Browsing Working Papers by Author "Ganesh, S. R."

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    • Elusive excellence (twelve thousand hours at an IIT: preparation for elusive excellence) 

      Ganesh, S. R. (2010-03-14)
      As under-graduate student at an elite technological institute like the IIT, spends anywhere upto 12 thousands academic hours over five years in the most formative years of his life. Since the pre-independence days there ...

    • Lighting candles: Impact of leadership actions on institution building 

      Ganesh, S. R.; Joshi, Padmanabh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1983-05-01)
      This paper uses the metaphor of lighting candles to describe the process of institution building. To illustrate this, it drawn upon the actions of a prolific institution builder like Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in order to distill ...

    • Organisational alternatives for industrial promotion corporations: some considerations 

      Ganesh, S. R. (2010-04-17)
      The objective of this paper is to describe and discuss various patterns of organizations and their implications for functioning of industrial promotion corporations at state levels. This is based on the work done by the ...

    • QWL in Indian organisations - an irreverent view 

      Ganesh, S. R. (2010-03-13)
      This paper takes the position that in Indian organisation, the most central and pivotal concern is the concept of work itself. Work is defined as activities that contribute to achieving organisational missions. Where work ...

    • Research in organisation behaviour in India 1970-1979: A critique 

      Ganesh, S. R. (2010-03-14)
      The present paper reviews the research literature Organization Behavior in India between 1970 and 1979. It identifies three dominant themes in the literature, viz. Person themes; Process themes and Action themes. Over 50 ...

    • Shaping the amorphous: organisational form for a national railway system 

      Ganesh, S. R. (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 ...

    • Sorting and shaping, explorations in helplessness of higher education institutions 

      Ganesh, S. R.; Sarupria, Dalpat (2010-03-13)
      After independence, the Education Commission called for creation of new institutions to undertake the task of higher education in technology, agriculture and management. Three models of higher education were imported. In ...

    • Vanishing boundaries 

      Ganesh, S. R. (2010-03-14)
      Organization development literature is replete with writings on how to improve organizational effectiveness. While this is useful, actions in the real world often formally involve multiplicity of organisations especially ...