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Integrative strategy for performance enhancement in organizations
(2010-03-14)Cognitive and acognitive are two basic approaches to the study of human behaviour in organizations. Most of the literature has treated these approaches as mutually opposing and contradictory. The authors suggest that this ... -
Management of the public distribution system for meeting the needs of the urban poor
(2010-03-14)The main objective of this study was to examine the factors which compel the poor to pay more than the better off sections of the society for the goods they buy. The study revealed that the poor end up paying more prices ... -
The process of forging lateral linkages: a hospital experience
(2010-03-14)Organizations have responded in many ways to deal with the horizontal integration of their different segments. A variety of lateral linkage mechanisms like coordinators, teams, committees and matrix structures has been ... -
Development of an entrepreneur : a behaviouristic model
(2010-03-14)The paper presents 5-step behaviorist model for the development of entrepreneurs. The model is a sequential decision process model. Research studies conducted in India have been quoted to support the different factors ... -
Use of human respondents in research: problems and coping strategies
(2010-03-14)It has been argued that respondents behavior in research settings is not only determined by research manipulation but a variety of uncontrolled human factors/ Literature that suggests the existence of such factors is ... -
Use of non-cognitive instruments in personnel selection and appraisal
(2010-03-14)This paper discusses the scope for using non-cognitive instruments. The instruments have been dealt with at three levels: self, social interaction, and person-organization interaction. Examples have been cited where scope ... -
Variance analysis to changes in return of investment
(2010-03-14)This paper applies the Variance analysis approach developed by Robert F.Lusch and William F. Bentz for analysing changes in return on investment of three units: DCM, Hindustan Lever and TELCO. It identifies the different ... -
People's participation in social forestry - some propositions
(2010-03-14)People's participation in raising and protecting trees on lands outside the government forests is vital for the success of social forestry. This paper identifies four types of participation: process, cognitive, interactive ... -
Experimental social psychology is real and scientific - a reply to Durganand Sinha
(2010-03-14)In his critique of experimental social psychology, Durganand Sinha views experimentation as an inadequate approach to complex social phenomena, and complains that social psychology are confined to problems for which methods ... -
Stochastic Point Processes in a Storage Model
(2010-03-14)A warehouse with a storage capacity of n units is considered. While the units of input arrive according to a general stationary point process ? (t), the stored items are cleared with the arrival of a bulk order which is ... -
Private corporate investment in Gujarat: the picture for 1980 and forecast for 1981
(2010-03-14)In this paper, an attempt is made to forecast the growth in private corporate investment in Gujarat in 1981. The term 'Corporate Investment' covers gross capital expenditure of all companies in the private and joint sectors. ... -
Capital expenditures in corporate sector: a forecast for 1974
(2010-03-14)An attempt is made in this paper to forecast investment in the private corporate sector for the year 1974 by using the data available with the three leading term lending institutions. The data cost relevant in this context ... -
Working capital trends in India
(2010-03-14)This paper analysis the working capital trends in the medium and large manufacturing public limited companies in India during 1970-71 to 1975-76. A study of the working capital trends will help to highlight some of these ... -
Some results on the use of random numbers in sampling from finite and infinite populations
(2010-03-14)Conceptual framework is provided for some of the well known ideas relevant to the use of random numbers for sampling. Results on the efficient choice of d (the number of digits in the column of random numbers) are envisaged ... -
Physician and the family welfare concept
(2010-03-14)This working paper owes its origin to a paper presented by the author at the first Regional Conference on the theme of Population Problem and Family Planning Effort, held at Ahmedabad in November 1980. The genesis of the ... -
Intergroup collaboration: maximizing your resource game
(2010-03-14)Behavior simulation has been used for teaching various concepts. The paper describes a game which can be used to teach the dynamics of inter-group collaboration. It gives details about the game, how to use it in the ... -
Safety at the work place: a behavioural approach
(2010-03-14)The most common and popular approaches to safety have been technologically and engineering oriented. Recent resarch, however, indicates that it is possible to develop an effective approach to occupational safety based on ... -
Economics of scale in the Indian cement industry
(2010-03-14)The paper purports to investigate the existence or otherwise of economies of scale in the Indian cement industry. The investigation is attempted through the estimation of cost-output (sales) relationships both from the ... -
Generators of pioneering-innovative management; some Indian evidence
(2010-03-14)Based on questionnaire data on a sample of Indian organizations, the paper identifies some of the internal and environmental generators of a vigorous mode of management labelled the pioneering-innovative (PI) mode. The ... -
Management of financial institutions: an inquiry into the extent of professionalism in IDBI, IFCI and ICICI
(2010-03-14)I express my sincere gratitudes to Shri D.N.Davar, Chairman, IFCI and Dr S.A.Dave, Executive Director, IDBI, for facilitating collection of data in their respective organisations. I am greatly thankful to Dr R.H.Patil, ...