With the surge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) having such an impact on our lives, from PC to tablets to mobile phones there is a still a lacuna for ICT to be used in the education field .This study is mainly for developing special strategy for training the teachers and the taught .I have used my study at one of the leading university of Saudi Arabia at University of Hail (UOH). Here I have outlined the obstacles in adopting ICT, the leadership qualities, the competencies required for planning designing and enforcing the instructions to create a learning environment especially in a gender-segregated society. The methodology used for the study is both primary and secondary. In the primary method I have used questionnaire and interview of the female faculties. My main objective of this study is to gauge the exposure of ICT in their life, the obstacles in adopting ICT and the radical shift required to bring further development in the policy, curriculum and structure in bringing more better and brighter changes.
The existing study examines and evaluates ‘effectiveness of roles performed by Stores Department from Production Department?s perspectives? as it is the real victim of these results. A questionnaire was developed and circulated among the key electronic manufacturing units supported by stores department in and around Pune city by using convenient sampling technique. The total samples were consisting of 66 respondents. The data was analyzed by using factor analysis in SPSS version 17.0. This study provides evidence and detailed insight on various elements used for an analysis and reveals that ‘physical control of materials, minimization of obsolesce and damage, maintenance of stores records and standardization and variety reduction techniques? were rated as the most effectively performed roles by Stores department.
India has much less exposure in the stock market integration literature until recently. Given India’s fast-growing economic influence, research on the Indian stock market still seems to be inadequate and needs further investigation. The present study extends the existing stock market integration literature in the following ways. First, to provide further evidence, we examine the dynamic price linkages and interdependence between the stock market of India and that of the U.S., U.K., Japan, Singapore, Honk Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, and China using daily stock price indices data covering the period January 2, 2001 to November 28, 2008. Second, this research examines examine the long-term and short-term dynamic relationship among the stock prices using Johansen-Juselius cointegration, vector error correction model and Granger causality test. Additionally, the innovation accounting analysis is conducted to further investigate the interactions between the Indian markets and others world markets. And lastly, the results from this research provide implications regarding international diversification and market efficiency that are important for investors and fund managers who are interested in investing in these markets. From the study, we can conclude that, Indian market is having a cointegrating relationship with US financial market. But relationship with other financial markets is not well established.
Smartphone sales in the country grew almost three-fold to over 44 million in 2013, buoyed by a strong uptake of affordable devices made by local firms such as Micromax and Karbonn, research firm IDC said today. Smartphone shipments stood at 16.2 million in 2012.Samsung maintained its leadership with a 38 percent share of the Indian smartphone market, followed by Micromax (16 percent), Karbonn (10 percent), Sony (5 percent) and Lava (4.7 percent) in Q4 2013.After a detailed market survey, it has been found that the needs and wants of the customers are not thoroughly met. Although NOKIA enjoys the customers from lower and middle income groups and people above the age of 40 are the trusted users of the brand,customers, by large needtimely after-sale services. Moreover the communication between the distributers and retailers is poor. Merchandising is not properly done. On investigation it has been found that the banners and posters that are provided by the company are not being used properly. Also the code of conduct of the retailers is not proper with respect to their language and dress.
Measuring financial soundness of a firm has become an imperative and imminent need in the context of emerging hyper competition in almost every sector of the business. Financial soundness of a firm is reflected through various financial parameters which are closely associated with each other. By establishing a close relationship between the variables, a firm can analyze its financial performance in terms of liquidity, profitability, viability and sustainability (M.S.Ramaratnam, R.Jayaraman 2013). In order to measure the performance, ratios, the indicators, are normally used to identify the financial health of the firm. There are more than 40 different ratios available to analyze and predict the financial soundness of a firm. Since single ratio does not convey much of the sense, Altman combined a number of accounting ratios to form an index of profitability, which is regarded as an effective indication of corporate performance in predicting financial soundness of a firm. Hence, this paper has made an attempt to analyze the financial health of select companies of FMCG sector by applying Altman’s Z – Score (VikasTyagi 2014) and found the selected sample from FMCG industry is in the safe zone which indicates that many FMCG manufacturers in India are financially sound.
Non Performing Assets (NPA) is continuing its phenomenal growth in quantum as an uncontrollable virus in the Indian Banking System. The percentage of growth in NPA over the years are sending distressing signals to the stakeholders, especially the Reserve Bank of India, who controls the whole spectrum of banking activity in India. All the Banks in India are continuing their war against NPAs 12 months a year as a ritual, but ultimately result in the ever increasing growth in figures over the years. Government has been trying to address the problem with very positive steps like, establishment of Debt Recovery Tribunals ( DRT) as well as implementation of SARFAESI Act 2002 in letter and spirit , that too of late, with the intervention of Courts for taking possession of the secured assets to be handed over to the Bank .Still the figures are showing a northward trend, in the case of growth of NPA in almost all the Banks. At this juncture it is worthwhile to go beyond the known causes of NPA to some unknown/unnoticed causes in order to get more insight to really understand the problem. This article attempts to understand and highlight some of the issues/facts which can be attributed as some of the main causes for the increasing NPA. It is a fact that NPA cannot be eliminated, but can only be contained. Now NPAs are contained by each Bank as a matter of compulsion, at a heavy cost of provisioning and write off. The authors are trying to find out whether addition of fresh NPAs can be prevented at least to a certain extent by isolating some unknown/hidden facts behind every NPA account, and bring it to the attention of the stake holders for corrective action. This is presented as a concept paper even though the subject of study was done among a group of Bank officials dealing with NPAs for a long time. A structured research was not envisaged in the study as it was not possible to get honest written responses from these officials and so most of the opinions were gathered from informal talk with them by the authors. So the paper is presented as an analysis of facts collected from these officials and so statistical research techniques are not required. Some of the findings/facts are able to throw light for future research/critical study.
Green management has gained increased attention of businesses during the last few decades. Firms in both developed as well as developing economies have recognized its importance and linkage with sustainable development in terms of resulting in favourable economic, social and environmental outcomes. Increasing thrust on environmental issues and consumers? awareness in this regard has created a pressure on the corporate sector to adopt green marketing practices. In addition to consumers, various other stakeholders such as employees, society and government demand an environmental stewardship on the part of businesses. Over time, businesses themselves have realised the strategic implication of green marketing initiatives on a firm?s reputation, performance, cost, market share, competitive advantage and above all, on its own sustainable development. As a result, firms have started taking initiatives in this regard by adopting green management practices with a greater rigour and have started incorporating concepts such as environmental management, environmental marketing, environmental production and environmental innovation in their management agenda. However, the degree of adoption of these practices depend on multiple factors such as size of the firm, managerial attitude towards environmental practices, top management involvement and commitment of the owners. As a result, the green marketing practices tend to vary from firm to firm even within a particular industry. It is in this context that the present paper attempts to contribute to the existing literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of the broad green management practices, factors that largely influence their adoption by a firm and their resultant impact on firms? sustainable development. The paper ends with suggestions and implications for marketers, firms and policy makers and outlines future scope of research in this area.
Now-a-days, we are more concerned about Environment. There’s much talk about green and green only in every subject. Management is no exception in general and marketing in particular. Therefore, Green Marketing became an important strategy in organizations. Green Marketing refers to Marketing with an ecological conscience. With Green marketing advertisers focus on environmental benefits to sell products such as biodegradable diapers, energyefficient light bulbs and environmentally safe detergents. Now is the era of recyclable non-toxic and environment-friendly goods. It has gained importance in India recently. Modern organizations are taking environmental challenges by initiating green marketing strategies. This Paper deals with what green Marketing is all about and how can a organization be more competitive by using green marketing strategies to gain a competitive edge over others. It explores the main issues in adoption of green marketing practices. This has become the mantra for marketers to satisfy the needs of consumers and earn better profits. The present paper will attempt to introduce the terms and concepts of Green Marketing. Briefly discuss about the importance of Green Marketing and also focusing on the different opportunities with going Green Marketing philosophy and some challenges with Green Marketing.
The study observed while looking at advertisements of experiential services, consumers will consider various factors that will contribute in creating a positive attitude towards advertisement. While in utilitarian services, the few factors are considered in interpreting and developing a liking towards advertisement. Also, the oblique rotation method of factor analysis showed that in documentation tangibilizing strategy for both the services the factors were highly correlated. While, in association tangibilizing strategy for both the services the factors are low to moderately correlated. This makes an important point that while executing tangibilizing strategies for different types of services the marketers/ advertising agencies should not consider factors in confinement as the factors are correlated. Therefore, while executing advertisement all the factors should be considered.
Ethical challenges abound in HRM. Each day, in the course of executing and communicating HR decisions, managers have the potential to change, shape, redirect, and fundamentally alter the course of other people's lives. Managers make hiring decisions that reward selected applicants with salaries, benefits, knowledge, and skills, but leave the remaining applicants bereft of these opportunities and advantages. Managers make promotion decisions that reward selected employees with raises, status, and responsibility, leaving other employees wondering about their future and their potential. Managers make firing and lay-off decisions in order to improve corporate performance, all the while harming the targeted individuals and even undermining the commitment and energy of the survivors. Even when managers complete performance appraisals and deliver performance feedback, they may inspire one employee and devastate another. For each HR practice, there are winners and there are losers: those who get the job, or receive a portfolio of benefits, and those who do not. This paper explores and determines the standards which is very important to complete the entire task ethically and make a justified decision with each individual weather employee or candidate.
The idea behind this research is to find out the behavior of consumers towards the usage of smart phone. The study is carried out in different locations in Malaysia with an intention of getting live date from various respondent, the study is based on 400 respondents-who are using the Smartphone, the respondents were people from different countries, different profiles and including students of various level, The student revealed various behavioral pattern pertaining to smart phone utilizations. The study is carried out with a sole intention of understanding the people in terms of their usage purpose of smart phone.
The Indian sector has seen unprecedented growth along with remarkable improvement in its quality of assets and efficiency since economic liberalisation began in the early 1990s From providing plain vanilla services, banks have gradually transformed themselves into universal banks. ATMs, Internet banking, mobile and social have made anytime anywhere banking the norm now. The Indian Banking system which was dominated by public sector banks as accounting for nearly three-fourths of total assets and income was done by public sector banks is now facing stiff competition from private sector banks. The transformed system has led to a falling share of public sector banks and increasing share of the new private sector banks, which were set up around mid-1990s. The private sector banks with limited branches and moderate ATM networks have been able to attract customers, expanding their asset and liability business with both speed and volume with high tech platforms. The outreach of Indian system has increased in terms of expansion of branches/ATMs with the onset of new technology. New Technology not just in terms of having a fully automated back-end accounting system, but also in terms of being able to provide the bank's customers with superior and innovative products with greater convenience by using new channels of marketing which has made all the difference. The financial performance of banks also improved as reflected in their increased profitability. Even the non-performing loans have decreased considerably in recent times.
The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether there is any relationship between some specific features of corporate governance and capital structure of listed companies in Sri Lanka. The study covers sample of 20 selected companies in the bank, finance and insurance under the industry classification by the CSE during the periods of 2008-2012. According to the analysis, variables of corporate governance did not have significantly impact on firm?s capital structure. These results are consistent with prior empirical studies. Further recommendations are also put forwarded in the research.
This study titled as a Study on effectiveness of recruitment process in magick wood export private limited. Recruitment process is mandatory for all the organization as it supplies the human resource to function within the company. This study exits the importance of the recruitment in very effective manner as well understand the drawbacks in the current/present process of recruitment that is followed by Magick Wood Exports Pvt Ltd. This study has been confined to the geographical environment of Chennai City. Hence this study cannot be generalized. The study paved a way to follow a descriptive research design to bring out the best result suited for this title. The tool used for the study is questionnaire method with simple random sampling. Based on the research work conducted at Magick Wood Exports Pvt Ltd has the findings to make the recruitment process effective in Magick Wood Exports Pvt Ltd and suggestions were also found to improve the process of recruitment in Magick Wood Exports Pvt Ltd.
India is the fourth largest economy in the world but the state of infrastructure in India has been a source of concern for local and foreign investors interested in tapping its potential as a business destination. The factors that are obstructing its growth and development is the lack of world class infrastructure. Unlike other sectors, wherein market forces alone are enough for development, infrastructure sectors need much regulatory clarity and frameworks for both private and public investments. Projects in the sector typically involve many partners with the state playing a crucial role. As such appropriate contractual arrangements, credit enhancement and other forms of financial support from the state, and non-distortionary subsidies became crucial to the growth of infrastructure. With the increasing role of the private sector, the need for appropriate forms of public private partnerships and especially private finance initiatives cannot be overemphasized. Similarly, appropriate regulatory modes and market creating efforts are necessary in many sectors. The source of information has been secondary for this research. In this paper we are focusing on the major challenges and impediments to infrastructure development in the country. The paper concludes that fiscal support will continue to be dominant for infrastructure development but equally important are enabling policies that could lead to streamlining of procedures and protection of interests of both investors and consumers.
Indian textile industry is one of the leading textile industries in the world. The needs of the people are increasing day-by-day. People are more interested to dress neatly and make them purchase more and more from the retail outlets. A study was conducted on the customer preference towards selected textile retail outlets in Coimbatore city. The selected retail outlets taken for the study are Shree Devi, Chennai Silks, Ganapathy Silks, Pothys and Mahaveers. The purposes of the study were to know the customer preference towards selected textile retail outlets in Coimbatore city, to study the awareness level of customers towards the textile retail outlets to know the factors that influences the customers to prefer the textile retail outlets and to study the marketing strategies of selected textile retail outlets in Coimbatore city etc. The data were collected from 100 respondents using questionnaire method. Simply percentage analysis has been used in the study. The study was found that the respondents are seen to give more preference to the collections while choosing the showroom. Hence the other retailers can also increase their new varieties of collections and the retailers must make an extra effort to create more awareness of their products to the general public and they can do it by making innovative and attractive advertisements that may influence more customers to purchase to visit their showroom.
Performance appraisal is a formal, structured system that compares employee performance to established standards. Assessment of job performance is shared with employees being appraised through one of several primary methods of performance appraisals. Elements in performance appraisal methods are tailored to the organization's employees, jobs, and structure. A customized and relevant Review System was prepared which would fulfill both the needs of Management and Employees. The Self Review Form and Peer Feedback form was designed and then sessions were conducted to make the employees understand the Process and importance of Performance Review. Then as scheduled the one-one meeting between the employee and their respective Team Leader was conducted and the final report was prepared. This Review would help Employees in their upcoming Performance Appraisal where the hikes, incentives etc would be based on their targets set at the time of Review.
According to KPMG reports, entertainment industry in India is going towards an annual growth rate of 20%.This never before growth rate is the result of growing number of Television sets, Radio channels and social media networks. Constant changing trends and regular infusion of creativity has given rise to such a never seen before popularity to the industry. FM Radio in India is also going on the same path by introducing regular doses of creativity in it. This paper will throw light on the current and future trends of FM Radio industry. It will also discuss the factors which led to these trends in FM Radio in India.
A proper understanding of money, its value, the available avenues for investment, various financial institutions, the rate of return/risk etc., are essential to successfully manage one’s finance for achieving life’s goal. Through this study, an analysis has been made on the preferred investment avenues revealing the opinions of 100 respondents who are salaried people in Faridabad, Haryana, India. The results highlight that certain factors like education level, awareness about the current financial system, age of investors etc... make significant impact while deciding the investment avenues. The study is based on questionnaire filled by the salaried people, regarding their views. Actually, the present study identifies the preferred investment avenues among the individual investors using self-assessment test as well. The study is based on primary sources of data which are collected by distribution of a close ended questionnaire. The data has been analyzed using percentage and chi-square test with the help of the database and excel functions. There are large numbers of investment opportunities available today. This paper is going to briefly examine how the salaried people should manage their investments. Keywords— Chi-square test, Hypothesis, Investment avenues, Investment Behavior.
