An Empirical Study of HRD Climate and OCTAPACE Culture in FMCG Companies in India : A Case Study of Cadbury India-Thane Plant

This study assesses HRD climate and OCTAPACE culture of Cadbury India Ltd., Thane Plant. It also attempts to understand the change in the culture of the organization i.e. Cadbury after it was overtaken by Kraft Foods. Primary data is collected from respondents both management and workers through a structured, self-administered 38-item Human Resource Development Climate (HRDC) questionnaire developed by Rao and Abraham (1986). The questionnaire measured the General Climate, HRD Mechanisms and OCTAPACE (Openness, Confrontation, Trust, Autonomy, Proaction, Authenticity, Collaboration, and Experimentation) Culture within the Plant. According to the findings, the prevailing HRDC within the organization is congenial