ORGANISATION PROFILE In 1946 a young entrepreneur, K. M. Mammen Mappillai, opened a small manufacturing unit where balloons, latex cast squeaking toys and industrial gloves were manufactured in South India which quickly grew to become one of India's biggest and respected companies. MRF established its first office at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Later they moved to manufacture tyres in 1961. Backed by a superior R&D, MRF tyres are rolled out of six interdependent facilities, which are built over 450 acres and with over 15,000 dedicated people. MRF has over 3000 strong dealer network with 180 offices. MRF manufactures the largest range of tyres in India and is the market leader with the largest market share in almost every segment of the tyre industry enjoys the highest brand preference for superior quality, appearance and wears ability. They were the first tyre company in India to produce tyre formula for cars. They exports to more than 75 countries which comprises 30% of the total turnover of the company. Since 1984, MRF Tyres has consistently been chosen as OEM fitment by almost every major car manufacturer in India. Apart
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ORGANISATION PROFILE
In 1946 a young entrepreneur, K. M. Mammen Mappillai, opened a small manufacturing
unit where balloons, latex cast squeaking toys and industrial gloves were manufactured in South
India which quickly grew to become one of India's biggest and respected companies. MRF
established its first office at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Later they moved to manufacture tyres
in 1961.
Backed by a superior R&D, MRF tyres are rolled out of six interdependent facilities,
which are built over 450 acres and with over 15,000 dedicated people. MRF has over 3000
strong dealer network with 180 offices. MRF manufactures the largest range of tyres in India and
is the market leader with the largest market share in almost every segment of the tyre industry
enjoys the highest brand preference for superior quality, appearance and wears ability. They
were the first tyre company in India to produce tyre formula for cars. They exports to more than
75 countries which comprises 30% of the total turnover of the company.
Since 1984, MRF Tyres has consistently been chosen as OEM fitment by almost every
major car manufacturer in India. Apart from tyres MRF also manufactures conveyor belts,
pretreads and advanced polyurethane paints. MRF is the only tyre company that manufactures
Pre-cured R Trading rubber.
The company's love for sports, especially Cricket, is well known. The MRF Pace
Foundation is synonymous with training and teaching the world's best fast bowlers. MRF's
involvement in motor sports in India is no less fervent. Its rallying team has won the prestigious
FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championships twice. Even in international championships MRF karting
tyres, homologated by FIA, is the preferred choice.
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Today MRF is into a league of its own with:
A distribution network of over 2,500 outlets in India.
Overseas offices in United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Vietnam
Exports to over 75 countries worldwide
6 manufacturing plants in India located in
Tiruvottiyur in Tamil Nadu
Arakonam in Tamil Nadu
Kottayam in Kerala
Ponda in Goa
Medak in Andhra Pradesh
Union Territory of Pondicherry
Subsidiaries
Funskool.
MRF Pace Foundatation.
MRF Racing.
VISION
The vision of MRF is to enrich and gratify the human race by providing them with
products and services that gives them satisfaction delight and amazement. The vision of the MRF
is to emerge as pre-eminent global players in the field of polymers and make India a global super
power in terms of technology and quality of life.
MISSION
MRF Ltd has well defined HR policies and a clear environmental safety and training. The
mission of MRF is that zero defect, zero break downs, zero accidents, zero pollution, and thereby
to have zero losses. In these emerging times when the performance standards are becoming more
stringent the MRF tyres are to be tested on the most torturous train for this purpose. MRF is
setting up trite track of its own.
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MRF TYRES LTD (KOTTAYAM UNIT)
MRF tyres Ltd, Kottayam is one of the most modern plants with 6 lakh sq. feet built-up
area, that setup on 1969 at Vadavathoor, about 7km away from Kottayam town in the state of
Kerala. Availability of intelligent and motivated labours, natural rubber pin large quantity
(Kottayam is a land of 3 L’s – Latex , Letters & Lake), cheap power tariffs, tax concession and
transportation facilities were the main reason behind the choice of Kottayam as the second
The first step is to give an application form to the company by the candidates. It
should contain the relevant data to analyse the candidate.
Antecedent verification
In this step, the company shortlist the application received from various sources
based on the suitability for the requirement. The candidates should have some eligibility
to apply for the vacancy of workmen in MRF. The candidates should have a minimum
educational qualification of SSLC. Persons between the age group of 18 and 28 can only
apply. Candidate’s should a minimum height of 5.5” and weight of 54 kgs. The
application form fulfils these criteria are selected and the rest are rejected.
Written Examination
The candidate’s posses the basic qualities can appear for a written test “WAAP”,
a psychometric test conducted by the company to know the behavior of the candidate.
Medical and physical examination
After passing the test, the candidates have to appear for a medical and physical
examination to prove his fitness. The blood group testing is one among this examination.
Handicapped persons should not be selected.
Reference letter
The references given in the candidate’s application will be taken up and a security
check will be conducted. The management contact the reference persons and take the
feedback.
Recommendation letter
The recommendation letter is also taken into consideration. If the candidate is the
relative of an existing employee, they can also produce recommendation letter.
Selection Interview
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Selection interview is the final interview by the manager of concerned area . It is
an opportunity for an employer to assess them and to make sure the organization and
position are right for the candidate. An interview is an attempt to secure maximum
amount of information from candidate concerning his suitability for that particular job.
Selection List
Those individuals who perform successfully on the employment tests and the
interviews are now considered to be eligible to receive an offer of employment. Offer
letter will be mailed to the candidates at this stage.
Appointment.
The candidates who are interested to join will come and signed the agreements to
became the employee of MRF.
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Applications invited
After the man power planning, the company invited the candidates to fill the
vacancy through the advertisement in media, informing existing employees, etc. The
educational qualification requires to apply as a staff is under-graduation.
Written examinations
Technical Test
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Technic
al Test
IQ Test
Personality
Profiling
Day
Plan
Group
Discussion
Interview
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The candidates have to attend a technical test which is based on
academics. The candidates who scores more than 60% are selected and the
else are rejected.
IQ Test
The candidates who pass the technical test have to attend an IQ test to
prove their knowledge in English, maths, etc.
Personality ProfilingIt is a means of measuring an individual’s personality in a particular situation.
Profiling provides a snapshot view of the preferred behaviour that comes subconsciously to most people. This is the behaviour with which they are ‘comfortable’ and can sustain for long periods of time. This behaviour is social and intellectual – not physical. The means by which this behaviour is measured is a questionnaire which asks the candidate to choose behaviour most and least they like. The results from this questionnaire provide a personality profile of the respondent.
Day Plan Personal / Official
In this test, a list of activities is given to the candidates and they have to plan their
day in most appropriate and effective way. It is a unique selection process of MRF.
Group Discussion
In group discussion they are searching for:
Relationship
Involving others into discussion
Emotional maturity
Emotion reaction
Response to others comment
Outgoing
Open your mouth
More points on number of instances
Assertiveness
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Express honest thoughts
Opposed by others - without hurting them
Planning
Clarify of thoughts
Able to see information
Conflict management
Articulation of thoughts when opposed by others
Consensus
Personal interview
Personal interview is the final interview by the manager. It is an opportunity for
an employer to assess them and to make sure the organization and position are right for
the candidate. An interview is an attempt to secure maximum amount of information
from candidate concerning his suitability for that particular job.
Selection
Those individuals who perform successfully on the employment tests and the
interviews are now considered to be eligible to receive an offer of employment.
Probation period
The selected candidates will then undergo training for a period of 6months. After
this period they will be appointed as prentices for a time period of 1 to 1 ½ years. Then
they will be put on problem for 6 months after which they will be confirmed and made
permanent.
The company wants to concentrate on its core activities so they relieve the task of
recruitment to Celebras, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company for the recruitment of the
employees. The RPO recruits employees according to the company’s policies and procedures.
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CONCLUSION
MRF is one of the respective companies in India. They follow an effective
process of recruitment and selection. Celebras, the Recruitment Outsourcing Firm helps
to achieve improvement in quality, cost, service and speed in the recruitment process.
They maintain a unique recruitment process including psychometric test. The
management use both the internal and external source of recruitment. MRF is success in
selecting right person for the right job.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Human Resource And Personnel Management By K. Aswathappa