Communication media like TV, Films, Radio, have generally been used to bring about changed habits in the rural areas. When the impact of this media has been analysed, suggestions have generally been made to tinker with the content or the style of presentation, or to use other media. These are...

This study, being essentially empirical in nature, is based on primary data relating to Indian organizations. The primary data has been collected through a sample survey based on a questionnaire focusing on the following aspects of organizational communication: (a) Nature of Communication,...

In this paper we obtain a simple expression for the adjusted proportional solution for rationing problems, when a fixed supply of an infinitely divisible good has to be divided only among two people, and when their demands exceed supply.

In Kannai and Peleg(1984) the following problem was posed: Given a positive integer ‘n’, is it possible to define a positive integer valued function on all non-empty subsets of the first n positive integers, so that singletons preserve their original ranking and further the function...

This paper analyses the question: ‘ How is one work different from the other? and proposes the following seven basic propositions: 1. Greater the degree of mental component in a work, higher will be the rating of that work in the hierarchy of work. 2. Greater the unknown a human mind has to...

In this paper we study the problem of universally reducing a multistage vector optimization problem to a one-stage vector optimization problem. This paper draws heavily and modifies on results obtained in Aixerman and Malishevski [1986]. Given the importance of such problems as mathematical...

In this paper we establish three distinct results: a) a unique characterization of the family of non-symmetric Nash choice functions using an Independence of Irrelevant Expansions Assumption; b) a characterization of the entire family of choice functions (containing those determined by weighted...

The study is concerned with the application of Multiple Discriminant Analysis in order to identify the different variables which explain the phenomenon of sickness of industrial units, their relative contribution in determining the propensity of sickness, as also to suggest a possible cost-off...

The paper deals with the problem of agricultural research management, particularly with reference to rice research in India. The growth of rice production has lagged behind wheat production mainly because the rice research has not been as effective as wheat research. One of the reasons for this...

OB research in the Third World has not been sufficiently socially responsive. It can make amends by focussing on the organizational behaviour of strategic developmental organizations. The latter are organizations that have or adopt responsibility for the growth and development of their operating...