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Sustainable HRM practices in higher education: A study

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Dr. JVR Geetanjali ¹, N. Chandan Babu ²

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Higher education is a very powerful tool for the growth and development of human resources. The role of higher education is to transform the student as a qualified human resource. India is considered as to be one of the youngest nations of the world with more than 65% of population at the age of 18-35 years. Hence it is imperative to convert these vibrant human resources as instrumental in nation’s growth. India, over the past two decades made significant efforts to increase gross enrolment ratio to the extent of 24.6% in higher education. Accreditation is a process initiated by UGC to set standards to quality education. Under the aegis of UGC, National Accreditation and Assessment Council is established in 1994. Accreditation is a process of validation in which colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning are evaluated. An organization’s growth happens only when it satisfies its internal stakeholders. Teachers are the vital channels to deliver the education to end customers. According to the statistics of MHRD), there are 12,09,211 teachers engaged in imparting Higher Education. The present study focuses on Sustainable practices of Human Resource management in NAAC accredited and Non-accredited institutions in terms of Recruitment & Selection process, Training and Development, Organizational Culture, Appraisal, Employee –Employer relations and Job satisfaction among teachers.

Keywords: Higher Education, HRM, Accreditation, Teachers

¹ M.Com, M.Phil, M.B.A, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Bhavan’s Vivekananda College, Secunderabad, E-mail : [email protected]

² M.Sc, M.Phil, Research Scholar, Osmania University, Faculty Member, Department of Statistics, Bhavan’s Vivekananda College, Secunderabad. E-mail : [email protected]

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Web-based corporate governance disclosure of insurance companies in India

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Amandeep kaur¹, Dr. Rajinder kaur²

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Timely and adequate disclosure of corporate governance information brings more transparency among the stakeholders. Web-site is the frequent and widely covering medium of corporate governance disclosure. The study analysed the WBCG (Web Based Corporate Governance) disclosure and quality of web-site design of insurance sector in India. It further explains the association of WBCG and web-site design with insurance sector and ownership. An index is formulated to collect the data from the websites of 57 companies. The study reveals that level of CG disclosure on websites is high where the quality of web site design is slightly more than the moderate. WBCG confirms detectable relationship with insurance sector and no relationship with ownership. On the other side, website design has also shown no association with sector/ownership. Insurance companies are required to focus on the quality of website design.

Keywords: Corporate Governance, website design, insurance companies, web disclosure, IRDAI.

¹ Research Scholar, Dept. of commerce, Punjabi University, Patiala, Email: [email protected]

² Professor, Dept. of Commerce, Punjabi University, Patiala, Email: [email protected]

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Legal aspects of crimes against women vis-à-vis women’s right

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Dillip Kumar Behera¹

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Crimes are public wrongs affecting the entire community. Women are no more safe and always threat feelings in the present scenario of Indian Criminal Justice System. They are victimized from any nook and corner of the society. Violence against women takes variety of factors. Despite various laws and amendments are made by the Indian constitution from time to time, women’s right has not been fulfilled. At the international level, various conferences, conventions and declarations are made to improve the status of women which reaffirmed that the women rights. The empirical survey of crimes against women brought into focus the pathetic condition of law enforcement agencies and the ineffectiveness of the protective laws to curb the growing incidents of crime against women. There is a sharp increase in crime rates from the last five years at national level and compared to metropolitan cities. Now some developments have amendments in law and new offences are made for the crime against women.

Keywords: Crimes, Women’s right, Status of women, Constitutional provisions

¹ Ph.D. Scholar, P.G. Department of Law, Berhampur University, Odisha

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A comparative analysis of economic performance of Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE

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Dr. Moid U. Ahmad ¹, Dr. Mona ElShabhany ²

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There is a paradigm shift in the strategic orientation of Gulf nations about their economic policies where most of them are now looking forward to be a more liberal,open and diversified economy. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are planning strategically to bolster respective economy in long term. Vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an example of a similar strategy. Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are one of the three biggest economies of located in the Persian Gulf and will be interesting to compare them at this juncture. A study of few imperative economic parameters will indicatethe health and performance of these economies as of now and the findings will enable the decision makers to plan for future. Inflation, economic growth, investments and exchange rate are few such macroeconomic parameters which are used to effectively compare the economic performance of these countries. The time period of study is 1960-2015 where statistics and econometrics techniques are used for analysis. One of the significant finding of the study is that Oman economy is disconnected with UAE and Saudi Arabia economies.

Keywords: GCC, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, comparative analysis, regression JEL Codes: E0,F0,F4

¹ Faculty member, Jaipuria Institute of Management, India-201309, Email: [email protected]

² Associate Professor, Al Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

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Role of employee involvement in managing cynicism about organizational change

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Heena Sharma ¹, Dr. Sakshi Vashisht ²

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Change has been defined as a process that considers and affects the entity’sstructure, mission and strategy,job / role culture, decision / communication channels, technology and people, business processes current products / services. Cynicism is a prevalent reaction of the employees in the course of organizational change.Cynicism meansthe evaluative acumen that originates from a person’s employment encounters. Employee involvement has been recognized as a vitalfacet oforganizational life, a key forattainingenhanced organizational effectiveness and favourableworkforce perceptions and an essential ingredient for successful change execution.The purpose of this study is to explore how Cynicism about Organizational Change can be managed through implementing employee involvement practices such as information sharing, training, empowerment, transformational leadership, suggestion involvement and rewards. The study presents some implications of the findings and the directions for future research. A few limitations that deserve mentionarealso taken into consideration.

Keywords: Organizational Change, Cynicism, Employee Involvement, Resistance, Empowerment,Transformational leadership.

¹ Heena Sharma is a Research Scholar at Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be university),Mullana, Ambala (Haryana, Email: [email protected]

² Dr. Sakshi Vashisht is an Assistant Professor in Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Management, Mullana, Ambala (Haryana). Email: [email protected]

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A historical analysis of CSR evaluation in India

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Kaushal Yadav¹Dr. Sanjay Sharma²

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The CSR has been recognized in a prodigal speed all across the globe, India is also got essence of that concept very deeply, and made it compulsory for companies with certain rule and regulation under the “company Act 2013”. However, CSR concept was the part of our ancient history and it was embodied in our scriptures and religious teaching like- Dana Dharma in Hindu, Zakat in Islam, “Daashaant” in Sikhism. Therefore, that concept evolves in different phases from 1950 to onwards, from Philanthropic view to sustainable development, and now it is a essential part of economic development of country. number of companies has been increasing in the field of CSR spending. However, most of the companies spending its CSR money on education, and healthcare, Public sector companies also playing a vital role in CSR spending and cover 25% of spending done by only 35 companies. Although, some of loop holes also exist in this rule like not proper vision and specific area for development, some of companies are taking due advantage of norms, it needs more clarity. In this paper try to make connect from the history to current situation of CSR in India and highlight some core issue of company Act 2013.CSR concept has immense power to fill the gap between rich and poor and provide support to government for sustainable development of our country.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, Sustainable Development , CSR Challenges.

¹ Junior Research fellow, Department of Business Management (IMS) Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.) Email: [email protected].

² Associate Professor, IMIRC, Indore, Email: [email protected]

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Capital infusion of public sector banks role of ARCs in India

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Dr. Durga Madhab Mahapatra ¹, Dr. Soumendra Patra ²

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PSBs are the dominant segment of India’s banking system, holding around 74% of all deposits. The performance of PSBs remains fragile compared to their peers in the private sector. The Govt. has vowed to recapitalize loss marking state-owned banks and also merge same of the weaker banks with sound ones. The five worst banks of terms of Gross NPAs (%) i.e. IDBI bank, (24.1%), IOB (23.6%), UCO Bank (19.9%), Bank of Maharashtra (18.6%) and Central Bank (18.2%) respectfully as on June 2017-18. Capital infusion in the state-run banks by the government is credit positive but lenders also need to improve efficiency and adopt better risk Management practices. Thus, the Government of India and RBI enthused by the success of State Bank of India (SBI) merger, the finance ministry is considering clearing another such proposal in the PSBs in this financial year with a grad to create 4-5 global sized lenders. Due to mounting NPAs, many banks are coming under PCA (Prompt Corrective action) and there are some restrictions for banks to open new brunches. This gaps will be filled up by the payment and small finance banks.

Keywords: NPA, ARC, Bank and Insolvency.

¹Lecturer PG Dept. of Commerce, FM Autonomous College, Balasore, Odisha,, E-Mail: [email protected]

²Asst. Professor, Ravenshawa University, Cuttack

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A study on usage behavior of smart phone users in Bhubaneswar

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DR. Umakanta Dash¹

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Uses of mobile phones have significantly increased since the last decade. It is found from a survey that people prefer to own a mobile phone than having a family toilet in India. The statistic shows the number of mobile phone users in India is expected to rise to 778 million in 2018.Due to exponential growth of telecommunication industry, smart phones are also increasingly used as a medium of smart information, hassle free business transaction and a source of knowledge. The present article is the outcome of a primary survey through a structured questionnaire which was administered among two hundred smart phone users in Bhubaneswar , the temple city of Odisha to explore the interrelationship between the usage level of smart phone and user behavior. The research is trying to find out why do people desire to purchase a smart phone, what influence customers for purchasing a smart phone and what motivate them in making a purchase decision.

Keywords: Smart Phone, Mobile Internet users, Smart City

¹Professor, Srusti Academy of Management

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