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Managing emotions: emotional labor or emotional enrichment
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Concept of „emotional labor‟ has undergone many transformations since Hochschild (1983) described it. Researchers have broadened its scope by including emotion management by professionals in different roles, exploring its ... -
Managing environments sustainably through understanding and assimilating local ecological knowledge: the case of honey bee
(2010-04-08)Conceptually the developmental models can be arrayed on two dimensions: The time frame and decision making options or horizon. I have defined development as a process of well as the institutions (Gupta 1981, Gupta et al, ... -
Managing Equipment for Emergency Obstetric Care in Rural Hospitals
(2009-09-05)In resource poor countries substantial sums of money, from governments and international donors, are used to purchase equipment for health facilities. WHO estimates that 50-80% of such equipment remains non-functional. ... -
Managing grass roots organisations: a study of voluntary agencies in development programmes
(2010-03-13)Voluntary agencies have played many roles in the developmental sectors of the country. These roles have ranged from that of a provider of relief during disasters to a facilitator of long-term development programmes and a ... -
Managing Knowledge, Creating Networks and Triggering Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)In this paper, the author discuss the major knowledge gaps, stress the importance of peer learning and building upon farmers’ own innovations and suggest new initiatives for transforming extension strategies. He have ... -
Managing M&A from strategic intent to integration : IOC's acquisition of IBP and after
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2008)This paper, in the nature of a case study, discusses the entire range of managerial issues addressed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) in the acquisition, subsequent merger and post-merger integration of IBP Co. ... -
Managing personal and professional roles: a training module
(2010-03-31)This paper Managing Personal and Professional Roles explores the social cultural context of women and the issues which confront women as they manage both home and work and deal with the dilemmas of multiple roles and ... -
Managing research networks: a study of inter - organizational linkages
(2010-04-08)Many organizations have resources which may not be optimally used within the organization. Thus the redundancy of some resources and scarcity of others often generate the need for inter-organizational networks. At the same ... -
Managing socio-political environment in India: a new task for top management
(2010-03-13)A recent study of environmental scanning practices of larger Indian corporations (Dixit 1984) surprisingly finds a total absence of socio political factors in a list of twenty-five external factors considered to be most ... -
Managing the agriculture sector
(2010-03-20)The paper attempts a broader, systems definition of the agriculture sector. It tries to establish the relevance of managerial concerns to tasks of decision-making in the agriculture sector. This is done through brief ... -
Managing the power grid ramping challenges critical to success of india’s renewable energy targets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-04)Power grids operators around the world have been experiencing challenges in operating the grid with increasing penetration of Variable Generation (VG) sources like Solar PV and Wind. Variability in one form of generation ... -
Mandatory IPO Grading: Does It Help Pricing E ciency?
(2013-11-25)The paper examines the market impact of a unique IPO certi cation recently introduced in India mandatory grading of IPOs by a credit rating agency. The grading was expected to improve the IPO pricing e ciency by providing ... -
Manpower planning for irrigation sector in the seventh plan
(2010-03-14)The approach paper to the Seventh Five Year Plan indicates a shift of the main focus from the pre-occupation with the construction of new irrigation projects in earlier plans to better management for optimum utilization ... -
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 ... -
Manufacturing resources planning - A study
(i, 1984-12-01)Manufacturing resources planning can be said to be one of the most significant development to have taken places in the area of manufacturing software in recent years. It is also termed as MRP- II, to distinguish it form ... -
Marine and inland fishery sectors in India: issues arising out of privatization of common property resources for accelerating production
(2010-03-24)The marine fishery resources are common property, theoretically accessible to all. However, due to cost and uncertainty of exportable resources, all types of boat owners tend to fish close to shore. Serious conflicts have ... -
Marine fisheries development: an outlook at turn of the century and key policy issues
(2010-03-23)Country has made remarkable progress in the sea food exports particularly in the recent years when the export has crossed Rs.400 crores. In this sense the stratehgy for marine fisheries development in India may be considered ... -
Market - Wide commonalities in corporate earnings and significance tests of accounting beta
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1988-05-01)Financial theorists have emphasized for years the importance of expectational variables in the valuation of shares. The price of share is determined primarily by investors current expectations about the firm's future ... -
Market channels and growth of fertilizer use in rainfed agriculture: conceptual considerations and experience in India
(2010-03-14)Empirical research on fertilizer us in developing countries is replete with evidence on deficiencies in fertilizer supply and marketing systems. But this evidence is usually bypassed in research that aims at identifying ... -
The market for technical services in India: an empirical study
(2010-03-29)This paper presents the findings of a mail survey study of 132 firms covering seven industrial sectors: auto parts, machine tools, foundry, polymers, pharmaceuticals, textiles and software. The study examines the nature ...