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  1. Poverty Process

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0652TEC Pages: 9 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: The note provides excerpts from detailed case studies of impoverishment in drought-prone regions, pursued through a participant-observation method. Different dimensions of stress borne by poor households in risky regions are presented through ten caselets. ... More

  2. Agenda for Research in Dry Regions: A Socio-Ecological Perspective

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0653TEC Pages: 9 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: It is increasingly being realized that the problems of dry region development need urgent attention if the widening regional imbalance and consequent immunization have to be contained, nay reversed. The note focuses on the issues which deserve priority in research in the eighties. The socio-ecological framework has been presented to ... More

  3. Land Reforms: Implications for Equity, Migration, Employment, Food Production and Industrialization (Parts I & II)

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0654TEC Pages: 17 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: The issue of land reforms is gaining attention due to various challenges confronting us in agricultural and industrial fields. The paper reviews various implications of land reform for production employment, savings, marketed surplus, equity, etc. and traces the evolution of various measures from ancient times. Raises some issues which suggest ... More

  4. Management of Natural Resources: Land and Water (Parts I & II)

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K; Sarkar, Mitali;

    Reference No: CMA0655TEC Pages: 15 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: This paper deals with various technical, economic, social, and organizational issues in land and water management. Various problems like soil erosion, alkalinity and salinity, droughts and floods, water-logging, etc. have been discussed. The watershed concept has been described to provide a setting for managerial alternatives. The discussion on policy environment ... More

  5. Agribusiness: An International Perspective (A)

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0656(A)TEC Pages: 14 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: The note provides a brief discussion of the concept of agri-business as it evolved at Harvard Business School. The social implications of the concept for the poor are illustrated with the example of vertically integrated dairy cooperatives. The issues are raised with specific reference to value addition and its distribution ... More

  6. Implementation of Food Policy in India: Some Recent Evidence

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0657TEC Pages: 23 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: The note provides recent evidence on food policy, procurement and distribution, and analyses the policy option for the future. ... More

  7. Agriculture and Rural Development Policies: The Indian Experience

    Authors: Sarkar, Mitali; Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0658TEC Pages: 17 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: The performance of agricultural and rural development policies have been reviewed in a historical perspective in the note. The recent developmental programmes and the progress in implementing them has been analysed. The targets proposed in the Seventh Five Year-Plan have been included. ... More

  8. Matching People and Programme but at What Price?

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0659 Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: Drinking water is one of the basic necessities of mankind. In drought-prone regions, this could become a source of serious stress, particularly for poor people who may not own any private wells. The case discusses how the drinking water supply was organized in one such district. Despite several innovative efforts, ... More

  9. The Other Side of the Developed World: Case of Farm Workers in England

    Authors: Gupta, Anil K;

    Reference No: CMA0660 Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1985

    Abstract: It is generally assumed that contradiction developments are less severe in the developed world. The case, based on interviews with farm workers in England, provides some aspects of credit, product and labour markets in which the workers may have to operate simultaneously. The relationship of the worker with the employer ... More

  10. Values in Decisions

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0661 Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: This case is about three friends: Sunil, Manohar, and Rekha. It brings out the fact that "a friend in need has no friends indeed." ... More

  11. Managing a Messy Task

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0662 Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: The case relates to mess management in an educational institute which is used by four hundred and fifty students and by four hundred non-supervisory staff who are unionized, frequently resorting to mass leave, campaigns and agitation. There is a mess committee represented by students, faculty, the warden and the staff ... More

  12. Some Aspects of Power and Leadership

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0663TEC Pages: 8 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: The note elaborates concepts of power and leadership. Power is the person's (a) ability to influence another person, (b) because A possess certain qualities which are his source of power and B values A's power resources. These provide motive bases of power. There are two components of the sources of ... More

  13. Process of Team Building and Leadership

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0664TEC Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: Team building is a group effort. However, teams are differentiated from groups. Teams possess only four of the essential elements of groups, viz. goal sharing, interdependence, commitment, and accountability. The team-building process, involves five stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. A team leader requires skills of both ... More

  14. Group Dynamics: An Introductory Note

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0665TEC Pages: 9 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: The note describes the process of group formation. The key elements of groups are 1) individuals who are members of the group and not an arbitrary collection of people, and 2) who are related to one another in some definite way. The study of group is a twentieth century phenomenon, aimed at ... More

  15. From Dependency to Self-reliance: The Jawaja Experiment in Learning and Development

    Authors: Gupta, Ranjit;

    Reference No: CMA0666 Pages: 17 Published on: 1, January, 1988

    Abstract: The case discusses some aspects of an "experiment" in educational innovation and rural development in a backward block-Jawaja in Ajmer district of Rajasthan. The experiment is still continuing; hence the observations presented are tentative, subject to such revisions as further experience may suggest. The case describes the formation of two ... More

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