Cases and Notes: Recent submissions
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Landless Women Farmy Labour
(2010-07-28)Here is a situation where two national policies family welfare and labour welfare appear to be contradictory at the delivery end, and throw up conflicts between the two implementing agencies. As a result, there could be ... -
Associated Bearing Company Limited
(2010-07-28)The objective of this case is to estimate the appropriate discount rate which would serve as a cut-off rate in evaluating and accepting capital expenditure projects. The calculation of cost of equity, cost of debt, and ... -
Asian Paints (India) Limited
(2010-07-28)The case evaluates the competitive strengths and weaknesses of the company using the financial analysis approach. It also highlights the strategies adopted by the company for increasing the shareholders' value. -
Hindustan Brown Boveri Limited
(2010-07-28)The objective of this case is to bring out clear-cut distinctions between profits, funds and cash. Participants are required to draw funds flow statements of the company for the years 1981- 1982 an1982-1983. These statements ... -
The Supreme Electronics Limited
(2010-07-28)Focuses on the utility of financial ratios in assessing the financial health of a company. The case also intends to relate the operating performance and financial performance of the company by utilizing the concepts of ... -
Reliable Texamill Limited
(2010-07-28)The case deals with the following points: 1)To find how Reliable Texamill Limited (RTL) has raised funds to finance its activities in the past; 2)To evaluate RTL's estimate of bank borrowing for 1983, and its overall ... -
Indian Airlines: Caravalle Inventories
(2010-07-28)The case describes inventory-planning policies followed by Indian Airlines for preventive maintenance of its fleet of Caravalle aircraft that is on the verge of technological obsolescence. The objective is to determine ... -
Indian Airlines: Caravelle Maintenance Planning
(2010-07-28)The case depicts a maintenance planning and scheduling problem for the Caravalle aircraft fleet of Indian Airlines. Major inspections and maintenance required to be carried out after a specified number of flying hours are ... -
Simha Airlines: Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling
(2010-07-28)The case describes a network model for aircraft maintenance scheduling with multiple resource constraints. Schedules are to be developed which minimize fluctuations in manpower resource requirements and the total time ... -
Road Transport Undertakings in Tamil Nadu
(2010-07-28)This case describes the organizational form and structure of passenger road transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu. Since nationalization in 1971, major decisions regarding the organizational form were taken. Road transport ... -
Pallavan Transport Corporation: A Case Study
(2010-07-28)This is a comprehensive case that looks at an urban road transport undertaking. It traces the growth of the organization by examining the major decisions of the past chief executives. The current status of the organization ... -
Fruits and Vegetables in Indian Economy: Constraints, Policies, and Prospects
(2010-07-28)The note discusses economic and managemental aspects of horticultural crops in general and some sleeked fruits and vegetables in particular. It has been noted that a laissez faire attitude has prevailed in framing policies ... -
Poultry Development in India
(2010-07-28)The note reviews the policies and programmes for poultry development during the planning period and the different systems of poultry keeping. A number of issues pertaining to the enhancing outputs of poultry meat and eggs ... -
Group Dynamics: An Introductory Note
(2010-07-28)The note describes the process of group formation. The key elements of groups are 1) individuals who are members of the group and not an arbitrary collection of people, and 2) who are related to one another in some definite ... -
Process of Team Building and Leadership
(2010-07-28)Team building is a group effort. However, teams are differentiated from groups. Teams possess only four of the essential elements of groups, viz. goal sharing, interdependence, commitment, and accountability. The team-building ... -
Some Aspects of Leadership and Power
(2010-07-28)The note elaborates concepts of power and leadership. Power is the person's (a) ability to influence another person, (b) because A possess certain qualities which are his source of power and B values A's power resources. ... -
Managing a Messy Task
(2010-07-28)The case relates to mess management in an educational institute which is used by four hundred and fifty students and by four hundred non-supervisory staff who are unionized, frequently resorting to mass leave, campaigns ... -
Values in Decisions
(2010-07-28)This case is about three friends: Sunil, Manohar, and Rekha. It brings out the fact that "a friend in need has no friends indeed." -
Sohan Pan House
(2010-07-28)Highlights the working of a small retail shop (pan house), covering the starting of the shop, present status, products handled, and return on investment with different margins earned on various product categories. This ... -
Training Guns at Weak Shoulders/How Not to Bring about Social Change: Hut Construction Programme at Van Village
(2010-07-28)The note is based on the experience of an IAS officer regarding social change in a hut construction programme in a west Indian district. It brings out issues in organizing change, political-bureaucratic interface; time ...