Management

The Indian Automobile Industry is growing at an average rate of 17 per cent for the past few years. During April-March
2012 production growth was 13.83 percent. An attempt is made to study the financial strength of this industry. The
data were collected for fifteen years for selected fifteen companies from the annual reports. The descriptive statistics
includes Mean, Standard Deviation. Analysis of variance is a tool used to test the differences amount the means of populations by examining the
amount of variation within each of these examples, relative to the amount of variation between the samples. The study provides companies with
understanding the activities that would enhance their financial performances. The results of this study imply that, they are financially strong and
they are growing at the rate of 17% per annum.

Marketing strategies are dynamic and interactive. They are partially planned and partially
unplanned. A key component of marketing strategy is often to keep marketing line with a
company’s overarching mission statement. Main objective of this study is to know the
effectiveness of new marketing strategies in pump industry and its impact on business
performance. It is a descriptive study and a structured questionnaire is used for data collection.
Factor analysis is adopted in this study. It is found that customer related strategies and
competition oriented strategies are more significantly effective in influencing their business
performance. This study also reveals that these firms are yet to provide all commercial and
business functionalities in their website to exploit the business value of their online presence.

Potential appraisal is an important part of the
appraisal process. Appraising an employee’s potential helps
to evaluate his/her capability for growth and development to
take greater challenges, take up responsibilities and positions
in the organizational hierarchy. Most organizations
incorporate potential appraisal in their appraisal processes
for identifying and developing suitable employee base for
succession planning. The present study thus focuses on the
perception of potential appraisal among the managerial cadre
employees. Most of the respondents feel that the PAS
(Performance Appraisal System) must help in maintaining and
improving the morale of teams and should help the employees
in the identification of organizational objectives. The
employees have said that the PAS must help in manpower
planning to meet the expansion and other needs, if required.
Most of the employees feel that PAS must support good
maintenance of data that, in turn, should help the HR
managers to identify the training needs and to chart the career
development plans for an employee. It has been concluded
that the managerial cadre employees perceived view of the
Potential Performance Appraisal Metric does not differ from
one level of manager to the other.

The Indian plastics industry made a promising beginning in 1945 and has registered a fast growth since then. The growth accelerated in the 1960s and with the liberalization of Indian economy in 1991, it has shown tremendous growth and diversification and is now the star performer along with the other fast growing industries like electronics, computers and white goods. India has been projected to be world number three in plastics consumption after the USA and Ch ina. Th is seems to be a very achievable positio n over the past decades as, the developed world has reported 3-4 per cent growth, but the Indian plastic industry has reported double digit growth each year. According to AIPMA, it is now estimated that the plastic industry in India will grow at a rate of over 15 per cent per annum for several years to come. Mu mbai, Delh i, Ko lkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Vadodara, Vapi, Kanpur, A mritsar, Co imbatore, Bongaigaon, Barauni, Mettur, Du rgapur, Pimp ri (Pune), Rishra, etc. are so me of the outstanding centres which are well known for the production of either p lastic raw materials or finished plastic goods. Records in AIPMA states that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, U.K., Thailand, Sri Lanka, and a number of other countries are the regular buyers of Indian plastic goods. Currently, the Indian plastics industry is spread across the country, employing about 4 million people and over 2,000 exporters. That is why; the Govern ment has accorded it a thrust industry status. The time has come where the plastics industry has the capacity to influence the progress of all other sectors. Plastic industry is regarded as 'sunrise' industry due to its increasing versatility and burgeoning worldwide demand. No wonder we are living in the plastic age. The Govern ment has set up the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) at Chennai with the primary objective to develop skilled manpower and provide technical services to the plastic industry. The unprecedented growth in the use of plastics as a packing material has created a serious problem of solid waste disposal. Plastic is a non-biodegradable substance and creates problems of environmental pollution. Many advanced countries are seriously thinking of reverting back to conventional packing materials, thereby dealing big blow to this industry. However, Indian plastic industry may thrive on the recycling of the used plastic material for wh ich rag pickers can make valuable contribution. Recycling solves the problem of waste disposal, lessens the burden on raw materials, lightens the pressure on the biosphere and provides jobs to millions. It may be mentioned here that this process needs technological development and upgradation. The major challenges being faced by the entrepreneurs of the plastic industry in India are export/import related problems, insufficient government support, high competit ion, high risks, crisis in raw material market, low plastic consumption rate in India, electricity problem, moderate technological advancement, due to wh ic h most of the entrepreneurs face stress. Entrepreneurial stress is one of the major health hazards of the modern environ ment. It accounts for much of the physical illness, substance abuse, and family problems experienced by millions of

In India, the Automobile Industry is one of the largest industries. It is one of the key sectors of the economy. The industry has shown great progress since de-licensing and opening up of the sector to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 1991-92. It has both forward and backward linkages with the rest of the economy, and hence has a strong multiplier effect. The Automobile Industry including manufacturing of component is estimated to provide employment directly to approximately five lakhs of people and indirectly to around 50 million people. This paper deals with analysis of select financial variable using Compound Annual Growth Rate.

Electronic goods are becoming a basic need rather than a luxury. There is a rapid growth witnessed by the companies producing electronic goods since last decade. The Customer satisfaction towards selective LG brand products has been made by the researcher in Gobichettipalayam for studying the necessity of customer needs and their satisfaction. The analytical tools applied for the analysis of the data collected like Simple Percentage analysis and Chi-square tests. The study is aimed at measuring customer satisfaction towards selective LG products with special reference Gobichettipalayam. Marketing starts before production and continues after sales. Marketing is the process of creating customers. The important attribute of the product is quality and prices have received favorable appreciation from the respondents.

The Indian Automobile Industry marked a new journey in the 1991 with the financial revolutionary New Industrial Policy Act 1991 opening automatic route which allowed the 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment(FDI). Here, an attempt is made to find out the effect of FDI on the financial performance of Indian Automobile Industry. For this purpose, sixteen companies were selected and analysed through various financial ratios. Descriptive statistical tools like Mean, Standard Deviation and Student's paired 't' Test were used to test the hypothesis. The liquidity analysis showed little changes and profitability analyses showed an increasing trend during post FDI when compared to pre FDI. The efficiency analysis showed that the companies are efficiently utilising the available resources during post FDI as compared to pre FDI. It is concluded that foreign direct investment in India makes positive impact on the financial variables of the Automobile Companies.

Automobile sector has emerged as a sunrise sector. In April-March 2015, overall automobile exports
grew by 14.89 percent over the same period last year. Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles, Three
Wheelers and Two Wheelers grew by 4.42 percent, 11.33 percent, 15.44 percent and 17.93 percent
respectively during April-March 2015 over the same period last year(SIAM). The leading local firms
have established over 200 technical cooperation agreements with foreign firms to be able to reach
international standards in cost and manufacturing. The healthy development and rapid growth of this
industry has always been very important for the Indian economy. This paper aims to measure the
profitability and also to analyze the effects of various factors on the profitability in Indian Automobile
industry. For this purpose 16 companies were taken and 21 variables were analyzed through multiple
correlation analysis and step wise multiple regression. It is proved that profitability of the Indian
Automobile Industry is highly dependent on Operating Ratio and it contributes 93.40 per cent to
variation in Return on Sales.

The Indian plastics industry made a promising beginning in 1945 and has registered a fast growth since then. The growth accelerated in the 1960s and with the liberalization of Indian economy in 1991, it has shown tremendous growth and diversification and is now the star performer along with the other fast growing industries like electronics, computers and white goods. India has been projected to be world number three in plastics consumption after the USA and Ch ina. Th is seems to be a very achievable positio n over the past decades as, the developed world has reported 3-4 per cent growth, but the Indian plastic industry has reported double digit growth each year. According to AIPMA, it is now estimated that the plastic industry in India will grow at a rate of over 15 per cent per annum for several years to come. Mu mbai, Delh i, Ko lkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Vadodara, Vapi, Kanpur, A mritsar, Co imbatore, Bongaigaon, Barauni, Mettur, Du rgapur, Pimp ri (Pune), Rishra, etc. are so me of the outstanding centres which are well known for the production of either p lastic raw materials or finished plastic goods. Records in AIPMA states that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, U.K., Thailand, Sri Lanka, and a number of other countries are the regular buyers of Indian plastic goods. Currently, the Indian plastics industry is spread across the country, employing about 4 million people and over 2,000 exporters. That is why; the Govern ment has accorded it a thrust industry status. The time has come where the plastics industry has the capacity to influence the progress of all other sectors. Plastic industry is regarded as 'sunrise' industry due to its increasing versatility and burgeoning worldwide demand. No wonder we are living in the plastic age. The Govern ment has set up the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) at Chennai with the primary objective to develop skilled manpower and provide technical services to the plastic industry. The unprecedented growth in the use of plastics as a packing material has created a serious problem of solid waste disposal. Plastic is a non-biodegradable substance and creates problems of environmental pollution. Many advanced countries are seriously thinking of reverting back to conventional packing materials, thereby dealing big blow to this industry. However, Indian plastic industry may thrive on the recycling of the used plastic material for wh ich rag pickers can make valuable contribution. Recycling solves the problem of waste disposal, lessens the burden on raw materials, lightens the pressure on the biosphere and provides jobs to millions. It may be mentioned here that this process needs technological development and upgradation. The major challenges being faced by the entrepreneurs of the plastic industry in India are export/import related problems, insufficient government support, high competit ion, high risks, crisis in raw material market, low plastic consumption rate in India, electricity problem, moderate technological advancement, due to wh ic h most of the entrepreneurs face stress. Entrepreneurial stress is one of the major health hazards of the modern environ ment. It accounts for much of the physical illness, substance abuse, and family problems experienced by millions of

India has been projected to be world number three in plastics consumption after the USA and China. This seems to be a very achievable position over the past decades as, the developed world has reported three to four per cent growth, but the Indian plastic industry has reported double digit growth each year. It is now estimated that the plastic industry in India will grow at a rate of over 15 per cent per annum for several years to come. The plastic product manufacturing was quite profitable in the past years. Recently, the industry has been facing a number of problems. As this industry was profitable, many entrepreneurs has come up and set new industries. This has caused an intense competition in the sector. There is a crisis in the raw materials market. Electricity failure is affecting the industry very much. The companies are importing low price products from China, Singapore, Thailand and so on. Government help is not sufficient for this industry. Due to which majority of the entrepreneurs face stress. Entrepreneurial stress is one of the major health hazards of the modern environment. It accounts for much of the physical illness, substance abuse, and family problems experienced by millions of entrepreneurs. Also, entrepreneurial stress and stressful working conditions have been linked to low productivity, increased rates of accidents on and off the job. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), states that job stress, now more than ever, poses a threat to the health of workers – and the health of organizations. Many research studies have focused on the role of emotions in the workplace and have conceptually examined the relationship between cognition and emotions. This movement has largely been attributed to new research around the construct of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Emotional Intelligence involves behaviours related to the experience of emotion; specifically it involves expressing, recognizing, understanding and managing emotions. Thus there is a strong need for systematic research on emotional intelligence of entrepreneur's stress so as to assist them in their development and stress management.

With emerging complexities in business and industry and with the rise of the competitive market people are at the center stage of all sources of energy and power. It is imperative to say that good potential appraisal system is vital for the success of the organisation in the ever-changing competitive business. In today's context every organisation's performances appraisal systems have to be framed based on twin perceptive that will fulfill the organisation's goal and their employees' expectations. This study aims to assess the employees' perception towards feasibility of potential appraisal for managerial employees in selected PSUs of Kerala. The study observed that the employee claim doubt related to the feasibility of the future potential appraisal metric systems. The study concluded that though PAS system adopted in public sector organisations are beneficial to the employees'. But, the employees' feel that the PAS system should be developed further in order to get the optimum results. Thus, study suggests both central and State Public Sector Undertakings to adhered a three dimensional focus while planning future potential appraisal metrics i.e., administrative functions (e.g. promotion and salary), informative functions (e.g. generate performance data for management and employees), and motivational functions (e.g. training, learning, career planning).

The study aims to find out the level of stress faced by the public sector bank employees in Coimbatore district. Various factors like environmental stress, familial and relationship stress, work stress and social stress have been analyzed for this purpose. The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the socio economic status and stress level. Primary data was collected using field survey method and personal interview technique. A sample size of 750 has been taken. Chi square test and Multiple regression analysis have been used and the inference has been given in detail. From this study it is found that there is a close relationship between the age of the respondents, gender, qualification, income and dependents of the respondents and the level of stress. It is also found that age, nativity, family members, monthly income, marital status and working experience positively influence the level of stress.

This study aims to find out the level of stress faced by working women in Export Oriented Units (EOU) of Tirupur district. For this purpose, the nature of work, working environment, occupational challenges, problem relating to motivational factors and job satisfaction are analysed. It has been observed that most of the Export Oriented Units (EOU) have been looking out for women and the entrepreneurs prefer women employees as they can extract maximum work with least pay due to which most of them face stress. It has been found that the various causes of stress, at home, at work and due to physical condition. In order to assess the perception of the workers on the level of stress and to identify the different ways in which the women workers manage stress, 300 sample (i.e.) 5 per cent of the total workers of the women in EOU's have been selected using simple random sampling techniques. From the inference it is clear that leadership status, punctuality, salary and allowances or incentives. The deficiency of transportation facility creates stress among the women workers in Export Units of Tirupur. Though the women workers faces enormous stress, it has been found that the availability of canteen culture, noise pollution at the work place, high target nature of the sample units and high concentration on work have not created any stress.

For a service sector organization, High quality services are essential to survive in any competition. Human resource activities in hotel industry are not just a human touch and serve with smile but they require creativeness, problem handling and systematic thinking. Present competitive environment goads on the organization to recruit the candidate with relevant competencies and it is a great challenge for them to enhance their competencies to survive in competition. Training is crucial in ensuring the effectiveness and quality of all these practices. In any organization, training has a big impact on all the HR practices. The training for competency development identifies the training needs across key behavioral and technical competencies. The gaps between the individual's capacity and requirement of the current and future roles have been identified and rectified through training programmes. This paper intends to reveal the impact of training programme on competency development on hotel industry.

The study aims to find out the level of stress faced by the public sector bank employees in Coimbatore district. Various factors like environmental stress, familial and relationship stress, work stress and social stress have been analyzed for this purpose. The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the socio economic status and stress level. Primary data was collected using field survey method and personal interview technique. A sample size of 750 has been taken. Chi square test and Multiple regression analysis have been used and the inference has been given in detail. From this study it is found that there is a close relationship between the age of the respondents, gender, qualification, income and dependents of the respondents and the level of stress. It is also found that age, nativity, family members, monthly income, marital status and working experience positively influence the level of stress.

This study aims to find out the level of stress faced by working women in Export Oriented Units (EOU) of Tirupur district. For this purpose, the nature of work, working environment, occupational challenges, problem relating to motivational factors and job satisfaction are analysed. It has been observed that most of the Export Oriented Units (EOU) have been looking out for women and the entrepreneurs prefer women employees as they can extract maximum work with least pay due to which most of them face stress. It has been found that the various causes of stress, at home, at work and due to physical condition. In order to assess the perception of the workers on the level of stress and to identify the different ways in which the women workers manage stress, 300 sample (i.e.) 5 per cent of the total workers of the women in EOU's have been selected using simple random sampling techniques. From the inference it is clear that leadership status, punctuality, salary and allowances or incentives. The deficiency of transportation facility creates stress among the women workers in Export Units of Tirupur. Though the women workers faces enormous stress, it has been found that the availability of canteen culture, noise pollution at the work place, high target nature of the sample units and high concentration on work have not created any stress.

In hotel industry, the perceptions about human resource practices are generally negative. Whatever may be the reason for poor practices, human resource management strategies impact on an organisation's overall effectiveness, that the effective utilisation of human resources can give an organisation with competitive advantage. It is vital for any organization to formulate standard practices for management of human resources. The hotel industry is necessarily labour intensive and this makes HRM practices particularly important and it should develop effective human resource practices and policies to achieve competitive success. This paper intensively analyses the human resource practices in hotel industry and the issues faced by the human resource managers in executing the human resource practices.