Reference No: CMA0663TECPages: 8Published 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
Reference No: OB0173Pages: 31Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: SEWA, or the Self?Employed Women's Association, is a trade union devoted to the cause of the upliftment of poor, self?employed women. Unions are often known as protest organizations aimed at wrestling maximum advantages from the employers for their worker? members. SEWA as a trade union has pitched itself ... More
Reference No: CMA0664TECPages: 6Published 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
Reference No: CMA0662Pages: 3Published 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
Reference No: OB0177Pages: 20 Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: The case study deals with the emergence of Maharogi Sewa Samiti as an important institution in the field of leprosy treatment and rehabilitation. Starting with a thumbnail sketch of Baba Amte??the moving spirit behind the institution??the study traces the history of Maharogi Sewa Samiti from a small beginning ... More
Reference No: OB0174TECPages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1988
Abstract: Discusses the characteristics of perceptual processes, and the role of the object, situation and the perceiver in influencing perception. Some common human tendencies that can distort perception are discussed. ... More
Reference No: P&IR0177Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: Based on a long-felt need the People's Bank was reorganized. One of the major changes was the creation of a full-fledged department of personnel/industrial relations. Although there were technically qualified persons already on the rolls of the bank to head this department, an outsider with several years banking experience ... More
Reference No: OB0179TECPages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: This note discusses how the use of power affects organizational decision making. It discusses power, Authority organizational Politics, Sources of power and power tactics. It delineates Political Models from bureaucratic and national models of viewing organizations. It discussed in some detail how politics affects careers, Executive succession organization structure ... More
Reference No: P&IR0178TECPages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1989
Abstract: Given the increasing complexity and criticality of selection in human resources management, this note raises some issues in such sub-fields of selection as selection policy and procedures, marketing of vacancies, choice of recruitment advertising, campus recruitment, employment exchanges, and reservation. ... More
Reference No: OB0181TECPages: 7Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: The note discusses the concept of organizational change, characteristics of change and different approaches to managing problems of resistance, control and power while introducing change, The note also discusses competencies and attributes of an internal change agent. ... More
Reference No: OB0184(B)Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: This case describes the organizational structure and systems of Natural Resources Corporation and the feelings of the people working within these. A team of consultants appointed by the company is required to evaluate these organizational arrangements and make recommendations to the newly appointed managing director of the company. As background ... More
Reference No: OB0182Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: The case centres around correspondence between three middle managers of an organization -- Holiday Planners and Resorts Ltd. The manager who initiated the correspondence was supposed to be coordinating a particular project. The other two managers were expected to contribute to the project, though they belonged to a different division. ... More
Reference No: OB0184(C)Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1990
Abstract: This case describes the various systems like recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and control used by Natural Resources Corporation to manage its people and the feelings of the people working at different levels in the company. A team of consultants is required to evaluate the people management processes in the company ... More
