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Working Papers | 1975

An Econometric Approach to Evolve Viable Cattle Development Financing Schemes

Misra P N and Srivastava Uma Kant

This paper attempts to a) arrive at estimates of marketed surplus of milk, b) to simplify the computational methods for pooling cross section and time series data, and c) to determine the terms of repayment of loans (particularly the number of years and the percentage of amount to be deducted from the sale proceeds). We believe that the findings will be useful to financial institutions in evolving cattle development schemes.

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Working Papers | 1975

Industrial Relations in Government: Dynamics and Key Issues

Verma Pramod and Mookherjee S

This paper attempts to review the dynamics of employee relation in government as it exists today in India. In recent past, India has witnessed a sizeable increase in its governmental workforce, a notable growth of trade unionism among civil servants and a substantial amount of industrial disputes in government. It is argued that economic dissatisfaction of the central government employees due to relatively low emoluments compared with non-government organization and a gradual fall in real income is the main source of conflict in government. Government employee as an individual is no different from a private employee in his hopes and aspirations for higher salary and better standard of living. So long as government as employer is unable to fulfil its employees' minimum economic need an overt employer-employee conflict is inevitable. It is suggested that employee unrest in government could be avoided by developing an effective dispute settlement machinery like Whitleyism in Great Britain, recognizing employee's right to form and join association according to one's own choice and changing legislation in favour of employees' current need. In so far as the central government is uncompromising in favour of the changing need of the employees and remains complacent with its traditional sovereignty attitude employee unrest will continue unabated.

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Working Papers | 1975

Role Set Based Assessment Center Approach to Personnel Selection

T. V. Rao

This paper presents a role set based assessment center approach to personnel selection. According to this approach an assessment center should be established in any organization interested in personnel selection and appraisal on a continuing basis. The assessment center should reflect either in its members or in its methods experience from the members of the roleset of the facal position for which a candidate is being assessed. Experience of using this method in a training organization in their selection of faculty is described. Several techniques used in the process along with involvement of members from the role sets of faculty in this organization are described. The costs involved while establishing this system are very marginal in view of the systematization that takes place in appraisal and training value it has for members of the role set.

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Working Papers | 1975

General Knowledge Test for Competitive Examinations

Misra Sasi B

In this paper a schematic framework towards systematization of "General Knowledge" as a selection tool has been suggested. The standardized methods for GK test construction, test-format and scoring procedure have been presented. It is hoped that the framework presented in this paper will help the decision makers in evolving more relevant GK tests, both in terms of their content and design.

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Working Papers | 1975

Participation in Decision Making: Research, Results and Hypotheses

Saiyadain M S

This report evaluates initial empirical studies on participation as well as the cross-national experience of workers participation in decision making. Though the more empirical studies show the effectiveness of participation, the cross national experience has not been all that encouraging. It is suggested that experiments on worker's participation have, by and large ignored to control and/or eliminate intervening variables several hypotheses that take into account some of the intervening variables have been pointed out.

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Working Papers | 1975

The Emerging Economic Environment

Paul Samuel

This paper examines the likely developments on the industrial front on the basis of a diagnosis of recent economic developments. Special attention is paid to the possibility of an industrial recession emerging in 1975. The analysis indicates that while a generalised recession is unlikely to develop, the capital goods segment of the industrial sector is likely to be hit as a result of the prevailing economic conditions. Short term measures to deal with the problems posed by such a recession as well as the long term remedies for toning up industrial development have been proposed toward the end o the paper.

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Working Papers | 1975

Notes on Approached and Priorities in Rural Research

Aneja Ajay

It is necessary to involve practitioners of different disciplines in the tasks of rural development. However, this can become possible only if the objectives of such collaborations are well-defined. In the notes submitted for publication an attempt is made to identify the objectives, and following from there, the methodologies for conducting rural research.

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Working Papers | 1975

Process Consultation with an International Conference

Pareek Udai

The paper reports an experience of providng process consultation to an international conference. The underlying values of process consultation are suggested (being clear about the client, integration with regular work, clear psychological contrast, building group work skills in the client system, increase in client involvement). The general strategy of moving toward client maturing is described-moving from dependency to collaboration through independency and creativity. Details of the organization and process consultation are given. The following dimensions of process consultation are discussion initiated freezing activities, working with the top team, and help to the total group, help on working methodology, and help on evaluation methodology.

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Working Papers | 1975

Mathematical Model for Urban Water Supply and Waste Disposal Systems

Mukherjee Shishir K

Most urban areas are facing an ever increasing demand for fresh water due to population and industrial growth. This paper proposes an integrated approach for optimal design of urban water supply and waste disposal systems. A network model is presented for evaluating alternatives for supplying water from different sources-treated fresh water, ground-water, desalinated seawater and renovated water-to satisfy future demands for domestic, industrial and public use at minimum cost. This model carries out optimization on the basis of estimated cost functions for various processes including water development, conveyance and treatment. Design of optimal water transmission network is a complex problem due to pressure and flow constraints at various nodes of the network and merits consideration on its own. This involves the network and merits consideration on its own. This involves choice of pipe diameters and lengths in a given water transmission network to minimise discounted total cost of installation and operation of the system. A Linear Programme model is presented for the solution of this problem for branched networks. Before deciding on a waste disposal plan, the effect on the quality of the receiving waters of wastewater discharges after treatment, in any, must be analysed. A water quality model for predicting pollutant concentrations from hydrological and waste discharge data is presented for this purpose. An iterative solution approach using the network model for land based processes and facilities and the water quality model is suggested for designing an optimal water supply/waste disposal system which will meet all water demands while maintaining the receiving waters at acceptable quality levels. The detailed design of the water transmission network is obtained by the application of the Linear Programming model using optimal solution from the Network Model as input giving quantities available at various sources and the layout of the network supplying demand quantities at the distribution zones. Thus design of an optimal system for water supply and wastewater disposal involves interactions between the three given models.

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Working Papers | 1974

Unionizing Indian Agricultural Workers: Problems and Prospects

Verma Pramod and Mookherjee S

The paper is concerned with the problems and prospects of organizing agricultural workers. The motivation to unionize is analysed in terms of low income, insecurity of employment and social disparity faced by landless labourers. Research evidence is summarised with a view to highlight the constraints in organizing the landless. Consequently, attention is drawn to some organizational problems such as objectives, structure and policies of a rural union. It has been emphasized in the paper that serious efforts should be made by the central trade unions to organize the agricultural workers.

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