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Management of exchange rates: India's experience
(1985)In today's world or internationalized markets, managing exchange rate is as important, if not more, as managing the domestic money supply and price level. This is true for both the developed as well as the developing ... -
A simulation model of paper industry in India
(1985)The role of information in planning process is two-fold. On the one hand, information serves as an input to planning and on the other, it serves as a bench-mark for the evaluation of planning or policy decisions. The policy ... -
Introducing management control systems for construction projects
(1985)The construction industry plays an important role in the overall economy, social growth and development by its contribution to gross domestic product and employment. It is estimated that during the Sixth plan, the industry ... -
Behavioral perspective of budgeting; an exploratory study set in two fertilizer companies
(1985)This study examines budgeting from three different perspectives. 1. Industry practices and the importance of budgeting to organizations. 2. The relationships between the objectives of budgeting (planning evolution, ... -
Organizational commitment and human resource management: a study of mangers in cooperatives
(1985)The purpose of this study was: (a) to find the relationship between Organizational Commitment (OC) and several characteristics of the Human Resource Management (HRM) mechanisms, viz., Recruitment, Selection, Compensation, ... -
Choice of technique in the sugar industry: an interactive multi-objective model
(1985)The Choice of Technique (C.O.T) problem has always been treated in the literature as a problem of ranking the alternative techniques available on a single criterion, viz., net objectives, if included, have been clubbed ... -
Human resource planning in hotel industry
(1986)As awareness of the need for an effective HRP has grown, so has the number of organizations looking for guidance as to the ways in which Human Resource Planning (HRP) can make a practical contribution. The focus of this ... -
A study of the process of evaluation of the internal environment of a nascent organization
(1986)This is an exploratory study of the process of evolution of the internal environment of a nascent organization. This study was conducted over a period of seven months while the organization was in the process of undergoing ... -
Identification and measurement of work-dedication
(1986)People frequently use the word dedication to make social attributions and judgements. The imprecision of literary definitions of dedication restricts their operational use. Consequently, a more precise formulation of the ... -
Impact of accounting changes: an earnings perspective
(1986)The view presented in the financial statements is influenced significantly by the accounting policies adopted in their preparation. With the strong emphasis on Suring that the financial statements reflect the "economic ... -
A Study of the management of transition from small scale to medium scale unit with special focus on the behavioural aspects of the top management
(1986)Economic development of any region is an outcome of purposeful human activity. Both the developed and the underdeveloped world look at the industrialization process as an important key to economic development. Most of the ... -
Project management in government and joint sector organizations: comparative case studies of four projects
(1987)The significance of this research study is identified in the context of the important role of joint public sector projects in a developing country and the need to improve their performance. The study is exploratory in ... -
ECIL: a case study of environmental and organiztional response in the public sector
(1987)A major function Of general management has been noted in the business policy literature as that of ensuring a "match" on a continuing basis between the characteristics of the organization and those of the environment. ... -
Control limit models for cash management in bank branches
(1987)Development of policies for maintaining adequate cash balance in bank branches and transferring of excess cash from surplus branches to Central Office or deficit branches, are, indeed, major tasks faced by commercial banks ... -
Interaction between production scheduling and dispatching: an experimental study in an MRP frame work
(1987)Operations Planning seeks to determine the best utilization of existing resources that will help in achieving the objectives set for Operations Management. It takes the production system as given and attempts to suggest, ... -
Marketing strategies of the state level organisation in public distribution: A study of civil supplies corporations
(1987)In recent decades, governments have organized state owned enterprises to undertake trading and distribution of important commodities and products. Despite the social and economic importance of such organizations, research ... -
A study of quality circles in Indian organisations
(1988)Quality Circles (QCs) are credited with making substantial contributions towards prosperity of Japanese industries. In the last decade, QCs have spread to a large number of countries. In India, about 400 organizations have ... -
Managerial heuristics of pioneering innovative (PI) entrepreneurs: an exploratory study
(1988)Managerial heuristics are defined as the decision-rules guiding the less programmed decisions of entrepreneurs/executives. A review of literature on entrepreneurship suggests that the scene is dominated by the search for ... -
Organizations as agents of social change: policy orientation and organizational design
(1988)This study is an exploration of the organizational design of voluntary organizations in India. The focus of the study was to understand what configurations of characteristics are associated with different policy stances ... -
Stocking policies for blood components: a case of substitutable, perishable items
(1988)Transfusion of blood from a healthy donor to a needy patient is a powerful therapeutic tool in modern medical practice. All major hospitals in India have blood banks, whose purpose is to provide 'safe' blood to patients ...