Organizational Behaviour

Indian women have to go a long way to achieve equal rights and position because traditions are deep rooted in Indian society where the sociological set up has been a male dominated one. Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women stand tall from the rest of the crowd ands are applauded for their achievements in their respective field. The transformation of social fabric of the Indian society, in terms of increased educational status of women and varied aspirations for better living, necessitated a change in the life style of Indian women. She has competed with man and successfully stood up with him in every walk of life and business is no exception for this. These women leaders are assertive, persuasive and willing to take risks, they managed to survive and succeed in this cut throat competition with their hard work, diligence and perseverance. Increasing numbers of women are becoming leaders of their own businesses, and many are struggling to achieve success. The present paper endeavors to study the concept of women entrepreneurs –reasons women become entrepreneurs –Reasons for slow progress of women entrepreneurs in India-suggestions for the growth of women entrepreneurs-schemes for promotion &development of women entrepreneurship in India.

Over a period of time India has emerged as a global attraction for retail industry. Unfortunately due to rising employee costs and alarming attrition rates, the retail companies are now worried about losing business to upcoming countries like Philippines, China and South Africa. The Indian retail professionals are now days have become known for their job hopping habits. Employee turnover has always been a matter of concern for organizations. A large degree of employee turnover is highly detrimental to both the organization as well as the employees. How to reduce employee’s turnover intention is a very pivotal challenge for today’s HR managers. Pay better incentives and employee’s motivational techniques have been useless and old practices of the human resource management. To analyze employee’s turnover intention and its impact on organizational outcomes 50 questionnaires were distributed to the first and middle line employees in selected organized retail outlets in Bangalore. This is a qualitative research. The study was done through questionnaire. From the econometric analysis, it is found out that turnover intention has influence on attrition factors such as working environment, career growth, working hours, personal/family reasons, and relation with internal co – worker, welfare, working condition, and salary.

The study is conducted mainly to find out the methods and effectiveness of training practices of select Information Technology companies in Chennai.This is mainly to assess the present status of the employee’s effectiveness in discharging the roles and responsibilities in tune with the objectives of the Information Technology Companies.

In today’s competitive business world understanding and developing Employee Competencies remains the key to Organisational success. Understanding employee competencies requires a focused approach to study the key competencies possessed by the employees and hence the study was carried out. The purpose of the study is to investigate the level of employee competencies and to analyse the most and least possessed competencies among employees of manufacturing units across the automobile corridor in Chennai, TamilNadu, India. A structured questionnaire was framed and circulated among the respondents to collect the primary data used for research. The respondents were selected through convenient random sampling method. Data collected from 227 respondents were tabled in SPSS and was anlaysed using statistical tools like factor analysis, reliability analysis and Correlation. The study intends to provide a pragmatic view on the level of competency among the employees and provides insights to the administrators, policy makers and practitioners in the field of human resource management for implementing the findings in developing the competency of employees for the development of the individual and the organisation.

The high levels of work engagement are when employees are involved with, committed to, enthusiastic, and passionate about their work. This study emphasize that knowledge about engagement and understanding practical issues of engagement in the organisation are equally salient when thinking researching and practicing on the topic employee engagement. Engaged employees can help organization achieve its mission, execute its strategy and generate important business results. For this reason it is important to analyse this study and consider the findings and suggestions composition while paying attention on improving employee engagement decisions for any organisation during the suitable situation.

Our research indicates that mostly violence occurs due to negligence and people not getting equal rights. In today’s Organizational society we can observe that also the political leaders motivate the people to do violence. we collect data through questionnaire. We are using the inquiry mode of research in which we use the qualitative approach. That approach provides us with the primary data through questionnaires. The data source is basically the students and employees who are doing internships and already serving at different organizational levels that related to the manufacturing sector and also from the young generation aging between 19 – 35 years who are job less or in search of it. The sampling technique we are using is the proportionate stratified sampling. Our studies show that people are violent for getting equal rights. Three common reasons for violence: to resolve the problem of getting rights, to react against the discrimination and to get justice or to take revenge. Self-defense is also the factor which can arouse the violence .Research shows that a powerful person always do violence because of force and power they have and they shows that they will do such things which they want and according to desire. In order to address these issues in an effective way, we must first recognize that violence and abuse are human problems. This research shows that the violence may occur due to illiteracy also. Education creates a sense of humbleness and polite behavior. When a person has no education they behave desperately, will not bear other people mistakes. Education plays a vital role in reshaping the personality. So the research which we conducted shows that education has major effects on the occurrence of violence. One main factor which also cause of violence is that there is no unity in the Organizational society .Organizational society is divided even on the little things so we need to reunite if we want peace in the Organizational society.

The present study has been conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of staff in-service trainings on improving the service quality in Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul Branch. The statistical sample of this study has comprised 66 unit personnel who have been selected by simple random sampling. The method of study is applied based on the aim and survey based on the descriptive method. Data collection tools of questionnaire have been based on the closed answer with the Likert range. After data collection the distance estimation method of success ratio (p) has been used for employees in order to analyze data and the nonparametric chi-square for the managers. The statistical model of difference between two correlated ratios has been used in order to evaluate the effect of performance before and after the training course. The results indicated that the personnel have considered the In-service training positive and effective on improving and promoting the service quality at university.

There is increased international competition between destinations and hotels and it is apparent that Kenya?s tourism competitive strategies need to be adjusted in order for the nation to be able to successfully compete both locally and internationally. Kenya is a renowned tourist destination competing with countries such as Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Seychelles and Tanzania. This competition calls for hotels in Kenya to adopt strategies that would give the country advantages over its competitors. To survive, the hotels must be agile enough to respond to the pressures to compete on levels unrivalled in the past. Focus has now shifted to internal processes in order to offer the hotel the best opportunity to take on the unique challenges facing it today. In order for the sector to know if it is competitive in the industry with a lot of competition, implementation of effective competitive strategies is important. The general objective of this study was to assess the influence of competitive strategies on organizational performance of classified hotels in Mombasa County registered under the Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers. Specifically, the study sought to determine the influence of competitive strategies on organization?s performance; to assess the influence of market focus strategy on organizational performance and to examine the influence of cost leadership strategy on organizational performance. The study captured the theoretical background on competitive strategies in an attempt to provide basis for appropriate conceptual and theoretical framework for the current study.

Practices of knowledge management are context-specific and they can influence organizational effectiveness. This study examines the possible mediating role of knowledge management in the relationship between organizational Structure and organizational effectiveness. A survey was conducted of 131 organizations. The results suggest that knowledge management fully mediates the impact of organizational Structure on organizational effectiveness. The findings carry theoretical implications for knowledge management literature as they extend the scope of research on knowledge management from examining a set of independent management practices to examining a system-wide mechanism that connects internal resources and competitive advantage.

In construction industry, job satisfaction and job performance are important issues when studying the human behaviours and attitudes of personnel. This research is very important so as to understand what management needs to do in order to avoid personnel job turnover in the organization. The construction industry in Sudan faces a variety of problems relating to human resource efficiency which in turn affect the entire productivity in the industry. The objectives of this study are to view the job analysis of personnel in the Sudanese construction firms, identify the level of job satisfaction of personnel, and identify the level of job performance of personnel and to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance of personnel. Data was collected from personnel in six Sudanese construction firms through survey packets including a data form and modified version of the Job Satisfaction Index questionnaire (JSI) and Performance Rating Index questionnaire. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software and also Average Index. The study shows that there exist weaknesses in the job analysis of personnel. The level of job satisfaction and performance of personnel in Sudan was found to be on the ‘average’. The study also shows a positive relationship between personnel job performance and job satisfaction.