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Working Papers | 1996

Organization Development Interventions in Indian Organizations

Parikh Indira J

The growth of an organization pulls people to change. Those who plan and initiate change grow. Those who do not, remain frozen in their roles and location. Organization Development and Design is a process decision which an organization makes to actively give shape and direction to the organization. This paper focuses on the leaders and top management making a choice for an OD intervention. This choice then leads to 1. Consultant's brief and scope of the intervention, 2. Methodology of the intervention, diagnostic study, presentation of the study, proposed action interventions and implementations and review and follow up. The paper then explores the significant dimensions of an OD exercise which consists of looking at History of growth and its impact on the current organization culture, impact of leadership profile, redesigning of organization structure and people interface, people profile, emergent organizational and managerial issues and strengths and limitations of the organization. Further exploration is done on the choices an organization can make for future directions. These choices are at the level of institutional, organizational, leadership, corporate, managerial roles, workers and organizational renewal and learning.

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Working Papers | 1996

Need for and Possibility of Integrating Solar Desalination with Polyhouse in Arid Areas like Kutch

Girja Sharan and Kumar Sanjay

Development of agriculture in arid areas like Kutch is impeded because of widespread salinity and scarcity of good quality water. In view of this and the fact that insolation is high, we examine in this paper the possibility of integrating solar stills with greenhouse. Distillate yield on one hand and water demand from plants on the other are both driven by intensity of radiation. This feature makes the still appealing as a partial source. But, requirement of large evaporation area is a deterrent. Some investigators have reported that one would need a still of same (basin) area as the crop or even more to meet the water demand. This would appear to be true. A considerable reduction in the required evaporation area is therefore needed to make such a scheme feasible. This matter has been examined here a little more closely than found in literature. In particular, possible reduction by use of blending the distillate with groundwater is analysed. Analysis suggests that if distillate is blended with local water to reduce its salinity to the tolerance threshold of the crop, size of the still can be reduced significantly. Climatic conditions of Bhuj (Kutch) have been used in analysis. Tomato and beet have been used for illustration. Although, blending offers considerable scope, it is necessary to explore further avenues of reducing the required still size. Use of enclosures (polyhouse for instance) to reduce the crop water demand is suggested as a further important means of this.

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Working Papers | 1996

Corporate Strategy Revisited: Towards Developing a Dynamic Framework

Ramachandran K and Ray Sougata

Corporate strategy has become a major area of research especially in recent years. Strategy research has off-late shifted from the industrial organization paradigm of the 80s to the resources based view with the core competence arguments at the centre. Environmental turbulence has also resulted in several corporate restructuring (as part of consolidation and down sizing) strategies. These streams of research do not seem to have been integrated in a dynamic sense. This paper attempts to fill that gap. We have developed a new framework which enables analysts to understand the various generic strategies of a corporation without disturbing the dynamic nature of the environment and dynamism in the resource structure of a corporation. We argue that interaction among the basic resources which can be reflected in the competences and capabilities of an organization. The framework developed is tentative and needs to be refined further.

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Working Papers | 1996

An Algorithm for the Min-Max Loss Rule for Claims Problems

Lahiri Somdeb

In this paper we provide an algorithm which gives us the unique solution to the problem of minimizing the maximum loss (where loss is measured by unsatisfied demands) for a claims problem. The answer lies crucially on the structure of the problem.

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Working Papers | 1996

A Reduced Game Property for the Proportional Solution for Claims Problems

Lahiri Somdeb

The problem we discuss in this paper is one of allocating a homogeneous, divisible good among a group of claimants in a way that is perceived as just or fair. A solution to such a problem is allocating the good in proportion to the claims. We use a reduced game property to axiomatically characterize this solution. The model is interpreted as a distributor allocating a good amongst several retailers when demand exceeds supply.

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Working Papers | 1996

Impact of Economic Liberalisation on the Growth of Indian Agriculture

Dholakia Bakul H

An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact of economic liberalization on the growth of Indian agriculture on the basis of a detailed comparison of the growth experience during the pre-liberalisation period and the post-liberalisation period. The specific aspects of the growth of Indian agriculture covered in this study are: comparative GDP growth of agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, comparative trend in sectoral value-added proportion, sources of growth of net output, behaviour of agricultural and non-agricultural prices and growth of agricultural and non-agricultural exports.

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Working Papers | 1996

The Constrained Equal Awards Solution for Claims Problems

Lahiri Somdeb

In this paper we propose a variable population framework for the study of claims problems and obtain characterizations of the constrained equal award rule using the following properties: envy-freeness, individual rationality from equal division, resource monotonicity and bilateral consistency.

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Working Papers | 1996

Augmenting Career Development for Women: Agenda for Organizations and Individuals

Deepti Bhatnagar and Pandey Avinash

Women's career development in organizations is oftn different from that of men. Although competent women, like competent men aspire for top positions of leadership in organizations, such positions often elude them. This is because the dual role responsibility of women in the work and home sphere prevents them from adopting the traditional hierarchical (male) model of career progress. The facilitate women's career development, it is our contention that one needs to begin with a better understanding of the structure of career opportunities in organizations, along with an appreciation of the diversity of women employees and the career options that they select. Our paper begins with a discussion of possible career movement opportunities in organizations, using the three-dimensional framework proposed by Schein (1971). The paper then looks at the career choices and consequent career paths that are actually adopted by career women in organizations. Based on an analysis of the above, the paper ends with specific suggestions for organizations and women so as to help facilitate the career development of women.

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Working Papers | 1996

Management of Urban Energy and Air Quality: Case of Ahmedabad City

P. R. Shukla, Goswamy Prity, and Prem Pangotra

This paper explores the synergistic relationship between energy and environment in an urban system through a case study of the city of Ahmedabad, India. The analytical framework is based on estimation of sectoral fuel consumption patterns, emissions inventory of major pollutants, and projections of future patterns of fuel consumption and emissions. The current and future patterns are then reassessed with the introduction of certain technical and policy interventions, which are both feasible and probable in the time horizon of five to ten years. These options are evaluated in terms of potential energy savings, reduction of fuel costs and potential emission reductions.

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Working Papers | 1996

Conceptualizing Strategies for Technology Development: A Case Study of an Indian Licenses

Rakesh Basant and Pankaj Chandra

The ensuing economic liberalization in the country has been a rapid increase in licensing and joint venture arrangements involving Indian firms. For long term growth, the domestic firms will have to develop mechanisms and strategies to learn from these tie-ups. Available literature suggests that, in the past, Indian firms have not been able to build on the knowledge acquired through such linkages. Often licensing contracts do not provide adequate knowledge about the licensed product which would enable the licensee to modify and develop it further. Such a strategy requires, first, to identify those elements of technology that are essential for building on licensed technology and have not been transferred by the licensor, and second, to generate capabilities in order to acquire and/or develop these elements. This paper presents a framework for analyzing technology strategies at the firm level and illustrates its usefulness in the context of an Indian licensee.

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