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Structured interviews and FRM acceptability
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Structures and systems: the issue of cultural interface in indian organization
(2010-03-25)This paper explores the concept of structures, systems, and culture. It then examines the concept of interface and it gets influenced by the cultural processes. Indian oragniztions are squarely caught with the individual-authority ... -
Structuring the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project A Lost Opportunity
(2013-11-21)A new large railway project offers opportunity for structuring in a manner that best value can be delivered towards transportation. This is more so in the context of an existing large integrated railway system (Indian ... -
Study of attitudes towards women officers in banks
(2010-03-22)An increasing number of Indian women are joining managerial ranks, yet very few studies have been carried out to empirically assess people's attitudes towards women managers. This paper reports results of a study of attitudes ... -
Study of creativity and alienation in arts and science students
(2010-03-14)The present study attempts to find out the differences on creative thinking abilities and level of alienation between the students of Arts and Science Streams. The Verbal Test of Creative Thinking and Alienation-Scale were ... -
A study of dew water yields on galanized iron roof in Kothara (North-West India)
(2010-04-08)In order to determine what amount of dew water can be collected without much investment during the dry season (October-May) in north - t India, a study was performed on plain, un-insulated, corrugated galvanized iron roofs ... -
A Study of Factors Affecting the Renewal of Health Insurance Policy
(2009-08-13)Health insurance policies are generally one-year policies and to remain part of the insurance poll, policyholders are required to renew their policies each year. Understanding the factors that affect the demand and renewal ... -
Study of learned helplessness & perceived role efficacy among executives in pharmaceutical industry
(2010-01-18)Learned Helplessness is a cognitive state of being which believes that whatever it does is not going to alter the outcome of an event. In the other words, it comes to believe in response-outcome-non-contingency. Role ... -
Study of organisational climate in relation to organisational role stress (ORS) and learned helplessness
(2010-03-25)The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the factors of learned helplessness (LH) and organizational role stress (ORS) to the motivational climate of the organization. The sample comprised of ... -
A study of organisational role stress in relation to job burnout among university teachers
(2010-01-16)The present study investigates the relationships between organizational role stress and job burnout among university teachers. The sample consisted of (N=300) university teachers, which has been classified into three groups ... -
Study of organizational policies
(2010-03-12)Two period data on 51 items of management policy were obtained from the top managements of 75 Indian organizations (mostly private and public sector corporations). The policy items were classified into those relating to ... -
A Study of Referral System for EmOC in Gujarat
(2011-05-26)This is a study of the referral system for emergency obstetric care in Gujarat, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, and suggest ways of improvement for providing better referral service. The study has revealed a rudimentary ... -
A Study of regional determinants of foreign direct investments in India, and the case of Gujarat
(2009-12-12)We discuss the determinants of FDI over the regions of a large economy like India, and develop a framework drawn from the advantage concept of Kindleberger and from location theories rooted in regional science. We specifically ... -
Study of retail electricity consumers’ response and perception regarding electricity consumption
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The price of retail electricity is restricted by regulations and have not increased at a same pace with the ever-growing demand of electricity. However, there exists a considerable amount of consumer surplus that can be ... -
Study of role stress in relation to type-A and anger
(2010-03-12)Present study is an attempt to explore the relationship between factors of role stress, Type-A pattern of behavioural disposition and State-Trait anger among three categories of management personnel. A battery of three ... -
Study of role stresses in top and middle management
(2010-03-24)In the present study, attempt is made to explore the types of role stresses experienced by top and middle management personnel and to establish the degree of relationship among these role stress variables. 'ORS Scale' ... -
A study of technological capability among product based telecom start-ups in India: Role of knowledge, learning and bricolage
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Present work explores the development of new products among telecom start-ups in India. This paper weaves together threads of literature including innovation, bricolage, learning and knowledge acquisition and technological ... -
A study of the evolution of nature and narration of brands in an emerging market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-05-23)Brands evolve over time as a result of factors that facilitate or force. Such changes could, firstly, be the result of changes in the operating environment, such as changes in either consumer-related aspects like consumer ... -
Study of the image of Indian journals on management and social sciences in the international academic community
(2010-03-13)It is hypothesized that academic journals of noteworthy research content also have a high acceptance in the international academic community. Analysis of responses from the well known universities of the world reveals that ... -
Study of the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet in Indian railways
(2010-03-14)This paper studies the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet of the Indian Railways. The constant growth of the non-suburban passenger traffic outstrips the additions provided to the ...