Reference No: OB0094TECPages: 2 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: This note discusses four concepts, viz. power maps, traps, modes of managing dependency and uneasy detachment. Using these concepts, the note attempts to sensitise a new organizational entrant to problems of power relationships and their implications for his career. ... More
Reference No: MAR0242Pages: 11 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Describes the market research carried out by the company to estimate demand for stainless seamless tubes. Students are required to evaluate this market research and suggest their own method of doing research. ... More
Reference No: PSG0010TECPages: 20Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The first part of the note focuses on how to plan clinic activities; discusses the planning process; outlines the steps in strategic planning; and suggests a list of broad approaches to achieve specified targets. Three exercises have been given. The second part is concerned with programme planning and the preparation ... More
Reference No: MAR0221TECPages: 4 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The success of an advertisement depends on the judgement at various stages of creating an advertisement apart from the research which may have gone into the development of the campaign. The copywriter, who plays a major role in the creative process, has to evolve an appropriate creative approach based on ... More
Reference No: MAR0232Pages: 20Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Pond's (India) Limited is a public limited company manufacturing and marketing toiletries and cosmetics. In almost all its markets, Pond's products are market leaders, and this is true in the case of cold cream too. This case explains the company's various promotional strategies for Pond's Cold Cream. The focus of ... More
Reference No: OB0109TECPages: 2Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: This note posts centrality and image as two key concepts in working across organizational boundaries. It suggests that a change agent can alter perceptions of centrality and images of subsystems in ways to increase the chances of changes coming about. ... More
Reference No: MAR0240Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Mr. Sundeep, the Regional Sales Manager for the Lighting Division, had lost a contract order that he had been getting for the last two years. He analyzed the situation and wondered what had gone wrong. He was getting worried as his Western Region sales were dropping. He wanted to plan ... More
Reference No: OB0061Pages: 6Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Mr. Rego, a fresh post?graduate, responds to a job advertisement, and is selected for a sales job. He joins the company, completes the induction training, and goes selling. His supervisor's style of dealing with him is unacceptable to Rego. He, therefore, resigns; but not until he has "got even" ... More
Reference No: OB0080TECPages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Attempts to distil in a few pages the ideas contained in the pioneering work "Friends of Friends" by Jeremy Boissevain as might be relevant to a change agent. It argues that social systems are networks of choice?making people competing for scarce and valued resources. In order to change social ... More
Reference No: CMA0486Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Illustrates the management problems of handloom weavers' cooperatives vis-a-vis the responsibilities of the public handloom projects. This case particularly reflects the organizational and human resource problems of the handloom sector. ... More
Reference No: MAR0218TECPages: 5Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Deals with the various important aspects that should be taken into account in formulating an advertising plan, and also the approach for developing it. The advertising plan describes the product its physical characteristics as well as its uses. The advertiser has to develop a "unique selling proposition" which induces the ... More
Reference No: MAR0230TECPages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: How advertising affects the economic development of a country in various ways is explained here. Advertising may shift the demand curve for a class of products. It also brings about product differentiation between various brands of a product and helps in improving the quality of a product by inducing the ... More
Reference No: OB0045Pages: 8 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The personnel manager of a recently?formed handloom development corporation introduces a format and procedures for the annual performance reporting of the corporation's employees. The corporation's managing director wants to know how the performance assessment system can be improved for monitoring output and spending more effectively. ... More
Reference No: OB0071TECPages: 2 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: This note explores the pressures for polarization of social systems into two groups??the powerful and the powerless. It argues that reduction of this power distance is necessary for preventing social systems from catapulting into catastrophes. It points out how change agents can contribute to preventing such catastrophes through bringing ... More
Reference No: PSG0018TECPages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: An administrator constantly faces problems relating to his staff, supplies, funds, and methods. He needs a framework by which he can resolve these problems. The case lists six essential steps that can help a manager solve his problems. Three small caselets are included to serve as exercises in problem solving. ... More
