Women’s careers are subject to personal, interpersonal and societal influences of various kinds. From an empiricist point of view, the study was done to get an insight into the various facets of women’s careers. The sample of the study consisted of 30 women executives and 30 women...

This report summarizes the initial findings of the research project on implementation problems of management control systems sponsored by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, with the support of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. It must be emphasised that the findings at...

Indian apparel retail sector poses interesting challenges to a manager as it is evolving and closely linked to fashions. Appealing mainly to youth, the sector has typical information requirements to manage its operations. DSS (Decision Support Systems) provide timely and accurate information &...

The definition of Court in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is substantially different from that in the earlier law of 1940. Due to this new definition, there is tremendous load of work on the District Judge, which was earlier shared by other judges in the Civil Court. The experience...

This paper is based on a case study of managerial problems arising from unionization among employees and subsequent events in union-management relations in one of the major commercial banks. The study shows that an initial attitude of indifference and hostility towards unionism resulted in a...

This paper explores the connotations of concepts of social development, Organizations and values in the Indian society. Social Development has so many meanings that no coherent action seems to emerge. The Indian scene, in recent decades, is also animated by an unprecedented effloresce of all...

The cost of conservation of germplasm stored in gene banks i.e., ex-situ collections has been studied in other parts of the world to estimate direct and indirect contributions by various actors involved in conservation. This is the first study of its kind in India done in collaboration with...

The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the factors of learned helplessness (LH) and organizational role stress (ORS) to the motivational climate of the organization. The sample comprised of two hundred and twenty respondents belonging to the middle management of five...

Increasingly shopping behaviour is being seen from the holistic perspective of the entire shopping experience. The experiential view of shopping takes a far more holistic approach to the consumption process, right from involvement to post purchase usage. The decision making process and value...

The paper discusses the issue of organisational performance analysis in view of already existing theoretical and empirical research in the areas of economic theory, industrial economics, and organisation behaviour. It is proposed that the theories of existence of firm, individual behaviour in a...