022366   Jayakumar T (NO, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Email: tulsi.jayakumar@spjimr.org) : India-SAARC trade in recovering markets: an augmented trade model. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2015, 11(2), 33-48.

The purpose of the paper was to investigate trade patterns exhibited by Emerging Market Economies like India, by using influential traditional trade models. It examined India's trade with its SAARC partners, as also with the top five trading nations from 2000 to 2012. Using time series analysis, a set of regression models was used to assess the effect of augmented gravity indicators and relative factor endowments (Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem) on India's trade. These (extended) traditional models were unable to explain observed trade patterns. The paper recommends an 'Augmented Trade Model', incorporating additional variables influencing trade for overcoming gaps in existing trade models. Additionally, such a model would have important policy implications for encouraging intra-regional trade as an 'engine of growth' in post-crisis recovering markets.

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022365   Jawed M S;Tiwari S K;Dhaigude A S;Tapar A V (NO, (Finance & Accounting), Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Email: f12mohammads@iimidr.ac.in) : Investigating the effects of sectoral diversification of loan and advances on risk and return of Indian commercial banks: post-financial crisis of 2008.. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2015, 11(2), 1-11.

This paper seeks to investigate the effects of sectoral diversification of loan and advances on risk and return of Indian commercial banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008. Forty Indian commercial banks were taken up for the study during the period 2009-2013. Using the Hirschman-Herfindhl Index (HHI) as a measure of diversification, a panel data regression analysis was performed. It is found that the sectoral diversification of loan and advances helps in reducing the bank risk while its impact on bank return was found to be inverted U-shaped.

6 tables, 31 ref

022364   Intana M;Chansangavej C (NO, Shinawatra International Univ, Bangkok, Thailand, Email: chuvej@gmail.com) : Extended technology acceptance model for internet banking adoption. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 124-37.

This study proposes an extended Technological Acceptance Model (TAM) to explain Internet banking adoption by testing it empirically with Internet banking users in Thailand. The original Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) - consisting of the Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and Intention to Use construct - is extended for Internet banking adoption purposes by considering two candidates, namely Perceived Privacy and Normative Belief. A total of 342 valid responses were collected from respondents who are Internet banking users most of whom live in Bangkok, Thailand. Data were collected from both questionnaires and interviews. Results from Structural Equation Model (SEM) suggest that the extended TAM provides better explanatory power by the addition of Normative Belief. On the other hand, the addition of Perceived Privacy to explain Internet banking adoption is not supported by the empirical data. The findings show that the proposed extended TAM framework offers a deeper understanding of the Normative Belief construct that influences the adoption of Internet banking. Internet banking service providers should consider adding this construct as an important factor in their services.

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022363   He W;Hao R;Zhang C;Ainou F Z (Donlinks School of Economics and Management, Univ of Science and Technology, Beijing, No. 30, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China) : Influence analysis of media supervision in corporate governance. Curr Sci 2015, 108(5), 804-12.

This article presents the importance of the role of media supervision in corporate governance by adopting stochastic dynamic optimal method of analysis. It also studies the influence of media supervision on embezzlement behaviour of large shareholders. Research demonstrates that when the occupation ratio of large shareholders is low and the intensity of media exposure is not high, fall in the value of firm assets is not obvious and, large shareholders can continue to improve occupation ratio to achieve higher welfare. After the occupation ratio of large shareholders reaches a certain level, their welfare loss because of media exposure damages firm asset value more than their income by occupation. Then large shareholders continue to improve occupation ratio which will not only prevent maintenance of welfare level, but will also result in welfare loss. If the occupation ratio is improved through unfair means, they must give up illicit occupation. In addition, it further demonstrates that conspiracy of large shareholders and media will make them more likely to improve their own welfare by encroaching upon the interests of small shareholder. Based on the corporate governance practices of listed biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in China, this article analyses the impact of media supervision upon these entities, products and processes.

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022362   Gupta S;Bhardwaj S (NO, Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida, Email: sgupta@aimt.ac.in) : Relationships between MBTI psychological types and MODE conflict styles. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 31-43.

Conflicts are one of the indispensable parts of organizations life, which if not managed well can create negative impact at workplace. This study examines the relationship between psychological type as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and conflict style as determined by the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument (MODE). This study is largely based on secondary data as well as analysis of primary data. It includes primary data collection and usage of quantitative research tools. All appropriate descriptive statistics were run on the data. In addition a Chi-square analysis was done to test the hypotheses under study. This study showed no statistically significant relationship between subjects' preference for extraversion or introversion and the conflict styles preference of competing, collaborating, avoiding or accommodating. However this study did find a statistically significant relationship between preferences for thinking or feeling and the strength of preference for avoiding. Comparing individual scores on these measures may provide information that can be helpful to anyone who wishes to have a clearer understanding of self and others, to reduce misunderstandings between people which are based on preferences in approach to conflict and create greater choice to deal with such conflicts.

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022361   Gopinath R;Shibu N S (Research Centre of Management Studies, Bharathidasan Univ College, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, Email: dr.raju.gopinath@gmail.com) : HRD practices and its impact towards job satisfaction in BSNL, thanjavur SSA-a study. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 138-47.

The study investigates that the Human Resource Development (HRD) practices influencing job satisfaction with special reference to BSNL, Thanjavur Secondary Switching Area (SSA). The human resource management is a function which is mainly concerned with people at work and with their relationship within the organization. HRD Practices using variables such as Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, Appraisal and Reward, Performance Management, Managing people, Promotion and Transfer, Compensation management and welfare measure, Employee health and safety, Industrial relations its Relationship. The human resource management function has emerged as one of the most important areas of organizational practice. The uniqueness of human resource function has the characteristics that provide the greatest challenge as well as the opportunity. Today human resources occupy, more than ever, the center stage of all economic activities. It is alarming time for all those organizations that wish to be successful in global HR to gear up and implement desired shift in their prevailing HRD practices and leverage their human resource along with the other resources. To examine the level of HRD Practices associated with Job Satisfaction using by Job Descriptive Index (JDI) Scale among BSNL employees. The JDI scale included Work, Supervision, Pay, Promotions, and Co-worker. Job satisfaction may be defined as a pleasurable positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job or job experiences. For conducting this research a sample of 100 employees in BSNL, Thanjavur SSA. Some important implications for future research are also derived from the study.

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022360   Fukey L N;Issac S S (NO, Christ Univ, Bangalore, Email: leena.n.fukey@christuniversity.in) : Exploratory revision of concepts and practices of knowledge management. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 180-90.

Knowledge management is a very important practice, and an interesting one, in today's times. To study it means studying how to manage the very base on which humans survive socially and communicate. Thus the aim of this paper is to create awareness about the concepts of knowledge management, how it works as a process and how it is practiced in organizations. It is important to first understand in detail the hierarchical view of data, information and knowledge. Once knowledge is created from information it needs to be stored safely or transferred according to its requirement so that organizational goals can be met. The paper also highlights the importance of managing the knowledge in an organization so that there is order. This knowledge is managed differently by different organizations and the practices followed are changing as time passes. The importance of knowledge in any organization is increasing day by day and it is becoming an asset worth competing for. Trust and organizational culture can act as enablers or barriers for knowledge management and transfer depending on the situation.

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022359   Fon D E;Bime M J W;Manu I;Kafain E K (Agricultural Economics Dep, Facuty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences Univ of Dschang, Dschang West Region Cameroon, Email: mimeliet001@yahoo.com) : Microfinance as a means of poverty alleviation: case of solidarity funds for development (SOFDEV) in north west and south west regions of cameroon. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 173-9.

Though many studies commend microfinance as the way forward for the poor rural communities, several failures have been registered by institutions and schemes in the past usually due to institutional unsustainability and inaccessibility to financial services by the poor. This study was aimed at assessing the performance of the SOFDEV scheme (BASOFDEV and OCOSAL institutions) in creating sustainable financial institutions accessible to the poor. Data was obtained through random sampling of members participating in the scheme and examination of institutional records. Results are obtained shown that the two institutions had a membership of 1742 respectively, with female proportions of 52%. The results also show that for the five years of existence, 400, 293, 885CFA was mobilized by the institutions. This is fairly good given that both institutions are located in rural areas. Number of loans disbursed so far were 2476 with the average amount of loan disburse being 140,038CFA. Further analysis shows that the operating efficiency ratio for BASOFDEV was 5.87 while that of OCOSAL was 8.09. The two institutions under study are efficient. The ability of an institution to carry out its operations without external funding is a measure of its self-sufficiency. The OSS ratios for BASOFDEV and OCOSAL were 2.35 and 2.39 respectively, implying that the two institutions generate more than twice what they spend. Results further show that 67 percent of the respondents are situated at an average level in terms of meeting their basic needs. Also SOFDEVs as a micro-credit NGO has afforded the rural areas of Bamendankwe and Owe better access to agricultural finance. It is therefore recommended that possible sensitization campaigns should be organized to improve on the level of outreach and also a more elaborate collection process should be developed by the institutions.

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022358   Esampally C;Aarthi B (NO, Commerce, Dr. B.R. Ambedhkar Open Univ, Hyderabad, Email: esampallye9@gmail.com) : Performance of gold etfs and gold fofs: a comparative study. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2015, 11(2), 49-60.

Gold products are considered a highly valuable means of investment in the present scenario of financial markets. There are many alternatives to invest in gold like Gold Exchange Traded Funds (GETFs), Gold Fund of Funds (GFoFs), e-gold, stocks of gold mining companies, gold futures, gold bars, gold coins, gold jewellery, etc. Amongst these, the Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Gold Fund of Funds (FoFs) have emerged as the most successful source for investment and ETFs industry has witnessed rapid growth in the last decade. The Gold ETF and Gold FoF provide a convenient way to the investors to intervene in the gold market. This paper attempts to compare the performance of Gold Exchange Traded Funds and Gold Fund of Funds. Return and risk of Gold ETFs has been compared with the return and risk of Gold FoFs. The study concluded that the Gold ETFs recorded lesser variability as compared to the Gold FoFs and therefore, the performance of Gold ETFs was better than the performance of Gold FoFs.

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022357   Charles A;Kasilingam R (Management Studies Dep, School of Management, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univ, Tirunelveli-605 014, Email: charlestvm@gmail.com) : Does individual's investment personality explore their investment success?. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(1), 16-30.

Each individual is unique in this world. This uniqueness is determined by their personality. Individuals Personality is identified by using their attitude, cognition and decision making style. All these factors are influenced by both psychological and psychographic factors. This article emphasizes the importance of big five personality traits and its influence on investor's investment decisions. Multistage random sampling method was used to collect the data from 742 investors. The data thus collected was analyzed quantitatively by using the different SPPS tools. Results of this study suggest that investors are classified based on their personality state are Type-A, Type-B and Type-C personalities. Further, findings of canonical correlations reveal that certain demographic and investment variables have shown significant correlations with individual's investment personality factors. An overall finding suggests that individual's investment personality play a significant role of determining their investment success.

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022356   Bhadra A (School of Business Management, NMIMS, Mumbai, Email: amit.bhadra@nmims.edu) : Relative strength of factors influencing customer loyalty in the automobile service industry: a study. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2015, 11(2), 21-32.

Contemporary service marketing literature has focused a great deal on the importance of Service Quality. The SERVQUAL Model has been widely used to measure this construct. The SERVQUAL Model is a measure of the quality of the process, personnel and physical evidence of services. The gap in service literature seems to be in examining the relative effectiveness of the other significant construct- Customer Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty is defined as the customer's willingness to patronize the service for extended periods, recommend the service to others, continue to patronize it even if there is a marginal increase in price and pay a premium over competing offerings. The other way could be Customer Satisfaction, defined as the outcome of service and the perceived fairness of pricing. The experimental study indicates that the correlation between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty, is greater than the correlation between Service Quality and Customer Loyalty. This finding could lead to an approach to managing services which is different from the one advocated in much of contemporary service literature.

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022355   Allwin B;Jayathangaraj M G;Palanivelrajan M; Raman M (Wild Life Sciences Dep, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences U, Chennai-600 007) : Evaluation of endogenous faecal cortisol as a non invasive assessment of stress in free ranging wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Indian J vet Anim Sci Res 2015, 44(2), 89-93.

The study wax carried out to assess the faecal cortisol concentration in wild pigs entering the agricultural fields around the adjoining areas of Mudumalai Tiger reserve (MTR), Sathyamangalam Tiger reserve (STR) and Anamalai tiger reserve (ATR) of Tamil Nadu, India, in order to arrive at the baseline values contributing to the stress factors. Faecal samples collected from wild pigs in each of these areas were subjected to Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) for estimation of faecal cortisol level and the mean faecal cortisol concentration of wild pigs were arrived. The occurrences of conflict, lack of food and water availability, temperature, rainfall and prey prevalence played an important role to their stress quotients. Suitable management related measures were recommended. The findings demonstrated that fecal glucocorticoid assays provide an index of physiological stress in wild pigs. These techniques may prove useful in addressing conservation issues and additionally being non invasive.

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021454   Venkatakrishnaiah R;Saranya S (NO, Civil Engineering Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu) : Management of waste minimization in construction industry using lean technology. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 53-7.

The construction sector is undergoing important technological and organizational changes, and construction companies will have to adapt to these changes in order to survive. For this to happen, we need to incorporate and apply production and organizational techniques from other more advanced sectors. For this, the application of lean production principles to the construction industry - known as lean construction - takes on special importance. This study deals with the various lean practices which should be adopted to achieve lean construction. Also Value Stream Mapping (VSM) a lean tool has been used to take survey at two different construction sites. The observation from survey reveals the time spent on non- productive activities and the means of reducing them as a goal towards attainment of lean construction. Waste in the construction industry has been the subject of several research projects around the world in recent years. It is commonly acknowledged that a very high level of waste exists in construction. Lean construction considers construction materials wastes as potential wastes that hinder flow of value to the client and should be eliminated. The creation of this waste can be prevented by applying lean construction principles. The main tools for the collection of data included questionnaires, interviews and site observations. The target population for the data collection included project managers of building construction organizations and senior consultants of architectural and quantity surveying firms. Microsoft Excel was employed to analyze data obtained. Mean score rankings were adopted for the analysis of data on perception of professionals on lean concepts. Materials storage and handling, operational factors, design and documentation factors and procurement factors were considered as the main sources of waste on building construction sites. Among the causes of materials wastes are last minute client requirement, errors by tradesmen or operatives, purchased products that do not comply with specification and lack of onsite materials control.

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021453   Thakkar P H;Gumaste R;Bhagwat R (AISSMS College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, , ) : Study of guest satisfaction tracking system with special reference to Radisson Blu Hotel Pune Kharadi. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(10), 44-8.

The Hospitality industry is growing by leaps and bounds and so is the competition amongst hotels to retain customers. A retained customer in today's market scenario is of utmost importance to any hotel not only in terms of brand loyalty and the goodwill established by the brand in the market but also helps in saving costs involved in attracting new customers. Guest satisfaction is also become a yardstick for the measurement of a hotels performance in the recent years. In the constant endeavor to look for newer means to satisfy customers the managers were often faced with problems such as which aspects contributed majorly to the guest satisfaction, what are the key attributes the staff to posses in order to enhance the guest experience. Thus came into being systematic methods to track and find out the attributes for guest satisfaction Le. Guest Satisfaction Tracking Systems (GSTS). The old school comment cards were given a more sophisticated and practical approach with the use of technology through GSTS. GSTS have helped managers to understand customer needs better and changed the way data was conceptualized. Data could be easily understood and presented in the form of charts, diagrams and tables which formed an integral form for Management Information Systems. The researchers aim at studying the guest satisfaction tracking system adopted by the hotel and finding the attributes that are the most promising and those that need to be worked upon by the hotel. They also wish to enhance the general understanding of GSTS. This was done by analyzing random feedback forms received by the hotel, interviews were conducted with employees and managers.

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021452   Singh H;Chandra Shekhar;Sachin Kumar (Mathematics Dep, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan) : Assessment of the Yoga on the status of the physical fitness among children of the residential school. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 16-20.

In this article, we primarily study current health related physical fitness and health enhancing physical activity of residential school children of Birla Education Trust, Pilani, India. 276 school children, aged 8 to 14 are selected from three residential public schools of BET, Pilani. The present study is undertaken to show the effects of yoga and prayanam on growing children by comparing the PFI test performance of residential school children.

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021451   Safi O A (Faculty of Management, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology& Medical Sciences, Bhopal) : Indian medical insurance sector: a critical review. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(11), 30-2.

Health is a very important part of a life. In India, government assisted healthcare services and private health care services are providing health care services. Medical health insurance policies in an important part of Indian health care system. In this paper, we discuss Indian medical health care system in detail. We also suggest the steps to improve the accessibility and quality of these medical insurance policies.

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021450   Roy S (Faculty of Commerce, Seth Shri Gangadhar Shiv Bhagwan Patwari College, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan) : "Impact analysis of faculty job satisfaction on boosting students enrollment in higher education institutions". Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 110-14.

Education of a nation is one of the foremost and basic requirements and it is considered to be the backbone and the major contributor in national and economic development. it's a student's centric service sector which is administrated by teaching and non teaching employees of the school and colleges. Most of the higher educational institutes suffer from acute shortage of faculty and due to lack of adequate employee benefits in teaching profession leads to students dissatisfaction in colleges of Jhunjhunu district. This research article investigated the impact analysis of faculty job satisfaction boost student enrollment in higher education institutes in Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan). The sample of the study was taken 200 which were collected from both teaching staff and students from various department and colleges, two set of questionnaire was prepared for the collection of data which were tabulated and analysed by Z-test. The result indicated that in today's fast changing economy faculty members thrive for professional growth, development, job security and to secure better position in the future. Salary is not the important motivators of the faculty members and secondly is shows that there is a positive correlation between faculty job satisfaction and students satisfaction which boost the students enrollment in higher educational institute.

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021449   Rchid D;Bouksour O;Beidouri Z (Laboratoire de M‚canique Productique and G‚nie Industriel (LMPGI), Universit‚ Hassan II Ain Chock, Ecole Sup‚rieure de Technologie, Km 7 Route El Jadida, Casablanca, Morocco, Email: d.rchid@yahoo.fr) : Evolution of Aeronautics industry in developing countries: The case of Morocco. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 223-33.

Worldwide aeronautics industry faces fierce and rapidly changing competition. To gain in competitiveness, the majors' aircrafts manufacturers tend to reduce their incertitude constraint by sharing risk with their first tier supplier. The latter's need of an advantage and competitive manufacture cost is used as the main attracting factor of developing country trying to get access to this high level technological industry. This study aims to gain knowledge about Morocco's nascent aeronautics industry. The data used for this study were obtained using a structured survey questionnaire conducted to all aeronautics ?rms established in Morocco.

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021448   Prasad M;Sana Shaikh R;Sana Shaikh S;Shaikh R (Computer Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University MET's BKC Insti, , Pune) : Automated career counseling. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 45-7.

In the education system, student find many counselors who will guide them for a particular career path but generally no one guides the student after entering into the particular career stream. This project is a system which is based on the analysis and suggestions. This is helpful for the students for analyzing their career and choosing the right future path. Results and suggestions or even the career preferences will be provided based on the input which is provided by the student. It will be so adaptive that administrator can handle the database even without knowing the details of the database. The system will contain the whole area of the course in conjunction with the guidelines and necessary crucial information. This project aims to explore an objective and effective mean of analyzing student. The system consists of the basic automated career counseling, guidelines, decision making and so on. The system can obtain the relevant information automatically from students then propose some solutions and recommendations. The analysis starts from when the student gives a thought about taking admission into engineering. Student evaluation plays an important part in university custom relationship management. The system is supposed to guide the candidate regarding his/her academics.

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021447   Poornima S;Sudhamathi R K (Business Management Dep, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641 004) : An analysis on performance of exchange trades funds. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(11), 55-7.

The article attempts to analyse the performance of Exchange traded funds listed with national stock exchange. The analysis shows that almost all the ETF produces an attractive return. Choosing right ETF will enable the investors to achieve good return.

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021446   Patra R K;Dasgupta S (NO, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Symbiosis Internationa, Pune) : Understanding the synergy of Carroll's Model with the global and Indian Corporate Social Responsibility Guidelines: a conceptual study. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(10), 80-7.

CSR is a much discussed topic in today's world. There are different national and international organizations that have devised guidelines for assessing CSR activities of different companies. There is also a pool of researchers who are working in CSR domain to understand how theoretical constructs can be applicable to corporate. One of the generalized models of CSR which most scholars refer to is Carroll's four layered pyramidal model. The objective of this paper is to understand whether there is sync between Carroll's CSR model and the guidelines proposed by national and international organizations. The methodology of this paper would be to undergo a thematic analysis of national and international guidelines and take an inductive approach to understand whether the parameters fit into the theoretical constructs as proposed by Carroll. This paper' would take into account Carroll's model of CSR and National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental & Economic Responsibility of Business (NVG), year-201l-12 and Global Reporting Index (GRI), year 2000-2011 guidelines. The findings of this paper will help to identify the gaps between conceptual level and implementation level from the analysis of guidelines such as GRI in the global context and NVG in the Indian context. The final analysis will enable researchers in understanding whether the theoretical approach of CSR as presented in Carroll's model has practical relevance to corporate.

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021445   Panchal A;Indrale S;Jadhav N;Karlekar N (B.E Final Year Student, Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala, Maharashtra) : I-voting system using JCJ protocol. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 115-8.

The JCJ protocol is used to implement I-voting systems architecture. This system provides security to Internet-voting using different security algorithms (like MD9). In this system there are three types of users that are Administrator, Nominator, voters. Each user has different rights to access the I-voting system. The whole I-voting system is controlled by administrator module. They has to verify voters and nominators application and depend upon verification result decides to accept or reject application of that particular user. For verification of voters and nominator the UID and OTP are used. After registration nominator and voter can check election schedule. On the date of election voter has to vote and can see result on the date of result which is scheduled by administrator.

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021444   Pal M K;Anamika (Institute of Management and Information Science, , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Email: manas.sbp@gmail.com ) : Imparting entrepreneurship education for strategic innovation and economic development: A study in Odisha. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 234-53.

The paper is written with an aim to present some important issues and challenges in the field of Higher Education and its role in developing a culture of entrepreneurship in the state of Odisha, India. This paper is an attempt to examine a range of issues and themes linked to promotion of entrepreneurship in the state; the research is done to bring forward some points related to entrepreneurship education linked to academics such as - how to develop entrepreneurship culture among students, entrepreneurial skills and the strategies to be adopted in Higher Education in Odisha. It's been observed that in spite of increasing attention on entrepreneurship, there exists a gap between policy and implementation, higher education and entrepreneurship education and other skill development trainings in the state. The paper serves as a platform for a detailed research and analysis of entrepreneurship and related education and training. This endeavor is expected to help policy makers as well as Higher Educational Institutes to inculcate a culture of entrepreneurship in the state.

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021443   Nagesh D S;Thomas S (NO, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram-695 011, Email: dsnagesh@rediffmail.com) : Success factors of public funded R&D projects. Curr Sci 2015, 108(3), 357-63.

Research and development (R&D) projects which are classified into basic research, applied research and product development are being carried out by industries, academia and R&D institutes. Such projects funded by government agencies are common among nations all around the globe. They are basically aimed at developing national science and technological competence than direct market orientation or commercialization and are in many respects different from industrial R&D projects. Most of them are handled by the academic/R&D institutions. Their target is long term, need high intellectual input, benefits may not .be tangible and risk is high. The outcome of such R&D projects is not always successful and the underlying reasons may vary widely. Various factors have been identified and projected: out of which many are common, some are contextual and the rest are even contradicting. Not many attempts were carried out to identify the factors which contribute to the success of projects carried out by academic/R&D institutions, which is of high relevance to the Indian context. Hence in this article, we attempt to review various factors contributing to the success of projects which are funded by the government and grouped them into common eight categories such as type of the project, leader's competence, team, environment, funding and other resources, management support, collaboration and degree of difficulty.

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021442   Mohanty P C;Dash M (SOA University, , Bhubaneswar, Odisha) : Matching training methods with learning styles. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(10), 24-9.

The focus of any attempt at knowledge enhancement, Skill formation and behavioral modification is the learner. Research has proved that learners have their unique way of learning. That is why the trainer should acquire information about the learners' style of learning and adjust the training modules and methods accordingly, to maximize the outcome in a training program. This study is an attempt to understand a synergy between learning styles of the learners and training methods followed by the trainers. A study was made with 202 branch heads of a micro finance organization whose learning style was identifies through VARK Questionnaire and the result was analyzed. The outcome confirmed that people have variations in their learning preferences. Simultaneously the feedback received from the participants revealed that people are not rigid on their learning preferences. This paper has analyzed major learning theories and the learning preferences of people and applied them to the study.

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021441   Lokesh Kumar;Panigrahi A (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, , MahaRashtra, Email: kesharorapgims@gmail.com) : Communication with doctors: empowering Pharma field force with modern marketing techniques. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 191-201.

Pharmaceutical industry is comparatively a different concept than all the other business segments in the sense of the consumers it targets. When most of the businesses target the end users directly, the pharmaceutical industry designs various promotional strategies mainly targeting the doctors, for them being their prime customers and enjoying the power of prescription. Again the pharmaceutical market is more competitive, unpredictable and players have to devise innovative modes of communication to persuade the doctors, the trends being shifted to e -detailing, online sampling and modern CRM activities. This article basically explores advanced communication strategies, segmentation, personal selling, digital marketing and CRM activities involved to influence prescription because for every segment, strategy and product positioning is different which in turn is based on prescription habit, frequency of prescription and potential of the doctors. The article accommodates due room for the effective feedback of daily call reporting and secondary sales without which quantum increase in sales does not have any possibility. All these strategies focus on the vitality of communication, not only because it is the key for promoting brands but it's also a strategic view of engaging the customers to that particular brand and increasing the market share.

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021440   Lakshmana Rao A (Basic Sciences and Humanities Dep, Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, Tekkali-532 201) : EOQ model for deteriorating items with selling price dependent demand and time-varying holding cost under partial backlogging. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 148-53.

In this paper, author considered a deterministic inventory model with selling price dependent demand and time-varying holding cost. The model considered here allows for shortages, and the demand is partially backlogged. The model is solved analytically by maximizing profit function. The results are illustrated with numerical illustrations for the model. The model can be applied to optimize profit function for the business enterprises where the deterioration rate is selling price dependent.

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021439   Kesavan V (NO, Guruvayurappan Institute of Management, Coimbatore) : Study on working capital management of aviation industry with specific reference to spicejet airlines. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 67-75.

A well designed and implemented working capital management provides significant contribution to a firm's profitability and helps to maintain liquidity powers. The purpose of this study is to assess working capital adequacy and its impact on profitability; and to investigate the relationship between profitability and liquidity of firms. Working capital refers to the firm's investment in short term assets. The management of working capital is important to the financial health of business of all sizes. The amounts invested in working capital are often high in proportion to the total assets employed and so it is vital that these amounts are used in an efficient way. The management of working capital affects the liquidity and the profitability of the corporate firm and consequently it's net worth (Smith, 1980). Working capital management therefore aims at maintaining a balance between liquidity and profitability for conducting day to day operations of the business concern. Inefficient working capital management not only reduces the profitability of business but also ultimately lead to financial crises, Chowdhury and Amin (2007). The study aims to provide empirical evidence about the effects in current liabilities of Spicejet Airlines, Limited.

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021438   Karuppasamy K;Christopher Gnanaraj S (NO, Kalasalingam University, ) : Study on employing of optimum resources in multi project scheduling. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 58-61.

Resources management plays a key role in the success of any construction project. Incapable resources usage has its effect on the cost and schedule of a project. Construction contractors usually deploy simultaneous multiple projects under limited resources e.g. labors and machines condition. The resources are always limited in nature.. The main problem of the construction people to make use of the resources in fruitful manner. The most important part of a construction project scheduling is the assignment of resources and the harmonization of their work to minimize the project duration. These problems can reputedly be solved as the well-known problem in the operation research: Resource-Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling (RCMPS).The ever increasing project complexity is the key driver for construction mangers to take up the critical path method (CPM) based scheduling software like Primavera Project Planner.

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021437   Jindal A (Management Dep, JJT University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan) : Impact of luxury dimensions on tier-2 city consumers. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 93-103.

This is one of the first investigations of consumer motivations of purchasing luxury branded goods in tier-2 cities of India. The purpose of the study is to analyse the luxury market in tier-2 cities of Indian and determine the factors that determine luxury consumption in tier-2 cities. The research identifies the various dimensions of luxury brands consumption and analyse those dimensions in relation to tier-2 city consumers. The luxury value dimensions studied in the present research are quality value, premium price value, social value and brand loyalty value. The data was collected from 300 respondents in Meerut. The results highlighted that in emerging cities of India consumer perceive quality as the luxury brand determinant. Further, strong patron status suggested the `bandwagon effect' among respondents, who place greater emphasis on the effect they make on others while consuming luxury brands and attach less importance to price as an indicator of prestige.

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021436   Hawa A;Kanani H;Patel M;Taneja N;Maru P; Kaliwala S;Gopani S;Sharma S;Sharma S;Patel S (UG students in Business administration Dep, B. K. Majumdar Institute of Business Administration, Ahmedabad Univers, Ahmedabad, Email: harsh.k14@blmiba.edu ) : Study on consumer purchase intention towards ready-to-eat food in Ahmedabad. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 202-9.

The research focused on finding the reasons for purchase and non-purchase of Ready-to-Eat food as a substitute to a daily meal (i.e. Indian breads, Rice and curries) taking into consideration the changes in socio-economic conditions prevalent today. It thus focuses on knowing the perception of the consumers towards Ready-to-Eat food and the impact of factors on their purchase intention. There existed an ambiguity of what Ready-to-Food is, as different sources provided with different meanings. Various secondary sources were referred and primary pilot test was conducted to narrow on the operational definition of Ready-To-Eat food. In order to derive a niche expertise of derived findings, the research was restricted to only branded Ready-to-Eat products and to Consumers who were aware about RTE food products. To further narrow down the scope of research and retain the accuracy of the results, the research focused on respondents belonging to West and New West Zone. In order to analyze and interpret the data, various quantitative techniques including Chi-Square test were applied. Findings suggest that `Ease of Use' and `Saving of Time' were the two most important factors that affect buyers and potential buyers of RTE food. The research further states as to how people look for the value they pay for when it comes to RTE food unlike any other food related purchase. And so comes with it a strong favorability to Health, Quality, Brand Image and Availability. Purchase intention was found to be dependent on Age, Income, Marital status, Education status. Research findings where recommended and verified by the prominent market players such Vadilal Food and canteens of various colleges and corporations. The research spouts out the purchase intention of consumers towards RTE food and the reason hidden underneath; in the city of Ahmadabad. The relevance of the results may turn out to be of utmost important and useful for the upcoming and existing players in Ready to Eat food industry.

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021435   Ganguly P;Sharma S (NO, , NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur) : Sustainable development of coastal tourism in Digha, West Bengal : An investigation of local residents? attitude. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 34-44.

The sustainable development as a strategic tool requires a process of planning and management that brings together a series of interests and stakeholder's concerns in the form of planning and development. The impacts of coastal tourism on local community involve social, cultural, political and economic issues. Therefore, keeping in view the importance and relevance of the stakeholder cooperation for sustainable coastal tourism development, and the local community/residents being the key stakeholders, the objective of this quantitative research is to study the local Residents' Attitude in Coastal resort Digha, West Bengal, India- towards the impacts of coastal tourism as also to suggest the strategic interventions for current problems and future needs. In this process the researcher collected primary data from 180 respondents in the study area by survey method and further analysis done through Mini Tab & SPSS using different statistical tools & techniques like- simple statistical calculations, co-relation, regression to come to the conclusion. The study finding suggests that the residents' participation and co-operation is necessary to make the development more sustainable.

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021434   Dwivedi P;Dwivedi R K (Mechanical Engg Dep, MANIT, Bhopal) : Quantitative assessment of contribution of value of maintenance activity using risk-based method in Oil industry. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2014, 3(10), 30-6.

The aim of the study is to find a methodology to quantitatively asses the contribution of maintenance activities in reducing overall risk and ensure the regularity of work. In this work a risk-based methodology is proposed to quantitatively asses the value of maintenance activities. The value of maintenance activities (maintenance value) is expressed as the risk reduction values that could be achieved by performing a particular maintenance activity. In other words maintenance value is defined as the positive contribution of maintenance towards the system.

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021433   Dhivaagar S;Raja V K M;Muthu Mariappan P (Civil Dep, C.A.R.E Group of Institutions, Tiruchirappalli) : Study on proactive EHS management system and its implementation in construction industry. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(3), 79-82.

Construction activity in India has travelled a long distance in a relatively short period of time. The social concern of safety of construction workers and their protection against injury arising out of their employment is quite evident for a long term. Measures are taken to translate social concern into programs of action-legislative. This Projects Aims at Providing a Healthy & Safe job environment for all workers to carry out their tasks and responsibilities and thus by minimizing impacts of accidents. Therefore it develops a workplace- atmosphere where constant improvement and learning from errors are embraced by all employees. It also afford training to all employees to understand the risky hazards and appropriate control measures.

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021432   Dash M;Das J R;Mohanty A K (Faculty of Management Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar) : CRM and data mining: A strategic imperative in the business. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(5), 5-7.

During economic recession several companies face a dangerous period and also during this period some companies are growing by shoplifting share from others. Companies are finding their way to re-power & re-energize their strategies. In the competitive dynamic market, marinating and building strong relationship with customers is essential for long term business endurance. Businesses are now being anxious to place their clients at the heart of all of their activities and to rethink their entire sales and marketing strategies. Many companies have invested heavily in technologies enabling a customerfocused relationship marketing strategy. Currently, firms are applying Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to facilitate the maintenance of this relationship. CRM tool provides a method of maximizing existing customer resource as well as adding value from the customers' perception. This paper provides a holistic view of CRM from both a business and a technology perspective

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021431   Chavan R R;Surve A Y (Management Dep, Mizoram University, Mizoram, Email: r_anuradhaa@yahoo.com) : Financial management skills of the SHG members: A case study of Perambalur block. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 261-72.

Self Help Group (SHG) movement has been viewed as tool for financial inclusion and empowerment of rural folks, particularly underprivileged and marginalized women folks. Access to credit has been a motivational factor for the rural women to join hands to come together as group. The access to credit has developed the financial management skill of each members of the group which is an essential part of human resource development. Women are known for small saving and better management of finance. The access to credit has made women folks to alter their role in fear of social backlash. The present paper is based on primary data collected from 150 members of 27 groups in Perambalur block of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu. It was found that none of the group is in involved in entrepreneurial activities; their main activity is internal loaning. The member with education background feels that their education helps them in managing and maintain the groups account and other records in better way. It was also found that older groups are maintaining double entry methods and younger groups are maintaining records in rough entry method.

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021430   Chavan R R;Surve A Y (School of Management Studies, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Email: domsrrchavan09@gmail.com) : Assessing parameters of employability skills: an employers' perspective. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 254-60.

This article is based on the survey findings of employers' perception on parameters of employability skills. The questionnaire were utilised as the main instrument to gauge the employers' perception about employability skills. The sample respondent comprises HR managers and experts from different industries. The research instrument has been validated by taking the opinions of two academicians and one industrial expert. The findings of reliability test indicates that questionnaire design is reliable with Chronbach's alpha à=0.863. The employability skills were ranked and results showed that all 14 employability skills were considered important by employers with integrity and honesty, problem-solving, team work, self-confidence, communication skills are highly amongst the skills demanded by employers.

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021429   Ahmadi S A A;Veiseh S M;Tadayon A;Kamari F (Higher Education Center, Management Dep, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran, Email: amir7912000@yahoo.com) : Investigation of relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction of faculty members of university of Ilam, Iran. Asian J Mgmt Res 2014, 5(2), 210-22.

This survey was aimed to study the relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction of faculty members of University of Ilam. In this regard, there were some hypotheses from which one was regarded as the main. The independent variables included organizational identity, suitable reward system, promotion of autonomy and authority, expansion of type-A behaviors, Ambiguity tolerance, Promotion of cooperative ambience and conflict tolerance. Job satisfaction was regarded as the dependent variable of the study. To test the Hypotheses of the study, a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by Cronbach's a, was designed. The questionnaires were distributed among the population. About 114 ones were collected, and then analyzed. The Ss were 123 faculty members of University of Ilam. The questionnaire consisted of 45 items. To analyze the data, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used. According to the results, there was a meaningful relationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction of faculty members of University of Ilam. Also, there was a meaningful relationship between the secondary hypotheses, whit the exception of autonomy and conflict tolerance.

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020423   Saini P;Visht S (Pharmaceutical Technology Dep, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut Uttar Pradesh, Email: pinkysaini00@gmail.com) : Pharmacy education: TQM. Int J Pharm Life Sci 2014, 5(4), 3440-51.

Pharmaceutical education is rapid growing and wide sector which caters health care system, conducts research, manufacturing and marketing of biological and pharmaceuticals products and medicinal devices used for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Organized and quality knowledge regarding theoretical and practical aspects is basic and challenging requirement to meet the need of daily changing scenario in pharmacy education. Total Quality Management (TQM) approach, which is aimed to prevent defects rather than detection of defects, can be used to improve the quality education of professionals and finally to attain, maintain and assure quality education to pharmacy professional. This article focuses on TQM, its elements, advantage, disadvantage, implementation of TQM to improve pharmacy education and professionals.

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020422   Meena S;Singh I P (NO, College of Agriculture SKRAU, Bikaner-334 001, Email: drsinghip.eco@gmail.com) : Price spread and efficiency of marketing of tomato in Rajasthan. Indian J agric Res 2014, 48(4), 294-300.

Investigation was carried out to study the price spread and efficiency in marketing of tomato. The study was conducted in Jaipur and Kota which were selected on the basis of highest area and production of tomato. Due to perishable nature of vegetable, the farmers did not stock tomato for sale in lean months. Therefore, there was no difference in marketable and marketed surplus of tomato. Total marketing cost accounted for 18.20 per cent and marketing margins accounted for 31.80 per cent of consumer's rupee. In Kota, producer's share in consumer's rupee was 52.73 per cent. Total marketing cost accounted for 18.21 per cent and marketing margins were 29.06 per cent of consumer's rupee. Total marketing cost accounted for 18.22 per cent and marketing margins were 38.45 per cent of price paid by the consumer. Total marketing cost accounted for 18.40 per cent and marketing margins were 34.33 per cent of price paid by the consumer.

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020421   Bhore K S;Ekale J V;Sidam V N (Extension Education Dep, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, Maharashtra) : Constraint faced by rural youth in participating activities of Adarsh Gaon Yojana. Agric Update 2014, 9(3), 396-8.

'Ex-post-facto' research design was adopted to identify the constraints faced by rural youth in participating activities of Adharsh Gaon Yojana. Human resources our greatest potential assets which need to be cultivated for the betterment of our country. For the study, Parbhani and Osmanabad district were selected randomly, from each district two talukas, from each taluka two villages were selected where Adarsh Gaon Yojana was implemented. From each of the village fifteen numbers of respondents were selected. Thus, 120 respondents were selected for study. It was noticed that majority of respondents were having education upto college and higher education, nuclear type family, farming is main occupation, medium annual income, medium source of information and medium level of cosmopolitness and majority of respondents were having medium level of overall participation.

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019427   Pawar P A;Pande P (Management Science(PUMBA) Dep, Savitribai Phule Pune Univ, Pune-411 007) : Enhancing total-value creation through loyalty in customer-seller relationships. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2015, 4(1), 80-3.

Customers and sellers enter a business relationship over a period of time. Relationships are assumed to grow, deteriorate, and dissolve as a consequence of many interactions. Loyalty develops in the relationship owing to number of repeated transactions. Today, concept of loyalty is a key factor in business relationship. This paper tries to presents brief idea of loyalty in customer seller relationship. It focuses on what exactly loyalty is in customer seller relationship. It presents an economic perspective of loyalty. This is an attempt to contribute to a better understanding of how loyalty in customer seller relationship emerges, reasons for it and under what conditions, customer and seller move away from loyalty. Present paper firstly proposes an economic perspective of loyalty in customer seller relationship, then dynamics of loyalty is discussed followed by a virtuous cycle of customer value enhancement through loyalty then thresholds of loyalty and at the end it state reasons for moving away from loyalty.

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019426   Mohan Kumar;Binu Kumara S (Zoology PG and Research Dep, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore-641 029) : Municipal solid waste management in Coimbatore city. Asian J biochem pharm Res 2014, 5(1), 74-7.

Municipal Solid Waste Management is a major challenge for Local Governments in both urban and rural areas throughout the country. Municipal Solid Waste Management in developing cities will face even greater challenges in the upcoming years because of urbanization, rapid growth of population and industrialization. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is one of the integral parts of the urban development and planning that requires the due to contribution of all the stake holders to arrive at a technically feasible, cost effective, revenue generating, compact, environmental friendly and pollution free system. Application of MSW compost (MSWC) in agricultural soils can directly alter soil physicochemical properties as well as promote plant growth. Therefore the management of solid waste continues to be one of the major issues facing municipal planners due to increased population levels. Planners are thus forced to consider alternate and available means of disposal, especially by minimizing damage to the ecosystem and human population.

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019425   Kishore N T K;Seema;Reddy G R (NO, School of Agribusiness Management, College of Agriculture, Acharyan N, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 30) : Effect of alternative source of employment on availability of agriculture labour in paddy growing areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh- a case study. Andhra Agric J 2013, 60(2), 449-53.

It is observed that there has been a drastic change in labour availability pattern in low lying paddy growing areas. The present study is made to explore the pattern of availability of labour for paddy cultivation and reasons for the change. Farmers are facing shortage of agriculture labour availability for transplanting, weeding, pesticide and fertilizer application, harvesting, threshing and winnowing activities. Lack of willingness to work as agriculture labour, migration of agriculture labour to nearby urban areas and other government employment generation schemes are perceived as top three reasons for non availability of agriculture labour. Non agriculture unskilled labour are comparatively better educated than agriculture labour. The demand for the agriculture labour during peak season is resulting in migration of agriculture labour from other areas. Due to limited income it is observed that few tenant farmers, marginal and small farmers are also working as agriculture labour on other farms, similarly few small and marginal farmers are leasing out their land and are attending to other alternative source of employment. Non agriculture unskilled labour are more satisfied with working environment and wages, than agriculture labour.

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019424   Khanna M;Sharma R K (NO, School of Management Career Point Univ, Hamirpur, Email: s manish.khanna80@gmail.com ) : Employees performance appraisal and its techniques. Asian J Adv Basic Sci 2014, 2(2), 51-8.

Performance appraisal important, because it play a vital role in any organization human resource framework. There are clear benefit from managing individual & team performance to achieve organizational objectives. Performance appraisal is an important tool in the hands of personal management because this technique accomplishes the main objective of the department of the development of people by appraising the worth of the individual. The performance management process provides a vehicle through which employees and their supervisors collaborate to enhance work results and satisfaction. This process is most effective when both the employee and the supervisor take an active role and work together to accomplish the objectives of organization. Appraisal takes place annually between the manager and the employee. However there are number of trends that are changing the style and relationship of the appraisal. In this paper we present the review of some unstructured appraisal technique, traditional technique & modern techniques of performance appraisal.

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019423   Gabeta A;Cini M;Cucllari F (Management Dep, Faculty of Economics, "Fan S. Noli" Univ, Shetitore "Rilindasit", 7001 Korce, Albania, Email: mirelacini@yahoo.com) : Food supply chain management in Albania : prospects and challenges. Int J agric statist Sci 2015, 11(1), 59-68.

The production of processed foods is relatively new in Albania and has a lot of problems. This paper explores the characteristics as well as challenges and opportunities facing the food supply chain management in Albania. The analysis conducted in the paper allows concluding that the identified challenges confront the private sector are related to a growing pressure to improve operations and efficiency, to create quality standards and products safety, to promote cooperation and information sharing and to adopt new technologies.

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018404   Sanjiv Kumar;Adhish V S;Deoki N (NO, Global Health and Leadership, INCLEN Institute of Global Health, F-1/5, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-1, New Delhi-110 020, Email: drsanjivkumardixit@gmail.com) : Making sense of theories of leadership for capacity building. Indian J community Med 2014, 39(2), 82-6.

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018403   Prakash Mandal J;Sarkhel J (Economics Dep, Raghunathpur College, Raghunathpur, Purulia-723 133, Email: jyotiprakash1757@gmail.com) : Export potentiality of lac industry. Indian J Landsc Syst ecol Stud 2014, 37(2), 29-37.

There was a steady increase in exports of lac goods. Production of lac good is mainly export-oriented up-till now. Shellac Export Promotion Council (SEPC) did good service in regulating the export since its inception, 1957. After the introduction of economic reform export trade of shellac and seedlac is waking up. A study on the value and volume of export since planning has been made where we have seen that in the last few years' conditions of lac trade ran successfully and gain momentum. In contrast, index of unit value realization has shown a fluctuating tendency and downward trend. Export of other forms of lac known as value added products has been increased remarkably. Break-up of grade-wise export in value added product for the last decade presented in tabular form. With its versatile properties and eco-friendly nature, its export and internal trade also calls for promotion of lac industry.

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018402   Mishra P;Vishwajith K P;Padmanaban K;Dhekale B S;Sahu P K (Agriculutre Statistics Dep, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur Nadia-741 252, Email: pradeepjnkvv@gmail.com) : Modelling and forecasting in production, import export and consumption scenario of particle board and plywood in India. Envir Ecol 2014, 32(2A), 747-51.

Wood and wood based products are important part of our day to day life. In modem civilization, the wood is playing useful and important role. In India, three main types of wood based panels viz., plywood including blockboards and flushdoors, fiber boards and particle boards are manufactured. This study focused on forecasting the production, import-export and consumption of particle board and plywood using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model. Time series data covering the period 1974-2010 were used for the study. The result shows that production of particle board and plywood in India for the year 2020 is estimated at about 30484 and 2279186 m^{3 respectively. Thus the particle board and plywood sector can play a vital role in the economy of India.}

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018401   He W;Zhang C;Hao R (Donlinks School of Economics and Management, Univ of Science and Technology Beijing, No. 30, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, P.R. China, Email: haorongnfc@hotmail.com) : Analysis of electricity price policy and economic growth. J scient ind Res 2015, 74(1), 11-18.

This study presents the dynamic influences and changes of economic development on which the electricity price policy impact through theoretical model in China. The results show that from the static point of view, low electricity price level seems to be good for economic benefits. However, from a long-term and dynamic point of view, low electricity prices and economic development is not only having no obvious positive correlation, but instead a significant negative correlation. The emergence of this situation is mainly affected by short-term GDP and government officials in the pursuit of political achievements. In the short-term, low electricity price may promote the economic development. However, low electricity price will induce the development of high energy-consuming and low value-added industries in the long run, which is not good for the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure. Therefore, the low electricity price policy ultimately goes against economic development.

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