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Some properties of optimal schedule of jobs with a common due date
(2010-03-13)Kanet (Naval Research Logistics Quarters, 1981) considered the problem of minimizing the average deviation of job completion times above a common due date. Under the condition that the common due date exceeds the makespan ... -
Rural development programme in India: analytical review at the district level
(2010-03-13)The paper aims to analyse (a) the actual coverage of developmental programmes (b) the actual beneficiaries and (c) its impact on the overall rural development. Seven special rural development programmes sponsored by the ... -
Integrating environmental scanning into corporate planning need for a total view
(2010-03-13)The relevance and future of environmental scanning for corporate planning has become a controversial issue. Some of the recent studies contend that there is no evidence to warrant a conclusion that environmental scanning ... -
Nepa - Asean economic relations
(2010-03-13)This paper highlights the salient features of economic relations between Nepal and the five member countries of the ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) grouping, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore ... -
Total performance measurement system for public enterprises: a framework
(2010-03-13)In this paper the need for a system for total performance measurement in public enterprises is highlighted. By total performance measurement system is meant a uniform system of measuring and reporting the economic and ... -
The PI style of management
(2010-03-13)The pioneering innovation (PI) mode of management was identified from corporate policies data supplied by the top management of 75 Indian organizations. The paper presents the determinants and organizational consequences ... -
From campus to community building: changing perspectives and programmes of development agencies
(2010-03-13)The perspective of development of many non-governmental development agencies underwent a change in the 1970s. Consequently, there was a shift in their focus, a way from themselves to the communities they were assisting. ... -
Spatial underdevelopment, small towns and public policy: the Indian experience
(2010-03-13)The role of small towns in national development has assumed significant importance in recent times in the light of renewed interest in decentralised development strategies. Conventional approaches which viewed small towns ... -
Framework for a national wage policy
(2010-03-13)The conflicting considerations of the desirability of raising the levels of living of workers and the need for capital formation and price stability have rendered it difficult for the policy makers in India to formulate a ... -
Developing linear programming models for farm planning
(2010-03-13)This working paper is developed to highlight the methodology for identification and evaluation of various constraints and minimum requirements of farm firms, identification of feasible activities and computation of their ... -
Growth of Factor Inputs and Total Factor Productivity in Public Sector Enterprises in India
(2010-03-13)This study makes an attempt to examine the trend in Total Factor Productivity in the public sector enterprises by estimating and analyzing the contributions made by major factor inputs to the growth rate of not product ... -
An upper bounding heuristic for nonlinear integer programs
(2010-03-13)Many optimization problems are formulated as nonlinear mixed integer programming problems. Often practioners, as well as theoreticians, are interested in finding an Upper bound on the objective minimum as fast as possible. ... -
Manpower requirement planning: a framework and case studies
(2010-03-13)This working paper deals with the problem of manpower requirement planning (MRP). A framework is elucidated for detailed MRP. The proposed framework is then applied to determine manpower requirements in 6 different industrial ... -
Employment generation in Panchmahals
(2010-03-13)Panchmahals is a relatively backward district in east-central Gujarat. It is largely hilly and tribal. The district as a whole is highly susceptible to droughts and scarcity conditions, owing primarily to the uneven and ... -
Correlation functions in reliability theory
(2010-03-13)The point process induced by the stochastic behaviour of a two-unit warm standby redundant repairable system is studied. Expressions for the product densities of the events corresponding to the entry into each of the states ... -
Psychological maturity and motivational profiles of management students
(2010-03-13)This study was undertaken to assess the motivational patterns and psychological maturity of management students. -
Delay in labour judiciary: an empirical investigation
(2010-03-13)The problem of delay in labour judiciary has acquired added significance in the wake of current emphasis on maintenance of peaceful industrial relations and effective implementation of labour laws. While the legislation ... -
Analysis of two-unit parallel redundant system - a review
(2010-03-13)Ever since Gaver (1963) made an attempt to analyse a two unit parallel redundant system, several attempts have been made by many applied probabilists, engineers to analyse two-unit parallel redundant systems. While various ... -
Management of tax expenditures: a study of the Indian case
(2010-03-13)onsidering the extensive use which policy makers in India make of the instrument of tax expenditures, what is needed is proper management of all tax expenditures. Four points are involved here. The first is concerned with ... -
Population - resource dynamics in an Indian village
(2010-03-13)The paper presents a simulation model of population dynamics in an Indian village and discusses its usefulness to a policy maker concerned with the economic and social development of such a village. The model contains some ...