For creating a balance in the organizational environment, harmony amongst the employees and the employer is a prerequisite. The factors that help in determining an organizational balance are the sociology of an environment, psychology of the people working there, channels of communication along with a sound and rational management. The book highlights the fundamental concepts of organizational behaviour, and its applications in the Indian organizational scenario. The second edition of the book, maintaining the same chapters' organization as in the previous edition, comprises 28 chapters based on the fundamental concepts of organizational behaviour, and case studies from various Indian industry verticals. These case studies reveal the authors' experience in real-life scenario as consultants as well as their observations pertaining to the concepts of organizational behaviour. Besides, the text lays emphasis on some modern tools of management such as TQM, BPR and Knowledge Management, which is a unique feature of this book. The book is designed for the students of management and psychology. Moreover, it is useful for the postgraduate students of commerce as well as it is of immense use to the personnel associated with technical, commercial and IT-based industries requiring human resource management. KEY FEATURES • Every chapter is concluded with a real-life case study. • Appendices added to most of the chapters contain research-based questionnaire instruments. • Discussion Questions on Case studies enhance learning among students. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION Includes three new sections on 'Case Study Method as an Important Pedagogy', 'Classification of Case Studies' and 'Steps of Solving a Case'. Incorporates 29 new short and sharp cases at the end of the book to make the reader aware of real-life situations. TARGET AUDIENCE • MBA / PGDM / BBA • BA (Hons.) Psychology • MCom
During a mountain war, a young commando stealthily climbs up a steep mountain cliff in the freezing cold night. He is in the moment which is to turn the direction of the war. Even though he was the junior-most in his battalion, the General had made him lead the mission. In him rested hopes of his General and the hopes of his buddies. A young man returns to his village in the Western Ghats of India. The villagers are suffering from poverty, hunger, scarcity, famine, and hopelessness. He is their only hope, and their promise for a future. A scientist gives this idea to the world that space is bent and that there are holes in it. He dares to challenge the entire human belief, but still they believed in him and revered him. They all hoped he was right. How does leadership connect a soldier, a social reformer, and a scientist? What is that scintillating spirit in these people that earns them the solid devotion of their followers? The Spirit of Leadership takes you on a journey of understanding leadership...
Knowledge Based Systems (KBS) are systems that use artificial intelligence techniques in the problem solving process. This text is designed to develop an appreciation of KBS and their architecture and to help users understand a broad variety of knowledge based techniques for decision support and planning. It assumes basic computer science skills and a math background that includes set theory, relations, elementary probability, and introductory concepts of artificial intelligence. Each of the 12 chapters are designed to be modular providing instructors with the flexibility to model the book to their own course needs. Exercises are incorporated throughout the text to highlight certain aspects of the material being presented and to stimulate thought and discussion.
This book discusses plant invasions and environmental impacts on the Himalayas through a novel procedure, and helps to understand the influences of climate, physiography, soil, and disturbance on plant richness in mountain systems. Assessing invasion risks to mountain space under future climate change scenarios is highly significant for appropriate preparedness, and this book details analytical and modeling techniques to assess the conditions of mountain ecosystem and ecology to better inform our preparation for future environmental challenges. The book presents the state-of-the-art understanding of the species-environment relationships in a global biodiversity hotspot, relatively unexplored areas for the Himalayan life-form richness. The book provides not only the academic but also the professional community and policymakers a review and update on modeling applications for determining interactions of the plant species with the environment of a subtropical mountain ecosystem across a climatic gradient. Currently, there is no book in the market addressing the implementation and applications of modeling in the Himalayan plant and environment continuum, and most of the existing books cover the species richness pattern along the elevation gradient and basic ethnobotanical features of a mountain system. Since the book covers the applications of novel methods and modeling for ecological analysis of mountain ecosystems, it will also be significant for the professional market. Therefore, the book aims to fill the gap between scientists and professionals in the use of modeling strategies to monitor biodiversity in mountain systems for the formulation of conservation, adaptation, and mitigation principles.
Although previously thought to be merely passive structural components, membrane lipids have recently been found to be actively involved in cellular transport and signal transduction processes. Clear protocols for the study of membrane lipid properties, cellular transport or signal transduction are presented in this manual. Following a short introduction to membrane lipids, techniques for the isolation and extraction of membrane fractions, the analysis of the lipid composition, lipid turnover, and the involvement in signal transduction as well as the preparation of liposomes are described.
The three authors have been working on this topic for several years and bring considerable expertise to the book What determines international competitiveness is of great interest and relevance to policy makers and academics India is a particularly relevant case study for international competitiveness theories The book is concise and well written
This book outlines the eco-friendly brominating reagents available for the bromination of diverse organic substrates. Emphasis is given to the use of eco-friendly brominating reagents comprised of bromide-bromate salts in varying ratios, as these salts generate only aqueous sodium chloride as waste during the bromination process. In this book, each chapter is focused on specific reactions – aromatic reactions; aliphatic substitutions; addition reactions; oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds; oxybromination of alkenes and alkynes; and oxidative esterification have been described. The book’s description of the use of eco-friendly brominating reagents will be useful to academicians, who can follow the simple but novel methods for the preparation of chemical reagents required for their research works. The book will also be of interest to those involved in industry, as these reagents are economically viable when procured in bulk.
Pulmonary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions, including: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplants, occupational lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, and sarcoidosis of the lungs. Pulmonary medicine is also sometimes called pulmonology which is the science concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs (MedicineNet). This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases and disorders. The text presents 100 cases, guiding clinicians and trainees step by step through history taking, signs and symptoms, and clinical examination, to investigations, diagnosis and treatment. Each topic is explained clearly and in accordance with the latest advances and information in the field. More than 400 radiological images further enhance the text to assist understanding. Key points Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases and disorders 100 clinical cases Presented in step by step approach with latest advances in the field Includes more than 400 radiological images
This comprehensive text acquaints the readers with the important aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent systems and guides them towards a better understanding of the subject. The text begins with a brief introduction to artificial intelligence, including application areas, its history and future, and programming. It then deals with symbolic logic, knowledge acquisition, representation and reasoning. The text also lucidly explains AI technologies such as computer vision, natural language processing, pattern recognition and speech recognition. Topics such as expert systems, neural networks, constraint programming and case-based reasoning are also discussed in the book. In the Second Edition, the contents and presentation have been improved thoroughly and in addition six new chapters providing a simulating and inspiring synthesis of new artificial intelligence and an appendix on AI tools have been introduced. The treatment throughout the book is primarily tailored to the curriculum needs of B.E./B.Tech. students in Computer Science and Engineering, B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. students in Computer Science, and MCA students. The book is also useful for computer professionals interested in exploring the field of artificial intelligence. Key Features • Exposes the readers to real-world applications of AI. • Concepts are duly supported by examples and cases. • Provides appendices on PROLOG, LISP and AI Tools. • Incorporates most recommendations of the Curriculum Committee on Computer Science/Engineering for AI and Intelligent Systems. • Exercises provided will help readers apply what they have learned.
: The pedagogical practices of Basic Education Schools in Nepal have been explored extensively in the present book. Four chapters are included in this book. In the first chapter, the ancient education system and the prevailing pedagogical practices at that time have been utterly discussed. Accordingly, in the second chapter, the educational system and pedagogical practices during the Ranas have been analyzed. After this chapter, in the third chapter, education and pedagogical practice of Panchayat Era is explored. And, in the final chapter, existing education and pedagogical practices of Nepal are explored. In this book, each chapter describes the brief political history of that period, the development of education, education policies and the pedagogical practices. Curriculum, subjects of study, teaching method, role of teacher and student, educational administration, assessment procedures financing of school education and physical infrastructure are main subject matters of each chapter. It is hoped that this book will satisfy the various questions related to pedagogical practices at the Basic Education School in Nepal.
The book is expressly written for the young minds because they are our best hope for a safer tomorrow. The book is profusely illustrated, as it offers a joyride to the world of the whole range of hazards through simplified teaching-learning process, with less of teaching and more of learning. This is because most readers would love to learn without actually being taught. The book is designed to take advantage of distilled wisdom of centuries to inspire and enlighten the common man to turn them into prime movers of safer societies. Senior citizens, community leaders, self-trained disaster managers, social workers, media personnel, bureaucrats and those averse to the very thought of reading will also find the book useful as it is illustrative and inviting.
Awaken: A Journey to Purpose, Wholeness, Healing, and Impact Awaken delivers a contemporary and accessible guide to how each of us can experience a life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in a world that is rife with anxiety, depression, and addiction. Drawing on the distinguished author's lifetime of accumulated insights and experience, Awaken guides readers on a journey to achieve complete alignment between who they are, what they say, what they do, and how they relate to others. People are traumatized and polarized the world over. By healing our traumas, uniting the polarities in our lives, and connecting to our deepest purpose, we can attain personal power and amplify our positive impact on the world. Most people have chosen not to deal with their trauma; they conceal it, numb it, and relive it. Through the prism of the author's life journey, Awaken shows us how to mine the ups and downs of our lives to experience "post-traumatic growth." Written for anyone with even a passing interest in improving their inner life and making a difference in the world, Awaken provides proven tools and practical advice that allow readers to know themselves, love themselves, be themselves, and express themselves. Readers will learn how to grow their personal power by building self-trust, cultivating presence, drawing healthy boundaries, leaning into necessary conflict, and challenging orthodoxies. Awaken will help readers see their lives differently in order to transform their experience of living.
This is a heartwarming story of a young doctor training to be a surgeon. Forty years ago, despite overcrowded hospitals and a chronic shortage of supplies, young doctors struggled to provide succor to poor patients in large government hospitals as residents still do. A young resident finds himself in situations that test his humanity and ingenuity. Textbooks had exhorted him to try his hardest and that no patient is beyond care. But he realizes that the practice of surgery is vastly different from what the textbooks tell you to do. He understands that patients with incurable diseases in their last moments deserve death with dignity. During his residency, he encounters a young boy with an incurable cancer, a hemophilic, and a child with opium addiction. Some of the frequent fliers teach valuable lessons in empathy and the need to be nonjudgmental. He meets with a suspected child rapist, a powerful don, and a transgender who willingly donates blood to save a child. Professor Joshi, Sister Thomas, and Professor Vilas all contribute to his maturing as a surgeon. He is witness to the honesty of nurses and attendants who return a pouch full of uncut diamonds to the owner. The tragic end of Professor Joshi and Sister Thomas is narrated simply without any histrionics. These stories will touch your heart and make you smile. Many of the experiences narrated in the book will bring a sense of dj vu to senior doctors. The aspiring surgeons will find it interesting and, hopefully, inspiring.
Paradise lost? Op-ed journalist Rajendra Ramlogan has used his weekly column to cast a critical yet fond eye over life in his native Trinidad and Tobago, often doing so within the context of regional and international developments. Can these sister Caribbean islands play to their strengths to throw off the corruption and crime that threaten to drag them down? Since independence in the 1960s, the struggle for Trinidad and Tobago has been to fulfil its early promise, with politics descending into name-calling and self-preservation rather than attaining the aspirations and hopes of early post-colonial leaders. Its cultural diversity, with a population of mixed African and Indian descent, makes TT a unique place with music, food and holidays like nowhere else, but it can also cause tensions. Ultimately to really love a place, one must truly know it in all its imperfections.
Increases in various fungal infections due to Candida, Aspergillus, Blastomyces, Histoplasma spp., and Dermatophytes have attracted interest in the biochemistry of the fungal pathogens responsible. This book discusses the importance of lipids in pathogenic fungi and how they are involved in infections that pose serious health problems. The role of lipids in dimorphism, adherence, and virulence of fungi is investigated as is their composition and metabolism. Several chapters are devoted to examinations of specific pathogenic fungi, which will be particularly useful to researchers studying the clinical manifestations of infections caused by these factors. Later chapters present possible antifungal agents and nonconventional agents that target the organisms discussed earlier. Collectively, the contributions to this volume provide an excellent overview of this field. This text is essential for practicing clinicians and for everyone involved in the important task of resolving the problems associated with fungal pathogenicity.
This Book Has Been Written According To Syllabi Prescribed In M.A. (Sociology) And M.A. (Economics) In Indian Universities In The Papers Entitled: Labour Problems; Labour Problems In India; Labour Problems And Welfare; Labour Problems And Social Security Etc. With Analytic Presentation Of The Material Drawn From Authentic Sources; Holistic Approach In Controversial Matters; Narration In Simple Language; Examples Drawn From Indian Life And Questions For Exercise At The End Of Each Chapter, This Book Seeks To Serve As An Ideal Textbook For The Students And A Reference Book For The Teachers.
Entertaining, provocative, lively, well-written text, which is must read for people who are passionate to drive change in health care.• Well- researched book on health care reforms that captures wealth of insights, serving as comprehensive source of up-to-date information and facts• Offers interesting insights into the health of India''s population and makes a passionate appeal for political priority to be given to universal health coverage and for an upstream pre-emptive approach to health • Contains thought provoking ideas and reform proposals, which are of global relevance• Must read for everyone interested in the Health Care System of India
Tough Choices & Hard Decisions is a timely book written by an author with extraordinary experience in policymaking, who gives a clear direction for the future of the Indian economy as we move through the impact of COVID-19. Author-Prof. Rajendra, writes why COVID-19 is a once in a lifetime opportunity for governments, business organizations, and professionals to relook, reposition, and transform to the “new normal”. Otherwise, they may not remain in business. For India, it is a golden opportunity to move to a Distributed Growth Model (The MAST Model). It further suggests that India needs to make some hard decisions to propel its economy towards exponential growth. Packed with original ideas, extensive research, and data, this book suggests path-breaking steps to revive the economy and sets a long-term vision for this nation. Written with authority and conviction, this book gives a clear direction and guidance to the government—on priorities, policies, and programs and on how to innovatively finance growth. It sets the vision for India’s future, along with the granularity of the programs to achieve it. Tough Choices & Hard Decisions has the potential to change the lives of 135 crore Indians and transform India into a Middle-Income Country in the next five years, thereby taking it to the league of developed countries over the next 25 years.
Most textbooks in the field are either too advanced for students or don't adequately cover current research topics. Bridging this gap, Electronic Structure of Materials helps advanced undergraduate and graduate students understand electronic structure methods and enables them to use these techniques in their work.Developed from the author's lecture
The book is designed to serve as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses on soil and water conservation engineering for students of agricultural engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering and related disciplines. The book presents the basics of soil and water erosion, and describes the measures to control erosion, focusing on structures to prevent and control erosion. The chapters dedicated to erosion control structures provide a detailed view of each structural construction, covering the function, design and elements of each type of structure. Some common type of structures covered in the book are terrace, bunds, vegetated waterways, and gully control structures, including spillways. The book also covers wind erosion and control structures to prevent wind erosion. Each chapter includes pedagogical elements such as examples, practice questions, and multiple-choice-type questions to improve understanding and aid in self-study. Besides serving as a textbook university coursework, the book can also serve as a supplementary or primary text for professional development courses for practicing engineers engaged in soil and water conservation or watershed management. The book will also serve as a reference for professionals, environmental consultants, and policy makers engaged in soil and water conservation related fields.
Advances in semi-automated high-throughput image data collection routines, coupled with a decline in storage costs and an increase in high-performance computing solutions have led to an exponential surge in data collected by biomedical scientists and medical practitioners. Interpreting this raw data is a challenging task, and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of opthalmology. The sheer speed at which data on cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and other eye disorders are collected, makes it impossible for the human observer to directly monitor subtle, yet critical details. This book is a novel and well-timed endeavor to present, in an amalgamated format, computational image modeling methods as applied to various extrinsic scientific problems in ophthalmology. It is self-contained and presents a highly comprehensive array of image modeling algorithms and methodologies relevant to ophthalmologic problems. The book is the first of its kind, bringing eye imaging and multi-dimensional hyperspectral imaging and data fusion of the human eye, into focus. The editors are at the top of their fields and bring a strong multidisciplinary synergy to this visionary volume. Their "inverted-pyramid" approach in presenting the content, and focus on core applications, will appeal to students and practitioners in the field.
This book is an unconventional articulation of the political thinking in India in a refreshingly creative manner in more than one way. Empirically, the book becomes innovative by providing an analytically more grasping contextual interpretation of Indian political thought that evolved during the nationalist struggle against colonialism. Insightfully, it attempts to unearth the hitherto unexplored yet vital subaltern strands of political thinking in India as manifested through the mode of numerous significant socio-economic movements operating side by side and sometimes as part of the mainstream nationalist movement. This book articulates the main currents of Indian political thought by locating the text and themes of the thinkers within the socio-economic and politico-cultural contexts in which such ideas were conceptualised and articulated. The book also tries to analytically grasp the influences of the various British constitutional devices that appeared as the responses of the colonial government to redress the genuine socio-economic grievances of the various sections of Indian society. The book breaks new ground in not only articulating the main currents of Indian political thought in an analytically more sound approach of context-driven discussion but also provokes new research in the field by charting a new course in grasping and articulating the political thought in India. This volume will be useful to the students, researchers and faculty working in the fields of political science, political sociology, political economy and post-colonial contemporary Indian politics in particular. It will also be an invaluable and interesting reading for those interested in South Asian studies.
How has India’s foreign policy evolved in the seventy years since Independence? For that matter, what is the country’s foreign policy? And what are the aspects that determine and shape it? If you’ve had questions such as these, Rajendra Abhyankar’s Indian Diplomacy is the foreign policy primer you’ve been looking for. Charting the country’s interactions with other countries from the early days of independence to now, Indian Diplomacy reviews the changes in stance. Lucidly written and well argued, the book covers these and other questions comprehensively, without fuss or bombast. A much-needed book in light of the sweeping changes on the global stage—and India’s increasing role in them. General reader, politicians, historians, and journalists who specialize in foreign policy and contemporary politics as well as think tanks and policymakers
The Book Deals With The Problems Of Education : Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary, College And University Level Education. It Discusses Various Spheres Of Education Like : Women Education, Adult Education, Education Of The Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes. The Various Political, Technological And Social Impacts On Education Are Analysed. The Book Examines The Various Types Of Education : Population Education, Physical Education, Health Education, Religious And Moral Education, Technological Education, Teacher Education. Evaluating The Different Aims Of Education Like Education For Democracy, Education For National And Emotional Integration, Education For International And Inter-Cultural Understanding, It Discusses The Problems Peculiar To The Entire Structure Of Education : Administration And Supervision, Curriculum, Evaluation And Examination, Work Experience, Medium Of Instruction. It Studies Problems Peculiar To Expansion Of Education : Universalisation, Diversification, Text-Book Nationalisation, Standardisation, Indianisation And Modernisation. It Is Hoped That The Book Will Be Useful For Teachers, Academicians, Educational Planners, Researchers, Administrators As Well As For Common Readers.
This book provides a fairly comprehensive description of the Morphology of Hindi. This description is located in the theory proposed by Ford and Singh. They question some of the most celebrated concepts of morphology and build a theory of morphological relatedness around the word as the basic unit and a set of bidirectional Word Formation Strategies. Morphology is essentially regarded as the study of relationships obtaining among formally and semantically related words. These Word Formation Strategies constitute extremely complex networks of word-relatedness. Access to a single member of a given network can activate the whole network. It examines critically not only the concepts used in traditional morphology but also the work done on Hindi morphology during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In addition to examining intra-and intercategorial relationships among Hindi nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, the book includes sections on morphophonemic changes, minimization of morphological marks, non-morphemic morphemes and multiple affixation.
Features: Forwarded by Sh. R.V. Easwar, Hon'ble Judge High Court of Delhi. A compilation of more than 2000 words related to tax-matters Contains words defined/analysed/explained by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and High Courts/Privy Council Covers period of 112 Years (1860-2012) Compiled by senior IRS Officer-Commissioner of Income-tax of 1982 Batch. Words arranged in alphabetical order Index as per sections also provided References of major tax-journals given Name of cases and jurisdiction of Courts included for ready reference.
India shares a multi-dimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany is India's largest trading partner within the European Union, and is also a major source and destination of foreign direct investment, a significant donor, and an important source of technology. Drawing on English and German language source material, this book covers the evolution and expansion of India’s economic, political, defence, and scientific-technological ties with Germany from 1947 to the present day. It analyses mutual perceptions, highlights the elements of convergence and divergence, and discusses the challenges and prospects of this relationship in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)
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