Thesis and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Lifestyles of Indian managers: an exploratory study of the images, experiences and impact of collectors in their districts
(1982)This is a study of the lifestyles of the managers of the districts celled district collectors in a State. The study has attempted to understand and describe the lifestyles of the individuals, discover the areas of commonalities ... -
The process of technology transfer in the Ahmedabad textile Industry
(1980)By studying the transfer of technology from ATIRA to its users, it was hoped that some insights could be gained regarding international transfer of technology (in India) and directions for further work emerge. There would ... -
Organisational characteristics and unit performance - the case of bank branches
(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 ... -
Adoption of family planning: a process model and optimal pattern for the visit of a field worker
(1975)In the context of the poor performance of the national family planning programme and the current paucity of resources, a major problem facing the programme administration is that of effective utilization of available ... -
Integrated energy systems modeling for policy analysis and operational planning
(1998)This research focuses on the application of mathematical modeling for analyses at the levels of long-term national energy policy and medium-term operational planning for electric utility in India. bong-term policy concerns ... -
Managerial cognition and action in complex problem solving
(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 ... -
Client-orientation in new product development: a case of biotechnological agri-input
(1995)Evaluation of agricultural technology development and review of commercial product development revealed that only a small percentage of the new products have succeeded in the market. For instance, the numbers of varieties ... -
Asset pricing models under parameter nonstationarity
(1988)Asset pricing theory in modern finance deals with the valuation of risky assets, particularly, financial securities. Apart from its application in portfolio management, asset pricing theory is used in corporate finance to ... -
Multistage bulk commodity distribution: development of decomposition lagrangian relaxation based algorithm
(1988)Bulk commodity distribution is an important problem in large countries. Huge expenses are incurred in warehousing and transportation. Situation is characterized by multistage location of warehouses and location and ... -
A measure for service quality for hospitals: scale development and validation
(1999)Service quality is defined as the difference between perceptions and expectations on the items representing the areas of performance specific to a service. The research was undertaken in order to understand these specific ... -
Water resources management for a multipurpose project: an operational perspective
(1983)The study aims at looking into the operations of a multipurpose project with a view to efficient water management. Lkai-Kakrapal project, the largest in operation in Gujarat is taken for the purpose. Given the Ukai system, ... -
A Study of workers' response to technological change
(1998)Changes in technology have easily observable side effects on organizational issues like work tasks. Job design, organizational structure, knowledge and skills required, and values, attitudes and behavior of employees. ... -
Demand for industrial consumer goods in India: a study of linkages
(1980)In recent years the growth of industrial output as a whole as well as that of consumer goods industries have been anything but impressive. Given this not too cheerful a situation the constraints to industrialization need ... -
Voyage allocation and fuelling decisions in shipping
(1980)The thesis considers the following two types of problems in shipping viz.(i) Allocation of planned voyages to ships and Iii) Cargo mix cum fuelling decisions. The first problem considers deploying of different classes of ... -
Predicting corporate sickness: the case of indian textile industry
(1980)Corporate Sickness is widespread in the Indian Corporate Sector. Several financial institutions are trying hard to develop early warning systems. This dissertation is a small contribution in that direction. The attention ... -
Economic analysis of the Indian paper industry
(1999)The Indian paper industry has been significantly affected by the changes in the economic and policy environments. The industry has been completely de-licensed and prices are no more state controlled. Foreign companies are ... -
Modelling of a pull production system: a simulation approach
(1998)In recent years the success of Japanese management techniques has led to their increasing popularity among both practitioners and researchers. One of the techniques that has attracted much attention is the pull production ... -
Process lag and individual stress in organizations: a diagnostic basis for OD
(1979)Organization Development (OD) as one way to operationalize planned change has emerged as pressures have been building to manage the individual-organization interphase more effectively. The process of rapid change ushered ... -
International trade behavior of firms: a study of transactions carried out across countries with special reference to selected French and Indian firms in leather shoes industry
(1997)There is general agreement among trade theorists that there is an only net gain to be realized in a world of free trade without any barriers across borders. Traditional and new trade theories explain international trade ... -
Resource allocation and scheduling in project networks under risk
(1978)The effects of scheduling heuristics and resource availability (single resource type) on project completion time when the activity durations are known with certainty and also when they are assumed to follow a known probability ...