Browsing by Author "Rao, P S"

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    21st Century HRD Issues - Challenges for the Future
    (WeSchool, 2013-03) Rao, P S; Salunkhe, Uday
    Organization cannot service beyond a point unless they are continuously alert to the changing environment and continuously prepare their employees to meet the challenges and have an impact on the environment. Thus HRD is an essential process for organization survival and growth. An optimal level of "Developmental Climate" is essential for facilitating HRD. In much of Indian industry, the work ethos today is a hangover of our colonial Past. It is estimated that, on an average, as much as 30 to 40% of a manager's time is spent on resolving IR related issues which results in go-slow, strikes, lock-outs. Fortunately, there is a growing awareness in Indian industry of the importance of human resources development. As the term suggests, the focus should be on development rather than control. The development, in turn, must take the form of an integrated approach and not merely look at any single facet out of context. An effective HRD system is perhaps the most important element in organizational effectiveness which not only ensures present performance but also long term survival and growth of the organization. In this paper the attempt has been made to focus on issues and challenges which will be faced by the HRD managers in 21st century along with the learning systems that the HRD manager should establish and monitor for the betterment of the employees.
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    Contribution of Private Sector in Social Advertising with Special Reference to Solapur City
    (National Conference Technocrats Institute of Technology-MBA, Bhopal., 2011-05) Rao, P S; Swarnalata, T B
    Social Advertising is a subset of social marketing and is also a part of social responsibility. It is very commonly used by Government and NGOs for the purpose of bringing about a planned social change. It is accepted that, to fight the social evils that have gripped our country, social advertising is the most powerful tool which can reach the masses. Most of the social advertising in India are the preserve of the Government. Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP). With LPG, the role of government is shrinking in all sectors and the government is expected to be the facilitator. With this, the view that is accepted is governmental efforts alone are not sufficient to bring about a planned social change. The private sector companies are expected to compliment and supplement the government’s efforts in bringing about a planned social change. This research paper is an endeavour to find out the mindset of private sector corporations to accept their role in bringing about a social change through social advertising strategically.
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    Dynamic Role of Management in Global Economy
    (2011) Salunkhe, Uday; Rao, P S
    We are living in a world of sweeping changes and swift movements. In every developing civilization a period comes when old instincts and habits prove inadequate to altered stimuli, and ancient institutions and moralities crack like hampering shells under the obstinate growth of life. The type of change which has been witnessed in the realm of business during the past two centuries since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution era in the West, is of such a fundamental character that it has materially altered the entire fabric of man's way of life. While the Industrial Revolution, thus, has had its decisive impact on the environment, the latter too has reacted in turn by having its own influence felt on business. Recent times have witnessed a significant intensification of this two-way process. From the point of view of business, it can be safely stated that the most serious problem that business everywhere faces today concerns the challenge of this rapidly changing environment. An attempt is made in this paper to critically examine the dynamic role of management in global economy.
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    Globalisation and Quality of Management Education – The Challenges of Changing Scenario
    (10th South Asian Management Forum (SAMF) conference, 2009-04) Paila, Anil Rao; Rao, P S
    In a world where national boundaries are fast disappearing and becoming more accessible, the world is becoming smaller and has now become Global Village. The technological advances in transportation, electronics and telecommunications are supporting these changes. Globalization poses a number of challenges before management education and also demands to upgrade its course curriculum adopt new and effective teaching methods, motivate faculty to take up the challenges ahead, with extensive research to understand international markets. Management education is in great demand especially after the change towards liberalization, privatization and globalization. There are several challenges of management education which require change in the character and structure of management education, integration of management education with corporate sector, upgradation of curriculum and course content, designing of different programs for executives, maintenance of an efficient and effective regulatory system to check mushrooming, and emphasis on research. India being the part of global linkage in the aftermath of WTO agreement is becoming a technology driven society. Nearly one lakh management graduates pass out every year in India, providing a tremendous potential to contribute to the creation of a 'knowledge society'. The world around us is changing and changing very fast. The speed of change is so fast that we cannot turn back. The changes are visible in multiple forms and in multiple directions. An attempt is made in this paper to identify the gaps and refocus the areas of management education with its prospects and challenges in the global context
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    Globalization and Management Education In India - Retrospects and Prospects
    (BMA REVIEW - A Journal of the Bombay Management Association - Management Education, 2005-09) Salunkhe, Uday; Rao, P S
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    Micro Credit for Women Micro Entrepreneurs - A Study
    (WeSchool, 2010-03) Rao, P S; Lokhande, Madhavi A
    Women make tremendous contribution to the economic development of any country and this contribution needs to be recognized. Empirical evidence shows that women contribute significantly to the running of family businesses mostly in the form of unpaid effort and skills. The value of this effort is underestimated both by the families and the society. It describes the current scenario of the woman and her enterprise, highlighting the emerging perspectives which should help policy makers, financial institutions, government agencies, training organizations, and Non Government Organizations to design and implement measures to facilitate entrepreneurship among women and ensure credit availability. An attempt has been made in this paper to highlight the central role that credit plays in the lives of Women Micro Entrepreneurs and the credit facility available for women today, to be able to start an enterprise, and whether the women are aware of micro credit its benefits and problems in their day to day operations.
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    People Centered Quality Management is it a Myth or a Reality
    (2011) Rao, P S; Paila, Mohan S
    Quality management is nothing but management by establishing standards. It is the basis for improving any organisation’s activities. “If you want to perform and improve your quality, you should be trained to think right”. One can be made more creative by helping a person. There is a positive correlation between creativity, self esteem, productivity and Quality. People generally don’t even use half of their creative abilities to improve Quality. In this paper an attempt is made to define quality, its relation to creativity and productivity and various dimensions of quality to achieve strategic and competitive edge. A model is suggested to construct control and improve quality system with a framework and conditions needed for achieving people centered quality management.
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    Unravelling the Mystical Indian Organisation Culture – Cues for Globalisation
    (2011) Salunkhe, Uday; Rao, P S; Mehta, Ketna
    A study of Indian culture is a mystical and fascinating voyage into the realm of esoteric, unique, typical images. The Indian civilization itself is over 5000 years old and is one of the most ancient and well-preserved cultures. This fact is very significant as it reflects on the way individuals interact and behave as leaders, teams and groups. With globalization and the cross-pollination of ideas, products, services the success or failure of any organization still rests with the connectivity and blending of people. The trust, faith and acceptance of different views is a fallout of the embedded culture called memetics – the study if „memes‟, a term coined by Richard Dawkins to denote the "gene of culture‟, that is the hypothetical building blocks of culture which may behave analogously to genes in biology. The culture origins of the Indian subcontinent can be tracked back to the Indus valley civilizations, the remains of which are cherished today as archeological treasures. Today, the culture diversity is marked by 25 states and 7 union territories and 24 chief Indian languages. There are 15 languages recognized by the Indian constitution and are spoken in 1600 dialects. Kautilaya's writing in the Arthashastra depicts that the foundation of India's social culture rested on a developed structure of law with popular sovereignty, organized administrative and judicial system, assurances of fundamental rights and liberties of the people, rights of inheritance and succession, ownership and corporate organization. In approximately all matters of life the rule was the governing principle. However, the Indian thinking about law starts from the concept of rit which is of Vedic origin. The rit, also known as order has been the basis of Indian culture, legal theory, politics and philosophy. The threads of Indian mores and practices were spun around the concept of rit which regulated individuals and social activities for achieving all the true goals of life in a just and equitable manner. India is proud of the adage “Unity in Diversity” which translates into a prolific merging of colour, caste, creed, ideologies and religions. India is one of the oldest civilizations and Indian culture is 5000 years old. In this paper an attempt was made to study organizational culture by segmenting the sample of the companies into Family -managed Companies Private sector companies Public sector companies Multinational companies An exhaustive questionnaire was prepared and administered covering various aspects. The study was carried out in the city of Mumbai, India through personal interview. The findings were presented after the overall analysis of the responses based on the questionnaire. This paper is a culmination of a research study conducted in India on “Changing face of Indian Organization Culture”. In particular this paper identifies and groups companies into four segments and dissects culture into: Organization Communication, Management team evaluation, work group assessment, management self-perception, organization relations and organization changes. This grouping and specific insights into the Indian cultural dimensions throws up cues for the global corporation intending to tie up with Indian companies.
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    Women participation to Women Initiatives – Perspect to Prospect
    (Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies, 2015-01) Asthana, Anshika; Rao, P S; Mangaonkar, Shruti M
    Women participation in workforce has been universally accepted as an important element for economic development of any society. But what it needs to be tackled is the perceptions of society that give rise to various aberrations. Socio-economic empowerment is a situation where women have control over their life and resources. Financial independence of women leads to social empowerment. Women entrepreneurs can play powerful role in confidence building and creating awareness in other women to promote self-reliance. Women have innate flair for entrepreneurship. They are endured with intuition that helps them to take the right choices even in a situation where experience and logic fails. They are the natural networkers and relationship builders forging powerful bonds and nurturing relationships with clients and employees alike. This paper deals with how women empowerment is possible through women entrepreneurship by formulating appropriate strategies for stimulating supporting and sustaining the efforts of women entrepreneurs.