76 employees reporting to only one organizationally defined supervisor answered on items purported to measure their level of interpersonal, competence, perception of supervisory style and finally their satisfaction with supervisory practices. It was found that in general, high as compared to low...

A common problem in production planning for a public firm producing n distinct commodities in the same plant and facing a cost constraint, is the choice of the levels of output of the various commodities. This is a classical problem in the theory of publicly regulated firms and assumes...

An attempt is made in this paper to forecast the growth in private corporate investment in 1980. Corporate investment is taken to include gross capital expenditures of all companies including joint sector companies. This study also provides a picture of the level and composition of corporate...

The paper reviews the genesis of educational policies and contents in relation to agricultural extension and research in India. It examines the relevance of the present educational pattern to the needs of the country and to the demands the client system is making. By carefully delineating the...

This research study has attempted to experimentally measure effect of sexual illustrations on brand – product recall. The study is an extension of the work done by M. Steadman and M.W. Alexander and Ben Judd, Jr. Published in Journal of Advertising Research of February 1969 and March 1978...

This theoretical paper develops a series of models applying social identify theory to the retail content. The shopper is conceived of as an actor whose self-image and related identities impact store image perceptions. The paper address how identify conflicts are likely to be resolved by a...

This paper discusses the major problems of planning and implementation that confront the development of comprehensive health services in India. The problems are categorised into four major groups, viz., those pertaining to decentralisation and integration largely dependent upon higher echelons...

It has generally been recognized that the state of industrial relations in Gujarat has undergone a subtle change. Data on industrial disputes appear to support this view. It is also argued that increasing tension in labour-management relations could be traced to accelerating pace of industrial...

The paper “The Organizations of the Future” explores the movement of organizations in India the past to the organization of the future. The last five decades Indian organizations have moved from 1. An ancient civilization of vast richness to contrasting poverty and scarcity to the present of...

This paper makes a preliminary attempt to identify the elements of managing the process of replication. Starting with the objectives of this process and its rationale, the paper enumerates the features of the small scale project that are likely to constrain the design and implementation of the...