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Personal characteristics and job satisfaction - India - Nigeria comparison
(2010-03-13)Date were collected on 778 Indian and 620 Nigerian employees representing a variety of organizations. A comparative study was made to see the effect of 7 personal characteristics (Age, Sex, Marital Status, No. of dependents, ... -
Patterns of MRTPC judgements
(2010-03-13)In its report submitted in 1964, the Mahalanobis committee on distribution of income and levels of living found some evidence to the effect that industrial planning had been responsible for an increase in income disparities. ... -
Effectiveness of varying sales style on consumer orientations
(2010-03-13)Using the role play technique, the effect of four different sales orientations on customers with four different need patterns was examined. In a factorial design, product-centred, company-centred, customer-centred, and ... -
Utilising the rural educated as change agents
(2010-03-13)The use of television and more recently of space communication has become an integral part of rural development programmes. If this medium can effectively communicate the many messages that are essential for rural education. ... -
Designing developmental organizations: search for an Indian theory
(2010-03-13)Developmental organizations in public sector emerge largely to allocate resources to such regions and people which may not be able to attract market forces on their own. However, many of these commercial organizations ... -
Elicitation of subjective probabilities in the context of decision-making
(2010-03-13)In this paper a framework is developed to seek information from the decision-maker about uncertain events, and to use this information for identifying a preferred alternative. Existing methods are examined critically to ... -
Feasibility of institutional financing for dairy development
(2010-03-13)A commercial bank had undertaken an Integrated Development Project for dairy development in collaboration with a dairy plant. The scheme envisaged the supply of bank finances to the farmers for the purchase of quality ... -
The personnel manager and community relations
(2010-03-13)Personnel management has traditionally been concerned in the main, with employee welfare, once he enters the work place. The government legislates various welfare measures from time to time. The employee must comply with ... -
Transfer of technology in informal sector: a case of power Ghanis in a Tamil Nadu village
(2010-03-13)In the initial phases, improved technologies have always been difficult to popularise among the target adoptors. To overcome this constraint, the authorities charges with the task of popularising them have opted to offer ... -
Futurology and public systems analysis : a major social need
(2010-03-13)The rate of social and technological change is overtaking our problem-solving capability. There is urgent social need for institutions which will effectively work on the analysis of public policy and design of public systems ... -
Corporate investment in 1976: a forecast
(2010-03-13)The study entailed an analysis of all the projects sanctioned by the all India term lending institutions. Capital expenditures incurred on all projects sanctioned by these institutions during 1974 amounted to Rs.681 crores. ... -
Agricultural labour market: a synoptic view
(2010-03-13)In this paper, the forces affecting the supply of labour as well as demand for labour in Indian agriculture and the interplay of these forces as expressed in terms of the level of wages and then, will summarise the main ... -
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 ... -
Optimal investment planning model for power systems
(2010-03-13)The present paper describes an optimal investment planning model for determining the least-cost expansion plan for generation capacity of a power system under growing demand over a planning horizon of 15 to 25 years. given ... -
Price behaviour in India :an explanation through a model of supply and demand fo money
(2010-03-13)The model in this paper seeks to explain changes in price level through the divergence between nominal money supply fixed by monetary authorities and warranted money supply determined by changes in real income. After ... -
Wages in India: towards a national policy
(2010-03-13)The objective of this paper is to review the empirical understanding of wage trends and wage differentials in Indian industries. The studies undertaken by various researchers differ in terms of their variables, coverage ... -
Agricultural mechanization, related industry and education and research instutions in China
(2010-03-13)Based on the papers presented at the Seminar yFarm Mechanization for Small Scale Peasant Farmingz held in Hangjhou, Peoples Republic of China (June 1982), the information obtained from a tour of Southern China undertaken ... -
Village in South Gujarat
(2010-03-13)Located in Bulsar district of South Gujarat, Dharampur taluka is its southern most part bordering with Maharashtra, Dadar and Nagar Haveli. Taluka population - 194000 is, in composition, predominantly tribal. Dharampur the ... -
The small step and the great leap: issues in managing replication in development programmes
(2010-03-13)This paper makes a preliminary attempt to identify the elements of managing the process of replication. Starting with the objectives of this process and its rationale, the paper enumerates the features of the small scale ... -
Network programming model with nonlinear cost functions
(2010-03-13)In this paper, a network programming model with nonlinear cost functions is described along with computer - based algorithms for the solution of the network model. The network model described is general as it can be applied ...