022003   Duraivelu K;SuryaprakasaRao K (Rajalakshmi Engineering college, , Sriperumbudur 602 105, Email: kduraivelu@yahoo.com) : Multi criteria decision making process for individual customers. Int J mathl Sci 2006, 5(2), 293-301.

Presents two different Multi Citeria Decision Making approaches; analytic Hierarchy Process, Interactive Evaluation and Bound procedure, to enable the individual customers to identify the most desired decision alternative ina multi criteria environment. The output of Analytic Hierarchy Process is a prioritised ranking of the decision alternatives based on the overall preferences expressed by the customer. The latter approach calculates the bounds and performs tests to exclude some of the alternatives. This procedure repeats and terminates when a preferred alternative is identified. Both the approaches have been explained in detail for selecting of best choice of the models of the product `bicycle'.

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021020   Manjaiah D H;Subramanya K N;Sharma S C (NO, , ) : Customer oriented visual shop floor management. J Analysis Computn 2006, 2(2), 149-57.

Shop floor management is customer-oriented, which also enables managers and supervisors to easily manage their shops. Thus mainly involves updating the orders, beginning into reality the production plans etc. The primary goal of shop floor management is to enable the users to focus on what is to be done rather than who has the authority to do it. Shop floor management uses many management techniques, new problems solving tools and information flow. Shop floor management system is user friendly as they enable managers and supervisors to layout manufacturing and production information. It also enables the customer to focus mainly on their needs than focusing on authority behind the work. Thus shop floor system severs to both the customer and the manager. Shop floor management system have been becoming increasingly more affordable. It is more a necessity than an option because the system like these emphasizes on process as well as on structure by using different managing techniques and tools. The shop floor is considered as a place where people can add value to the society and strengthen is foundation.

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021019   Manjaiah D H;Subramanya K N;Sharma S C (NO, , ) : Management of VISUAL manufacturing ERP system. J Analysis Computn 2006, 2(2), 141-8.

VISUAL Manufacturing is a fully integrated Windows-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software system, with over 3,000 installations worldwide. VISUAL Manufacturing runs on Windows NT, UNIX, Novell or OS400 using SQLBase, Microsoft SQL Server, ORACLE or DB2/400 relational databases, and is certified for both AS/400e and Netfinity servers. VISUAL Manufacturing plays a critical role in the operation by providing the team with an easy-to-understand graphical depiction of how it is doing in meeting scheduling and cost bogies. It has provided management and employee teams with much better control over production flow, and it has reduced the amount of time required for production planning.

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018960   Vishanani S;Shah B K (Finance Faculity, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow) : Liquidity v/s. profitability- a detailed study in perspective of indian consumer electronics industry. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 13-20.

There is the need to study the important role of working capital in profit generating process. If a company desires to take a greater risk for bigger profits and losses, it reduces the size of its working capital in relation to its sales. If it is interested in improving its liquidity; it increases the level of its working capital. However, this policy is likely to result in a reduction of the sales volume, therefore of profitability. Hence, a company should strike a balance between liquidity and profitability. In this paper an effort has been made to make an empirical study of Indian Consumer Electronics Industry for assessing the impact of working capital on profitability during the period 1994-95 to 2004-05. The impact of working capital on profitability has been examined by computing co-efficient of correlation and regression analysis between profitability ratio and working capital ratio.

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018959   Sreekumar;Patel G (NO, Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, Rourkela) : Performance measurement of some B-schools in india through data envelopement analysis. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 71-82.

Budgetary constraint on the Government funded B-Schools, entry of foreign B-Schools and establishment of private universities providing management education in India has necessitated in measuring the efficiency of these schools. Many magazines & journal reports on regular basis ranking of B-Schools based on the subjective surveys. Compares the efficiency of selected B-Schools in India using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is relatively new but powerful quantitative & analytical tool for measuring and evaluating the performance.

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018958   Rose R C;Naresh Kumar (Graduate School of Management (GSM), Putra Univ, Malaysia) : Blockade for career advancement in Japanese organization abroad: the case of Malaysian subsidiaries. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 53-64.

Japanese economic now has captured through theirs landmark mechanism and pose challenges with the local managers while operating in a foreign country, specially Malaysia. A case Study is being put forward here which looks the impact of demographic an organisational factor with respect to perceived barriers how does it effects to local manager's career advancement opportunities into higher management positions in Japanese firms and make further blockade for them.

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018957   Kaushik A (Commerce Dep, CCS Univ, Meerut) : Shopping malls in an experience economy. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 105-11.

Indian customer today has become much more discerning and value conscious, The product & its usage are the basic criteria but the environment in which it is made available has also become critical, thus the emergence of experience is gaining importance, they customers today increasingly prefer to go to a shopping mall for an evening of shopping and entertainment and more money for their extravaganza and usage. An effort has been made to understand the change in the Indian customer's perspective with respect to the experience economy in a competitive environment. And the developers of shopping malls how do provide the customers with an exciting experience by integrating shopping with significant entertainment & recreation, promoters wishing to be experience providers need to know the various aspects of experience economy etc. A paradoxical survey has been done, keeping in view to know the problems and prospects of the shopping malls and solve it to through a dynamic strategy.

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018956   Kar S K (Marketing Area, IIMA, Wing-9A, Vastrapur, Ahemedabad-380 015) : Category management and sustainable advantage: an indian perspective. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 31-46.

Category management (CM) is a collaborative process between the retailer and manufacturer. This begins with shifting management's brand centric focus to category level growth. Intense competition and product proliferation leading to fighting for retailer's limited shelf space forces manufactures to maximize profit and optimize stock keeping units (SKUs) and shelf space at the store. CM is directly concerned with the increasing knowledge of consumer base and joint planning with supplier to improve profit and customer satisfaction. It is a demand side strategy to determine effective allocation of right shelf space to desired SKUs on the retailers' shelves. Research has shown that manufacturers and retailers continue to rate category management as "critically important" and remains a core business practice in consumer package goods (CPG) industry. The Indian consumer choices and preferences are changing very fast. They are more demanding in term of quality and variety now than before. Hence consumer needs to be served better in terms of quality product offerings at cheaper price within a product category. So it becomes inevitable for both retailers and manufactures to look collectively at the category growth. The paper looks at how CM can be used by Indian manufactures and retailers to gain sustainable advantage.

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018955   Islam M;Ahlawat N; Harjit Singh (IMM, , New Delhi) : E-based supply chain management: the paradigm shift. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 83-92.

Supply chain has emerged as a major force in business environment efforts. And we are in the midst of a revolution in business commerce created by the emergence of the information technology (IT). The new era of digital economy is unfolding in front of us, yet many organizations are not taking advantage of its potential impact. Supply chain success just doesn't happen. This in turn provides agility to handle exceptions and to adapt to changes. It takes focus and effort across the entire organization and with outside suppliers and service providers: Logistics touches every part of a organization. So supply chain management must be multidimensional in its approach and scope. And this takes process, people and Information technology. This is true whether you are a wholesaler, retailer or manufacturer. And it is true if you are lean and need to be agile, stretchy and mutual. This paper provides an excellent track for combining these two powerful business tools to achieve integrated network collaboration and breakthrough improvement in both top and bottom line growth.

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018954   Hamed S H;Mustafa M (Commerce JMI Dep, , New Delhi) : Conceptual Framework of social auditing. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 65-70.

Concern in social auditing increased because of the world stresses sustainable development tools in keeping and maintaining resources. Inspite of this importance, till now there is no agreement on its concept or defining its main features. Defines the concept of the social auditing, the concerns of the society and people to the social auditing how does it further benefits to the society. Inspite of its benefits some of the financial and control environments ignores its applications. Thus ' its applications will be showed in Iraq, Malta and India and identifying the points that hinder implementing it in the right way.

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018953   Ansari V A (Business Administration Dep, Aligarh Muslim Univ, Aligarh-202 002) : Further evidence on IPO underpricing in india. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 21-30.

It a company desires to take a greater risk for bigger profits and losses, it reduces the size of its working capital in relation to its sales. If it is interested in improving its liquidity, it increases the level of its working capital. However, this policy is likely to result in a reduction of the sales volume, therefore of profitability. Company should strike a balance between liquidity and profitability. Effort has been made made to an empirical study of Indian Consumer Electronics Industry for assessing the impact of working capital on profitability during the period 1994-95 to 2004-05. The impact of working capital on profitability has been examined by computing co-efficient of correlation and regression analysis between profitability ratio and working capital ratio.

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018952   Agarwal B;Jain A (NO, Shri Vaishnav institute of Management, Indore) : Cutting edge technology and women empowerment. Pranjana 2006, 9(2), 47-51.

In the most societies of the world, women have been defined largely in terms of their functions as wives and mothers and by cultural image of their sexuality. Many people including women themselves think that they cannot think of performing any role other then wife and mother. The present study has tried to shatter this long held notion about women's place and the accepted belief of their nature and function. With the possibility of economic independence through respectable employment become a reality of women. They do take advantage of the opportunity. The educated Indian woman, when comes in contact with a broader culture than that of her home, learns about new role potentialities and would like to adopt certain changes in the traditional roles.

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017862   Agrawal N;Jain R C (NO, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal) : Management and decision making using fuzzy set theory. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2006, 18(2), 215-20.

Probability theory cannot deal with important aspects of project uncertainty and cannot explain some important aspects of observed project managemt:practice. Decision-making methods using fuzzy set theory have gradually gained acceptance because of their capablities in handling the impreciseness that is common in system specifications, states and alternatives ratings, A fuzzy model of decisions is presented that accommodates certain constrainst C and goals G. Here both constraints and goals are treated as fuzzy sets characterized by membership functions. The fuzzy model of decision making is illustrated by a simple example.

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017861   Adinarayana Rao U V;Venkata Subbaiah K (Management Dep, Dr. L. Bullayya PG Coll, Visakhapatnam, Email: adi_narayana@yahoo.com, Mobile:09866045573) : Inventory models for items having stock dependent demand and fuzzy deterioration rate. Ultra Scient phys Sci 2006, 18(2), 207-14.

Most of the perishable inventory models are developed with the assumption that the deterioration rate is constant. But in practical situation there will be little variations for deterioration rate. Inventory models are developed with stock dependent demand and fuzzy deterioration rate using triangular membership function in case of without shortages. Methodology for getting the optimum total cost is also presented. To explore the effectiveness of the model developed, numerical illustration is presented and discussed. Sensitivity analysis is carried out to study the effect of under-estimation and over-estimation of system parameters on the optimal operating strategies.

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016835   Srinivasa Rao K;Srinivasa Rao V;Vivekananda Murty M (Statistics Dep, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003) : On two graded manpower planning model. Opsearch 2006, 43(3), 225-37.

Control of manpower flows is an essential features of manpower Planning. To have a stable and efficient graded structure it is needed to study the constituent process of manpower system namely, recruitment process, promotion process and leaving process. Develops and analyses a two graded manpower planning model with open ended system. Using the differential equations the transient behaviour of the model is analysed. The system characteristics of the model like the average number of employees in two grades, the variances of the grade sizes and the covariance between the two grade sizes are derived through cumulant generating function of the joint grade size distribution. The sensitivity of the model is analysed through numerical illustration. The limiting behaviour of the system is also studied by deriving the joint probability mass function of the number of employees in the each grade under equilibrium. It is observed that the recruitment rates and promotion rates have tremendous influence on the grade size distribution.

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010369   Saravanan R;Rao K S P (Industrial Engineering Department, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, Email: rsaravanan72@yahoo.com) : Impact of total quality service (TQS) dimensions on organizational performance. Int J Mgmt Syst 2006, 22(1), 79-86.

Due to the entry of multinational companies in Indian market, Indian companies have to make their products and services at world-class standards in order to survive in the long run. Hence, Indian companies are forced to adopt new strategies like Total Quality Management (TQM) in their organizations. TQM refers to a combined approach of implementing systems and procedures in the organization by both employees and management voluntarily to meet the needs and expectations of customers. Mainly, the practitioners are interested to know to what extent the implementation of TQM in their organization will improve Business Performance and Customer Satisfaction. Hence, the research work examines the impact of the critical dimensions of TQM on the organizational performance factors with respect to automobile service sector.

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009314   Veera Reddy B;Om Prakash (GDK 10A Incline, RG-II, SCCL, , ) : Downtime analysis - a tool for improving production from a longwall face: a case study of GDK 10A incline. J Mines Metals Fuels 2006, 54(4-5), 109-13.

A critical analysis of downtime/delays of longwall equipment/system at Godavarikhani lOA (GDK IOA) incline longwall panels has been done to assess the possibilities of achieving higher production and harness the existing potential in a better way. Deals with the downtime analysis of GDKIOA longwall and suggestions for maximizing the downtime.

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008178   Thacker N P;Rudra N;Adhya S;Gupta A (Division of Geo-Environment Management, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur-440 020, Email: npthackerin@yahoo.com) : Use of multiple regression analysis for predicting trihalomethane formation in water supply. Asian J Chem 2006, 18(4), 2883-9.

Trihalomethanes represent between 5 and 20% of the total chlorinated products formed during the chlorination process in water treatment. Trihalomethanes are carcinogenic in nature and consequently their presence in drinking water has raised much concern both at national and international levels. The water quality data was collected for Mumbai water supply for the concentrations of individual species of trihalomethanes, chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane and bromoform in finished water at the outlet of treatment process and master balancing reservoir. A multiple regression model for chloroform formation with respect to pH, turbidity and total organic carbon was generated for predicting trihalomethanes in the finished water at the outlet before leaving the treatment plant for the consumers, using the data of Panjrapur, Bhandup, Tulsi and Vehar treatment plants. In general this model was found to give acceptable fits. Overall 80% of the predicted values are within the 95% confidence interval.

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006080   Abhinav Kumar;Mohanty P;Nandakumar R (West Bengal Natn Univ of Juridical Sci, , NUJS Bhawan, 12 L B Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 098, Email: abhinavkumar1985@gmail.com) : Legal protection of trade secrets: Towards a codified regime. J Intellect Prop Right 2006, 11(6), 397-408.

Trade secrets protection has acaquired increased significance in the scenario especially in view of the opening up of the world market and enhanced competition worldwide. Moreover, the fact that trade secret protection is increasingly being preferred over patent protection as a method for protecting undisclosed information has added to its significance. Sketches the broad outline of the trade secret protection law that exists in India and highlights its inadequacy especially inv iew of the legal regime existing in other countries such as the US. Also focuses on the ambiguity of the common law remedy that is available for infringement of trade secrets which is manifested in the inconsistent line of principles laid down by the courts. It also deals with India's obligation under TRIPS to legislate on the question of `undisclosed information'. The article attempts to underline the need to enforce a codified regime by analysing the law as it exists in various other countries.

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006079   Abhinav Kumar;Mohanty P;Nandakumar R (NO, The West Bengal Natn Univ of Juridical Sci, NUJS Bhawan, 12 L B Block, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 098, Email: abhinavkumar1985@gmail.com) : Legal protection of trade secrets : towards a codified regime. J Intellect Prop Right 2006, 11(6), 397-408.

Trade secrets protection has acquired increased significance in the scenario especially in view of the opening up of the world market and enhanced competition worldwide. Moreover, the fact that trade secret protection is increasingly being preferred over patent protection as a method for protecting undisclosed information has added to its significance. Sketches the broad outline of the trade secret protection law that exists in India and highlights its inadequacy especially in view of the legal regime existing in other countries such as the US. Also focuses on the ambiguity of the common law remedy that is available for infringement of trade secrets which is manifested in the inconsistent line of principles laid down by the counrts. It also deals with India's obligation under TRIPS to legislate on the question of `undisclosed information'. Attempts to underline the need to enforce a codifed regime by analysing the law as it exists in various other countries.

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004076   Pillania R K (NO, Inst for Integrat Learning in Mgmt, Delhi) : State of art of knowledge management strategy in Indian organizations. Productivity 2005, 46(2-3), 270-80.

Knowledge has emerged as a critical resource. How firms create disseminate and use knowledge makes or mars them. Sets out to study the knowledge management strategy of Indian organisations. It was found that this strategy is lacking more in the public sector than the private sector, which could have serious implications for India in a global setting.

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003062   Sarkar S R;Sil A (College of Home Science, Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125) : Decision making and preplanning of clothing purchase by the tribal girls. Rajendra Agric Univ J Res 2005, 15(1-2), 140-3.

Tribal people have their own social and cultural values. Study was undertaken to know the decision making, preplanning and budgeting of clothing purchase by the college going tribal girls in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. Kanke block and Ranchi Sadar were selected purposively where most of the colleges are situated. A sample of 200 tribal college girls was selected through Multistaged Stratified Random Sampling Technique from live different colleges using PPS method. Data were collected with the help of pre- tested purposely structured interview schedule. In the study area it was observed that females were the decision maker of clothing purchase. More than three fourth of the respondents preplanned of clothing purchase. Amount to be spent on clothing purchase was the prime factor for preplanning. Study revealed that 51.0% respondents prepared clothing budget before clothing purchase.

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002055   Bhattacharya J;Sachdeva J (Min Engg Dep Lw.B, I.I.T, Kharagpur) : Devising a statistical quality control strategy for Acc Ltd. MGMI Trans 2004, 101(1-2), 72-81.

Statistical Control system performs inspection, testing, and analysis to conclude whether the quality of each product is as per laid quality standards or not. Quality control techniques, particularly control charts, are widely used in many industries for stringent quality control A quality control methodology is developed which focuses on quality control techniques of effective control of the quality of ore. It includes the investigation of statistical quality control techniques for controlling the grades at various work locations as well as development of a statistical model for determining the impact of blending. An investigation of this statistical quality control strategy is presented through a case study conducted in a limestone mine. This investigation was carried out in a limestone mine supplying limestone to a cement plant. The quality of ore varies substantially at different stages of the mining operations.

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000040   Suriyarao U;Swarnalatharaju C (Mgmt Stud Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai) : TQM in public sector banks. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2006, 2(1), 45-50.

The need of the hour is to develop awareness of TQM approach in banks to strive for achieving "Zero error" and "Zero grievance" levels. In fact, most of the bank systems and services are designed to control customers rather than satisfy customers. Banks in India, especially public sector banks, have to bring in more quality in their activities and services in order to be competitive in this changing banking environment. Most bankers would like to believe that they are in the finance industry and not in the service Industry. Thus they tend to compete in terms of financial poewrs rather than service quality. Total quality management, which is about total customer service and continuous customer satisfaction, is applicable not only to the manufacturing industry but also to the service sector where the customer is just as important. Services are where the the future is. It has eben witnessed in the most developed countries of the world that service sector has come to occupy the top position in their economies. Customer satisfaction perhaps is the only route to survival and growth. Developing strategies that focus on satisfaction as the starting point makes it imperative to identify what satisfies or makes the customer happy. The public sector banks must weed out potential bugs and build delight in their delivery to customers. Customer's decision to patronize one and not the other is based on quality service offered to him.

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000039   Chinnadorai K M;Kalpana B;Sadhana B (Commerce Dep, PSG Coll of Arts and Sci, Coimbatore) : TQM. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2006, 2(1), 55-61.

TQM brings about a complete transformation in the role of the workers and managers by emphasizing the quality of output rather than quantity of output. As such, managers and workers are not bound to achieve their work quotas. Instead they apply their expertise in work processes to foresee and eliminate the problems that come in their way to produce quality products, satisfying the customers' requirements.

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006532   Singh J;Om Prakash;Singh V (NO, Jaypee Information Technology Univ, Wakanghat Solan, Himachal Pradesh) : Total quality personnel management in the learning resource centres: role of learning resource manager. Indian J agric Libr Inf Serv 2009, 25(2), 56-62.

Defines Total Quality Management (TQM) approaches in Personnel Management in the Learning Resource Centers (LRC). It is the responsibility of Learning Resource Manager (LRM) to deploy the staff according to their knowledge and skills so that maximum efficiency and effectiveness of available staff can be utilize. The paper discuss how can a LRM implement TQM principles for personnel management. How he or she can satisfy the need of staff as well as clientele. What is the process of conflict solving, established coordination among staff. Finally how TQM principles helpful for the Learning Resource Centers in 21st century.

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006531   Rana M P;Sohel M S I;Chowdhury M S H;Akhter S;Koike M (Forestry and Environmental Science Dep, School of Agriculture and Mineral Science, Shahjalal Science and Techn, Sylhet, Bangladesh-3114, Email: parvez_200207yahoo.com) : Rattan based enterprises in north-eastern region of Bangladesh: status and economic profitability. J Bamboo Rattan 2009, 8(1-2), 75-84.

An exploratory survey was conducted to assess the regional trade pattern, economic profitability and marketing system of rattan-based enterprises in North-eastern region of Bangladesh. A multistage random sampling was adopted to carry out the study. Based on the total investment, the enterprises were divided into large, medium and small. Most of the entrepreneurs (36.67%) are in the age class (30-40) years and (40-50) years respectively. In small category, the lowest entrepreneurs (3.33%) are found graduate which is about 13.33 per cent in large enterprises. Most of the enterprises are in the small category (46.67%) and 60 per cent labours are skilled, whereas only 40 per cent are unskilled. About 14 articles of 23 different sizes were identified made from cane, which are sofa (45 x 45 cm, 50 x 50 cm and 55 x 55 cm), dinning set (4 chairs. 1 table, and 6 chairs and 1 table), bed (1 x 2 in, 1.3 x 2.3 m and 1.5 x 2.3 in), chair (45 x 45 cm and 50 x50 cm), rocking chair (large, medium and small size), dolna (hanging and running), partition, flower vessel holder, mirror holder, handicrafts, mora, table lamp, walking stick, and tea table. In the large category, chair (45 x 45 cm) was produced highest in number while in medium and small categories, chair (50 x 50 cm) and handicrafts were produced highest in number. In all the three categories of enterprises, bed (1.5 x 2.3 m) was produced in lowest number. The total net benefit (Tk 185659) and benefit cost ratio (1:18) was the highest for large rattan enterprises. Among the three categories, the large enterprises are more profitable than the others.

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006530   Mistry M T (Education Dep, Gujarat Univ, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad) : Teachers relationship between job satisfaction and mental health awareness. J Adv dev Res 2010, 1(2), 183-5.

The study was conducted to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and mental health awareness of teachers. A sample of 90 teachers (45 male and 45 female) working in the different schools of Ahmedabad was taken. The main findings of the study were (1) There is no sex difference in job satisfaction of teachers. (2) There is significant sex difference in total mental health awareness of teachers (3) There is positive relationship between job satisfaction and mental health awareness of teachers.

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005457   Mudey A;Khapre M;Mudey G;Chaudhari S;Goyal R C;Wagh V (Microbiology Dep, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (M), Wardha, Maharashtra, Email: drmeenaxi15@yahoo.com) : Self confidence and economic independence at working environment is the secret of satisfaction in employed women: a study conducted in teaching institute attached to rural hospital of Wardha district. Indian J maternal child Hlth 2010, 12(4), (NULL).

In India out of total 397 million workers, 123.9 million are women. Women have to fulfil dual responsibility of family and job.Considering the problems employed women have to face, they experience satisfaction with job 379 employed women in teaching hospital. Questionnaire included demographic profile, working hours; reason for doing study was job, social and health problems. Dr Menninger method of assessing mental health status was adopted. 53% felt economic need for doing job. 36.14% worked for more than 8 hour, 29.99% had job related marital and family conflicts. 54% faced harassment at job. The major health problems were postural in 58.05%. Warning signals of poor mental health were found in 60.95% of employees. Overall 75.99% reported job satisfaction. This may be due to boost up of self confidence and economic independence that employed women experience.

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020087   Chakraborty S;Gulia S;Khadke N (Dep of gymnastics, IGIPESS (Univ. of Delhi), , B-Block, Vikas Puri, New Delhi) : Evaluative study of strategies employed by different coaches for improving teams performance. Scient J Sports Exercise 2008, 4(1), 20-4.

Study was to evaluate the management strategies coaches employed for improving teams performance. For this purpose thirty senior coaches of Haryana states were randomly selected. Result of the study indicates five major areas that identified as important methods in improving overall performance of a team. Today's management thinking is that for better performance and results, the culture has to be job driven instead of old thinking i.e., jobs are cultural driven.

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016005   Vadher J A;Trivedi H S;Patel M B (Faculty of Mechanical Engng, Shantilal Shah Engng Coll, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, Email: javadher1@yahoo.com) : Colour petrinets application to re-scheduling of an activity network. Int J mathl Sci 2007, 6(3-4), 459-69.

Proposes Petrinets based tool, PNRS-Net, and CP-Matrix which demonstrates the usefulness of the model for planning, real time scheduling and Rescheduling in time constrained network. This model can be used both for deterministic and stochastic activity performance time.

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016004   Praveen Joe I R;George Washington D;Radhika S (Computer Applications Dep, R.M.K. Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu) : Art network - a solution for effective warranty management. J Coop Univ Res Ind Enterpr 2008, 1(2), 67-75.

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is an information industry term for methodologies software that help an enterprise manage customer relationships in an organized way. Within the domain of CRM, Analytical CRM analyzes data in an attempt to identify means to enhance a company's relationship with its clients. The applications of analysis include optimizing sales coverage, fraud detection, product development, financial forecasts etc. Focuses on warranty claims that can be analyzed to find common trends and find cost effective solutions to the root of any existing problems as well as discovering any potential fraud. A technique has been proposed which makes use of the ART (Adaptive Resonance Theory) network to classify customer complaints during the warranty period, so as to extract useful information that can be used to make decisions to improve the quality of a product. The most powerful analytical technology in the market right now is data mining. There are many data mining technologies currently in use, such as classical statistics (including chi-square, linear regression, etc.), rule induction and nearest neighbor techniques. The majority of them are well suited to straight forward data mining tasks. However, Neural Networks can be used for both deep knowledge discovery and complex predictive model construction. There are several types of Artificial Neural Networks in use today, but ART is more promising for clustering purposes.

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016003   Huang Y F (Business Administration Dep, Cyaoyang Univ of Technol, Taichung, TTaiwan, R.O.C, Email: huf@mail.cyut.edu.tw) : Supply chain model for the retailer's ordering policy under two levels of deay payments derived algebraically. Opsearch 2007, 44(4), 366-77.

The main purpose of this note is to investigate Huang's model (2003) and extend Huang's model (2003) by considering the selling price per item higher than the purchasing cost per item to determine the optimal ordering policy for the retailer under two levels of delay payments. Then, an algebraic approach is provided and an easy-toªuse procedure developed to find the optimal ordering policy for the retailer. Finally, a numerical example is given to il1ustrate the theoretical results.

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016002   Chandna P;Sharma S K (Mechanical Engg Dep, , NIT Kurukshetra) : Flow-shop sequencing with sequence dependent set-up times and due-dates a dynamic programming approach. Int J mathl Sci 2007, 6(3-4), 483-95.

Using this developed dynamic programming formulation and procedures a computer program has been written in the 'C' language. The software developed is application oriented. A successful application of this developed program has been made to the cold rolled division of a stainless steel industry, which is one of the largest manufacturers of flat steel products in India. Dynamic programming is chosen for its simplicity and easy applicability to multistage problem.

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014851   Vittaldasa Prabhu B (NO, , BITS Of-Campus Faculty, Ashok Leyland Mgt. Devpt. Centre, #312, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Hosur-635 126, Email: Bolanthur@yahoo.com) : Educating manufacturing managers to management. J Coop Univ Res Ind Enterpr 2008, 1(1), 75-83.

In the changing economic scenorio of India, the expectations by the organisations from their managers have increased as each organisation is expected to outperform its competitors often globally with appropriate business strategy. The managers are expected to apply the new management concepts in this direction and also make decisions in the light of these new concepts. Further, the complexity of decision making has increased drastically in the recent years with increased number of decision variables, time availability to decide, frequency of decisions and finally impact of these decisions. Hence decision making, which is manager's job require thorough knowledge of new developments in the field of management and technology. In this context, this paper identifies and discusses various issues of management education to the practicing managers such as need identification, availability of educators, identification of knowledge gaps, unlearning poor practices, learning environment and applications specifically in manufacturing industry.

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013878   Srinivasan A;Sudha K (NO, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-17) : Mean and variance of the time to recruitment in a four graded manpower system for an univariate (min) policy of recruitment. Acta Cienc Indica-Math 2007, 33(3), 1161-5.

In any organization, successive exit of personnel leads to wastage in the form of man hours. The breakdown of the organization is triggered whenever the cumulative loss of manpower exceeds a particular level called threshold, beyond which the organization cannot sustain due to loss of protectivity. In this paper, an organization having four grades, with independent thresholds is considered and the mean and variance of the time to recruitment in this organization are obtained using the shock model and cumulative damage process of reliability theory. The analytical results are numerically illustrated by assuming specific distributions.

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013877   Srinivasan A;Akilandeshwari M (Mathematics Dep, P.G. and Research, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tricky-620 017) : Mean time to recruitment for a two garded manpower system when threshold distribution has SCBZ property. Acta Cienc Indica-Math 2007, 33(3), 1113-18.

In any organization, the exit or wastage of personnel is very common. The exit of personnel in a marketing organization is quite frequent, especially when policies regarding incentives, targets are revised. An organization having two grades with a suitable univariate recruitment policy is considered. A mathematical model is constructed for this policy, assuming that the distribution of the thresholds for the two grades has SCBZ property. Explicit expression for the mean time to recruitment is obtained. The analytical result is numerically illustrated and relevant conclusions are made.

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012933   Yadav B S;Kushik R (Botany Dep, S.D. Degree College, Muzaffarnagar (U.P.)) : Emerging approaches in forest fire management. Pl Archs 2008, 8(1), 33-5.

Forests have been integral part of Indian society constituting the largest, complex and most important natural resource mostly dominated by trees. These forests are under tremendous pressure and it is very unfortunate that awareness for forest protection is restricted to very limited sections of the society. Along with various factors forest fire is major cause of loss and injury to the forests. Deals with a new approach of "Modelling Technique" that should be worked out to prepare an effective forest fire management plan. Better planning of an organization could be made by use of Modelling Technique. This technique involves four steps i.e. recognition and analysis of the problem, identification of the variables, collection of data and lastly the model building.

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009857   Varadharajan Sridhar (Management Development Institute, , Mehrauli Road, sukhrali, Gurgaon-122 001, Email: sridhar@mdi.ac.in) : Growth of mobile services across regions of India. J scient ind Res 2007, 66(4), 281-9.

Penetration of mobile services is not uniform across the country. While some areas of the country have experienced exponential growth, the other areas, especially economically disadvantaged, have very low mobile density. This mobile divide is a serious concern for government, policy makers and telecom operators. Predicting growth of subscriber base across regions of the country is critical for all stakeholders. The study aims to better forecast the penetration of mobile services across regions of the country so that their effect on economic development can be further explored and policies can be formulated to reduce the mobile divide.

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009856   Bhati V S;Sharma S K;Gupta A;Luthra R (Human Resource Development Group, , CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012) : Contribution of superannuated scientists to national S&T: A case study of CSIR. J scient ind Res 2007, 66(4), 330-4.

Performance analysis of the CSIR Emeritus Scientist scheme has been carried out on the following criteria: i) Quality of output from the Emeritus Scientists; ii) Value attached to the scheme by scientific community; and iii) Acceptability of the scheme across research disciplines. Analysis reveals that the scheme selects high quality research workers who not only turn out work, acceptable in high-end journals, but also train students. The scheme attracts scientists equally from universities and R&D institutions, and enjoys high prestige across the scientific disciplines.

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004895   Adlakha V;Kowalski K;Vemuganti R R (Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, , Email: vadlakha@ubalt.edu) : Heuristic algorithms for the fixed-charge transportation problem. Opsearch 2006, 43(2), 132-51.

Adlakha and Kowalski [Omega, 31, 205-11] present a heuristic algorithm for solving fixed-charge transportation problem with a fixed cost between an origin and destination pair which is independent of the amount transported, along with a variable cost that is proportional to the amount shipped. The method though simple is designed for only solving small problems and does not provide optimal solution in many instances as fixed costs increase. Presents a series of robust algorithms to extend the applicability to larger size problems including those with large fixed costs. Using randomly generated test problems, we present computational experience for the proposed and comparable algorithms.

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003924   Elangovan R;Anantharaj C;Sathiyamoorthi R (Statistics Dep, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: srelangovan@rediffmail.com) : Optimal policy for hiring of expertise service in manpower planning. Bull pure appl Sci-Sect E 2006, 25(1), 51-65.

Manpower planning is an interdisciplinary activity. It requires combined technical skill of statisticians, economists and behavioral scientists together with the practical knowledge of managers and planners. Manpower planning techniques have become an essential tool for the modem managers, especially in a climate of economic recession and government cutbacks. In manpower planning the completed length of service until leaving is of great interest, since it enables us to predict staff turn over. For a detailed account of this subject in this direction, refers to McClean and Colum Devine [8]. At the level of the firm, the availability of appropriate manpower is an important factor that contributes to the task force available for the completion of planned jobs and projects including industrial production. With the growing need for highly specialized and technical manpower to deal with very complex real life situations, suitable policies regarding recruitment, training and other aspects should be evolved taking into considerations all the existing ground realities. This reiterates the need for utilizing the expertise of the specialists in manpower planning. Service may be on hourly contract basis and also likely to be fairly costly. If the number of man hours on contract is in excess of the requirements there is wastage on one hand and on the other if the requirement is larger than the hired man hours, there is a shortage loss arising due to non completion of the work. In this paper an optimal policy for hiring of expertise service in manpower planning is discussed, and the optimal number of man hours to be hired is determined. Numerical examples are provided for exponential, truncated normal and Pearsonian type XI distributions.

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003360   Manivannan B;Ilangovan D (NO, Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Email: mukiram39@yahoo.co.in) : Recent developments and challenges in BPO - since economic melt-down. J Coop Univ Res Ind Enterpr 2010, 3(2), 16-22.

As of now, India proved to be a trend setter in BPO services. The benefits of BPO to strengthen the Indian economy are much known to many. Such benefits made the development of BPO sector further, to contribute to the overall growth rate of the country. However, there are certain challenges facing the BPO sector in India on account of the Economic Melt-down, affecting the major economies around the world, particularly the USA. There needs to be a host of reasons to explain the magnitude of these challenges and precautions to be taken up by the firms, not only to protect themselves but also to improve the national economy.

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002107   Saxena S;Thakur T;Sethi V K (NO, U.I.T., Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya, Bhopl, Madhya Pradesh) : Economic efficiency of Indian electric power distribution sector. Asian J expl Sci 2010, 24(2), 231-5.

Efficiency analysis has played a crucial role in defining regulatory policies, mainly in industries characterized by natural monopolies and/or by public ownership, as in the electricity sector. The objective of this paper is to assess the economic efficiency of Indian electricity distribution companies to generate information for an incentive-oriented regulation, with benchmarking. Results of benchmarking studies allow companies to compare themselves with the best in the class and then to develop strategic plans for improvements in their performance. We have applied DEA to provide quantitative evidence on the effectiveness of the power distribution sector and utilities under different perspectives for sustainability of the power supply industry in India. The result implies that a very large number of utilities in India are relatively inefficient, and there exists significant scope for improving the operations. This also implies the need for greater control on operation and maintenance (O and M) of infrastructure for making the sector sustainable.

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002106   Chudasama K M (V M Patel College of Management Studies, Ganpat University, Mehsana-Gandhinagar Highway, At Post Kherva: 382 711) : Major ports of India: Efficiency analysis, sources of inefficiency and scope of improvement. Indian Ports 2009, 41(2), 3-17.

The port infrastructure has gained tremendous importance with the rising volume of international trade in the era of globalization. As the majority of international merchandise trade is handled by seaports, the efficient port infrastructure provides comparative advantages to the nation in global competition. The efficiency of ports significantly depends on their capacity to utilize the available resources in an optimal manner. Therefore, the measurement of port efficiency can reflect their relative positions in the competitive environment. Since 1990's, India emphasized on international trade oriented growth, necessitating efficient port infrastructure. As 95% of India's international trade in volume is handled by ports, the efficiency of port sector becomes the prime matter of concern for policy makers. Available studies have rarely paid due attention towards measuring the efficiency of Indian Ports. This study applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to determine the efficiencies for major ports of India. The study identifies the efficient and inefficient major ports of India and discovers the sources of inefficiency for inefficient ports on the basis of DEA. As a feedback to the port operations in India, this study supplements existing studies by highlighting the scope of possible efficiency improvements that may help concerned agencies to achieve their potentials.

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000007   Zilli A S;Khan S A (Psychology Dep, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) : Motivational correlates among small scale entrepreneurs. J Personality clin Stud 2006, 22(1-2), 91-4.

Investigation was conducted to explore motivational correlates among successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs. It was hypothesized that successful entrepreneurs would be high on need for power, need for achievement and need for work centrality as compared to their counterparts. The sample comprised of (N=100) respondents, 50 successful and 50 unsuccessful entrepreneurs form different small scale enterprises of Agra were randomly selected using stratified random sampling procedure. The data were collected by means of Power Test, Sentence Completion Test and Circle Method and were analyzed with the help of t-test. Need for power, need for achievement, need for work centrality are found to be significantly related with the successful entrepreneurs of small scale enterprises of Agra.

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000007   Zilli A S;Khan S A (Psychology Dep, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) : Motivational correlates among small scale entrepreneurs. J Personality clin Stud 2006, 22(1-2), 91-4.

Investigation was conducted to explore motivational correlates among successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs. It was hypothesized that successful entrepreneurs would be high on need for power, need for achievement and need for work centrality as compared to their counterparts. The sample comprised of (N=100) respondents, 50 successful and 50 unsuccessful entrepreneurs form different small scale enterprises of Agra were randomly selected using stratified random sampling procedure. The data were collected by means of Power Test, Sentence Completion Test and Circle Method and were analyzed with the help of t-test. Need for power, need for achievement, need for work centrality are found to be significantly related with the successful entrepreneurs of small scale enterprises of Agra.

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019949   Buragohain R;Kalita G;Sarma K;Hazarika P (Animal Nutrition Dep, Central Agricultural Univ, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram-796 014) : Effect of managemental system on performance and economy of growing Japanese quails. Indian J Anim Sci 2009, 79(11), 1180-2.

Growth, carcass characteristics and economics of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were studied under cage and deep litter system of management using 80 Japanese quail chicks (2-week-old, either sex). They were divided into 2 groups (cage and deep litter) with 2 replicates. Body weight gain (g/week) was higher in female quails irrespective of management system, but cage rearing resulted significantly higher body weight gain in both sexes than DLS. Feed consumption (g/bird/day) was comparable for both the managemental practices. Percentage carcass yields were significantly higher for thigh, back and neck under CSM for both sexes. Significantly higher yields of drumstick and wing in males under cage, and breast and wing in females under DLS was observed. Yield of giblet was proportionately higher in female. Dressing percentage was significantly better for both sexes on cage than the DLS. Significantly lower cost involved in feeding for producing 1 kg live weight gain under cage rearing with better feed conversion ratio (FCR). It may be opined that the best marketing age of the quails for meat purpose is at sixth weeks of age and cage system may be superior to deep litter rearing for optimum growth, carcass yields and economy.

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019948   Arya H B;Singh P;Mishra J K (NO, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai, Email: harshmlis@yahoo.co.in) : Space management in TIFR library. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2009, 56(4), 291-7.

Discusses the importance of space management in support of the functions of special libraries and reviews current solutions on library space management by pinpointing their advantages and disadvantages. Introduces CR (Compact Racks) as a tool for library space management because of its capacity for analyzing spatial data and interactive information. Outlines a proposal that attempts to highlight the process of developing, implementing, maintaining, and utilizing a CR system for special libraries with reference to Scientific Information Resources Centre (SIRC), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).

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024091   Roshan Lal;Badri Narayan H S (MM Institute of Management, Maharishi Markandeshwar Univ, Mullana, Ambala) : "Developing future global leaders". Arya Bhatta J Math Inf 2010, 2(1), 111-22.

Management of global issues and challenges requires global leaders. As can be seen from the earlier times, when the problems were localized, the quality of leadership was not an issue but times have changed with the arrival of liberalization & globalization. The volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are nurtured for traditional leadership qualities and hold very little validity in the present context. Some leadership skills are enduring; but to be successful in the future, leaders also need an emerging set of ski/Is uniquely suited to dealing with the challenge of threshold decade, we are entering. Today's business and organizations are operating in unprotected transition. In the next decade, leaders will not just see the future, they will create it. But they will not be able to do it alone. The job of a leader is to encourage people to do the work up to their satisfaction level. This encouragement comes in the form of positive reinforcement which drives all positive growth. The ability to provide this positive reinforcement is one that should be noticed. This culture of leadership can be fostered by encouraging employees to assist with coaching and mentoring. Assessing, developing and rewarding leadership skills are a high priority among great organizations. When a person is given more responsibility, he needs to operate well leading others and navigate well the culture and policies of the organization. World-class organizations take a systematic and supportive approach to grooming potential leaders. They consider leadership skills to be critical to sustainable success, effectiveness, and achievement and winning. This paper focusses on some of important issues connected with the topic.

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