25 books
Yoga Guidebook is for the learners of yoga who would like to embark on a personal journey of liberation and transformation. From familiar to lesser-known facts, this guidebook helps the learners to give complete information of Yogic tradition. This book contains series of discussions with various key concepts used in Yoga Sutra by Patanjali which describes the human existence enigma. This guidebook does not only confine to the physical aspects of yoga itself but ...
Are business universities and schools silent partners in crime. Have they been hijacked by the elites. Are they turning into mere recruitment platforms. Can and should they be character gyms. How can they evolve to their next level. This book presents and discusses new perspectives on management education offered by the business universities and schools. The authors critically review the value creation processes and suggest innovative ways forward. Business ...
The Institute for Technology and Management ITM Kharghar Navi Mumbai is a premier management institute accredited with A grade by the ITM Trust under the chairmanship of Prof P V Ramana.The institute organised a National HR Conference in December 2011 to provide a platform where professionals from both academia and industry and management students could deliberate discuss and develop some competitive and innovative HR strategies to create high performing business ...
The only Constant in life is Change, said Heraclitus (circa 535 BC-475 BC), the Greek Philosopher known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe. Change is 24x7 and it mostly comes silently. This is more so in case of business, which at times can even become turbulent and chaotic. That is why the organisations in the list of Fortune 500 companies keep on changing.
Though change may appear to be challenging and uncomfortable, it offers ...
In the field of business management, as the complexities of research issues show an increase in recent time, there appears to be an imminent need to bridge the gap between generation, dissemination and imparting of knowledge in this field. The Annual Conference of Haryana School of Business (HSB) is an academic platform that provides an amalgamated outlook of management thoughts, empirical researches and management practices within and outside national ...
Human beings exhibit some characteristic behavior patterns in groups. Group dynamics is concerned with the interaction and forces among group members in a social situation. The understanding of group behaviour and properties of group are essential to be a good manager as well as an effective member of groups. It has been observed that groups enjoy their greatest success when they become more productive units called teams. The concept of team building refers to ...
Discussion about the question of 'What makes a good leader?' has continued for decades, if not longer. Some people assert that a good leader is someone who focuses on leading within a business to reach the business-specific goals. Others look at a leader as someone who focuses on achieving vision, and believes in a highly moral and socially conscious way. Some writers believe that there are universal principles and styles of leadership that should be ...
In the present business scenario, organizations are trying every possible strategy to sustain growth and profitability for their survival. The most obvious approach available to these firms nowadays is to move away from the already saturated metros and large towns to the smaller semi-urban or rural areas, where sufficient disposable income is available and people do not believe in keeping their savings in banks or investing in stock market.This book is a ...
The Indian aviation industry has shown impressive growth in recent times. Meanwhile, the Indian Government has responded suitably, inter alia by encouraging private sector participation in the development of the civil aviation sector. This book elucidates the concepts fundamental to the management of air transport, illuminating the factors key to operational, infrastructural and public policy in the development of air transport.
Civil Aviation is just another area of human endeavor crucial to world development. Apart from the social benefits of safely transporting people throughout the world, air transport is a global business which has been one of the driving forces of economic growth since World War II. It has an integral role in the world economy as a tool for conducting much of the world's business, a foundation for the tourism industry and a cost effective means of distributing ...
The new economy, characterised by innovation, creativity, information explosion and technology, has created vistas of opportunities, myriad of expectations on the one hand and fierce competition, dynamic uncertainty and above all turbulence on the other. Habit and complacency are out, learning and speed are in. The new economy is performance-driven and customer-centric which has several consequences on organizational work practices and expectations in terms of ...
Globalisation of economic activities has increased the importance of multinational enterprises in the development process of a country. The inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased rapidly during the late 1980s and the 1990s in almost every region of the world revitalizing a contentious debate about the costs and benefits of FDI inflows. The reforms undertaken in India since 1991 have unleashed the potential growth of the economy and stimulated trade, ...
Papers presented at the 6th Young HR Managers Conference, held at New Delhi during 8-9 May 2009.
Volume Title: Section 1. Capital markets -- Section 2. Financial services -- Section 3. Government policy and corporate finance.
Volume Title: Finance -- Marketing -- Human resource management -- IT applications -- General management.
Volume Title: Finance -- Human resources -- Information technology -- Knowledge management -- Marketing.
Papers presented at the Fourth International Conference of the Academy of International Business, held at New Delhi during 17-19 February 2006.