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Survei derajat kelengkungan tulang belakang atlet hockey Sulawesi Selatan
Authors: Mutmainnah Mutmainnah
Published: September 2022

Permainan hockey merupakan permainan yang sebagian besar memanfaatkan anatomi tubuh manusia diantaranya adalah tulang belakang. Tulang belakang merupakan tempat tersimpannya syaraf-syaraf penting dan terlindungi dengan baik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa besar tingkat derajat kelengkungan tulang belakang atlet Hockey Sulawesi Selatan. Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian deskriptif yang menggunakan rancangan penelitian “independen”. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 20 orang atlet hockey Sulawesi Selatan. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan pengukuran. Hasil survey kelengkungan tulang belakang di dapatkan sampel dengan derajat kelengkungan ke kiri sebanyak 6 orang dengan kelengkungan 1 derajat sebanyak 3 orang, kelengkungan 3 derajat sebanyak 2 orang dan kelengkungan 5 derajat sebanyak 1 orang. Sampel dengan kondisi tengah (0 derajat) sebanyak 4 orang. Sampel dengan derajat kelengkungan ke kanan sebanyak 10 orang dengan kelengkungan (1 derajat) sebanyak 2 orang, kelengkungan (3 derajat) sebanyak 3 orang dan kelengkungan (4 derajat) sebanyak 3 orang, kelengkungan (6 derajat) sebanyak 2 orang. semua kategori di atas dianggap normal karena derajat kelengkungan berada pada kondisi normal yaitu kurang dari 10 derajat.
Intervensi ergonomi sebagai upaya preventif musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) pada tenaga kependidikan FIK Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya
Authors: Putri Fadma , Siwi Ken , Romadona Ichlasul Amalia
Published: September 2022

Peran Tenaga Kependidikan (Tendik) sangatlah penting sebagai upaya peningkatan sumber daya manusia (SDM) pada sektor pendidikan. Sehingga dituntut agar inovatif, cakap dan prima. Kondisi musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), menjadi salah satu faktor yang dapat menurunkan kinerja tendik, sehingga diperlukan upaya preventif agar kondisi tersebut tidak semakin memburuk. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui intervensi ergonomi dapat digunakan sebagai upaya preventif musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) pada tenaga kependidikan FIK Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya. Penelitian menggunakan jenis penelitian quasi experiment yang dirancang secara one group comparison pretest – posttest design. Responden merupakan tendik perempuan berjumlah 15 orang dengan rentang usia produktif. Dilakukan uji deskriptif untuk melihat karakteristik responden. Uji normalitas dilakukan dengan saphiro-wilk test untuk melihat distribusi data dan uji hipotesis menggunakan uji wilcoxon. Uji statistik rerata keluhan musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) menunjukkan hasil yang signifikan dengan nilai p 0,00 < 0,05 atau mengalami penurunan rerata sebelum treatment sebesar 40,6±1,05 menjadi 25,6± 1,29 sesudah treatment. Intervensi ergonomi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap penurunan keluhan musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) sebesar 36,9% dan dapat diterapkan sebagai upaya preventif musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) pada tenaga kependidikan FIK Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya
Hubungan tingkat pengetahuan tentang pemanasan dan pendinginan dengan kejadian cedera pada anggota Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa Futsal di Universitas Hasanuddin tahun 2022
Authors: Rizaldi Muhammad , Maulang Immanuel , Irianto Irianto
Published: September 2022

Setiap olahraga memiliki tahapan-tahapan yang perlu dilakukan untuk menghindari terjadi cedera seperti pemanasan, gerakan inti dan pendinginan. Pemanasan dan pendinginan yang dilakukan harus memiliki durasi yang tepat dan efektif. Melalui pengetahuan yang baik, atlet dapat melakukan cara pencegahan cedera sesuai dengan pengalaman maupun pengetahuan yang diperoleh melalui berbagai media. Untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan pemanasan dan pendinginan dapat diukur menggunakan kuesioner yang diadopsi dari penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Rafnita Dwi Putri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan pemanasan dan pendinginan dengan kejadian cedera pada anggota Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa futsal di Universitas Hasanuddin. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian korelasional menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional dan metode purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel enam puluh orang (n=60) yang terdiri dari beberapa anggota Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa Futsal di Universitas Hasanuddin. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara pengisian kuesioner. Hasil uji normalitas Kolmogorov-Smirnov menunjukan nilai signifikansi (Sig.) variabel tingkat pengetahuan adalah p<0.001 dan kejadian cedera p=0.003 (p<0.05) yang berarti data kedua variabel berdistribusi tidak normal. Analisis data menggunakan uji Spearman’s rho dimana hasil p-value adalah 0.778 nilai ini lebih besar dari level of significant yang ditetapkan pada penelitian yaitu (p>0.05) yang menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan pemanasan dan pendinginan dengan kejadian cedera pada anggota UKM futsal di Universitas Hasanuddin.
Reflection on the Loss of Physical Education Teachers in Rural Schools of China
Authors: Chen Rui
Published: September 2022

Nowadays, the gap between urban and rural physical education (PE) in China is gradually widening. It is mainly manifested in the loss of PE teachers in rural areas. It is important to understand and solve the problem of the loss of rural PE teachers. The purpose of this paper is to explore this problem and propose some strategies to solve this problem. This study mainly used the following methods—literature review, logical analysis, and expert interview. In this study, we found the following reason of the loss of rural PE teachers: The salary and benefit package received by rural PE teachers tend to be low comparing with the rural teacher of other subject matters (e.g., Chinese, Mathematics). This is one major reason that results in the major loss of PE teachers in rural schools of China. Teachers’ living and working conditions in rural schools tend to be low comparing with the conditions in urban schools. PE teachers in rural schools tend to be assigned more responsibilities/work to do (e.g., teaching other classes like math, Chinese in addition to PE) comparing with urban teachers. The marginalization of PE in Chinese school system is another reason for the loss of PE teachers. PE teachers are more likely to be marginalized in rural schools, which greatly reduces PE teacher’s enthusiasm on their teaching career. Here are some strategies that we think can help solve, at least alleviate, the PE teacher loss problem: The government needs to enact national policies regarding to improving the salary and benefit package of teachers, especially PE teachers, in rural school; universities need to increase their enrollment of students majoring in PE, which tends to be able to increase the number of PE teachers; national policies are needed to address the unequal treatments of teachers in school, so that PE teachers can have the same benefits and responsibilities with teachers of other subject matters; more professional development opportunities should be provided for in-service teachers, so that PE teachers can further pursuit their teaching career and maintain their teaching enthusiasm; necessary facilities and equipment need to be provided for PE teachers to effectively teach PE class and annual fund should be provided to support the renew of equipment and teaching; schools should develop fair, effective, and reasonable teacher assessment system. Unqualified/ineffective teachers should be laid off, so that effective and enthusiastic teacher can have opportunities to be hired.
Research on the Path of Training Athletes in Chinese Universities Under the Background of Integration of Sports and Education
Authors: Sima Haoxiang , Zhang Zhendong , Wang Zeyuan
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this study was to realize the cognition and practice of sports education concepts from all walks of life in China, and eliminate the barriers of traditional systems and mechanisms, it will point out the direction for the training of Chinese competitive sports reserve talents to get out of the predicament and move towards high-quality development. The cultivation of reserve talents for competitive sports in China has gone through three stages: “combination of sports and education,” “combination of education and sports,” and “integration of sports and education.” Through analysis, it is concluded that the problems encountered by high-level sports teams in Chinese colleges and universities in the process of talent training. First, the sports department mainly cultivated reserve talents in the past, and the evaluation of athletes paid more attention to medals and honors. However, the main focus of the work of the education department is to enhance the physical fitness of the students and promote the physical and mental health of the students. Secondly, the lack of investment in training by universities leads to low coaching level and ability of coaches, which is the main factor restricting the training of athletes. Finally, in actual campus life, athletes spend most of their time in daily competitions and training, and their cultural performance is not good, which leads to their inability to truly master the cultural knowledge of their chosen major during their studies, it is challenging to choose a career as an elite in related industries after graduation. First, the main body of implementing the training of competitive sports talents in the new era in the sports department and the education department. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the coordination, communication and cooperation between the two departments to realize the sharing and sharing of resources between them. Secondly, universities should provide athletes with diversified teaching projects and practice forms. The teachers’ team is divided into two categories: physical education teachers and physical education coaches. Teachers are responsible for daily classroom teaching work to achieve the goal of coordinated development of physical exercise and cultural learning. The coach is responsible for sports training, through scientific and systematic training to enable students to reach a specific level of competition. Finally, universities should adopt learning planning guidance for athletes to help them complete their learning tasks, improve their cultural literacy, and enable them to master sports skills without delaying their normal study life.
Review on the Application of Information Technology in Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching
Authors: Tian Yue , Yin Zhihua
Published: September 2022

The importance of information technology guiding the development of physical education is reflected in every field of physical education curriculum and teaching. However, due to China's late start in this field, the relevant literature is relatively confusion, lack of systematic arrangement and summary, which is not conducive to future research. The purpose of this study was to provide reference for further research in this field, and to lay a theoretical foundation for improving the level of physical education curriculum and teaching in our schools and the formation of students' good physical and mental health. In this scoping review study, we used the following keywords: “information technology”, AND “physical education curriculum” AND “physical education teaching” AND/OR “applications” for the literature search via the CNKI. Through the method of literature and content analysis, this paper mainly analyzes the current situation and problems of the application of information technology in physical education curriculum and teaching. At present, especially in rural areas, the construction of extracurricular exercise information platform in schools in China still has great limitations and imperfections. In addition, part of the physical exercise APP is not perfect, people in the physical exercise is easy to be misled, resulting in sports injury. China's physical education teaching management covers a lot of content, the lack of school talents, the implementation is relatively difficult. The integration of information technology and physical education teaching methods has been a hot topic since the 1980s today. However, schools in China have not shown good results in the implementation, and teachers' teaching ideas, teaching creativity and professional knowledge are the main restraining factors. The mainly factors that affect the construction of online physical education curriculum and teaching resources in China include low utilization rate of the platform, weak computer ability of teachers, weak innovation ability, backward thinking, and unclear objectives of the platform construction. The development of information technology accelerates the reform of physical education. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the nature and goal of physical education curriculum, and give full play to the role of information technology in curriculum construction and teaching under the guidance of advanced educational science theory. At the same time, the government, schools and society should coordinate efforts to address these problems.
Experimental Study on the Influence of “Active Campus” Plan on Physical Fitness and Sports Interest
Authors: Bai Xizhe , Wang Xiaozan , Chen Meiyuan
Published: September 2022

The exploration of “Activity Campus” action plan for elementary and middle schools in China has been gradually prevailed, but the impact of this plan on students has not been clarified. Based on this, this study is to explores the impact of the "Activity Campus" action plan on students' physical fitness and sport learning interest through research in “Activity Campus” plan, and provides theoretical support for implementation of the “Activity Campus” plan. 164 fourth-grade students from Shandong Province participate in this experiment, 80 in the experimental group and 84 in the control group. The Primary School Students’ Sports Learning Interest Scale was used to investigate the changes in students' mental health and the Physical Health Test Standard was used to measure students' physical and health levels. The scale and measurement tools have high reliability. At the same time, using independent sample T test analyze the data before and after experiment by spss21.0. For physical fitness level, no significant difference between experimental group and control group in the BMI, 50-meter run, one-minute skipping rope, one-minute sit-ups, and total physical fitness scores before the experiment. After the experiment, the control group had significant differences in vital capacity, 50-meter running, one-minute sit-ups, and total physical fitness for sports learning interest, also no significant difference between experimental group and control group before experiment among the degree of sports participation, positive interest in sports learning, negative interest in sports learning, degree of autonomous learning, and total score in sports learning interest. After experiment, there were significant differences between experimental group and control group in all of above. The research results show that “Activity Campus” plan can effectively improve students' physical fitness and health in terms of speed, strength, endurance, and flexibility, and can effectively improve students' interest in participating in sports and their ability to learn independently. This shows that implementation of the “Activity Campus” action plan in China has certain practical significance.
Covid-19 pandemic and Work from home as the new paradigm of human resource management for digital India
Authors: Candida D. , Jaya C.
Published: September 2022

Work from Home (WFH) as a concept of Human Resource Management has been relatively new to Indian corporate culture and confined to comparatively few business sectors. In recent times and with the unfortunate backlash of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost all businesses and workplaces were forced to adopt this concept of ‘work from home’ as the only alternative to keep the employees productive and functional to whatever extent possible. This paper seeks to look at the concept of work from home as a new paradigm and preference under the sub-heads of Employee Efficiency and Perceived Productivity; Environmental Effects; Socio-Demographic Changes and Employer Factors. The methodology will be to obtain feedback from the current workforce about existing perceptions on these specific areas. Each group of individuals’ feedbacks will be collated and analysed to see the perceptions between females vs. males; senior management vs. junior management; those with and without commitments at home; their income brackets, etc. The outcome of the study aims to corroborate if the concept of Work from Home can be effectively accepted and utilized to boost valuable human resources and prove beneficial to both employers and employees of a rapidly transforming digital India.
Understanding critical success factors and customer expectations for Indian travelers after COVID-19
Authors: Prabal P.S. , Vanishree P.
Published: September 2022

This research examines the identity of critical success factors (CSFs) in the leisure lodging segment and growth in India, coming out of the perspective of the domestic travelers representing the demand side of the lodging segment. Understanding the distinctions in CSFs deems to be critical to the growth of the leisure lodging segment. With the help of 319 questionnaires, the results identified eight dimensions of CSFs (i.e., Physical Product, Hotel Room Policy, Value-added Facilities, Room Booking channel, Brand Image, Services Quality, Food & Beverage services, and COVID-19 Safety) as being the most important that travelers will look in hotels/budget hotels and luxury hotels before making a reservation. However, the level of significance of each dimension differed, where Brand Image and Food and Beverage service show the least importance. The principal component analysis also highlights that the top three CSFs for Indian travelers show the highest variance inflexible checkout time, Design/Look of the guestroom, and online reservation system. It gives insight into how the Indian lodging industry must not overlook these three critical success factors to regain trust, earn back loyal customers, and ultimately become profitable.
Circuit Breaker Effects on Market Players Psychology and Behavior
Authors: Charles C.A. , Kulkarni M.S.
Published: September 2022

Since the Black Monday of 1987, Stock Markets worldwide have adopted several financial regulatory measures to cease the free flow of market crashes during times of extreme volatility. Circuit Breakers, a.k.a trading curb is a regulatory instrument that halts trading and stabilizes the extreme volatility. This research paper analyses Circuit Breakers in the Stock market, their impacts, and their effects on market behavior. The study reviews the history of the circuit breaker implementation and the impact it causes on market behaviors such as volatility, the difference in return pre and post-circuit breaker events. This study considers Nifty 50 index data for a total period of 60 days, 30 days prior, and 30 days post-implementation of circuit breakers. The thesis explores the importance of the market-wide circuit breaker in India and the history of the circuit breaker. This research uses Bloomberg data on the closing price and volume of the Nifty 50 index on 12 separate windows, such as pre-and post-circuit breakers of respective six times as an industry-wide circuit breaker the Indian stock market. The sample determines the disparity in return and volatility between the pre and post-circuit breaker periods based on the mean and standard deviation. The impact of a circuit breaker lasts for up to 10 days in most cases and up to 20 days in some cases; however, the impact of a circuit breaker lasts for up to 30 days in some cases.
Everyday Life of Slum Children: A Case study from Education Perspective
Authors: Deshpande A.
Published: September 2022

Every year, the city of Pune attracts migrant workers due to urbanization, and these migrants form residential pockets called slums. Today, around 40% of Pune’s population lives in urban slums, around 11% of children, who have little or no access to education with the everyday hand-to-mouth struggle for survival. This study explores the lives of slum children and their educational conditions. Three case studies were conducted with three slums from uptown areas of Pune. Focus group discussions, interviews, and visual survey methods were employed, leading to qualitative analysis. Analysis threw light on the everyday challenges faced by slum children in accessing education. The visual studies imply the need for architectural intervention. The findings also suggest policy implications towards the provision of education towards the betterment of the lives of slum children. Working and learning are the two social processes; without breaking the legal structures on child labor, children working within the home as domestic labor or in the household enterprise is a common occurrence in urban centers, particularly among those who are household income is derived from the informal sector and who have lower income levels. Working modes and times differ depending on the situation. Owing to the size of India’s informal economy and attempts to reduce child labor trafficking, a strong emphasis has been placed on developing and implementing social policies that address child labor.
Design for Difference: Cognitive Enhancement Toys For Children with Developmental Delays
Authors: Deshpande A.
Published: September 2022

Childhood is a phase where children explore, learn and enjoy. For some children, this phase is full of difficulties. These children suffer from either developmental delays or learning difficulties. According to sources, there is a iniquitousness of 1.5-2.5% of advancing delay in kids below 2 years of age in India. Development is described into five different domains - gross motor, fine motor, speech, and language, cognitive and socio-emotional. These children need help at an early age to overcome developmental delays and for cognitive enhancement. Both parents and teachers are involved with children right from an early age, and they can devise ways to help these children. Many schools adopt ‘Play’ as an important activity to help these children overcome developmental delays and “toys” are mostly central to the design of such activities. The paper describes the design research for designing toys for cognitive enhancement of children with developmental delays between 2 and 5 years. In the first phase of research, the interview method was used to understand what kind of learning difficulties children face and what kind of methods are employed to teach them and understand what types of toys they are using. The sample size of 20 comprising of teachers, therapists, and pediatricians from Special schools and departments for special need children in mainstream schools was used for the interview purpose. Observational studies with children (5 different classrooms with children between 3-5 years age) were carried out to understand how children learn and use the toys. At the end of the first phase, the qualitative analysis led to the shift from learning difficulties to developmental delays. In the second phase, a survey of available products in the market was conducted to understand what types of toys are used to address these children’s developmental activity. Mapping the play methods employed by the teachers and therapists to the toys’ activities led to finding the Design gap. The design process incorporated the research findings. The product is designed in the form of a Toy Box with a multi-utility set of toys for cognitive enhancement in children with developmental delays. The design (three sets of toys) addresses children’s communication, spatial, cognitive, gross motor & fine motor skills with developmental delays. The designed product was put through user testing twice to incorporate the findings from the testing to make the design more user-friendly for the children and the teachers, therapists, and parents.
A Psycho-Sociological Study on God men: What Draws Devotees of Various Socio-Economic Groups to Ashrams in India?
Authors: Saikeerthi S. , Menon R.
Published: September 2022

This paper observes the increasing influence of godmen in India and the socio-economic division among devotees that influences their decision to follow them. The study navigates through various social spheres and predominantly focuses on lower-income groups, middle-income groups, and upper-income groups to piece together the research paper. It focuses on in-depth interviews as a primary source of understanding these differences and is followed by possible deductions of the same, keeping in mind the hypothesis that there is a socio-economic divide in this seemingly secular framework of spirituality and religion, as defined by the devotees. These interviews are narrative analyzed to detect any recurring patterns within the economic groups and the following groups. Constructivism as a theory is used to understand how the arguments put forward by the interviewees are influenced by their social position in society and how they are inclined towards understanding reality on individual terms. The study’s findings prove that a possible correlation can be derived between an individual’s economic standing and expectations while following a certain godmen.
Workplace spirituality and employee commitment; ‘a critical review of contemporary literature
Authors: Kulshrestha S. , Singhal T.K.
Published: September 2022

For a long time, the Western idea of life has kept the outer real world away from the inner world of spirituality. I have always felt that combining two could be damaging. There is a growing realization by the modern management think tanks that workspace spirituality has a definite role in improving performance and productivity while still ensuring employee engagement, motivation, commitment, and fulfilling his individual spiritual needs. Loyal personnel are the greatest treasured means to achieve a feat in the long run for any enterprise. Having committed employees enhances the competitive edge of any organization by lowering the rates of people leaving the organization and quitting their jobs. There has been limited work done to study the interplay of spirituality at the workplace and organizational commitment of employees how one correlates with the other. This work attempts to review the contemporary peer-reviewed literature on the association between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment. In this critical appraisal of contemporary literature, we look at the role of workspace spirituality in improving employee commitment. Our review looked at various measurable dimensions of workspace spirituality and employee commitment, which have been used by recent empirical questionnaire-based studies and their findings.
An empirical study on the relationship between financial literacy and emotional biases
Authors: Dureha S. , Vaishali J.
Published: September 2022

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to establish a relationship between investors’ financial literacy and emotional biases in India. Financial literacy holds tremendous importance for making systematic financial choices and decisions. Today, with ever-rising economic unpredictability, uncertainties, governments and companies pulling out of welfare schemes such as the pension system in India and worldwide bring out the undisputed significance of financial literacy and systematic financial planning. Methodology: A total of 412 responses were obtained for the research study. The research study was carried on using Pearson’s Chi-square test, Cronbach’s alpha, and factor analysis. Findings: It was found through the research that there exists a significant relationship between financial literacy and risk aversion, overconfidence bias. Both genders were equally risk averted. Men are more overconfident than women; there is a relationship between age group and overconfidence bias. Implications: This study holds its significance in finding out the degree of biases and financial literacy of investors in India, and thus with greater accessibility of information and expanding awareness shall ameliorate financial skills, knowledge, and decisions concerning investments. Novelty/Originality of this study: The prevailing studies have studied the relationship between financial literacy and cognitive biases, portfolio selection, retirement plans; the same has not studied the relationship between financial literacy and emotional biases encompassing Affinity bias, Snakebite Effect, and Myopic Loss Aversion of Indian Investors specifically.
Why do employees leave? A study on employee’ psychology and its influence on engagement and organizational politics
Authors: Shenoy R. , Sharma P.
Published: September 2022

In today’s VUCA world, companies are trying very hard to increase their overall organizational performance, which can majorly be possible if they are well engaged. It helps in increasing the productivity, as well overall morale of the workforce. However, increased turnover intentions are one of the major problems faced by organizations. This study aims to understand why employees leave and what impact engagement has on the employees’ turnover intentions. It shall also consider the role of perceived organizational politics. In order to understand what causes turnover intention in the pharma sector, we made use of a finely structured questionnaire to collect the responses. The respondents are employees from the pharma industry. We used the statistical tests namely, correlation, ANOVA, regression, to understand what influences turnover intentions. Findings: This study will analyze why employees leave and if employee engagement or organizational politics directly relates to turnover intention. Understanding why employees leave will help the management in devising engagement strategies, which would help decrease the overall turnover rate and enhance the employees’ job satisfaction levels. Engagement levels within the organization should be assessed by conducting annual surveys. Keeping organizational politics in check will also promote job satisfaction. It is an original study, which currently focuses on the pharma sector. However, this can be applied to others as well.
Relationship Transparency-Trust Cycle: A Matter of Trust and Competency for Frontline Managers
Authors: Tiwari A.K. , Deshpande A.P.
Published: September 2022

The effectiveness and competencies of a frontline manager are of utmost importance. Study maps the phenomenon of relationship transparency-trust cycle in business marketing. Additionally, it develops a framework for organizations and managers to implement. Applying an extensive interdisciplinary literature review and the Delphi technique, this study identifies cyclic relationship transparency and interpersonal trust phenomena. Answers to research questions were collected from 12 conveniently chosen experts in business marketing. Extant literature in the area of relationship transparency mostly reflects unidirectional observations. This study discusses an integrated framework of relationship transparency, interpersonal trust, and business outcome, which could conclusively explain the antecedents, consequences, and far-reaching effects of relationship transparency. Uniquely, research also explores relationship transparency as a frontline manager’s competency. This framework offers useful guidelines for practitioners for professional development in managing relationships for intended and sustainable business outcomes. Further, this reflects several research propositions for future empirical work on relationship transparency and competency.
An Exploratory Study of Factors Affecting University Choice Decision Made By Students for Business Schools in Pune
Authors: Mulchandani D. , Tajamul I.
Published: September 2022

The endeavor is made to distinguish students’ intentions and reasoning for selecting a Master in Business Administration program extended by colleges functioning in the Pune region of India. It additionally probes into the criteria and factors undertaken to choose the institution offering the program. The intention is to help the colleges include the elements in consideration while carrying out promotions before admissions and attract promising students for the course provided. This study investigates the reasoning behind a student’s selection of an MBA institute. The theoretical model actualized for this theory comprises the 7P model created by Kotler and Fox, which is unequivocally custom-made for schools and colleges. Self-managed surveys were coursed to 306 student participants in 2020. The data obtained were evaluated using concise methodological approaches like factorial analysis. At the MBA level, five factors were extracted, which had various segments of 7ps. I understand that the research discoveries will empower both the promotion offices of universities and educational organizations in India to comprehend the psychological research of undergraduates and build up a compelling blend of marketing strategies. It would also promote programs that better represent the needs of students and improve the attraction among all future students in private colleges.
A study on the determinants of learner satisfaction in moocs
Authors: Khan M.A. , Tajamul I.
Published: September 2022

Objective – This paper aims to study how different variables influence learner satisfaction regarding online learning through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Course Structure, Course Quality, Interaction, and Learning Implementation are the independent variables considered in this study to determine Learner Satisfaction. Design methodology – Data was gathered from 274 respondents in India using a structured questionnaire with a response rate of 92.36%. Multiple linear regression techniques with a standard p-value ≤ of 0.5 were used to analyze the data. An online survey was conducted to understand the satisfaction level consumer have with MOOCs among selected variables. Findings – Course Structure, Course Content, Course Quality, and Learning Implementation influence Learner Satisfaction, whereas interaction does not. Originality/value – The primary purpose behind institutions implementing E-Learning is to meet various student needs. The technology used to conduct E-Learning is of internet, learning environment also becomes complicated. The results reveal how institutions and business related to E-Learning enriches learner satisfaction through MOOCs and further strengthen their implementation.
A study on the acceptability of green products in Pune region
Authors: Choudhury B. , Pankaj P.
Published: September 2022

With rising markets and increasing customer volumes, the ecosystem is dramatically degraded by production and consumption habits. Governments, consumers, and producers have recognized the significance of this issue. Industries’ department of research and development is continuously developing environmentally friendly products that cause less environmental destruction. Items that are recyclable and have safe disposal are also referred to as green goods. The objective of this study is to understand the notion of green products and consumer behavior towards it. The study also investigates the relationship between green product use and intention to purchase and demographic variables. The findings provide significant insight into the factors predominantly responsible for inspiring and discouraging customers from buying green products. Eco-friendly nature and knowledge about green products are the driving factors. In contrast, limited awareness about green products, cost of installation is the factors that reduce the sale of these products.
A study of marketing strategies used by Indian artisans during the Covid-19 crisis
Authors: Ballal A.
Published: September 2022

70% of the population lives in villages in India. Time and again, we have underestimated this part of our population while thinking about our country’s economic growth. However, the true spirit and skills of Indian crafts live in rural areas that are self-sufficient and self-reliant. Indian crafts have evolved from the Vedic Era to Indus Valley civilization to Mauryan Era to the Mughal Era, and currently the Modern Indian Era. However, with industrialization and the informal nature of the sector, Indian crafts had started losing relevance. Though 90% population is uneducated, Indian crafts are highly skill-based. Today with the advent of technology, awareness among the new generation of artisans, emerging sectors of the economy, Indian crafts are being revived with the help of craft activists and platforms created for uplifting the community. Slowly as this sector started reviving itself and generated awareness and business, a novel coronavirus pandemic has affected their livelihood. Most artisans have an informal setup. The uncertainty of the situation, ruptured supply chain, canceled orders, and customers’ non-engagement in buying the products; have blurred their future. With no raw materials, no business, no demand, and a huge inventory of canceled orders, various platforms are being created to market their products and generate funds. A study of the marketing strategy is important to know the way forward.
A Study to Find Effects of Covid-19 on Brick and Mortar Stores in Roorkee in Uttarakhand
Authors: Tyagi H. , Gandhi M.K.
Published: September 2022

Price downturn was long before the COVID-19 pandemic because most retailers have brick-and-mortar stores. It is crucial to review their store portfolios, including stores in at least three separate segments: shops in closed centers, band centers, or standalone locations and outlets. Once customers are happy to come back, each would possibly have a different pattern of traffic. Product will be modeled according to the type of product being sold and whether it is a purchasing requirement or a fringe. A high level of unemployment is also projected to impact the available revenues to be invested. World shocked by corona pandemic and the global economy as a result. No wonder traditional brick and mortar retail has continued to decline for many years. Widespread countermeasures in many countries are now massively escalating this decline to help slow the virus and close down all but main retail outlets (supermarkets/ businesses, pharmacies/drug shops, post office, and banks).
Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian ICT Industry
Authors: Malay B. , Kulkarni P.
Published: September 2022

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, a continuation of business has become problematic. Most economic activities have shut down with huge losses. People at home, online businesses, video conferencing, movies on OTT platforms and e-learning, are the new normal. Seamless connectivity solutions are crucial. Living with COVID-19 has substantially reduced the movement of employees from homes to workplaces. Everyone needs telecommunication for business continuity, which has enhanced demand for telecom. While most industries faced a slump, Information and Telecommunication (ICT) industry has taken off. The IT and telecom ecosystems have reached a new symbiotic high to meet the massive demand. This paper discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the ICT industry and ‘Data Consumption’ concerning ‘Average Revenue per User (ARPU)’ and other indicators; it studies the impact of lockdown on Content Delivery Networks and their adaptation to higher usage; it predicts the impact of COVID-19 on the future of the ICT industry in India.
Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Online Examinations in Covid-19
Authors: Ramakrishnan R. , Gupte R.
Published: September 2022

In this paper, the authors build a model that predicts the grade point from a collection of independent variables including student characteristics and exam marks achieved in four marketing management courses using data from four courses. The data from four courses in marketing management, for an off-line class in a master’s in business management program taught in 2019 and the same set of four courses in marketing management taught to an on-line class in 2020 was taken. Although the number of students enrolled was almost equal, and the courses, despite being offered a year apart, were nearly comparable in structure and content, the teaching and assessment for 2019 was conducted offline, whereas it was conducted online in 2020. In the set of four courses offered in 2019 using the offline mode, the exam was proctored and offline but for the same courses offered in 2020, the final exam was also proctored but online. The authors predicted that if exams were taken without any misconduct, the prediction model would have the same explanatory power for all exams, and that if there was malpractice, the explanatory power would be lower. Their findings show that the two datasets are similar; there are variations in the independent variables that statistically and significantly predicted the Grade Point Average (GPA). The R-squared statistic suggests that the model for prediction is strong. Hence there is reason to believe that malpractice was taking place when the examinations were online, in spite of it being proctored. The goal of this paper is to provide teachers with practical ideas for administering proctored tests in their online courses.
Navigating Talent Mobility for Career Growth: The Role of Career Conversations in Covid-19
Authors: Kharsan A. , Sonal S. , Pravin D.
Published: September 2022

The human desire for growth can be clearly seen in the realm of career prospects in organizations. People want to be given greater opportunities with the potential to advance within a firm which is much appreciated by both prospective and the current workforce. The top talent may be found internally, but if the organization lacks cross-functional visibility, these talents may go unrecognized. Shifting from vertical to an aspiration-based growth mindset becomes critical for creating aspiration-based talent mobility. Sometimes people may be more concerned about titles and designations as compared to the roles and job descriptions. This study examines the role of career conversations in creating cross-functional mobility of talent based on their aspirations in Covid-19. The objective of such conversations is to carve a path beyond just hiring or promotion. It becomes important in the light of lack of career growth, attrition and engagement in the organizations, while aligning organizational goals with employee career goals. This study will be valuable to the managers, coaches and mentors, as well as policymakers in the organizations.
Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein as Potential Biomarker for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Atindra N. , Pundir S. , Tirkey R.
Published: September 2022

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most recurrent heart emergency which can lead to morbidity and death. During infarction, the heart releases cytoplasmic protein in the blood. These proteins such as creatine kinase, troponin and Heart type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) are used as indicators to spot cardiovascular arrest. This research paper aims to evaluate the efficiency, specificity and sensitivity of biomarkers in determining the AMI. This paper shows the use of direct sandwich ELISA technique to determine the level of H-FABP released in early stage of AMI. 50 suspected AMI subjects were used to observe the specificity, sensitivity and diagnostic efficacy. The study also discusses the correlation of the concentration of H-FABP in confirmed AMI, non AMI and normal subjects.
Wither Biological Sex? The Gender Takeover: A Position Paper
Authors: Gil Vincent E.
Published: September 2022

In this position paper, I argue that current ideological and sociocultural shifts in the use and meaning of the term gender have also reconfigured what biological sex means. Both terms have been made isomorphic and synonymic. The paper challenges this novel relationship, exploring its confounded history and unpacking how and why genderqueer theorists intentionally minimize body knowledge to enable expressive individualism.    Linguistic, psychological and medical anthropology serve as tools of inquiry in my critique on why gender is now given the greater valence. Data from neurosciences are also used to refute notions of the body being just a “mute facticity,” as such theorists claim. Christian dogmas on sex and gender are also examined, as is the insistence on a binary model of humanity despite intersex births and the factuality of gender dysphoria. Christian incorrections, when perpetuated without ongoing analysis and change, continue what some call epistemic oppressions and hermeneutic injustices, contributing another layer to the problematic of sex and gender ideology as rendered today.
Salvationism Examined
Authors: Winn Jacob
Published: September 2022

There is much to examine regarding the nature of The Salvation Army, its role within Christianity, and Salvationists as members of a cohesive global community. From their outward focus to the reverence they have for their history, there are many distinguishing features which set Salvationists apart and warrant further study. In this article, various aspects of the Salvationist experience are examined, points researched and observed in person, to present the reader with several different aspects for their consideration.
Where stands the development and innovation of smart pressure sensor technology
Authors: Bhattacharya Jayanth
Published: September 2022

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Expanding the renewables market: how the merchants can be attracted
Authors: Bhattacharya Jayanta
Published: September 2022

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Minimizing the cost of energy consumption for public institutions in Nigeria
Authors: Ahmed Omeiza Lukman , Mamudu Ukashat , Kozak Kateryna , Ahmed Tijani Salawudeen , Osayemen Daniel Aikhonomu
Published: September 2022

Energy and humanity are superimposed. Its importance to mankind and indispensable nature to the world cannot be overemphasized. Public institutions need energy to carry-out their daily activities. The increase in the demand for energy in public institutions can be traced to advancement in technology. Thus, resulted to a sharp increase in the energy consumption, thereby increasing the energy monthly utility bill astronomically. This has put pressure on public institutions in Nigeria, as most of them are heavily indebted to energy companies. Due to constant electric power failure in Nigeria, public institutions rely heavily on diesel generators to argument their daily energy need. Cost minimization and a sustainable clean energy has become a priority for the managers of our public institutions. This study was carried out to establish the exact amount of energy consumption at the Federal Polytechnic Bida, Nigeria, and fashion outways of reducing the cost burden for the institution. The study was achieved through the installation of “Efergy meter” to understudy the energy audit of the institution. Base on the result obtained, the exact amount of energy consumption were established. Solar photovoltaic (PV) system was considered clean and cost-effective options for our public institutions on the long term.