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Working Papers | 1981

Autonomy of Public Sector Enterprises

Mohan Manendra

The conceptual as well as operational aspects of autonomy of public sector enterprises are examined in this paper. The attention is focussed on such enterprises registered as public limited companies to the relative exclusion of departmental undertakings and public corporations. The role of autonomy in determining the long term performance of the public enterprises covered by the paper is examined. The issue which is taken up in detail is that of working relationship of public enterprises with the administrative ministries. Systems, processes and persons involved in the two segments have been looked into by referring to available material and observations of the author made during the course of a recent study on the subject. An attempt is made to reexamine the role of public enterprises as contributors of economic and industrial development vis-a-vis their being used as instruments of public policy. The analytical framework is drawn from the basic premises of a mixed economy in which public enterprises operate in India and the functional value of management which may be instrumental in their fulfilling their obligations. This calls for a review of the present mode of administrative control as well as scrutiny by the Parliament and other concerned authorities, given the fact that substantial public funds are invested in these enterprises.

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Working Papers | 1981

Media Selection Models: Directions for Future Research

Mote V L and Rangarajan Kalyani

The work done in media selection both in India and abroad is reviewed. Two approaches that can be adopted immediately for media selection so as to maximise response are discussed and the results of empirical work using the data of a large advertiser are shown. The directions for future research in this field are discussed.

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Working Papers | 1981

Agricultural Extension Education: Towards a Future Direction

Moulik T K

The paper reviews the genesis of educational policies and contents in relation to agricultural extension and research in India. It examines the relevance of the present educational pattern to the needs of the country and to the demands the client system is making. By carefully delineating the elements of mismatch between the existing educational system and demands of the client system, an attempt was made to provide an alternative educational pattern to meet the demands.

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Working Papers | 1981

Business History in Japan: A Report

Tripathi Dwijendra

This paper contains the observations of the author, who has just returned after attending an international conference on Business History in Tokyo, on the progress of teaching and research of business history in Japan. He tries to evaluate the progress made in India in comparison to that in Japan and comes to the conclusion that the progress in India is much less impressive. At the end of the paper the author speculates about the reasons that hampered the progress in India, and pleads for a partnership between the Indian business world and historical scholarship.

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Working Papers | 1980

Schools and Students Across Cultures

Pestonjee D M

This study attempts to explore the personality differences of the students who are studying in denominational and non-denominational institutions. The personality variables which are measured are dogmatism and security-insecurity. It also seeks to observe the possible effects of religion and sex on the two personality characteristics. The sample comprises of 850 adolescent students belonging to the Hindu and Muslim religions and studying in denominational and non-denominational institutions. The average age of the boys is 17.50, and for the girls 16.35. The standardised measuring devices were administered. A 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design has been used. Obtained data have been statistically treated in terms of mean, S.D., ANOVA and Duncan's Multiple Range Test. Main finding indicates that students in denominational atmospheres, Muslim students and boy students are more dogmatic and more insecure in comparison to non-denominational students, Hindu students and girl students.

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Working Papers | 1980

An Information Integration Theory Analysis of Attractiveness of Bus Systems

Singh Ram D, Palaniswamy S P, and Pradhan Y N

Actual bus riders received information about frequency of service, fare, and comfort aspects of some bus systems and indicated how much they would like to travel in those buses. Information integration theory, which deals with multiple causation, was used to prepare descriptions of the bus systems. Analyses of the attractiveness judgments disclosed that the three attributes of the bus systems were integrated by a multiplying rule. Functional measurement of the subjective values of the three attributes did not correspond with their known physical values. Implications of these findings were discussed for transportation planning and for further research.

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Working Papers | 1980

Mobilising Rural Savings

Gurdev Singh and Handique Niranjan

This paper attempts at examining the ways in which various factors affecting savings influence different aspects of a savings decision. The three aspects of a decision to save were identified as the ability to save, the willingness to save and the opportunity (availability of institutional infrastructures) to save. It also analyses the contributions of rural savings in the total financial savings in India over a period of time. It was observed that though the growth in rural financial savings, especially deposits with the banking institutions was not discouraging, it needs to be further accelerated. The paper suggests the need for mobilising rural savings and highlights the problems that inhibit the mobilisation of rural surpluses. It also suggests various measures for increasing mobilisation of savings and discusses the role of financial intermediation in the savings process with special reference to rural India.

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Working Papers | 1980

Extent of Multi Disciplinary Research in Agriculture

Patel Gunvant A

A methodology to determine the extent of multi-disciplinary research has been described. The extent of multi-disciplinary research in agriculture is measured by noting the percentage of research articles covering one or more disciplines, in ten journals of agricultural research. Currently 28.4 per cent of the articles appearing in these journals are observed to be multi-disciplinary. The growth in multi-disciplinary research is estimated at 2.6 per cent per annum. The extent of multi-disciplinary research is the highest in plant physiology (73.1 per cent), followed by agronomy including fertilizers (51.2 per cent). The order of decreasing extent of multi-disciplinary research of the other sciences is plant breeding, soils, plant pathology and entomology. In comparison with the applied agricultural sciences, the extent of multi-disciplinary research is much less in the fundamental science of genetics.

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Working Papers | 1980

A Study of Creativity and Alienation in Arts and Science Students

Pestonjee D M and Usmani S N

The present study attempts to find out the differences on creative thinking abilities and level of alienation between the students of Arts and Science Streams. The Verbal Test of Creative Thinking and Alienation-Scale were administered on 400 boys (200 each of arts and science streams) of Intermediate classes. The data indicate significant differences on creativity scores with superiority of science over arts students. No significant differences on alienation scale have been found between the students of the two educational streams. The coefficients of correlation between creativity and alienation are also not found to be significant either in arts or science as well as in combined group of students.

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Working Papers | 1980

Diagnosis, Prescription and Action: The Behaviourial Scientist in Organisation

Pestonjee D M

The present paper deals with a critical appreciation of the role of the behavioural scientist in analysing organisational problems. A three-step model is elaborately discussed. It includes diagnosis, prescription and action. The various types of data gathering devices, types of data etc are included under diagnosis. Under the second step, different methods of bringing about desired change are outlined. Action stage includes the various strategies and possible pitfalls which one may face while implementing change. The paper is meant to provide a general frame for application of behavioural sciences know-how to organisational problems.

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