Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Khandwalla, Pradip N."
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A comparative study of general management functions in private sector, public sector and multinational subsidiary companies in India
Kumar, Krishna (1980)Discussion on public sector vs. private sector has been quite common and frequent, ever since the emphasis on public sector increased in the industrial activity of the country. However, very little management literature ... -
Freedom Related Practices and Corporate Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study
Verma, Subir (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2003)This study explores the relationship between the practices embedded in the notion of freedom within the corporate context and corporate effectiveness. It hypothesizes that those corporate organizations that grant greater ... -
Identification and measurement of work-dedication
Nagananda Kumar, P. B. (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 ... -
Influence of Organisational culture on Organisational structure
Reddy, K. Prathap (1988)Organizational structure has been one the popular topics of research for sociologists and organization theorists during the last few decades. There are two schools of thought in the literature on organizational structure; ... -
Managerial heuristics of pioneering innovative (PI) entrepreneurs: an exploratory study
Manimala, Mathew James (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 ... -
Managing the technology purchase decision process in the Indian public sector
Pandya, Anil (1982)This thesis attempted to structure precisely the decision process in ten technology purchase decisions made between 1969-80 in one petrochemical industry in the Indian public sector. Based on literature from Technology ... -
Marketing in spearhead strategic development organisations
Moorthy, Ravi C. (1993)The need for organizations that perform strategic developmental functions in society, especially the developing countries, has led to the emergence of a variety of special purpose organizations with the primary objective ... -
New services evolution processes
Bhatt, Sanjeev (1991)Services sector is emerging as a significant sector the world over. In the year 1980, share of services in the total GDP of Developed Economies was 57 per cent, and between 34 to 40 per cent in different sub-groups of ... -
Organisational characteristics and unit performance - the case of bank branches
Ram, V. Anand (1978)This dissertation is a study of organizational performance and the identification of managerial and organizational characteristics which are associated with high and low performing organizations, The units which have been ... -
Organizations as agents of social change: policy orientation and organizational design
D'Souza, Keith C. (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 ... -
Project management in government and joint sector organizations: comparative case studies of four projects
Dhuru, Jyotsna D. (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 ... -
Role of human resource management in Organisational redesign
Som, Ashok (2002)In the era of rapid change, one of the crucial issues facing organizations is to cope with uncertainties. Changing environment necessitates a change in strategic intent and/or a change in business focus. The change in ... -
Strategic management in early stages of industry pioneers and late entrants: the case of Indian computer hardware industry
Karki, Rajnish (1994)This research reviews the current research and perspectives on the concept of strategy, strategies followed by industry pioneers and late entrants, and process of strategy formation in enterprises. The research proposes a ... -
Strategic response of government owned enterprises to deregulation and changes in public sector policy: a study in the context of Indian central public sector enterprises
Venugopal, R. (1998)This dissertation is an attempt to document, analyze and explain the content and process of strategic response of Government-owned enterprises to deregulation and changes in Government’s public sector policy. The research ... -
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
Rangarajan, T. (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 ... -
Technical innovation in the manufacturing enterprise: context and process
Sinha, Arun P. (1982)This study is about the micro bases of technical change. Strategic action at innovating technology within the manufacturing enterprise is one prominent route to aggregate technical change. There is, however, little ...