Indian Railways (IR) is a large transport organization running 8700 trains, reaching 7000 stations and handling about 1.6 crore passengers per day. IR runs several long distant trains, some of which involve journeys upto three nights. The number of non suburban passengers traveling on IR is...

This paper makes an attempt to give an overview of the approaches evolved in the past in building up cooperatives organizations in Indian and the recent attempt which has yielded some measure of success. Three approaches have been followed in organization building in India : evolutionary model,...

A 3-m deep temperature probe was installed at the campus of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in August, 1999. Probe has five resistance type device PT 100 sensors, mounted at 1-m interval. It was put in to the ground up to depth of 3-m. First sensor is at 3-m depth, second at 2-m depth,...

Man-in-the world becomes man-at-the-world through acting on the world. It is this “action-reflection” on the world we can call “work” or “labour”. Work being the central reference point of human history, the structure and modalities of work organization in the context of a particular...

Format choice is recognized as a cognitive process. Like any other purchasing decision format choice also is an information processing behavior. A store is chosen based on the confidence that the customer has regarding the store; about the nature and quality of product and service he will...

This paper reports in detail a Leadership Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) developed to measure the Benevolent, Critical and Developmental styles of manages. This questionnaire has two forms; one for self-assessment and the second for assessment by others (subordinates, boss and colleagues). This...

This paper looks at the various facets of the aluminium industry such as government policy, user profile, industry structure, financial and physical performance, exports and imports and firm level management issues, and draws a perspective of the industry. The key observations are as follows:...

In this paper a simulation model of CJ Patel Vegetable and Fruit Market of Ahmedabad has been presented. Market is viewed as a dynamic, stochastic queuing system. Model was developed to provide a means to analyse vehicle-borne congestion.

India had developed a vast and rich traditional agricultural knowledge since ancient times and presently finding solutions to problems created by over use of agrochemicals. Todays’ modern farming is not sustainable in consonance with economics, ecology, equity, energy and socio-cultural...

Despite the tremendous growth of mobile services in most developing countries, these have largely remained limited to urban areas. This has further aggravated the existing urban and rural divide. Policy makers and regulators perceive the need for an effective regulatory and policy environment to...