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An uneasy look at work, nonwork and leisure
(2010-03-13)Better understanding of human problems associated with work, nonwork, and leisure has been a long standing concern of scholars of widely varied intellectual persuasion. Philosophers and theologians are interested in these ... -
Rural development in India; Problems and prospects
(2010-03-13)During the past 25 years, a large number of rural development projects were taken up in many countries. India India, a beginning was made in this direction through the community development programme, followed by programmes ... -
Management of divercificaiton in the public sector
(2010-03-13)Public enterprises in India are rapidly diversifying their business as a response to environmental changes as well as to achieve their growth, profitability and other strategic objectives. Hence, management of diversification ... -
Fiscal policy and the poor: miles to go
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Share of fight dynamics of cooperative and competitive behaviour
(2010-03-13)The monograph is based on some experimental studies in cooperative and competitive behaviour. The project was financed by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and parts of the grant were used to finance on doctoral ... -
Shaping the amorphous: organisational form for a national railway system
(2010-03-13)Organisational form is one of the key determinants of Organisational performance. Choice of Organisational form for public organizations in developing countries can facilitate or inhibit performance. In this paper an ... -
Nature of the environment for the forestry sector in India
(2010-03-13)The paper has argued that the overall impact of the economic, social, political, cultural, legal, administrative and technological variables does not appear to be conducive for the desired and deserved growth of the forestry ... -
Inflation and project evaluation: a case study of the effect of price changes on rate of return
(2010-03-13)Inflation is one important economic variable which is playing an ever-expanding role in the decision making process of business, industry and government. The evaluation of capital expenditure projects are based on estimation ... -
Two hundred mile economic zone and its implicaitons for fisheries management
(2010-03-13)This paper deals with a broad overview of the international legal context in which problems of fisheries management have to be viewed. After discussing the weaknesses of the old fisheries regime, the new international ... -
Executive health an oft neglected aspect of HRD
(2010-03-12)The paper deals with certain salient features regarding executive health based on Indian studies.An attempt has been made to establish a link between Stress and Executive Health. For purposes of presentation the data of ... -
Energy planning in India: relevance of regional planning for national policy
(2010-03-12)This paper presents a macrolevel energy model and its application for energy planning for three States in India - namely Gujarat, Kerala and Rajasthan. In conjunction with energy modelling at national level, the Advisory ... -
Biogas technology a case of Mahajida village
(2010-03-12)The household energy consumption accounts for nearly 50 percent of total energy consumption in the developing countries. It is primarily obtained from non-commercial sources such as firewood, animal waste, crop residues, ... -
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 ... -
Organizational behaviour research in India: a review
(2010-03-12)The paper defines Organizational Behaviour (OB) and indicates its relevance to management. It briefl describes some global trends in OB. Next, it discusses trends in OB research in India vis-a-vis quantity of OB research, ... -
Discrimination agains female workers: an exploratory note
(2010-03-12)The objective of this paper is to present a brief review of the literature pertaining to the problem of discrimination. It also provides some data on the implementation of Equal Remuneration Act in Gujarat. Finally, an ... -
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 ... -
Organizational effectiveness: post-1976 survey of Indian research
(2010-03-12)The paper examines the concept, determinants, and implications of the effectiveness of complex organizations in the Indian development context. The terms effectiveness, complex organization, and Indian developmental context ... -
Growth of foodgrains production inIndia, 1960-61 to 1975-76 sources of growth and future prospects
(2010-03-12)This paper focuses on growth in foodgrains (FGs) production in India between 1960-61 and 1975-76. To understand the sources of this growth, we have scrutinized year to year changes in FGs production, estimated the relative ... -
Fertiliser consumption after 1974-75: a critical review
(2010-03-12)After a sharp decline in 1974-75, consumption of fertilizer increased substantially in the subsequent years. In fact, the growth in absolute terms registered during 1976-77 (and also likely to register in 1977-78) is larger ... -
Practice of environmental scanning in large private corporations in India
(2010-03-12)This paper presents the findings of a study aimed at understand the environmental scanning practices in large private sector corporations in India. The findings of the study are as follows: a)Developments in the input, ...