A Study on Strategic Human Resource Practices and its Impact on Manufacturing Performance

This research attempts to analyze the strategic HR practices and their
impact on manufacturing performance taking reference of the Tube
Products of India (TPI) a premium precision steel tubes manufacturer
in Murugappa Group Chennai. Strategic HR Management (SHRM)
has always been considered as a very strong driving force for
effective functioning of any organization in today's competitive
manufacturing environment. The study design was descriptive with
quantitative research method, using primary data from 120
respondents through structured questionnaire on a 5- point Likert
scale. The various HR practices that were being studied were
Training & Development, Employee Performance Appraisal,
Employee Engagement and Work Environment. Performance
measurement of the manufacturing performance was measured on
criteria such as Productivity, Quality, Efficiency and Retention.
Descriptive statistics, cronbach's alpha reliability test, Pearson
correlation analysis and Chi-Square test were applied in the study for
statistical analysis. From the survey it has been proved that all the HR
practices are positively and significantly related with performance
parameters of manufacturing performance. Cronbach's Alpha
obtained is 0.957 which showed a good internal reliability. ChiSquare tests also demonstrated that demographics of respondents
does not appear to affect their responses on performance measure
significantly. This study showed that strategic HR practices have strong impact on overall organizational
manufacturing performance and employee productivity.