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Behavioral safety management
(2010-09-27)
Industrial and occupational safety have
become important areas of social concern in
India with increase in industrial activity.
The standard organizational response to
accidents is conducting an investigation and
taking ...
JIT: a way to get strategic results from the shop floor
(2010-09-27)
Just-in-Time (JIT) is a proven management
innovation which is assuming international
importance for achieving industrial
excellence. It is necessary to understand
JIT for improving the efficacy of our own
industrial ...
Nature of induced opinion and its retention over time
(2010-06-01)
In free-fed mice with progesterone tablet implants and in pseudopregnant
mice, an increase in food consumption usually accompanies the body weight
gain characteristic of progesterone stimulation; it is not, however, an ...
Rural banking: misdirected policy changes
(2010-07-14)
Three policy alternatives can be identified for improving the profitability
of commercial banks' rural branches: closing loss-making rural branches,
improving the interest spread for these branches and diversifying ...
The effects of influence conditions and discrepancy upon authoritarian conformity
(2010-06-02)
Having made a series of numerosity judgments, Ss were exposed to judgments presumably made by three
other individuals. The discrepancy between Ss'
judgments and those attributed to the others was either
small or large ...
Workers orientation towards advanced manufacturing technology: a study of the Indian automobile industry
(2010-10-19)
Recent years have seen a growing concern about the adaptability and
willingness of the Indian industrial worker to cope with radical technological
changes such as the introduction of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.
Adding ...
Micro-planning: the neglected interface
(2010-05-31)
Social and economic systems have divergent subsystems which wilt work together effectively only when
they are linked by an interface that ensures compatibility between them. Often, the individual subsystem
by itself may ...
Wage determination in Indian manufacturing, 1950 to 1964
(2010-06-03)
The usual dilemma before a developing country seems to be having to choose between the com -
peting objectives of social justice and economic growth. However, this paper claims that a judicious
balance can be found in a ...
The industrial worker: some myths and realities
(2010-06-03)
This paper seeks to examine the following widely-held beliefs about the industrial worker in
India:
(1) that most industrial workers are migrants from rural areas;
(2) that the rural migrants who move to the city to ...