Vigi V, Nair; Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, October , 2014)
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This study aims to analyze, compare and contrast the behavioral competency of officials in commercial banks headquartered in Kerala. This is done by analyzing the soft skills/behavioral skills possessed by an individual employee in both clerical and managerial levels and the means adopted to enhance their said skills in near future. The study was conducted with the objective of analyzing the behavioral competency of the managers and clerical staff in the commercial banks headquartered in Kerala. The researcher has gone through the available literature with respect to employee competency, job satisfaction and employee performance evaluation to formulate the problem and conceptualize the framework of the study. The study concluded that the competency of the employees differs from one bank to the other but strengthening the employees’ competency is the only possible solution by which the banks can determine their future growth prospects. Only through competency, banks can achieve high level of performance especially under the globalised situation.
Alice, M J; Dr.Francis,C A(Cochin University of Science and Technology, July , 2004)
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This thesis Entitled Buyer information and brand choice behaviour in markets with asymmetries.The period of transition set in by globalization and liberalization has ensued a onsiderable degree of homogeneity with western societies with respect to quantity and quality of goods and services.The study is aimed at finding out how the buyers adapt to the prevalent complex and dynamic market configuration by taking an archetypical situation of information gathering and brand- choice decision of select household consumer durables.The study was based on a set of 301 sample respondents who were either first time purchasers or repeat purchasers for household use, of the items
under study in the sample area comprising of rural, urban and semi-urban areas. Data were collected using interview schedule and analysis of the same was done with standard statistical computer programs.Buyer confidence as perceived by buyers with respect to information acquisition and brand-choice represents the felt competence to effectively function in the market.In general, lower levels of education, income and occupation showed lower levels of search. The oldest were also low searchers. The repeat purchasers of the product searched less than the first purchasers. The most important source of information was word of mouth or information from others followed by television advertisements. The least important source of information was billboards, displays and similar forms of advertisements.The second factor is characterized by items representing ‘social attributes’ like, use by many others, use by peers, recommendation by significant others and reputation of the brand. The third factor represents ‘susceptibility to incentives and promotions’.
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Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Jose, E C; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University of Science and Technology, December , 1996)
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This study is focussed on public and private sector
The study is confined to industrial
Public companies in the states of Kerala and Orissa along with companies in India. undertakings only. sector and private sector
private sector companies in other states were studied. Even
though the original plan of 190 companies as the sample
size could not be accomplished, as the responses were very
poor, but data could be collected frmn 6 public and 5
private sector companies in Kerala, 8 public and 8 private
sector companies in Orissa along with 27 private sector
companies in other states totalling to 54 companies. The
number of years of data collected varies from 2 years to 6
years. Factors which are affecting capital expenditures and
hence leading to the performance of private sector compared
to public sector companies are studied. After the study
and analysis, comparisons are made between public sector
and private sector, and suitable recomendations are made
so that public sector industries can also perform equally
well as the private sector industries in India.
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology
Sham Bhat,K; Dr.Sankaranarayanan, K C(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, September 15, 1985)
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The objectives of the present study are to inquire into the financial aspects of the
selected Panchayats in Ernakulam district;
, to analyse the income and expenditure pattern of
selected and ‘District Panchayats'16 during 1969-70 through
1983-84;
, to suggest the steps to be taken by the Panchayat
for the proper utilisation of resources and for increasing
the availability of resources; to suggest the additional sources of revenue
for the Panchayats
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Department Of Applied Economics
Cochin University Of
Science And Technology
Retheesh, K A; Dr.Rajasenan,D(Cochin University of Science and Technology, April 28, 2005)
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India is the largest producer and processor of cashew in the
world. The export value of cashew is about Rupees 2600 crore during
2004-05. Kerala is the main processing and exporting center of
cashew. In Kerala most of the cashew processing factories are located
in Kollam district. The industry provides livelihood for about 6-7
lakhs of employees and farmers, the cashew industry has national
importance. In Kollam district alone there are more than 2.5 lakhs
employees directly involved in the industry, which comes about 10
per cent of the population of the district, out of which 95 per cent are
women workers. It is a fact that any amount received by a woman
worker will be utilized directly for the benefit of the family and hence
the link relating to family welfare is quite clear. Even though the
Government of Kerala has incorporated the Kerala State Cashew
Development Corporation (KSCDC) and Kerala State Cashew Workers
Apex Industrial Co—operative Society (CAPEX) to develop the Cashew
industry, the cashew industry and ancillary industries did not grow
as per the expectation. In this context, an attempt has been made to
analyze the problems and potential of the industry so as to make the
industry viable and sustainable for the perpetual employment and
income generation as well as the overall development of the Kollam
district.
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School of Applied Economics, Cochin
University of Science and Technology
George,K K; Dr.Parameswaran, Nair N(Cochin University of Science and Technology, October 19, 1982)
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The problem of regional disparities in economic
development is for India an inheritance from the colonial past.
At the beginning of the First Five Year Plan (1950-51), three
years after the advent of independence, the per capita State
income showed considerable inter—state variations.
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School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Gladis, Mary John C; Dr.Chandrasekharan Pillai, N(Cochin University of Science and Technology, December , 1993)
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In this study of workers of the two industrial
units, it has been found that the women workers are more
committed to the organization than the men workers. The
organizational commitment has been a popular research topic
among organizational sociologists, industrial psychologists
and labour relations specialists. Much of the early
research was directed on organizational commitment of men
workers and studies on organizational commitment of women
workers were less when compared to that of men workers. The
results of this study is partially supported by the
findings of Aranya and Jacobson (1975) who found that
parental responsibility is linked with maintaining stable
patterns of employment.
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School of
Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and
Technology
Abraham, Bijith George; Rajasenan, D(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, May , 2015)
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The inferences obtained from the study are presented in coherent area-specific levels so as to understand the ecotourism and its sub-sector areas for the researchers and policy makers about the issues, importances and potentialities of the sector. An analysis of the tourism sector in Kerala has shown tremendous growth both in terms of tourist arrivals and in terms of revenue generation from direct and indirect sources. The foreign tourist visitors in Kerala in 2014 was 9,23,336 which shows 7.60 percent increase from the last year and the domestic tourist visitors were 1,16,95,411 which again shows 7.71 percent increase, is a clear evidence of its potential. In 2014 the industry contributed revenue of 24885.44 crores from direct and indirect sources giving rise to an increase of 12.11 percent from the last year. A dichotomy of tourists and ecotourists shows that tourists in the ecotourism destinations come to 42.6 percent of the total, shows the scope, significance and its potential.
Correlation of zone-wise tourist arrivals based on the ecotourism destinations highlights the fact that with only 19 of the 64 destinations that come in the central zone are the most preferred centres (around 54 percent) for the domestic as well as foreign tourists. The north zone encompassing 6 districts with rich biodiversity shows that the tourists‟ arrival patterns exhibit less promising results. Though the north zone has 31 ecotourism destinations of the state receives only 6.19 percent of the foreign visitors. The ecotourism activities in the state are primarily managed by the Eco-Development Committees (EDCs) and the Vana Samrakshana Samithies (VSS) under the Forest Development Agency of Kerala. Social class-wise categorization of membership shows that 13142 families have membership in 190 EDCs with SC (28 percent), ST (33 percent) and other marginalised communities (39 percent). But this in the VSS shows that 400 VSS have 59085 members actively engaged in ecotourism activities and social category of the VSS makes clear that majority are from the other marginalized fringe households with 62 percent where as the participation of SC is 12 percent and ST is 26 percent. An evaluation of the socio-economic and demographic matrix of the community members involved in ecotourism activities brings out region specific differences. About 75.70 percent of the respondents are males and the rest are females. Majority of the respondents (about 60 percent) are in the age group of 20 to 40 years, followed by the age group of 40-50 (20 percent). The average age of respondents in the three zones is between 35 and 37 years. The majority of the respondents are married, a few are unmarried. Average family size is 4-5 members and differences are identified among zones. Average number of adults per household is 3 and child per household is 2.
Majority have an education of 10th class and below i.e. about 60 percent of the sample have only basic school education like primary, secondary and high school (i.e. up to SSLC but not passed) level. About 18 percent are SSLC passed, 10 percent are undergraduates whereas 6 percent constitute respondents having qualification of graduation and above. Majority of the „graduates and above‟ are from south and central zone. Inter-zone differences in educational profile are also identified with lesser number of „graduates and above‟ are identified in the north zone compared to the other two zones. Investigating into the income and livelihood options of the respondents gives insight about the prominence of ecotourism as an employment and livelihood option for the community members, as more than 90 percent of the respondents have cited tourism sector as their main employment option. Most (49.30 percent) of respondents get 100 percent income from tourism related activities, followed by 37.30 percent of community members have income between 75-99 percent from tourism whereas the rest (13 percent) have less than 74 percent of their income from tourism and there exists difference between zones and percentage of income. Financial habit shows that about 49.7 percent hold active bank accounts, 61 percent have savings behaviour and 73.8 percent have indebtedness. Analysis about the ownership of house brings to light that 37 percent of respondents live in their own house followed by 25.7 percent in government funded/provided house and 21 percent in their parent‟s house and 3.5 percent in rented house. About 12 percent of the respondents have other kinds of accommodation facilities such as staff quarters, etc. But in the case of north zone majority i.e. 52 percent primarily depend on the government funded house indicating the effectiveness of government housing programme. Standard of living measured in SLI frameworks shows that majority of the respondents have medium SLI values (42.3 percent); the remaining 47.7 percent have low SLI and 10 percent have high SLI. The community members have been benefitted immensely from forest and its resources. Since the ecotourism destinations are located amidst the wildlife settings, majority of them depend on forest for their livelihood. The information on the tourist‟s demographic characteristics like age, sex, educational qualification and annual income show that the age category of domestic and foreign tourists falls below the age group of less than 35 years (about 65 percent), whereas only 16 percent of tourists are aged above 46 years. The age group below 25 years consists of more international tourists (31.3 percent) compared to the proportion of domestic tourists (12.5 percent). Male-female ratio shows that the males constitute 56 percent of the sample and females with 44 percent. The factors determining the impact of ecotourism programmes in the community was evaluated with the aid of a factor analysis with 12 selected statements. The worries and concerns of the community members about the impact of ecotourism on the environment are well understood from this analysis. It can be drawn that environment protection and the role of ecotourism in improving the income and livelihood options of the local communities is the most important factor concerning the community members.
Anwarul Islam, MD; Dr.Ranganathan, N(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, November 5, 1988)
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For improving agricultural marketing, which has
been discussed in the previous chapter, the Government has
intervened in different ways. The direct regulatory role
through the regulation of markets and market practices is one
of the ways in which governmental intervention can improve
agricultural marketing. This study is an enquiry of the direct
regulatory role of the government through regulation of markets
and market practices. By restructuring the operational methods
and redesigning the existing physical markets, this system
gives direct benefit to the cultivating class and protects
them from the market manipulations of organised and powerful
private traders. If traders do not continue their trade for
the time being they will not be affected financially, because
they are resourceful or financially solvent. On the other
hand, Cultivators must sell their produce immediately after
harvesting for the lack of additional facilities or to satisfy
other needs for which finance is required. Another important
reason is that Cultivators/farmers are not organised and because of lack of their organisation, they sell their produces
individually. In this situation, a farmer is helpless when
astute traders indulge in manipulations at the time of purchase of the produces. So it is the government's obligation to protect the interest of the farmers. Protection of the farmer/cultivator is necessary not only from the point of social justice but also from that of economic growth. If the farmers are assured of a remunerative or incentive price for their produce, they will get the inspiration to produce more and through more production, economy will be developed and
the nation as a whole will be benefitted.
This study will examine the management system of the
markets through the direct regulatory role played by the
governments to control markets and market practices in West
Bengal and Bangladesh.
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School Of Management Studies,
Cochin University Of Science And Technology