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Working Papers | 1980

Planning and Implementation of Health, Family Planning & Nutritional Services - Certain Problems and Issues

Ramaiah T J

This paper discusses the major problems of planning and implementation that confront the development of comprehensive health services in India. The problems are categorised into four major groups, viz., those pertaining to decentralisation and integration largely dependent upon higher echelons of the organisation, including political; those relating to managerial processes, and those pertaining to the recipients of services and the interphase between the community and the health services organisations. The same are discussed in the national perspective, without specific reference to any particular state. A number of issues are raised to stimulate thinking and discussion.

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Working Papers | 1980

Impact of Housing Investment on Income and Employment Generation

Dholakia Bakul H

An attempt has been made in this paper to examine the impact multipliers of housing investment in relation to the corresponding multipliers for investment in other sectors of the Indian economy. It seeks to measure the income multipliers as well as the employment multipliers associated with investment in various sectors of Indian economy and to assess on the basis of this analysis the relative importance of housing vis-a-vis other sectors in the context of priorities in resource allocation.

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Working Papers | 1980

Productivity as a Function of Job Satisfaction and Ego-Strength

Pestonjee D M

The purpose of the present study is to find out the relationship between job satisfaction, ego-strength and job performance. The S-D Employees Inventory has been administered as measure of the workers' satisfaction. To assess ego-strength the Hasan's E-S Scale has been applied. The amount of production has been obtained from the daily work records from August, 1977 to January, 1978. The study was conducted at Uttar Pradesh State Spinning Mills Co. (No. 1), Barabanki (U.P.), India. Results are analysed in terms of mean, standard deviation, critical-ratio, F-ratio and coefficients of correlation. The findings indicate that the level of job performance is significantly higher in highly satisfied group in comparison to low satisfied group. A significant difference in performance was also observed between high and low ego-strength groups. Significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and ego-strength, job satisfaction and job performance as well as ego-strength and job performance have been established.

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Working Papers | 1980

Rosenzweig PF Study as a Discriminator of Accident-Prone Drivers

Pestonjee D M and Singh U B

The present investigation attempts to find out whether Rosenzweig's PF Study can be used as a predictor of accident behaviour or not. The investigation was conducted at the passengers transport but depot of the U.P. State Road Transport Corporation Azamgarh. Hindi adaptation of the adult form of Rosenzweig's Picture Frustration Study was used to measure the types and directions of aggression. There are two main groups in this study. The first group includes 20 bus drivers with accident records (AG and the second group also has 20 bus drivers who are free from accidents (NAG). Results indicate that the drivers involved in accidents (AG) do not differ significantly from those drivers who are free from accidents (NAG) as to their reactions to frustrating situations. Rather it is conceivable that all the drivers whether accident prone or accident free, will exhibit similar patterns of reaction while coping with situations frustrating to them. Thus it is concluded that the Picture Frustration Study has limitations as a discriminator of accident-prone drivers.

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Working Papers | 1980

Management in our Backyard

Khandwalla P N

The paper describes the tentative conclusions from interviews with a variety of individuals with respect to indigenous modes of management and also from the study of the annual reports of about 200 companies. Evidence indicating substantial inter-industry, intra-industry, and intra-business group differences in management practices is presented.

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Working Papers | 1979

Impact of Cropping Pattern on Agricultural Production

Ranade C G

The objective of the paper is to examine the effect of cropping pattern alongwith other yield increasing inputs upon agricultural prodution. The paper first compares the cropping pattern index with fertilizer, irrigation and agricultural output per hectare. Although the visual inspection of data indicates that certain conflicting cases exist with respect to changes in yield and the cropping pattern effect, the regression analysis shows that higher the cropping pattern index, the higher will be yields ceteris paribus. This implies that marginal manipulations in the cropping pattern in a region can increase agricultural productivity significantly even if fertilizer and irrigation use remain unchanged.

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Working Papers | 1979

Project Formulation and Implementation - A Framework for a Rural Credit Project

Desai B M

This paper outlines a possible framework for credit project formulation and implementation exercise. For this purpose we have abstracted from the present realities and experiences of project approach of rural financing as practiced by many agencies in India, besides heavily relying on the existing conceptual literature on the project appraisal subject. Our suggestions for the adoption of this framework have been seriously influenced by the present experiences and capabilities of the financial agencies in India. In section II we discuss the concept of a credit project. Section III deals with the six aspects namely, technical, managerial, organizational, commercial, financial and economic of project formulation and implementation. While section IV is devoted to the distinction of financial and economic analysis, section V provides an outline of a credit project proposal which could be considered by a financing agency. Final section summarizes the paper.

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Working Papers | 1979

An Integration Theoretical Analysis of Expected Job Altractiveness and Satisfaction

Dalal Ajit K and Singh Ramadhar

Two experiments were performed to study job evaluation processes, using methods of information integration theory. Prospective job seekers rated hypothetical job descriptions according to (a) how much they would like to accept the job, and (b) how satisfied they would feel with the job of that kind. Job descriptions were constructed from a Context x Content factorial design, with 0.0, 0.5, and 1.0 proportion of good items as levels of the two stimulus factors. Graphic plots of the Context x Content effect on liking and expected satisfaction ratings showed a near-parallelism, though a small nonadditive component was also present. Critical tests on both the group and individual subject data eliminated the adding rule and the multiplying rule, and supported the averaging rule. The averaging model was able to account for both the additive and nonadditive patterns in judgments of expected job attractiveness and satisfaction. Practical implications of the averaging of job factors for employee satisfaction were discussed.

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Working Papers | 1979

Averaging as a General Principle of Information Integration

Singh Ramadhar

Virtually all situations require a judgment or decision on the basis of several separate pieces of information. Grading a term paper, evaluating a job applicant, selecting a leader, or simply listening to a speaker, all involve integration of several pieces of information. What rule governs the integration process in human judgment? The present paper presents an overview of the author's experimental work in the area of interpersonal attraction, group perception, leadership, job attraction and satisfaction, attribution theory, and developmental psychology. Findings from these studies clearly suggest that the weighted average principle may be considered as a general pr9ncple of human judgment and decision.

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Working Papers | 1979

Population and Development: Integrating Linkages

Giridhar G

Concern on Population-Development issues has been a long standing one in the demographic literature. Major emphasis of research and thinking in this area has been on the impact of population growth on certain developmental variables. This paper tries to focus on the current understanding of how population variables namely fertility, mortality and migration affect and are affected by developmental processes. Some of the important macro and micro explanations of fertility declines within the developmental framework have also been discussed. Specific attention is given at the end of the paper on spatial aspects of development and related policy issues.

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