour World in your ticket to the weekend entertainment circuit. Movies, Television, Drama, Theater, you name the entertainment, its there in your ticket.
Saturday-Family Matters: Children, Women, Etiquette, Cooking, Gardening, Fashion and Passion they all are there in abundance in the only supplement of its kind in the state.
Sunday-Magazines: Your best Sunday reading without doubt. Books, Art, Fashion trends, Music, Travel and the unique theme pages all come alive in this.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Managing director
Director
General Manager
Editorial Dept
Circulation Dept
Production
Advertising
Dept
Dept
Finance Dept
HRM Dept
OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS VIJAYANANDA PRINTERS LIMITED is primarily into the business of editing, producing, circulating the newspaper A brief description of the various departments and their functions are given below. 1. Finance Department 2. Marketing Department 3. Advertisement department 4. Circulation department 5. Human resource Department 6. Production Department 7. Editorial Department
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Finance department of VIJAYANAND PRINTERS LTD. is a centralized department of all other unit’s with head office in Hubli. The main object of this department is to finance the activities of the company. This department is having 8 members and it also deals in purchasing materials like news print ink, chemicals, printing plates etc., from Russia, china, Singapore, Poland, Iran, Austria etc. and other materials are purchased in India only. This department will prepare financial statement in the end of every month.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE:Finance Director
Finance Manager
Company Secretary
Chief Accountant
Accounts Assistants (4 members)
Objectives To protect the financial interest of the company. To help in achieving the proper utilization of funds. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd To exercise the cost control & cost reduction techniques. To monitor the budget & budgetary control.
Functions Monitoring the funds collection and payments Negotiating with banks , financial institutions & other suppliers of credit Evaluation of financial performance Financial and investment decision making Accounting and auditing Looking after the overall financial requirement of the company Recording the inflow and outflow of cash
POLICIES OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Accounting policies •
Basis of preparation of financial statement
•
Valuation of Inventories
•
Fixed asset and depreciation
•
Foreign currency transactions
•
Borrowing costs
•
Investments
•
Retirements Benefits
•
Recognition of income & expenditure
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Income Tax
•
Contingent liabilities
DEPRECIATION POLICY
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Vijayananda printers Ltd VIJAYANANDA PRINTERS LIMITED follows straight line method of depreciation for the companies act. In this method of depreciation, same amount is depreciated every year for the assets.. INVENTORY POLICY:The company follows first-in – first-out policy i.e. FIFO method.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE Executive managing Directors and Resident Editors make planning for day to day and other planning in the organization about Editorial department. Exe. Managing Director Resident Editor Chief Sub Editor Sr. Sub Editor Sub Editor Proof Reader Reporter Photographer D.T.P Operator
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Vijayananda printers Ltd FUNCTIONS: Front page, last page (sports page), editorial and special papers are received through e-mail from the Bangalore editorial department.
Collected rough information is edited and converted into precise and attractive manner to the readers.
Most important news is highlighted on the front page on the top of the head that give a brief to the busy people.
Chief editor looks after overall editors
Resident editor gives final approval to print.
Page Maker’s make pages using DTP technology and send these pages to the production department. AREA WISE
SOURCE
Local News
Reporters/Reade rs
Taluk News
Collected
by
Reporters and Stringers. District News
Reporters/Stringers
State Level
Supplied from Bangalore regional office.
National
PTI (Publication Television And Internet) / UNI (User-to-Network Interface) Supplied from Bangalore and Delhi office.
Throughout Karnataka, state/National/Sports News remains the same, including supplements. Districts and local news will be covered by each branch separately and it is represented in the third page of the paper
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MARKETING DEPARTMENT Marketing is the human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through an exchange process of goods and services from the producer to consumers. Marketing is so basic that cannot be considered as a separate function. It is the whole business seen from the point of view. Business success is not determined by the producer but by the consumer. OBJECTIVE: Improvements in the customer service Capture large market share Expanding profit margin Price stabilization
MARKETING STRATEGY:•
Quality maintain
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Timeliness
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All over news covering
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Distributors problem solving
The marketing department of VPL is divided into 2 sub departments, namely 1. Advertisement Department 2. Circulation Department
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ADVERTISMENT DEPARTMENT Every advertising medium has characteristics that give it natural advantages and limitations. As you look through your newspapers, you'll notice some businesses that advertise regularly. Observe who they are and how they advertise their products and services.
STRUCTURE:Advertisement manager
Scheduling Clerk
Billing Clerk
Business Executive
FUNCTIONS: •
Sell the space of the newspaper to advertisers and advertising agencies.
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Inform the editors about space needed for the advertise.
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Collection of the payment from the advertisers and concerned parties.
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Sending bill to concerned parties
TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENTS:1. Classified Ads.
4. Display Ads
7. Financial Ads
2. Commercial Ads.
5. Family Ads
8.Panel Ads
3. Corporate Ads.
6. Local Ads
GUIDELINES:City college, Bangalore.
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The dimension of an advertisement should be in cm * cm (square centimeter), hence it is imperative to define size of an ad as “width*height” in all communications including the release order.
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Minimum size of an ad should be 4cm*3cm.In case of appointments, minimum size of an ad should be 8cm*6cm
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Ads will be accepted in the units of integer centimeters both in width & height i.e. width or height of an advertisement should not be represented in decimals i.e. 25.5cm
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In case the ad width is equal to the page width the published width will be 32.9 cms for broadsheet publications
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Ads above 47cms in height will be charged at 50cms for broadsheet publication
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Full page strip ad should be minimum of 3cm in height
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In terms of ad size for billing purpose, a fraction of sqcm will be adjusted to the nearest integral sqcm for e.g. ad measuring 5cm * 5.5cm = 27.5 sqcm will be charged at 28 sqcm.
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The maximum dimension acceptable is 32.5 cm in width and 50 cms in height for broad sheets.
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Death and death related advertisements: -50% on display rate up to 240 sq cm. Placement on specified pages only.
Ads prompting National/social awareness/family planning: -25% on display rates
Ads promoting spiritually and theology -50% on display
Sick units registered with BIFR/SFC -25% on all categories
Lottery - 50% discount
Panel /spot discount -10 to 19 insertions 10% -20 to 29 insertions 20% -30 and above insertions 25%
DEADLINE:-
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Vijayananda printers Ltd If Black and White printing is there then minimum 5 days before publication date for all edition Ads and 3 days before publication date for individual editions. If color printing the minimum 7 days prior date of publication for issue and minimum 10 days for special feature supplements. For cancellation of Black & White printing of front page and premium positions the before 4 days of publication. No cancellation is accepted for color printing.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Advertisement, which offends the provision of the status that are in force, and that would be brought into force hereafter from time to time, and the code of standards of the Indian Newspaper society, will not be accepted. Advertisements are accepted in good faith and the company takes no responsibility whatsoever regarding the bonfire of the advertiser, delay, error, omission in publication, forwarding replies and shrinkage in production. No interview will be granted or correspondence entered into regarding any advertisement published. The management reserves the right to refuse or to suspend the publication of any advertisement without assigning reasons. We stand indemnified against any claims arising directly or indirectly from the publication of an advertisement. Advertisement measuring more than 48cm in height will be billed for the full column height. The types used for display advertisement and the layouts are subject to the approval of the General Manager, Marketing, whose decision will be final.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Corrections and changes in schedules must be intimated at least two weeks before that date of insertion. For color advertisement, the color proofs given must match the positives supplied. All promotions regarding published advertisement should be sent to us in writing within 30 days from the date of insertion, or else any claim whatsoever, will not be accepted. The management does not hold itself responsible for any damage to advertisement material while in transit or in its custody. Minimum size of the advertisement space acceptable is 5cm*1 column. Fraction of centimeter exceeding 0.5cm. for billing purpose will be taken as one full centimeter. If the material is to be returned after use, specific instruction should be given in the release order. Irrespective of the rates mentioned in the release order, the rate in force at the time of publication of the advertisements will be payable. Size billed will be as per the scheduled size or the actual size published whichever is higher Certified voucher cutting of advertisements will be provided on request latest up to 2 months of the date of publication. If an agency or client submits a laser print or artwork the responsibility of reproduction resets with the agency or client. These terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.
Sales Promotion: Free sample and door to door canvas.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Everyday special pages/supplement with regular features. Subscription scheme with special offer They advertise through banners/hoarding, film theatre and magazine CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT:Circulation department is most important department, which takes care of all the activities of circulation. There is director who takes all major decision and gives advice to the other workers. Under director there are some field executives, circulation executives and dispatch in charge with total staff of 23 members. There are 12 vans and 295 agents. The circulation is handled in the district- Koppal, Bellary and Raichur.
Functions:•
Receiving the printed papers from the production department.
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Packaging and refilling the orders.
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Dispatching as per requirements.
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Suggestions from the agents in distribution channel.
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Maintenance of distribution of vans and self owned three wheelers.
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Agreements with private distribution sources such as government buses private buses etc.,
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Appointing of new agents.
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Monitors performance of distribution channels. Deposit of Rs. 150/- is taken for per copy @ 33.33%of profits is given for per
copy on MRP i.e., 55 paisa and on Friday and Sundays 0.90 paisa of profit is given for
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Vijayananda printers Ltd per copy. Rs.3.00 for van transportation is given as a rent for per kilometer and 6% of interest is given on deposits is given. PRICING These papers are generally priced not on the basis of the cost of production and profit margin but they are priced approximately in the same range of the other papers and this price is decided by management of the company.
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL:Agents Indent
Supply Region Wise
Parcel
Van Contract
Agents
Readers
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Vijayananda printers Ltd RESPONSIBILITIES:•
Increasing sales volume of papers.
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Appointing and terminating the new agents.
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Generating security deposits.
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Designing the routes.
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Packaging and dispatching of the printed newspaper to various places.
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Suggesting and finding new routes for distribution.
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Collection of the payments from the agents and other concerned parties.
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Maintenance of the records relating to circulation.
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Hiring of vehicles for distribution.
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Sales promotion activities.
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Circulation.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd HUMANRESOURCE DEPARTMENT
The most important resources of any organization are its Human resources the people supply the organization with their work, talent, creativity and drive. Thus, most important aspect of an organization is the Personnel management.
Human resource management is the branch of management, which deals with the planning, organizing and controlling the labor force to the best interest if both organization and its employees. This includes manpower planning, recruitment, selection and placement of organizational members.
The personnel department handles all the employees’ personal record keeping and documentation activities related to employees. There are two assistants who assist the personnel manager. The personnel manager looks after attendance, salary, recruitment, absenteeism etc.
The employee strength of this unit is nearly about 150 workers who are working for the development of the organization. The promoters have the unique quality in then of choosing the right person for the right job at the right time.
This has taken them to the heights they have achieved in a very short span of time. With this the background the promoters are in the processed of selection of the chief editor, editor, sub – editor and local reporters after due care to ensure that the newspaper published is of a very high order in its quality and standards.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Chief Executive Editor does recruitment related to editorial department in consultation with General Manager and Director of VPL and also the procedure of production department is same as of former.
FUNCTIONS: H.R policy Implementation Attendance management. Training and Development. General Administration HR Records Ensuring good relations Complying communication through meeting Managing the facilities Performance Appraisal
OBJECTIVES •
To recruit and retain the human resources of required quantity and quality.
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To fore seen the employee turn over and make the arrangement for minimizing turn over and filling up consequent vacancies.
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To meet the needs of the programmers of expansion, diversification etc.
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To foresee the impact of technology on work, existing employees and future Human resources requirements.
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To improve the standard, skill, knowledge, ability, discipline etc.,
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To assess the surplus or shortage of human resources and take measures accordingly.
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To maintain congenial Industrial relations by maintaining optimum level structure of Human resources.
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To minimize imbalances caused due to non availability of Human resources of right kind, right number in right time and right place.
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To make the best use of its Human resources.
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To Estimate the cost of Human Resources.
PROCEDURE OF SALARY PAYMENT: Salary list is prepared based on attendance sheet of all employees. The payment is usually done on 5th and between 7th of each month.
Salary slips for all branches are dispatched from Hubli branch. Leave facility For employee is 30 days in a year.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd RECRUITMENT POLICY
Once the required number and kind of human resource are determined the top management plans to recruit the vacant post. It conducts meetings where all directors and heads of departments participate in that. It searches for the right kind of people, doing a right job for the organization.
Internal Recruitment
For internal recruitment the organizational thinks to recruit for the vacant jobs.
Existing employees are received for the vacant job.
A recommendation of any Experienced Employee for the vacancy of a right person is considered.
If previous employee again wants to join the organization it will recruit them.
External Recruitment: The organization never goes for institution or any agency. It follows only
one
method of external recruitment. The candidate who comes directly to the organization it will be considered for recruitment.
After job analysis is prepared by personal manager for recruitment it is sent to Directors and MD after there approval the advertise for that post is given. It is given for only managerial level and above that. In the advertisement candidates job specification and job description are clearly mentioned.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd SELECTION POLICY:Selection policy is followed by recruitment. Selection is process of choosing the right employee for right time doing the specified job. It is effective when only. 1. Employee specification and job requirement should meet. 2. Job analysis is field. In VPL the directors and MD plays an important role in selecting any managerial and assistant post in the organization. The other jobs in the organization must be filled by these persons permission only. After identifying the right person the directors call that candidate for interview. In the interview the candidates qualification, performance in education, knowledge about work, ability of controlling situation, his commitment and whether the candidate will do what the organization wants or not will be tested. His earlier work will be taken into consider at the time of selection. If directors and MD feels good and particular candidate is fit for the job and he will take the organization to words progressive trend then only think to select that candidate. Salaries of the candidate are finalized at the time of interview only. For selecting reporters the executive managing directors has authority. He conducts the interview and tests and the reporter
is selected on the basis of following
qualities:a. Skill b. Knowledge c. Ability d. Special qualities
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Selection Process chart:Job analysis Application Test Interview Select/reject
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Training and Development being one of the pillars of HRM activity, HR department is in charge of this pillar. In order to enable employees for better performance, Training and Development activities is undertaken. Training here is imparting specific skills and basic training is also given to fresh, successful candidates placed on jobs in order to perform effectively. Development programs are aimed at the employees to grow in the organization this involves inter personal skills enhancement. These skills help understand one self and others better, and act accordingly. A development program tries to develop employees all round personality. It stress on knowledge about business environment, management principles and human relations.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL POLICY The performance of an employee known only when it is evaluated by employee himself or by his superior and the evaluation is made by adopting a method for performance appraisal. In VPL the performance of employee is appraised by selecting parameters and rating them. The practice is each departmental head has fixed the parameters for performance appraisal, depending upon the nature of job and as per observation made the rating is allotted to the employee’s performance.
The parameters selected can be as follows: Behavior and dressing sense. Communication skill. Punctuality. Pressure handling. Co-operation and team work etc.
Added to the above mentioned parameters each department selects parameter on job skill, there fore they differ for each of the department. The department in charge prepares a confidential report and appraises the performance of the employees and presents it to the concerned authority. As the name it self specific, the report is confidential and is not made known to the employees. They are not aware of their performance rating. Based on report, reports are made and repot is forward to personnel department. The employees receiving good remarks are given increment along with the salary.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Codes of rating Following are the codes, which are used to rate the performance of the employees. ‘A’ Signifies “Excellent” ‘B’ Represent good. ‘C’ stands normal.
EMPLOYEE WELFARE VPL favors employee welfare because that bears a direct influence on the employee and it motivates them to perform better. VPL intra mural facilities are in other words welfare measures inside the work place consist of: 1. Good working conditions •
Safety and cleanliness
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Good ventilation, lighting, temperature and elimination of smoke etc.
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Good sanitation
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Provision for meal time and tea breaks
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Various conveniences like provisions for drinking water, water coolers and canteen services etc.
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Workers health services: Factory health education, emergency aid and medical examination for workers.
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Employee recreation: In door Games and contests during festivals and other occasions.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
VPL has several employee benefits such as gratuity and bonus and insurance benefits, VPL offers live and health insurance programs to their employees. VPL also offers a variety of incentives and fringe benefits such as:
Incentives: These are the extra monetary rewards given to the employees apart from salary.
Objectives •
To attract and retaining employees.
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To improve their productivity.
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To motivating them.
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Giving recognition for their services.
Fringe benefits Extra benefits given or provided for the employees to improve relation with management and to improve his productivity and feeling job satisfaction. In VPL following are the fringe benefits given to the workers.
ESI: Employee state insurance for below 6500 salary people.
Mobile sets to all managerial level.
Transportation facility.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Production department stands one of the most important departments of the organization, located in Gangavathi which is engaged in printing Vijay Karnataka a daily news paper. The machinery used for the printing the news paper is named as ‘News Line S30’. This ‘News line S30’ is of latest technology where it drawbacks the late printing and installed news line S30 is also called as ‘slack unit’, which is brought from Manu graph industries, Kolhapur. The cost of the machinery is 1crore.It has the capacity of producing 30,000 copies per hour. Over all there are 3 printing units of one S30 unit and two S12 units where it is controlled by operating panel and it is capable of 2 lakhs copies without any break. The colors of the print in these units are placed in the vertical line. The colours being used for printing are blue, magenta, yellow & black & others are generated by combination of these 3 colours. The paper used for printing is imported from Russia. The department is having 20 workers and it is controlled by production manager and works manager. It starts working at 10.30 P.M to 2.00 A.M.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE Production manager
Work Manager
Technician
Printers
Helpers
PRODUCTION DEPT CONSIST OF 4 SECTIONS Production
Process
Packing
Machine
a) Plate makers
a) Production in charge
b) Paste up artist
b) Main painter
c) Assistants
c) Assistant painter
d) Electricians
d) Helpers
Inventory
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Persons consisting in the machine section are as follows
Production In charge
-1
Main painter
-1
Assistant painter
-4
Helpers
-8
MATERIALS & MACHINERY o MACHINERY Image setter Processor film Plate processor Exposure Printing machines 1 Compressors Generator (D.G.) 1 plate punching and bending Machines 2 packing Machines Reel rewinding machine
SPARE PARTS
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Cutter Blade Bearing Timer Bells Foam rubber Cutting Tucker Blade Cutting rubber Catching pin
OTHER MATERIALS
Chemical Developer Brown tape Cello tape CPF laser Printer Film
PRODUCTION PROCESS
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Vijayananda printers Ltd After final checking done by the news editor, the material plate will be printed on the tracing paper and the following procedure is followed.
Step 1: From the exposing machines, the tracing paper
placed on the
aluminum
plates are subject to developing machine and the matter in the tracing paper will be pasted automatically.
Step 2: The Aluminum plate is placed in bending machine and the edges of the Aluminum plate are bent for its placement in next unit. The holes have been punched using punching machine on the bent edges of Aluminum plate.
Step 3: Aluminum plate is placed in the web upset using the punched holes on the rod and the news print is supplied from the bottom.
Step 4: The matter on the Aluminum plate is printed on the news paper in the required colour fixed previously.
Step 5: All the pages of news paper, printed at different units meet at cutting machines where the copies are separated and columns out folded.
DOCUMENTATION Documents maintained by the production departments are:•
Gate inward
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Purchase register
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Consolidated register
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News print register
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Reel issue slip
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Balance Sheets
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Consumption report
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Machine room stock register
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Wastage register
WASTAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT Print wastage - Wastage from wrong or unclear news Paper. Core wastage - Brown thick cardboard used in the reel. Peal wastage - Damage portion of the news print forms peal Waste Sweep waste – Waste near the machine forms sweep Waste.
MAINTENANCE Lubrication, Gearing, Roller setting etc., are under taken when there is no printing. Everyday blanket wash on roller’s are done. STRENGTHS
Human resource at its best.
Niche supplements for all the seven days of a week. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd Good portfolio of writers in all areas. Branches in various parts of Karnataka to satisfy local needs.
WEAKNESS
Improper distribution channels to reach village areas. High expectations from the agents.
OPPORTUNITES •
Targeting the youngsters by providing interesting information regarding fashion trends, art, music, books, cinemas
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Extension of newspaper publishing competency in to publishing of periodicals.
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Targeting Kannada readers in other states.
THREATS
• •
Continues shift in consumers preference. Upcoming of local newspapers.
ACHIEVEMENT
Vijay Karnataka HAS TOTAL READERSHIP OF 78, 12,000. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijay Karnataka is the only Kannada daily to have witnessed a Growth over last IRS (2004, IR).
In Karnataka, three out of five Kannada Newspaper readers reads VIJAY KARNATAKA.
54.37% of Kannada Daily readers having MHI of above RS 10,000/- read VIJAY KARNATAKA.
VIJAY KARNATAKA has 48% more readers than the no 2 Kannada Daily segment SEC AB.
MAXIMUM READERSHIP
•
MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE YOUR BRAND
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VIJAY KARNATAKA
78,12,000
PRAJAVANI
33,76,000
UDAYAVANI
18,00,000
SAMYUKTA KARNATAKA
25,00,000
PREVIOUS READERSHIP
VIJAY KARNATAKA
70,12,000
PRAJAVANI
33,99,000
SAMYUKTA KARNATAKA
25 ,32,000
UDAYAVANI
15,00,00
8000000 7000000 6000000 5000000 4000000 3000000 2000000 1000000 0
VK
PRAJ
Present
UDAY
SK
previous
Vijay Karnataka is the largest people read Kannada daily amongst:
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Male readers with a readership of 44,20,000 (covering 73% males reading any Kannada daily).
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Female readers with a readership of 14,29,000(covering 55% females reading any Kannada Daily).
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Graduates / post graduates and above segment with a readership of 7,15,000 and SCC but not graduate with a readership of 32,02,000.
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Rural masses with a readership of 32,24,000.
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Urban masses with a readership of 27,12,000.
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Towns with population greater than 15 lakhs with a readership of 4,15,000.
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The age group of 12-19 years with a readership of 15,15,000.
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The age group of 20-44 years with a readership of 27,45,000.
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The age group of 45 and above with a readership of 9,02,000.
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People with MHI greater than RS.5000/-with a readership of 9,03,000.
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People with MHI lesser than RS.5000/- with a readership of 51,50,000.
TURNOVER (in crores)
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GRAPH
140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
2003-04
2004-05
•
The turnover of the company is as follows:-
•
2003-04 Rs 81,45,9719 cr
•
2004-05 Rs 89, 67, 10,170 cr
•
2205-06 Rs 122, 44, 47,920 cr
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Vijayananda printers Ltd A STUDY ON EMPLOYEES RESPONSE TOWARDS OCCUPATIONAL FACTORS BEFORE & AFTER ACQUISITION. The Vijayananda Printers Ltd is one of the well established company and has grown from time to time with all its constrains and difficulties. The company is now a pioneered one and now this company is acquired by Times groups. The problem here is to study “the employees’ status of mind and working condition before and after acquiring”. This study is an attempt to study sincerely the different department of the organization as a whole and the different departments in turn. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: To know the employees openion regarding working environment in
VPL both before & after acquisition To know the benefits of acquisition to the employees with respect to welfare activities SCOPE OF THE STUDY: The study is limited to the internal practices and mind set of employees before
& after acquisition which is a purely internal factor. SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTION: The methods of sources adopted for collecting the data during the period of organization study training are mentioned below. 1. PRIMARY SOURCE: The information has been gathered with the help of primary resources such as questionnaires, interviews and discussions with the managers and staff. To know about the functioning of the organization. 2. SECONDARY SOURCE: City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd The information has also been gathered through secondary sources such as broachers, manuals, various documents and annual reports of the organization, which are available in company’s library. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY: 1. The time duration prescribed by the University for the Study is 6 weeks but
deeply studying on organization in 6 weeks is rather impossible. 2. Response given in the questionnaires may not be that accurate because the employees are working for some special projects all the time. 3. As this firm is public concern, all the valuable information are not available, the conclusions are accurate to that extent.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd DATA ANALYSIS AND INFERENCE 1.TABLE SHOWING THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FEEDBACK BEFORE ACQUISITION
AFTER ACQUISITION
AVERAGE
16
18
GOOD
22
16
POOR
12
16
TOTAL
50
50
Analysis : - The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 16 told that the working environment before acquisition is average and 22 said it was good and remaining 12 said it was poor after acquisition only 16 respondents said that working environment in the company is good.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd INFERENCE: - It can be observed that working environment was good before acquisition, but the difference is not much.
2. TABLE SHOWING THE WORK LOAD FEEDBACK
BEFORE ACQUISITION
AFTER ACQUISITION
HEAVY
26
29
NORMAL
24
21
TOTAL
50
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 26 told that the workload before acquisition was heavy and 24said that it was normal. After acquisition 29 respondents said that workload in the company is heavy.
INFERENCE: It can be observed that there is no much change workload after acquisition
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Vijayananda printers Ltd 3. TABLE SHOWING THE SATISFACTION REGARDING WELFARE ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 17 were satisfied & FEEDBACK
BEFORE
AFTER
ACQUISITION
ACQUISITION
YES
17
27
NO
33
23
TOTAL
50
50
33 were not satisfied regarding welfare activities before acquisition. After acquisition 27 respondents said that they are satisfied and remaining are not satisfied.
INFERENCE: It can be observed that the satisfaction regarding the welfare activities is more after acquisition.46%of employees after acquisition are satisfied. City college, Bangalore.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd 4. TABLE SHOWING THE CHANGES IN TERMS OF AUTHORITY & FREEDOM.
FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
39
NO
11
TOTAL
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 39 told that the authority & freedom is changed. Only 11 respondents said that authority and freedom in the company is changed.
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INFERENCE: It can be observed that there is a change in authority & freedom after acquisition
5.TABLE SHOWING THE CHANGES IN SYMBOL OF STATUS: FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
28
NO
22
TOTAL
50
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ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 28 told that the symbol of status is changed. Only 22 respondents said that the symbol of status is not changed.
INFERENCE: Regarding status symbol 44%of employees are felt that there is no change in it after acquisition.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd 6.TABLE SHOWING EXTRA BENEFITS ENJOYED BY THE EMPLOYEES AFTER ACQUIRING FEEDBACK
NO. OF RESPONDENTS
YES
32
NO
18
TOTAL
50
ANALYSIS: The above table shows that out of 50 respondents 32 told that they are enjoying extra benefits Only 22 respondents said that they are not getting any extra benefits.
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INFERENCE: 64% employees said that they are benefited with the acquisition. It means acquisition brought some extra benefits to the major portion of the employees.
FINDINGS: VPL is one of the major players in the newspaper industry in Karnataka which is
grown day by day. It has adopted modern technology for printing. It has 8 production centers in various parts of Karnataka. In spit of cost of production is high company is selling newspaper copies at less
price. It recovers the cost through advertisements. Vijaya Karnataka is no.1 on Karnataka in terms of number of circulation.
Employees have not adjusted with the new environment created by acquisition of VPL by TIMES GROUP. Majority of the employees in the organization are benefited with the acquisition in terms of welfare activities, workload etc. City college, Bangalore.
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SUGGESTIONS: The six weeks training program at Vijayananda Printers Limited was a great experience. During this training period, I was exposed to the various functions of the departments. The various aspects that were found at the VPL are clearly mentioned in the previous pages of this project. I would like to conduct this report by recommending further suggestion, which may be useful to the management for enhancing the efficiency of the organization. Company should improve it’s channel to reach village areas in time. Company can think of publishing periodicals targeting women regarding fashion and home making. The company should provide good canteen facilities.
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Vijayananda printers Ltd CONCLUSIONS: Apart from various material needs & comforts, human beings have 4 basic desires & carvings. They have desire to feel important, obtain appreciation, to earn love &liking & avoid effort & exertion as possible. The VRL Group has understood the basics of human nature & has designed the infrastructure of Vijay Times & Vijay Karnataka accordingly. The company is based on certain values such as innovation & creativity, customer satisfaction, & time consciousness, trust &team spirit, integrity & respect for individual. The managers at Vijay Times &Vijay Karnataka are responsible for its Success because they believe in what they do & trust their subordinates & obey their seniors. With a Firm, POSITIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC & HELPFUL ATTITUDE they develop the right Aptitude. Being in such an Organization for a short period of time has given me the working KNOWLEDGE. “IF you are willing to work towards your goal you will surely succeed, if the Good things in Life can be yours, if u has strong MOTIVISATION to achieve them, Ones Attitude determines ones Future”. This is what one learns from a Good company like the VRL GROUP. The people found to be energetic interested in their job and wanting to improve.
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