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Unified concept of bottleneck
(2010-07-20)
The term 'bottleneck' has been extensively used in operations management literature. Management paradigms like the Theory of Constraints focus on the identification and exploitation of bottlenecks. Yet, we show that the ...
Restructuring rural financial institutions
(2010-04-08)
This paper first identifies major proposals being considered now for restructuring rural financial institutions (RFIs). It then discusses main reasons which may have prompted these proposals. These are (1) inefficiencies ...
Aspects of cognitive competence and managerial behaviour
(2010-03-31)
We present arguments for viewing decision making by managers in the context of both cognitive psychology and neuropsychology of planning. Individual differences in managerial decision making are explained within the framework ...
A test for strategic planning related to management
(2010-04-17)
The evidence in favour of predicting managerial success from intelligence tests is mixed. It is difficult to support the predicability of intelligence tests for occupational success (Thornton & Byham, 1982). After reviewing ...
Rural banking in India - its performance and problems
(2010-03-29)
This paper discusses in aggregate terms the performance of the formal rural financial market (RFM) in India. Considering three different aspects of this market several criteria are applied for this purpose. Thee three ...
Research on rural savings in India
(2010-03-13)
Rural savings are determined by both 'ability' and 'incentives' to save. All except two studies reviewed emphasize 'ability', though some qualitatively analyze 'incentives'. This relative neglect is justified when positive ...
Viability and equity objectives of institutional credit for agriculture
(2010-03-12)
Institutions providing agricultural credit in India have been concerned with both the objectives of viability and equity of their operations. The attempts to reorganize the size of both the primary agricultural credit ...
Motivation, leadership, and human performance
(2010-03-29)
This review critically examines and integrates the vast and diverse research on motivation and leadership in organizations during the past decade (1983-1993). The review prepared for the ICSSR sponsored Fourth Survey of ...
Restrictive trade practices in India, 1969 -91: experience of control and agenda for further work
(2010-07-27)
This paper purports to apprise principally the experience of control of Restrictive Trade Practices (RTP) in India by the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission under the MRTP Act, 1969. This experience ...
Industrial growth during the eighth five year plan period and beyond
(2010-03-26)
This paper attempts to answer three questions: (1) Is the Eighth Plan target of 8.2% rate of growth likely to be attained? (2) Is the target of 9-10% rate of growth of industrial production that is likely to be set in ...