An exploratory study on: The human resource development climate in private and public banks in Chennai, India Ramsun R.*, Kamaraj K.**, Dr. Kathiravan C.*** *Research Scholar, Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamilnadu State, India **Doctoral Research Scholar, Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamilnadu State, India ***Research Guide, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamilnadu State, India Online published on 7 September, 2012. Abstract A “Climate” is a determining factor for any organisations successful run. Human assets can also motivate by the non-economic factors, by tunning the climate of the organization's entire climate. This study is carry out to know the developmental environment climate in Chennai based Public and Private banking organization. It also scrutinize the differences between the Chennai based Private and Public banking with respect to their practises in Developmental Climate along with the three dimensions of HRDC. The data is collected through a structured and self administered 38-item Human Resource Development Climate (HRDC) questionnaire developed by Rao and Abraham (1986) to survey the extent to which development climate exists in organizations. The numbers of the respondents were 550 and they were chosen from different categories of work level. The questionnaire deliberately assessed the General Climate, HRD Mechanisms and OCTAPAC (Openness, Confrontation, Trust, Autonomy, Pro-action, Authenticity and Collaboration) within the two banking sector. According to the findings, the prevailing HRDC within both banks is congenial. However, results show that the developmental climate in the Private Banks is more favourable than that of the public banks. Top Keywords Organisational Climate, HRDC, HRD Mechanism, General Climate. Top |