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Assessment of Innovative Capacity in Hotels: The Case of Three-Star Hotels in Elmina, Ghana
Authors: Yeboah Moses Ahomka
Published: September 2016

The Ghana Tourism Authority rated Elmina Beach Resort and Coconut Grove Hotels as Three-Star hotels. The focus of this study was to determine whether these hotels merited the rating as regards the innovative capabilities of its managers. Four innovation types: product, process, marketing and organization were measured. Questionnaire was employed to elicit this information. The census approach was employed involving all the seventeen departmental heads in both hotels. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, specifically, the mean of the innovation types were on scale of 1-5. The hoteliers demonstrated low or high innovation capacity if the scale was 1-2.9 and 3-5 respectively. Results show that the managers of these hotels are highly innovative with process and organization as the highest and least practiced innovation types respectively. It is therefore suggestive that these hoteliers strive to sell current hotel experience to clients. It is recommended that the hoteliers must continually seek to offer personalized, friendly and sociable services, which will make their guests enjoy patronizing their facilities.
Tourism Planning Post Disaster: Community Perceptions of Tourism Development
Authors: Bordelon Bridget M. , Kirillova Ksenia , Schaffer Jeffrey
Published: September 2016

The purpose of this paper is to determine how a community undergoing disaster recovery perceives tourism development. This study utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to capture the meanings, perspectives and attitudes of residents, stakeholders and Government. The results of the qualitative component are presented. This exploratory research contributes to the body of knowledge regarding tourism planning and development, particularly as it relates to the reemergence of a communitys tourism industry following a disaster. Findings indicate that the context and timing of a destination under recovery require additional consideration. Ultimately, creating social capital is essential for the community planning process and requires participation beyond the typical seven steps of tourism planning model.
Gender and Age as Correlates of Work-Life Balance
Authors: Walia Parminder
Published: September 2016

The present research makes an effort to study the relationship between demographic variables (gender and age) and work-life balance of working professionals in IT and ITES Industry. The sample consisted of 308 working professionals in IT and ITES Industry. Significant differences were found between the male and female professionals on the dimensions of work interference with personal life (t=2.35, p=.05). However no significant differences were found on the dimensions of personal life interference with work, work personal life enhancement, and overall work-life balance. No differences in the work-life balance or any of its dimensions were found among the professionals in different age groups.
Field Learnings from Behaviour Based Safety Implementation: Reviews in Indian Organisations
Authors: Kaila Harbans Lal
Published: September 2016

This field action study in five Indian major organizations includes the reviews of behavior based safety (BBS) implementation, the road-map and action plan to implement BBS approach, and behavioral trends from a large gas company, two aluminum plants, a shipbuilding company, and an engineering plant. A mix of qualitative as well as quantitative data presented in this article would hopefully be useful for companies considering implementing BBS in order to achieve zero-accident/injury-free culture at their workplaces. A comparison of the five multinational organizations all over India revealed the behavioral trends on an average as follows: safe behaviors are 70%, unsafe behaviors as 30%, corrections of unsafe behavior as 67%, and interestingly safe behaviors went up to 90%, which means there is a 20% increase insafe behavior after corrections by all-category observers. The findings reveal that the unsafe/at-risk behaviors are rooted in organizational culture. Hence in order to achieve total safety culture, beyond behavioral safety implementation, the organizational behavior culture domains need attention of the corporate managements such as the quality of construction at project stage, the production target pressures, adequate resources (manpower and materials), sync in safety emphasis among all managers at different levels in the organization.
The Influence of Workplace Spirituality on Organisational Commitment among Public Sector Employees
Authors: Mahakud Gopal Chandra , Gangai Khagendra Nath
Published: September 2016

Spirituality in organizational sector is quite different from its traditional meaning. In organizational sector, spirituality means the work ethics or how the employees value their job and their workplace. Although many studies conducted in the area of spirituality and its relation to organization motivation, culture, leadership etc, very few studies have been conducted to find out the relationship of organizational spirituality and organizational commitment, especially in India. In this regard the present study was planned to find out the relationship of organizational spirituality and organizational commitment among employees from different age group working in Government jobs in Delhi Municipal Corporation. A total of 120 samples was selected using purposive sampling technique for the study. The study included Organizational Commitment Questionnaire by Meyer & Allen (1990) and Spirituality at Work Scale by Kinjerski, & Skrypnek,. (2006b). The results of the study satisfied to the three hypotheses formulated such as- the first hypothesis: relationship exists between spirituality and organizational commitment (r=0.35) for the age group 25 to 35 years of old whereas the correlation is (r=0.60) among the male participants from the age group 36 to 59 years of age. This also satisfies the second hypothesis that: increase with age will increase the spirituality and organizational commitment among the employees. Similarly the third hypothesis: male and female participants are different in their workplace spirituality and commitment attributes in organizational sector. From the study it can be concluded that employees with increased age are more spiritual and committed towards their organization than to the lower age group people, which might be due to the job loss or few chances for job turnover.
Does Perceived Insincerity Influence Managerial Ratings of Performance and Promotability?
Authors: Valle Matthew , Kacmar K. Michele , Andrews Martha C.
Published: September 2016

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the moderating effect of the supervisors perceived insincerity of their subordinates influence attempts on the relationship between supervisor perceptions of supervisor-subordinate similarity, liking, and influence, and the outcomes of performance and promotability. Data on 203 subordinates from 59 managers of a state agency were used to test the study hypotheses. The results indicate that the relationships between promotability and similarity and liking, and between performance and liking were attenuated by supervisor perceptions that the subordinates were insincere in their influence attempts. Implications for the importance of sincerity in interactions with others and directions for future research are offered.
Adaptive Capability of HR towards Revival and Transformation of Industry
Authors: Kumari K. Vasanthi
Published: September 2016

Todays business revolves largely around people, not capital. This is of great importance especially in people businesses like software companies with relatively high people costs and low capital costs. Humans and the potential they possess drive an organization. Todays organizations are continuously changing. Organizational change impacts not only the business but also its employees. In order to maximize organizational effectiveness, human potential - individuals capabilities, time, and talents - must be managed. Human resource management works to ensure that employees are able to meet the organizations goals by motivating them to do better continuously. Hence, proper treatment of the human resource - employees in an organization should be given priority. Where an extensive range of HR policies exist and are well known, managers are provided with the tools, techniques and procedures to use in people management. These then can be expected to modify or influence the relationship between managers and their subordinates. Employee commitment to the organization will be influenced by their perceptions of these practices as well as their relationship with their managers. They have been subjected to intense pressure to cut down costs while keeping the standards and quality of services high. In such a scenario, the stage is set for path-breaking reforms and candid innovation to keep both factors of production, that is, employees and employers satisfied. This paper discusses in detail the importance of innovative Human Resource Management techniques and practices that have deemed importance in the current economic scenario. It also discusses the importance and functions of a Human Resource Manager and the prudent steps that he/she can take in order to increase organizational effectiveness.
An Empirical Assessment of Demographic Divergence in Managing Customer Value
Authors: Sharma Amit , Aima Ashok , Sharma Bodh R.
Published: September 2016

This paper examines the gender difference among the customers regarding customer value in Life Insurance Sector in J&K. It is a fact that Life Insurance players in J&K have realized that their business advantage depends on customers preference based upon their gender to select the company or insurance plans. The study is based upon the primary data obtained from customers of four leading life insurance companies operating in Jammu & Kashmir through purposive sampling. A questionnaire was framed containing items of demographics and statements managing superior customer value based upon seven point Likert scale. The findings indicate that the demographic variables viz., gender, purpose of insurance and insurance plan wise, there is no significant difference regarding customer value in the perception of customers of life insurance companies operating in state.
Occupational Stress, Mental Health and Attitude Towards Mental Illness of Nursing Staff Working in General and Psychiatric Hospital: A Comparative Study
Authors: Lukose Suresh , E.P. Abdul Azeez
Published: September 2016

Nurses are identified as one of the professional groups with high level of job related stress and related issues. The magnitude of the problem this segment faces is very intensive as a large number of them are women. They are victimized for multiple roles in the home and hospital. Stressors for nurses are always been identified with workload, dual role and pressures which are associated with demands of the existing working environment. The nature of illness/diseases a nurse dealing with has significant effects on the stress and mental health level. Healthcare professionals dealing with psychiatric illness and other chronic/traumatic conditions faces more stress while comparing to the other domains of healthcare. The present study is a cross sectional hospital based study carried out at four centres and 100 samples were collected by judgmental sampling method which consisted of 50 female nursing staff from general hospital and same number from psychiatric hospitals. A socio-demographic data sheet along with General Health Questionnaire was administered and those who have satisfactory health have been considered as further samples. Mental health, stress level, and attitude towards mental illness were analyzed. The results shows that psychiatric nursing staff scored higher in overall occupational stress index and in the subs-domains of role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, role unreasonable group and political pressure compared to general nursing staff. Also the mental health inventory total score is negatively correlated with role overload sub-domain of occupational stress index scale. Present study implicates the need of comprehensive psycho-social management plans for the professionals working in psychiatric hospitals.
Rabindrik Value Orientations of War Returned Senior Rank Police Officers
Authors: Roy Debdulal Dutta
Published: September 2016

Policing is a value driven noble profession. Functions of police are to protect people and property of the nation. They assist in maintaining law and order in the community. There is limited empirical evidence focusing on value orientation of police. Therefore there is a gap to understand how far police values are in conformity with values of common people. Value is an enduring belief that has specific mode of conduct and end state of existence. Dutta Roy and Bandopadhay (2010) by analysis of the script of Reverend Rabindranath Tagores songs identified 14 path and 14 goal oriented work values. The path-oriented values are instrumental to goal oriented values. This study has two objectives (a) to determine value hierarchy of police officers and (b) to determine extent of profile similarity between value orientation of police and the common people. Data were collected from 18 war returned senior rank police officers through Rabindrik value scale. The scale measures orientation to path and goal values. Results revealed value hierarchy of police officers. Police officers preferred self-understanding, cleanliness, active, self-awakening, and no work-family conflict values. With respect to goal oriented values, they preferred more family security, self-respect, positive feeling, inner harmony and peace. When compared with comparison group, results show high similarity in path orientation values than goal oriented values suggesting unique development of human values in the police officers. Finally, some suggestions like positive feeling, feedback and public-police interface were given to design value based training for the police officers.
Locus of Control as a Predictor of Job Satisfaction Among the Employees of Textile Industry
Authors: Palanisamy Paramanandam
Published: September 2016

Locus of control refers to the perception of contingencies between action and outcomes – to what extent an action produces an outcome. The present study was aimed at studying the relationship between locus of control and job satisfaction among the employees of textile industry. A sample consisting of 124 employees working in textile industry participated in the study. Structured questionnaires were used to gather primary data to assess locus of control and job satisfaction among the employees. The obtained data were analyzed with various statistical tools like mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, correlation, regression, and t-test. Results indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between locus of control and job satisfaction. Approximately twenty five per cent of the variance of job satisfaction was explained by locus of control. There was a statistically significant difference between the level of job satisfaction among the internals and externals.
Recruitment and Selection Techniques used in Corporate Sector: A Comparative Study of Indian and Multinational Companies
Authors: Kundu Subhash C. , Rattan Desh , Sheera Ved Pal , Gahlawat Neha
Published: September 2016

Primary data based on 426 respondents were analyzed to compare the recruitment and selection methods being practiced by Indian and multinational organizations operating in India. Through application of latent trait model, this study found that in addition to the increasing recognition of internet based recruitment methods, most accepted methods in MNCs and Indian companies were direct applicants, placement consultants, and employee referrals. The recruitment methods like temporary staffing and advertisement in newspapers were relatively less practiced in all the organizations, whether MNCs or Indian organizations. In case of selection methods, both MNCs and Indian organizations put emphasis on written tests, general interview and test on specific skills. However, psychological tests and technical interviews were relatively more practiced by MNCs than Indian organizations. Implications and limitations of the study were also discussed.
Innovative Work Behaviour of School Teachers: Role of Belief for Innovation and Personality Patterns
Authors: Kundu Anurupa , Roy Debdulal Dutta
Published: September 2016

In teaching, innovative work behavior is an important issue and there is a crucial role of teachers for development of innovations. Purpose of this study is to assess role of teachers beliefs and personality for innovative work behavior among school teachers. Participants were 400 secondary school teachers of 28 schools at Kolkata (West Bengal, India), who were administered the following measures: a) Innovative Work Behavior Scale (Janssen, 2000), b) Belief-Assessment Scale for Innovation and c) Neo Five Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992). The Belief-Assessment Scale for Innovation was developed for this study. Teachers belief for innovation, openness, extra-version, and conscientiousness were found to be positively correlated with all the three domains of innovative work behavior i.e. idea generation, idea promotion, and idea realization. Neuroticism was negatively correlated with idea generation. Regression analysis revealed that teachers beliefs for innovation and degree of openness to new or different ideas have a potentially significant impact on innovative work behavior. This study is a significant contribution towards understanding the determining factors of innovative work behavior among teachers.
Motivation and Quality of Work Life (QWL) Programmes as Predictors of Employee Commitment: A Study of Service Organisation in Gwalior Region
Authors: Sharma Richa , Sharma Pooja , Pandey V.K.
Published: September 2016

The success of any organization depends on the human assets of an organization, that means employees who work for the organization. The purpose of this research is to study the significant impact of motivational applications and QWL programmes on the employee commitment in the context of service organization i.e. private banks in Gwalior. Three variables were being examined which includes motivation and QWL programmes as independent variable and employee commitment as dependent variable. The study provides a refresh insight of the significant role of motivation and quality of work life on the commitment of employees towards the organization. The data were collected from sample size of 125 respondents. The result of data from target respondents was analyzed in the form of descriptive analysis, reliability and factor analysis. To find out the impact motivation and quality of work life on employee commitment multiple regression was used. Findings of the study suggested that there is a positive and significant impact of motivation and quality of work life on commitment level of employees.
Promoting Ethical Behaviour Through Management of Bad Apples: A Conceptual Analysis
Authors: Pandey Suchitra , Rishi Parul , Aadil Arshi
Published: September 2016

The paper provides a conceptual analysis of multiple facets related to dynamics of bad apples in any organization-their behavior, characteristics, individual forces, organizational forces, and moderators that promote their existence and growth in regard to creating and sustaining ethical culture. It also emphasises the role of management to work efficiently considering the negative forces brought to the working space by these bad apples. More so, specific issues like ethical and unethical behavior, morality, and the environment under which the ethical behavior transforms into unethical behavior in the organization are also analyzed. Studies narrated that organizations can promote ethical environment through employee feedback, employee engagement, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), adherence to ethical code of conduct, social exclusion, sound reward, and whistle blowing policy. The paper further emphasizes the influence of moral intensity through probability of effect, proximity, social consensus, magnitude of consequences and temporal immediacy, on ethical behavior. Besides, people with personality trait of machiavellianism and self-monitoring are more likely to become/follow bad apples and have also been observed to accelerate the individual level of unethical behavior in the organization. The need for empirical study was felt taking into account the above mentioned variables to reach an objective conclusion on the proliferation and management of bad apples in any organization and promotion of ethical behavior.
Book Review: Organizational Psychology (2015) by Dr. H.L. Kaila
Authors: Chilana Vipin
Published: September 2016

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Factors Influencing Employee Motivation in Indian University: A Case Study of Banaras Hindu University
Authors: Kushwaha Durga Wati , Lodhwal Radha Krishan
Published: September 2016

This paper is an attempt to identify the role played by rewards (Payment, Promotion, etc.) in motivating employees. The study explores factors determining rewards and their level of contribution towards employee motivation along with the relationship between rewards and motivation and differences in the motivation of employees based on the demographic variables. Descriptive statistics is used in the study to provide information on demographic variables. The results are analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics followed by inferential statistics on the variables. The study revealed multiple factors affecting employee work motivation and performance which have got their own unique approach, significance and contribution towards motivation and performance that elevate and maximize organizational progress. A quantitative methodology was used for the study and questionnaire method was used as the measuring instrument. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed to respondents and a total of 202 employees completed the questionnaire. The four independent variables of reward included, payment, promotion, recognition, benefits and the dependent variable was employee work motivation. The results indicate that there is a statistical significant relationship between all of the independent variables with dependent variable employee work motivation, all the independent variables have a positive influence on employee work motivation and results also showed that among four independent variables, promotions was most important and more influential variable.
Correlates of Organizational Culture and Social Responsibility: An Empirical Study of College Teachers
Authors: Pandu A. , Kamaraj S.
Published: September 2016

This paper tries to ascertain the relationship between organizational culture and social responsibility of college teachers in Pondicherry. In this research, for the purpose of ascertaining the relationship between these two, six organizational cultural variables i.e. workplace behavior, internal communication, discipline in the organization, workplace co-ordination, organization values and organization vision have been designed and developed through review of literature and social responsibility was taken as single variable. For ascertaining the relationship between them, it has been hypothesized that strong culture is associated with social responsibility where as weak culture is not associated with the social responsibility of college teachers. Survey method was conducted and data were collected from 150 college teachers by questionnaire method in the Pondicherry. Results revealed that the workplace behaviors, internal communication, discipline in the organization, workplace co-ordination, organization values and organization vision can increase social responsibility among college teachers. As far as the individual variable is concerned, it is predicted that organization vision, workplace co-ordination, organization value follows previous one (r: 0.618), and discipline in the organization are the most influencing factors and have strong relationship with social responsibility. It is concluded that strong culture leads to social responsibility, whereas weak culture leads to lack of social responsibility among the college teachers.
Identification of Sources of Job Stress: A Study of Bank Marketing Executives
Authors: Sharma Sakshi , Singh Jashandeep
Published: September 2016

The present study identified the sources of job stress among marketing executives working in private banking sector of Punjab. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of personal information and items related to respondents job stress was used to collect the data from 600 marketing executives. The factors having potential to produce job stress identified through factor analysis are lack of clarity and growth, work-life imbalance, work overload, lack of autonomy, unachievable targets, poor communication system and poor interpersonal relations. The detailed findings and managerial implications for private banks are discussed.
The Level of Job Stress and Burnout Across Employees of Six Sectors in Indian Organizations
Authors: Rajesh J. Irudhaya
Published: September 2016

The economic recession in 2008 followed by a period of slow economic recovery and continuous volatile economic environment has apparently affected every sphere of Indian economy. The impact is so real that India cannot but revamp the business strategies in order to stay afloat and vibrant. Consequently, any financial instability directly affects the employees in the organizations in the form of work overload and job insecurity, which can increase stress and burnout among the employees. Therefore against the backdrop of slow recovery period in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, this study explored the level of job stress and burnout experienced by the employees across sectors, namely, I.T, health care, hospitality, educational, manufacturing and public-service sectors in India. Apparently, this study found that the Indian employees were overall moderately stressed and burned out. While health care and manufacturing sector employees experienced high amount of job stress and burnout, the educational and public-service sector employees reported lesser job stress and burnout comparatively. Hence, this study is of great help for the managerial practitioners to assess the level of stress and burnout spread across Indian sectors and take preventive measures against stress and burnout in a continuing atmosphere of economic instability.
Ranking of Variables Impacting Supply Chain Network of Small Scale Industries
Authors: Chalotra Vipul
Published: September 2016

Supply chain is quoted as an association or link of business members or partners such as manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers who closely and jointly work together to achieve some common and predetermined well-to-do objectives. The present paper assesses the mean ranking of variables impacting supply chain network of 44 small scale industries operating in district Udhampur of J&K State. The industries are working under SIDCO and SICOP. Census method was applied to collect data from these industries. The data so collected were subjected to factor analysis for its purification and proper elucidation. The results of the ranking table and linear regression explored that the main factors/variables impacting supply chain network were Clarity of goals, Customer satisfaction, Long term relationships, Clear accountabilities, Internal congruity, and Opportunities for self-engagement. The efficacy of supply chain network is the result of gratifying customers needs, clarity of goals in relationships, and personal accountability to smoothen networks relationships. The results of linear regression revealed that effective supply chain network leads to customer satisfaction and supply chain relationships results in developing long term relationships.
An Empirical Study on Farmers Club Programme: An Innovative Initiative of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Authors: Soni Bindiya Kunal , Trivedi Jigna C.
Published: September 2016

For sustainable growth in agriculture, there is a need to improve productivity and reduce the costs. Farmers Club programme initiated by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1982, is one such initiative. These clubs are grassroots level informal forums. Such clubs are organized by rural branches of banks with the support and financial assistance of NABARD for the mutual benefit of the banks concerned and rural people. The programme is aimed at transmitting the latest agriculture techniques to the farmers field, orienting them to establish better relationship with banks, adoption of latest post-harvest handling technology, value addition and enjoy the benefits of collective bargaining power for procuring inputs and select their produce. In view of the utility of such informal forums of Farmers Clubs, an initiative is undertaken to study the impact of these clubs on the agriculture performance. The present study aims to analyze the working, growth and development of Farmers Clubs in Gujarat along with empirically examining the perspective of member and non-member of Farmers Club programme in Anand district. The study also aims to analyze the awareness and satisfaction level of the respondents towards the Farmers Club programme.
Indias Economic Growth: Rural Transformation and Integration
Authors: Khan Mohd. Tauqueer , Afroz Zahra
Published: September 2016

Rural transformations imply dramatic social changes, and often radical changes in social as well as economic policies. This paper focuses on the rural transformation that occurs with the economic growth in India. The paper focuses on the forces that drive this transformation, how this transformation proceeds, and what are the potential traps and inefficiencies are that may inhibit it. We also examine the growth of infrastructure in rural areas and inclusiveness of the growth and rural transformation along with the role of rural transformation and integration in Indias economic growth. The impact of the growth of an economy trickles down to the lowest level entity which may be considered as village. On the other hand growth and development of the lowest level can contribute to the overall growth of the economy through multiplier effect. The pace of trickle down from top to bottom depends on the efficient planning and implementation of the Governments schemes and programmes. Poverty alleviation focussing rural areas has been on the national policy agenda since independence. The importance of reduction in poverty, provision of other basic needs and equitable development has been emphasized in all the five year plans since independence particularly since the 5th Five-Year Plan. Significant development has taken place in the post-reform period, India has done well in some indicators such as economic growth, exports, balance of payments, resilience to external shocks, service sector growth, significant accumulation of foreign exchange, information technology (IT) and stock market, improvements in telecommunications etc. However, exclusion continued in terms of low agriculture growth, low quality employment growth in rural areas, rural-urban divides, and regional disparities etc. Overall poverty in rural areas has declined, but still around 25 percent of rural population is living below poverty line and not been getting basic necessity of live. Lot of social infrastructure like health, educational, rural roads, rural housing, drinking water facilities, toilets, and Anganwadi centres have been created under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) of the Government of India. But still various rural areas of the county, especially in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,Chhattisgarh, Orissa etc. lack in basic facilities. Therefore, now we need to prepare area specific focussed scheme and programmes with the targeted objectives for achievements in particular sector. To consider the area specific schemes a Committee was constituted by erstwhile Planning Commission for suggesting restructuring of CSS taking into consideration of State specific needs. On the recommendation of the Committee, 10% of flexi funds under all CSS have been earmarked and being provided to the State for taking up of innovative initiatives to provide basic facilities to the rural people so that rural transformation could be expedited.
MIDC Role in Infrastructural Development in Navi Mumbai
Authors: Bhagat Prashant H.
Published: September 2016

The BID (Board of Industrial Development) framed the legislation and it was introduced before the state legislation and passed in the form of Maharashtra Industrial Act which gave birth to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), as a separate corporation on August 1, 1962. The BID was the first personnel strength of MIDC. A small ceremony at Wagle Estate Thane, under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister Shri Y.B. Chavan, marked the birth of MIDC on August 1, 1962. The Board of Industrial Development during its existence between October 1, 1960 and August 1, 1962 has done enough spade work to identify the locations for setting up industrial areas in different parts of the state. Thus, right in the first year of establishment MIDC came up with 14 industrial areas, to initiate action for infrastructure and help entrepreneurs set up the industrial units in those areas. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is the nodal industrial infrastructure development agency of the Maharashtra Government with the basic objective of setting up industrial areas with a provision of industrial infrastructure all over the state for planned and systematic industrial development. MIDC is an innovative, professionally managed, and user friendly organization that provides the world industrial infrastructure. MIDC has played a vital role in the development of industrial infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra. As the state steps into the next millennium, MIDC lives up to its motto Udyamat Sakal Samruddhi i.e., prosperity to all through industrialization. Indeed, in the endeavor of the state to retain its prime position in the industrial sector, MIDC has played a pivotal role in the last 35 years. MIDC has developed 268 industrial estates across the state which spread over 52653 hectares of land. The growth of the Corporation, achieved in the various fields, during the last three years, could be gauged from the fact that the area currently in possession of MIDC has doubled from 25,000 hectares in 1995.
Education Scenario: A Study of Malwa Region
Authors: Bansal Puja
Published: September 2016

In India, education is provided by the public sector as well as private sector, with control and funding at three levels: federal, state and local. Education in India falls under the control of both union government and the states, with some responsibilities lying with the union and the states having autonomy for others. Education has been made too easy for the students so that more and more students can enter into the scope of education system of the country. The announcements like abolishing compulsory CBSE board exams for Class 10th from session 2010-11, introduction of grading system, the passage of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, reservation policies etc. are a few efforts taken by the government. Now the question arises as to what extent such efforts in the field of education have succeeded in different states of the country. Punjab is served by several institutions of higher education, including 32 universities which provide undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all the major arts, humanities, science, engineering, law, medicine, veterinary science, and business. Primary and secondary education systems are mainly affiliated to Punjab School Education Board. According to the 2011 Indian Census, the population of Punjab is 27,704,236 (males 14,634,819 & females 13,069,417). The literacy rate is 75%, male literacy being 80.23% and female literacy 68.36%. The present paper is an attempt to study the literacy level of the male and female in the various districts of Malwa region of the Punjab. This paper concludes that literacy rate in Punjab increased to 76.7% as per 2011 census, out of which maximum literacy rate has been found in the district Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) (83.8%) and the lowest in district of Mansa (62.8%) of Malwa region. Male-female literacy rate shows an improvement sign. Sex ratio improved in all the districts of Punjab but found to be maximum in the district of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshar) (95%).
Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood through Skill Development Among Rural Youth - Role of Micro-Finance in Developmental Paradigm
Authors: Singh Vikram
Published: September 2016

The present paper attempts to analyze the process of sustainable livelihood through skill development and its conceptual and theoretical understanding in India with reference to rural youth. In India skill development is demanded for economic growth and inclusive development, hence rural population cannot be overlooked. It also tries to highlight that employable skills alone have not been able to sufficiently generate employment among rural youth despite it wont address/promote the well-being process and sustainable livelihood. It is also based on the assumption that various frameworks associated with skill development leave scope for reforms as the gaps prevails that weaken implementation addressed by various policy shift in rural development paradigm and government/non-government organizations. The paper also aspires to look into the process of skill development towards rural youth through establishments of institutions, launch of policy/programmes and their linkages with micro-finance. It also look into the distinctive nature/features of micro-finance against the dominant forces of societal structure, social relationships, social interactions leading towards collective interests and norms that shape the quality and quantity of lives of individuals. Lastly analysis and conclusion have been made on the basis of discussion.
Performance Measurement using Balance Score Card and its Applications: A Review
Authors: Gawankar Shradha , Kamble Sachin S. , Raut Rakesh
Published: September 2016

This paper aims to propose the idea of briefly explaining the balance scorecard by highlighting its use, application in depth. A critical enabler in achieving desired performance goals is the ability to measure performance. Despite the importance of accurately measuring organizational performance in most areas of academic research, there have been very few studies that have directly addressed the question of how overall organizational performance is or should be measured. Perhaps more importantly, none of these studies seems to have significantly influenced how overall organizational performance is actually measured in most of the empirical research that uses this construct as a dependent measure. The most popular of the performance measurement framework has been the balanced scorecard abbreviated as BSC. The BSC is widely acknowledged to have moved beyond the original ideology. It has now become a strategic change management and performance management process. The approach used in this paper is the combination of literature review on evolution of balance score card and its applications in various sectors/organizations/ areas. This paper identify that the balanced scorecard is a powerful but simple strategic tool and the simplicity of the scorecard is in its design. By encompassing four primary perspectives, the tool allows an organization to turn its attention to external concerns, such as the financial outcomes and its customers expectations, and internal areas, which include its internal processes to meet external requirements and its integration of learning and growth, to successfully meet its strategic expectations. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the balanced scorecard combined with application and strategy, which are now in a better position to begin to recognize managements expectations and to discover new ways to build value for workplace learning and performance within organization.
Impact of Cargo Traffic Growth on Shipping Performance at Major Ports in India (1994-95 to 2009-10)
Authors: Banerjee Aparna , Gupta Sudakshina
Published: September 2016

This paper examines the impact of the growth in the overall cargo traffic performance over the shipping performance at the major ports of India during the period 1994-95 to 2009-10. Some statistical tools like Bivariate and Multiple Regression Analyses with diagrammatical representations are used for the purpose. The paper concludes with the major findings that the shipping performance in terms of the growth of total vessels is significant in response to both the growth of total and category–wise cargo traffic respectively over the said period. This may be primarily due to the dominant rise in the total bulk cargo vessels rather than the container cargo vessels, though there is a significant growth in container traffic. In particular, the liquid bulk cargo has a greater impact on the growth of total shipping, though there is a significant growth of liquid bulk cargo in total cargo traffic.
Lean Supply-Chain:A State-of-the-art Literature Review
Authors: Singh Satish Chandra , Pandey Shashank Kumar
Published: September 2016

Lean practices are meant to reduce the unwanted activities from a system and use only as much resources as are necessary for that matter. In todays world, the manufacturing organizations are trying tooth and nail to get an edge over their competitors. This makes them obligatory to improve their production process which in turn requires a very effective and efficient supply chain system. It has made the researchers focus on this area of manufacturing and add some valuable contributions towards the betterment of manufacturing industry and the society as a whole. Review papers provide a great help to researchers in identifying the areas that need improvement and avoid redundancy of the efforts. Although a wide range of researches has been done on lean and supply chain separately, the integrated view of lean and supply chain is still suffering to receive the attention of a large stream of researchers. In the same context, to help researchers, this paper tries to identify the important researches and also find some key aspects that need to be explored. As, to the knowledge of the researchers, there are no review papers on lean supply chain till now, this paper assumes a greater relevance. The literature on the lean supply chain is exhaustively covered under the limitations of the resources, is classified on the bases of year, country, industry and journal and discussed lucidly followed by findings and conclusion. The literature identifies three phases of researches and highlights future research avenues.
P-Hub Model with Mode of Transportation and Fuzzy Flow and Fixed Cost
Authors: Zarei Javad , Zamani Mohsen , Goli Alireza , Alinaghian Mehdi
Published: September 2016

Hubs are special facilities which work as connecting and replacement points. Instead of providing source-destination pair service, hub facilities concentrate the flow to utilize its consequential economical savings. In this article, after presenting the prominent P-Hub model, the cost of hub location will be added to the price of the objective function of this model, the limitation of the number of hubs will be eliminated from this model and then, different forms of transportation will be discussed and analyzed. Furthermore the way it is added to the model will be explained as well. Afterwards, this model will be formulated with the current in fuzzy form and in order to clarify the achieved improvement, a case study according to the data from Iranian airports is presented. Finally the two heuristic algorithms in accordance with the proposed model, is presented and their efficiency is analyzed and discussed.
An In-Depth Review and Classification of Supplier Quality Management Approaches: Following Trends in Academic, Industrial and Military Literature
Authors: Amanipour Hamed , Jamshidvand Aboozar , Tabatabaei Mohammad
Published: September 2016

Supply Chain Quality Management has attained so much focus through the evolution of the products quality realization methods. The essence of this methodology is to have a system-based outlook to the products quality phenomena. Three key components of activities defined in SCQM are Upstream Quality Management, Inter-organizational Quality Practices, and Downstream Quality Practices. While suppliers are considered as the input providers through the supply chain, Supplier Quality Management is considered as the core activity in this methodology. A comprehensive review of papers and industrial and military SQM manuals made it possible to propose a novel classification in this area which is based on defining four interrelated fields of study. This article has been divided into three parts which are: 1. academic, military, and industrial literature review: firstly, by reviewing academically literature, three different fields of studies were reviewed as: (i) supplier selection methods, (ii) supplier performance monitoring, and (iii) supplier relationship management. Next, some of the novel industrial and military supplier quality management approaches have been reviewed. 2. defining selection/assessment criteria and KPIS in seven possible areas of outsourcing, and finally 3. conclusion which proposes a clear and detailed research direction by which the reader can find a good vision of the applicability of subjects analyzed in this study and the reason we have got so far into the SQM concept.
Benchmarking Supplier Network Collaboration
Authors: Pathak Sheeba
Published: September 2016

The supply chain requires the collaboration and synchronization of each entity for the success of need fulfillment. Hence, entities cannot work in isolation. Thus, the need for collaborations with reference to not just customers and the manufacturer but also with the supplier is pivotal. ABCs two suppliers are selected for the scope of the study. Their manufacturing processes are understood and the lead times are analyzed. The researcher arrived at the conclusion that immense number of shortages amount due to lack of information sharing and transparency. Hence, with the help of IT support an effective supplier network is introduced and implemented for the supplier PQR Incorporation. This is then used as a benchmark for another supplier: XYZ Motors.
Significance of Supply Chain Management in Public Distribution System
Authors: Singhal Pradosh , Agrawal Rajat , Sharma Vinay
Published: September 2016

Development of a proper supply chain management system to manage the food distribution network to achieve food security is one of the major challenges confronting the world today. India and China, two major economy of the world face the challenge and pressure to feed over half of the total world population. Although, our country India has achieved self-sufficiency in food grain production and surplus food stocks are available in the FCI godowns across the country, but due to inefficiencies of operation and entrepreneurial abilities, majority of beneficiaries of the resources invested by them are not targeted to the correct population. The availability of such food to people who have challenges on social and economic front should get benefit of physical access is the key of any distribution system. Therefore a strong supply chain policy for the distribution of such food in various parts of country, a proper plan for optimal distribution of the procured food grains among such population is required. Any failure in any of the channel of this system procurement-transportation-warehousing-transportation-distribution system can lead to large scale famine in the effected region of country. Therefore, it is very important to maintain entire supply chain from farmers to the beneficiary is managed in an integrated manner.