Thressiamma, K V; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science and Technology, May 2, 1988)
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Rice is the most extensively cultivated crop in the world, particularly concentrated in Asia and the Far East. Asian countries together make up for as much as 91.80 per cent of the world production of rice in 1986. The main objective of the present study is to analyse the rice economy of Kerala over time and space at the State, district and taluk level. The thesis analyses the trends in area, yield and total production of rice during the three seasons in the state, districts and taluks and studies the trends in input and output prices of rice and coconut in the state, districts and taluks. The researcher estimates the impact of input and output prices on area, yield and total output of rice in the state, districts and selected taluks and examines the conversion of paddy field into coconut garden and rubber plantation.
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Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology,
George, Joseph; Zakkariya, K A(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, October , 2015)
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The aim of this study is to investigate the role of operational flexibility for
effective project management in the construction industry.
The specific objectives are to:
a) Identify the determinants of operational flexibility potential
in construction project management
b) Investigate the contribution of each of the determinants to
operational flexibility potential in the construction industry
c) Investigate on the moderating factors of operational
flexibility potential in a construction project environment
d) Investigate whether moderated operational flexibility
potential mediates the path between predictors and effective
construction project management
e) Develop and test a conceptual model of achieving
operational flexibility for effective project management
The purpose of this study is to findout ways to utilize flexibility inorder to manage uncertain project environment and ultimately achieve effective project management. In what configuration these operational flexibility determinants are demanded by construction project environment in order to achieve project success. This research was conducted in three phases, namely: (i) exploratory phase (ii) questionnaire development phase; and (iii) data collection and analysis phase. The study needs firm level analysis and therefore real estate developers who are members of CREDAI, Kerala Chapter were considered. This study provides a framework on the functioning of operational flexibility, offering guidance to researchers and practitioners for discovering means to gain operational flexibility in construction firms. The findings provide an empirical understanding on kinds of resources and capabilities a construction firm must accumulate to respond flexibly to the changing project environment offering practitioners insights into practices that build firms operational flexibility potential. Firms are dealing with complex, continuous changing and uncertain environments due trends of globalization, technical changes and innovations and changes in the customers’ needs and expectations. To cope with the increasingly uncertain and quickly changing environment firms strive for flexibility. To achieve the level of flexibility that adds value to the customers, firms should look to flexibility from a day to day operational perspective. Each dimension of operational flexibility is derived from
competences and capabilities. In this thesis only the influence on customer satisfaction and learning exploitation of flexibility dimensions which directly add value in the customers eyes are studied to answer the followingresearch questions: “What is the impact of operational flexibility on customer satisfaction?.” What are the predictors of operational flexibility in construction industry? .These questions can only be answered after answering the questions like “Why do firms need operational flexibility?” and “how can firms achieve operational flexibility?” in the context of the construction industry. The need for construction firms to be flexible, via the effective utilization of organizational resources and capabilities for improved responsiveness, is important because of the increasing rate of changes in the business environment within which they operate. Achieving operational flexibility is also important because it has a significant correlation with a project effectiveness and hence a firm’s turnover. It is essential for academics and practitioners to recognize that the attainment of operational flexibility involves different types namely: (i) Modification (ii) new product development and (iii) demand management requires different configurations of predictors (i.e., resources, capabilities and strategies). Construction firms should consider these relationships and implement appropriate management practices for developing and configuring the right kind of resources, capabilities and strategies towards achieving different operational flexibility types.
Jacob,T V; Dr.Ramachandra, Poduval P(Cochin University of Science and Technology, March 30, 1990)
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The term 'organisation' is used in different contexts. In this study,
organisation is considered as a 'socio—technical system. Alienation, as a term and as a theme, are found in many writings from very early times. But the concept and emphasis differ. The writers who have explained alienation includes theologians, philosophers, anthropologists, economists, political scientists, historians, psychologists and sociologists
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of
Science and Technology
Sunny, George; Dr.Mary,Joseph(Cochin University of Science And Technology, 1991)
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Paper industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in
Kerala. Despite the developments in the industry in terms of
growth in output , value added and employment generation, many of
the units face grave problems. Irrespective of the size of the
plant, the problems of the industry are general in nature. The
problems are galore in the supply, not the demand side. Amomg the
problems, the important ones are: raw material scarcity, energy
deficiency and obsolete technology. Further, the industry is
subject to many controls by the Government — price control,
product control and raw materials control — which result in the
dwindling of profits and investments. Equally important are the
reservations against the industry for polluting the environment byeffluent disposal on the one hand and affecting ecological balance
by depleting the existing forest on the other.
Apart from the large, medium and small pulp and paper mills,
there are about 30 hand made paper units in Kerala which can be
categorised as village and cottage industry. Almost all of these
units began at the initiative and support of Khadi and Village
Industries Commission. The primary purpose of these units is
employment generation, and not profit making. Currently many of
these units are in the red and many others are on the verge of
closure. Therefore, a separate analysis of the growth
performance, and problems and prospects of the hand made paper
industry has also been attempted. It is analysed separately
because of the very small size of the hand made paper units
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Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Sonny, V A; Dr.Chandrasekharan Pillai, N(Cochin University of Science and Technology, July 28, 1993)
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The study is undertaken by the researcher with the object of examining the remuneration pattern of executive personnel in the manufacturing public enterprises in Kerala so as to find out whether there is any rationale or criteria involved in remunerating executives. It is also envisaged to find out the pattern of executive remuneration in the various categories of industries and inter—industry disparities among the public sector enterprises. This is considered to be a very fruitful area for investigation, particularly in view of the generally prevailing notion that public sector executives in Kerala are not remunerated properly and glaring inequalities and disparities are existing among the various categories of industries and within the same industry. Therefore the study is to explore the criteria used for the determination of executive remuneration and the relative weightage of various factors such as size of the firm, rate of return sales volume etc of the organisation and various other factors such as qualification, experience, level of job and functions of executives. Further the study is extended to find out the role of 'pay' towards motivation and efficiency of the executive personnel
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology
James Thomas,Kunnanatt; Dr.Ramachandra, Poduval P(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, November 25, 1990)
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The present study by the researcher focuses attention on
the problem of performance effectiveness among managers operating
in one of the critical and socially important sectors of our
economy namely commercial banking. The banking sector is selected
for the study due to two reasons. Firstly, commercial banking
plays an important role in the country's development. Secondly,
for improving the efficiency of the banking system, we need to
know more about the performance dynamics of the executives in our banking organizations
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School Of Management Studies
Cochin University Of Science And Technology
This thesis "Entitled performance of district industries centres in kerala :An application of augmented solow model.The first chapter deals with evolution of approaches for promoting small scale production and the growth of small scale industries in india.the developing countries face the problems like sluggish growth capital shortages high levels of unemployment,enoromous rural-urban economic disparities regional inequalities increasing concentration of capital and chronic difficulities in the export sector.Review of literature and methodology of the study are presented in the second chapter. In the third chapter an attempt has been made to make an in-depth study of the emergence and growth of district of district industries centres.In the chapter four an attempt was made to study the organisational structure of DICs functions and responsibilities assigned to the functional managers and performance of the functionaries.