Business organizations are attaching great importance to human resource because it is the biggest source of competitive advantage and has the capability of converting all other resources into product/service. The effective performance of this human resource depends on the type of Human Resource Development (HRD) climate that prevails in the organization. The study of HRD climate is very important for all the organizations, and educational institutes are not an exception. This paper attempts to study the employees’ perception towards HRD climate in management institutes of Nagpur city on the basis of age, gender, experience, qualification and job approval status of the faculty. Data was collected from the employees of select management institutes using a structured HRD climate questionnaire. The data was analyzed using several statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and regression analysis. The results show that the HRD climate in management institutes is average and the perception of employees regarding the HRD climate does not differ significantly on the basis of age, job approval status and, qualification, but it differs significantly on the basis of gender and experience. The paper concludes by offering useful suggestions to the managements involved in the operation of the management institutes.

Human resource’ means employees in an organization who strive for increasing its profit. ‘Development’ is the acquisition of capabilities that are needed to execute the present job or the future expected job. After analyzing Human Resource Development (HRD), we can simply state that HRD is the process of helping people to acquire competencies. ‘Climate’ is an overall feeling that is conveyed by the physical layout, the way employees interact and the way members of the organization conduct themselves with outsiders.

‘Organizational climate’ is a set of characteristics of an organization which are referred in the descriptions that employees make of the policies, practices and conditions which exist in the working environment.

HRD is concerned with the provision of learning and development opportunities that support the achievement of business strategies and improvement of organizational, team and individual performance (Armstrong and Baron, 2002).

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