Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Ramnarayan, S."
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The choice of organisational form in implementing diversification
Damle, C. S. (1994)Research on diversification as a major corporate strategy has primarily addressed the issues of objectives of diversification, effect on various performance parameters and managing diversified conglomerates. Diversification ... -
Industrial buying behaviour: A study of non-routine purchase decision process in a public sector interprise
Sanal, Kumar V. (1991)Industrial buying behavior is a process through which industrial organizations obtain goods and services. Process refers to the set of activities that result in a commitment to action. Literature on Industrial buying ... -
Learned helplessness in the banking sector: interaction of individual and role characteristics
Chawla, A. K. (1994)Learned helplessness (LH) syndrome is widespread in organizations. After repeated exposure to uncontrollable events, people come to expect that outcomes are not related to efforts. The expectation of uncontrollability leads ... -
Managerial cognition and action in complex problem solving
Nair, K. Unnikrishnan (1997)The ability to solve problems effectively is an important characteristic that distinguishes a competent manager from the others. Many managerial problems are routine in nature with ready-made or programmed solutions available ... -
Orientation of professionals in family-owned/managed organizations: the case of engineers
Vasavada, Mukul (1994)The industrial revolution has led to emergence of the new occupational class which in popular business literature as well as research journals, has been referred to as professionals. Engineers and accountants are typical ... -
Small business behavior: development and test of a multivariate model
Kumar, E. Sendil (1999)Small businesses have been the subject of research interest in at least three independent fields of inquiry: economics, entrepreneurship, and life cycle theory. However, a review of the literature indicates: (1) the absences ... -
Understanding hospital performance: an empirical study
Aruldas, Vijaykumar (1994)The different categories of hospitals in India (government, voluntary, for-profit), have different ideologies which have traditionally governed their ways of functioning. With the contexts they work in getting increasingly ...