Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental h... more Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental health, specifically depression, anxiety, substance use, and stress among management students to explore the need for support in a campus. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in the setting of a university campus. Using a questionnaire method, students of the Master of Business Administration course were evaluated for stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used for assessing anxiety and depression. Stress explored through open-ended questions was later categorized. Results: Majority of students (60.7%) reported stress which was broadly course-related and personal issues. Stress was significantly associated with anxiety and depression. Around 36.1% of students had anxiety and 44.2% had depression at a clinically relevant level. The proportion of students reporting wish to die or self-harm ideas nearly every day was 11.5%. Substance use was reported by 18.3%. In contrast to these proportions, only 10% of students acknowledged having mental health problems. Conclusion: Considerable mental health concerns exist in students. The results highlight the need for specific mental health promotion and preventive health actions in a university campus.
Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental h... more Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental health, specifically depression, anxiety, substance use, and stress among management students to explore the need for support in a campus. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in the setting of a university campus. Using a questionnaire method, students of the Master of Business Administration course were evaluated for stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used for assessing anxiety and depression. Stress explored through open-ended questions was later categorized. Results: Majority of students (60.7%) reported stress which was broadly course-related and personal issues. Stress was significantly associated with anxiety and depression. Around 36.1% of students had anxiety and 44.2% had depression at a clinically relevant level. The proportion of students reporting wish to die or self-harm ideas nearly every day was 11.5%. Substance use was reported by 18.3%. In contrast to these proportions, only 10% of students acknowledged having mental health problems. Conclusion: Considerable mental health concerns exist in students. The results highlight the need for specific mental health promotion and preventive health actions in a university campus.
The COVID 19 pandemic has an unprecedented effect on the world and has caused a huge death toll a... more The COVID 19 pandemic has an unprecedented effect on the world and has caused a huge death toll and miseries It has mani-fest itself from disruption of normalcy to an economic slowdown and has impacted people in all walks of life There is a growing body of evidence regarding a spike in depression and anxiety in the general public, due to the pandemic, and its negative impact on their daily lives due to death and economic hardships It is not easy to handle the stress arising out of the pandemic and its ramifications It is even more difficult for people with mental health challenges The evidence has been pointing towards an in-crease in suicide in a high-risk population The crisis is real, and efforts should be focused on ameliorating the risk in vulnerable populations Patients need to be educated and trained to adopt lifestyle changes to deal with the rapidly evolving situation and restructure thought processes and utilize healthy coping skills, keeping them from slipping through the...
International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2020
This study is an attempt to examine the key drivers for successful retention of customers in the ... more This study is an attempt to examine the key drivers for successful retention of customers in the Indian banking sector. Due to flow of LPG, the competitiveness in the banking sector has increased significantly and banks are not only competing with each other but also with other non-banking financial institutions (Hull, 2002). As almost all banks provide nearly identical services, so to survive in the long term and to distinguish themselves, they have to apply their own strategy and one of that is how to retain the existing customers. So, in order to enjoy sustainable competitive advantages, customer retention is the most vital marketing strategy. The key objective of this research work is to find out different factors and to identify the key factors among them which will help the banks to retain the existing customers. The results indicate that Customer service, price of product and Service and CRM are the most significant and essential factors which work towards retention of custom...
A leader is an agent of change, and leadership is about raising the aspirations of followers and ... more A leader is an agent of change, and leadership is about raising the aspirations of followers and enthusing them to reach a higher goal. Corporate management is more dependent on effective & efficient leadership which leads to create high performing organizations. In fact, leadership has been the key to transformation of organizations across the globe. Transformational leaders inspire followers to perform beyond expectations; and employees' commitment, loyalty, satisfaction, and performance are related to transformational leadership. N.R. Narayana Murthy is one such leader in Indian business. This paper reviews the dimensions of transformational leadership and Narayana Murthy's thought, philosophies, beliefs, faith and practices that epitomes Murthy a transformational leader which make him a role model for many corporate managers.
There are contrasting reports regarding effect of traditional class based training on the examina... more There are contrasting reports regarding effect of traditional class based training on the examination scores. There is hardly any report in this area for management training courses. Objective of this study was to find out the relation of attendance in classes and result in examination in management students. The attendance figures in each of six subjects and examination grade points were collected for a batch of management students (n=118). The result suggested that there is significant correlation between attendance in classes and examination scores; higher the attendance, higher was the score. The examination scores were significantly different in students in different quartiles of attendance percentage. Male students had significantly lower attendance and examination scores than the females. In conclusion, higher attendance in classes is related to higher scores in examination in management courses. Efforts to improve attendance appear relevant to improve outcome in examinations.
There is a dearth of a comprehensive framework of service supply chain management(SSCM) despite t... more There is a dearth of a comprehensive framework of service supply chain management(SSCM) despite the growing share of services in the economy. In this context this study is an attempt to overcome the challenges that impacts the effectiveness and efficiency and success of SSCM of Indian Insurance Industry. Various influencing factors for successful performance of SSCM of Insurance Industry have been identified from extensive literature review and on the basis of Expert opinion. Interdependencies and linkage relationship among these factors have been set after carrying out brain storming sessions of the experts. A structural model has been developed by using Interpretive Structural Modelling technique. Twelve factors have been identified from literature and expert opinion. Out of these, four factors have been identified as drivers which will help Insurance Industries to achieve their desired objectives, four provide linkage on which the managers should focus make the SCM of Insurance i...
Various factors are known to influence examination outcome. The importance of personality and ext... more Various factors are known to influence examination outcome. The importance of personality and extra-curricular factors in the success of management career cannot be overlooked. This study intended to find out the influence of personality, current health, and lifestyle factors on the examination result of management students. The results implied that the factors that could predict examination grades in management students were the performances in past examinations and current quality of life. There was a probability of a negative influence of dysfunctional personality factors on the outcome of examinations in management training. Creative hobbies had significantly positive influence on examination result. It is suggested that replication studies with larger sample are essential considering the findings of this study which have implication for specific assessment and support for management students.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a growing phenomenon in the corporate world today and ha... more Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a growing phenomenon in the corporate world today and has become a buzzword. Involvement of employees in extension of CSR of a company is also on rise. This provides employees an HR opportunity to contribute to business success, employee satisfaction and performance. The authors believe that the employees and the public are the two key stakeholders of a company. Their role and involvement in the CSR activities of the company is crucial to make CSR inclusive and participatory. This paper makes an attempt to peep into the CSR culture and practice of an Indian company-National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a leading Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) based in Odisha; and seeks to unfold the level of awareness of CSR among the employees and the neighborhood communities affected by the spillover effect of company's plants and operation. The study also covers their perception of the employees and public towards CSR activities undertaken by th...
The purpose of this conceptual paper is to highlight the issues that are associated with identify... more The purpose of this conceptual paper is to highlight the issues that are associated with identifying talent and analyzing the importance of talent as a major factor of employability. The hurt of talent is an ongoing process and in seen in both good and challenging times of an organization. Futuristic organizations have a number of innovative measures to get talent and retain it as well. Because this is where they get the edge in competition. Whether we are talking in terms of mobility programs or compensation strategies---talent is the key word. It is this human capital that helps in designing compensation programs and equity incentives in retaining key people in an organization. They help a firm meet their executive tax compliance obligations, manage their talent effectively and have a function's strategies alignment with a view to getting the support one needs to manage their most important resource. When organizations think of achieving superior results on a continued basis t...
There is a wealth of literature about personality traits and entrepreneurial success. [5,6] Perso... more There is a wealth of literature about personality traits and entrepreneurial success. [5,6] Personality factors are so influential in the professional role that it has been suggested to have appropriate personality assessment to improve the chance of success in academics and professional career. [7,8] It is reported that personality factors influence the choice of business studies among students. [9] Success has been linked to being conscientious, emotionally stable, socially V arious factors are known to influence the academic performance of students at university. These can vary from innate factors such as intelligence and personality traits, [1] but external and situational factors may play a role. [2] Personality factors, interpersonal skills, skills in group, social cognition, stress, etc., are a few examples that can influence performance in academics in the university and later in professional life. [3,4] These factors may be particularly relevant for students of professional courses such as business administration.
Talent Management has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training tod... more Talent Management has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. Right talent is the greatest asset for any enterprise and one of the essential roles of HR is to make sure that the employees with the right skills stick with the company for long enough. The issue with many companies today is that their organizations put tremendous effort into attracting employees to their company, but spend little time into retaining and developing talent. One of the most important factors that go into IT business is human capital, and therefore, sustainability of revenue growth in the IT Services industry is directly dependent on the organization's ability to attract the right talent and thereafter, up-skilling, motivating and retaining them in the organization. This paper brings out the Talent Management Strategy of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the leading software companies in India which is viewed as a benchmark company in the industry for talent...
Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental h... more Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental health, specifically depression, anxiety, substance use, and stress among management students to explore the need for support in a campus. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in the setting of a university campus. Using a questionnaire method, students of the Master of Business Administration course were evaluated for stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used for assessing anxiety and depression. Stress explored through open-ended questions was later categorized. Results: Majority of students (60.7%) reported stress which was broadly course-related and personal issues. Stress was significantly associated with anxiety and depression. Around 36.1% of students had anxiety and 44.2% had depression at a clinically relevant level. The proportion of students reporting wish to die or self-harm ideas nearly every day was 11.5%. Substance use was reported by 18.3%. In contrast to these proportions, only 10% of students acknowledged having mental health problems. Conclusion: Considerable mental health concerns exist in students. The results highlight the need for specific mental health promotion and preventive health actions in a university campus.
Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental h... more Background: Life in college and university can be stressful. It was intended to evaluate mental health, specifically depression, anxiety, substance use, and stress among management students to explore the need for support in a campus. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in the setting of a university campus. Using a questionnaire method, students of the Master of Business Administration course were evaluated for stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used for assessing anxiety and depression. Stress explored through open-ended questions was later categorized. Results: Majority of students (60.7%) reported stress which was broadly course-related and personal issues. Stress was significantly associated with anxiety and depression. Around 36.1% of students had anxiety and 44.2% had depression at a clinically relevant level. The proportion of students reporting wish to die or self-harm ideas nearly every day was 11.5%. Substance use was reported by 18.3%. In contrast to these proportions, only 10% of students acknowledged having mental health problems. Conclusion: Considerable mental health concerns exist in students. The results highlight the need for specific mental health promotion and preventive health actions in a university campus.
The COVID 19 pandemic has an unprecedented effect on the world and has caused a huge death toll a... more The COVID 19 pandemic has an unprecedented effect on the world and has caused a huge death toll and miseries It has mani-fest itself from disruption of normalcy to an economic slowdown and has impacted people in all walks of life There is a growing body of evidence regarding a spike in depression and anxiety in the general public, due to the pandemic, and its negative impact on their daily lives due to death and economic hardships It is not easy to handle the stress arising out of the pandemic and its ramifications It is even more difficult for people with mental health challenges The evidence has been pointing towards an in-crease in suicide in a high-risk population The crisis is real, and efforts should be focused on ameliorating the risk in vulnerable populations Patients need to be educated and trained to adopt lifestyle changes to deal with the rapidly evolving situation and restructure thought processes and utilize healthy coping skills, keeping them from slipping through the...
International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2020
This study is an attempt to examine the key drivers for successful retention of customers in the ... more This study is an attempt to examine the key drivers for successful retention of customers in the Indian banking sector. Due to flow of LPG, the competitiveness in the banking sector has increased significantly and banks are not only competing with each other but also with other non-banking financial institutions (Hull, 2002). As almost all banks provide nearly identical services, so to survive in the long term and to distinguish themselves, they have to apply their own strategy and one of that is how to retain the existing customers. So, in order to enjoy sustainable competitive advantages, customer retention is the most vital marketing strategy. The key objective of this research work is to find out different factors and to identify the key factors among them which will help the banks to retain the existing customers. The results indicate that Customer service, price of product and Service and CRM are the most significant and essential factors which work towards retention of custom...
A leader is an agent of change, and leadership is about raising the aspirations of followers and ... more A leader is an agent of change, and leadership is about raising the aspirations of followers and enthusing them to reach a higher goal. Corporate management is more dependent on effective & efficient leadership which leads to create high performing organizations. In fact, leadership has been the key to transformation of organizations across the globe. Transformational leaders inspire followers to perform beyond expectations; and employees' commitment, loyalty, satisfaction, and performance are related to transformational leadership. N.R. Narayana Murthy is one such leader in Indian business. This paper reviews the dimensions of transformational leadership and Narayana Murthy's thought, philosophies, beliefs, faith and practices that epitomes Murthy a transformational leader which make him a role model for many corporate managers.
There are contrasting reports regarding effect of traditional class based training on the examina... more There are contrasting reports regarding effect of traditional class based training on the examination scores. There is hardly any report in this area for management training courses. Objective of this study was to find out the relation of attendance in classes and result in examination in management students. The attendance figures in each of six subjects and examination grade points were collected for a batch of management students (n=118). The result suggested that there is significant correlation between attendance in classes and examination scores; higher the attendance, higher was the score. The examination scores were significantly different in students in different quartiles of attendance percentage. Male students had significantly lower attendance and examination scores than the females. In conclusion, higher attendance in classes is related to higher scores in examination in management courses. Efforts to improve attendance appear relevant to improve outcome in examinations.
There is a dearth of a comprehensive framework of service supply chain management(SSCM) despite t... more There is a dearth of a comprehensive framework of service supply chain management(SSCM) despite the growing share of services in the economy. In this context this study is an attempt to overcome the challenges that impacts the effectiveness and efficiency and success of SSCM of Indian Insurance Industry. Various influencing factors for successful performance of SSCM of Insurance Industry have been identified from extensive literature review and on the basis of Expert opinion. Interdependencies and linkage relationship among these factors have been set after carrying out brain storming sessions of the experts. A structural model has been developed by using Interpretive Structural Modelling technique. Twelve factors have been identified from literature and expert opinion. Out of these, four factors have been identified as drivers which will help Insurance Industries to achieve their desired objectives, four provide linkage on which the managers should focus make the SCM of Insurance i...
Various factors are known to influence examination outcome. The importance of personality and ext... more Various factors are known to influence examination outcome. The importance of personality and extra-curricular factors in the success of management career cannot be overlooked. This study intended to find out the influence of personality, current health, and lifestyle factors on the examination result of management students. The results implied that the factors that could predict examination grades in management students were the performances in past examinations and current quality of life. There was a probability of a negative influence of dysfunctional personality factors on the outcome of examinations in management training. Creative hobbies had significantly positive influence on examination result. It is suggested that replication studies with larger sample are essential considering the findings of this study which have implication for specific assessment and support for management students.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a growing phenomenon in the corporate world today and ha... more Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a growing phenomenon in the corporate world today and has become a buzzword. Involvement of employees in extension of CSR of a company is also on rise. This provides employees an HR opportunity to contribute to business success, employee satisfaction and performance. The authors believe that the employees and the public are the two key stakeholders of a company. Their role and involvement in the CSR activities of the company is crucial to make CSR inclusive and participatory. This paper makes an attempt to peep into the CSR culture and practice of an Indian company-National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a leading Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) based in Odisha; and seeks to unfold the level of awareness of CSR among the employees and the neighborhood communities affected by the spillover effect of company's plants and operation. The study also covers their perception of the employees and public towards CSR activities undertaken by th...
The purpose of this conceptual paper is to highlight the issues that are associated with identify... more The purpose of this conceptual paper is to highlight the issues that are associated with identifying talent and analyzing the importance of talent as a major factor of employability. The hurt of talent is an ongoing process and in seen in both good and challenging times of an organization. Futuristic organizations have a number of innovative measures to get talent and retain it as well. Because this is where they get the edge in competition. Whether we are talking in terms of mobility programs or compensation strategies---talent is the key word. It is this human capital that helps in designing compensation programs and equity incentives in retaining key people in an organization. They help a firm meet their executive tax compliance obligations, manage their talent effectively and have a function's strategies alignment with a view to getting the support one needs to manage their most important resource. When organizations think of achieving superior results on a continued basis t...
There is a wealth of literature about personality traits and entrepreneurial success. [5,6] Perso... more There is a wealth of literature about personality traits and entrepreneurial success. [5,6] Personality factors are so influential in the professional role that it has been suggested to have appropriate personality assessment to improve the chance of success in academics and professional career. [7,8] It is reported that personality factors influence the choice of business studies among students. [9] Success has been linked to being conscientious, emotionally stable, socially V arious factors are known to influence the academic performance of students at university. These can vary from innate factors such as intelligence and personality traits, [1] but external and situational factors may play a role. [2] Personality factors, interpersonal skills, skills in group, social cognition, stress, etc., are a few examples that can influence performance in academics in the university and later in professional life. [3,4] These factors may be particularly relevant for students of professional courses such as business administration.
Talent Management has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training tod... more Talent Management has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. Right talent is the greatest asset for any enterprise and one of the essential roles of HR is to make sure that the employees with the right skills stick with the company for long enough. The issue with many companies today is that their organizations put tremendous effort into attracting employees to their company, but spend little time into retaining and developing talent. One of the most important factors that go into IT business is human capital, and therefore, sustainability of revenue growth in the IT Services industry is directly dependent on the organization's ability to attract the right talent and thereafter, up-skilling, motivating and retaining them in the organization. This paper brings out the Talent Management Strategy of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the leading software companies in India which is viewed as a benchmark company in the industry for talent...
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