Browsing Working Papers by Author "Rao, T. V."

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    • Application of systems approach at the micro level in education: two cases 

      Pareek, Udai; Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      The problems in the field of education are very complex. The process of education involves various human beings like students, teachers, parents, educationists, administrators and other members of the community. To effectively ...

    • Cross cultural surveys and interviewing 

      Pareek, Udai; Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      Survey and interviews are the most widely used methods in cross cultural research. Some basic questions about designing of surveys have been raised. A paradigm of interview as a form of communication has been proposed. The ...

    • Designing and conducting microlab for training 

      Rao, T. V.; Pareek, Udai (2010-03-13)
      Microlab is a technique evolved originally as a part of T-group technology to unfreeze the participants before their participation in a T-group. This technique has been used in several innovative training programmes to ...

    • Developing H.R.D Professionals through Distance Education: An Experiment 

      Rao, T. V. (2012-10-17)
      1012 This paper describes a diploma programme in HRD being offered by the Academy of human Resource Development in distance education mode to prepare HRD professionals for the HRD function. This diploma ranging over an ...

    • Development of an entrepreneur : a behaviouristic model 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-14)
      The paper presents 5-step behaviorist model for the development of entrepreneurs. The model is a sequential decision process model. Research studies conducted in India have been quoted to support the different factors ...

    • Education for development: some experiences from an action research project 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-12)
      The concept of action research emerged out of disillusionment with research contributing to the improvement of a practice, or resulting in social action. The gap between research and action, between theory and practice, ...

    • Effectiveness of varying sales style on consumer orientations 

      Rao, T. V.; Misra, Sasi (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 ...

    • Exploratory study of key performance areas and competency requirements of young management graduates 

      Rao, T. V.; Solanki, Pramod K. (2010-03-23)
      The study aimed at exploring the nature of activities and tasks performed by young management graduates and the skills (human, technical and conceptual) required to perform them effectively.Forty four management graduates ...

    • Higher education in India: trends and bibliography 

      Rao, M. L.; Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      This report is based on our survey of the work done in India on higher education. A lot of documented literature is available on higher education, most of which is general and impression based. While very few researches ...

    • HRD practices in Indian industry 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      The need for developing managerial capabilities among executives is being increasingly felt and attended to in Indian Industry in the recent past. Mechanisms like performance appraisal, potential appraisal, training, OD, ...

    • HRD: old wine in a new bottle? 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-14)
      HRD is a new concept that has evolved in the last decade. HRD in USA is identified with training and development and it is only in the recent years other components of human resources development are being included under ...

    • Human development: 1993 - where do we go from here? 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-29)
      The UNDP Human Development Report of 1993 ranks India 134 out of a total of 173 countries. This raises serious questions about India s human development policies and procedures. This paper attempts to examine India s ...

    • Impact of 360 Degree Feedback: A follow-up Study of four Organizations 

      Rao, T. V.; Chawla, Nandini (2009-07-29)
      A large number of organizations have been using 360 degree feedback in India as leadership development intervention. This paper is based on the feedback of 43 participants from four companies where the 360 Degree Feedback ...

    • Institution building and self renewal needs of education systems 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-21)
      A large number of educational institutions have become static, rigid, complacent and change-resistant. This is because they have not paid adequate attention to their own internal culture, values and processes from the ...

    • Leadership and human resource management styles of senior and top level managers 

      Rao, T. V.; Selvan, Tamil S.; Kumar, Rakesh (2010-03-15)
      This paper reports in detail a Leadership Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) developed to measure the Benevolent, Critical and Developmental styles of manages. This questionnaire has two forms; one for self-assessment and the ...

    • Measuring and managing institutional environment of institutes of professional education 

      Rao, T. V.; Saxena, Siddhartha Satish (Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
      Questionnaire surveys of perceptions of institutional environment have been found to be a good diagnostic tool to facilitate self-renewal, leading to effective management of institutions of Higher education. Normally, such ...

    • My journey with IIMA: an autobiographical account 

      Rao, T. V. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      Organizations and Institutions are platforms of learning and growth. It is left for us to choose our path and give and get the best during the time we are associated with it as a stake holder. This paper is a narrative of ...

    • Need - based family planning programmes: content and treatment guidelines 

      Rao, T. V. (2010-03-13)
      This article presents three models of human behaviour with special emphasis on the process of decision makingat the individual level in the adoption of family planning practices. The first model describes how the adoption ...

    • Organization Development Experiences. A Case for Enriching HRD through OD 

      Rao, T. V. (2011-05-26)
      This paper reviews definitions of OD and identifies eight characters that are necessary to call an activity or experience as an OD activity or experience. It outlines also some advantages of using the traditional OD approach ...

    • Perception of college environment, work - values and professional aspirations of students of a medical college 

      Rao, T. V.; Sarupriya (2010-03-13)
      This study sponsored by ICSSR, attempted to assess the perceptions of campus climate by the first, second and third year medical students. Differences in the work-value patterns and Professional aspirations were also ...