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Working Papers | 1975

Participation in Decision Making: Research, Results and Hypotheses

Saiyadain M S

This report evaluates initial empirical studies on participation as well as the cross-national experience of workers participation in decision making. Though the more empirical studies show the effectiveness of participation, the cross national experience has not been all that encouraging. It is suggested that experiments on worker's participation have, by and large ignored to control and/or eliminate intervening variables several hypotheses that take into account some of the intervening variables have been pointed out.

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Working Papers | 1975

General Knowledge Test for Competitive Examinations

Misra Sasi B

In this paper a schematic framework towards systematization of "General Knowledge" as a selection tool has been suggested. The standardized methods for GK test construction, test-format and scoring procedure have been presented. It is hoped that the framework presented in this paper will help the decision makers in evolving more relevant GK tests, both in terms of their content and design.

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Working Papers | 1975

The Emerging Economic Environment

Paul Samuel

This paper examines the likely developments on the industrial front on the basis of a diagnosis of recent economic developments. Special attention is paid to the possibility of an industrial recession emerging in 1975. The analysis indicates that while a generalised recession is unlikely to develop, the capital goods segment of the industrial sector is likely to be hit as a result of the prevailing economic conditions. Short term measures to deal with the problems posed by such a recession as well as the long term remedies for toning up industrial development have been proposed toward the end o the paper.

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Working Papers | 1975

Notes on Approached and Priorities in Rural Research

Aneja Ajay

It is necessary to involve practitioners of different disciplines in the tasks of rural development. However, this can become possible only if the objectives of such collaborations are well-defined. In the notes submitted for publication an attempt is made to identify the objectives, and following from there, the methodologies for conducting rural research.

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Working Papers | 1975

Process Consultation with an International Conference

Pareek Udai

The paper reports an experience of providng process consultation to an international conference. The underlying values of process consultation are suggested (being clear about the client, integration with regular work, clear psychological contrast, building group work skills in the client system, increase in client involvement). The general strategy of moving toward client maturing is described-moving from dependency to collaboration through independency and creativity. Details of the organization and process consultation are given. The following dimensions of process consultation are discussion initiated freezing activities, working with the top team, and help to the total group, help on working methodology, and help on evaluation methodology.

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Working Papers | 1975

Mathematical Model for Urban Water Supply and Waste Disposal Systems

Mukherjee Shishir K

Most urban areas are facing an ever increasing demand for fresh water due to population and industrial growth. This paper proposes an integrated approach for optimal design of urban water supply and waste disposal systems. A network model is presented for evaluating alternatives for supplying water from different sources-treated fresh water, ground-water, desalinated seawater and renovated water-to satisfy future demands for domestic, industrial and public use at minimum cost. This model carries out optimization on the basis of estimated cost functions for various processes including water development, conveyance and treatment. Design of optimal water transmission network is a complex problem due to pressure and flow constraints at various nodes of the network and merits consideration on its own. This involves the network and merits consideration on its own. This involves choice of pipe diameters and lengths in a given water transmission network to minimise discounted total cost of installation and operation of the system. A Linear Programme model is presented for the solution of this problem for branched networks. Before deciding on a waste disposal plan, the effect on the quality of the receiving waters of wastewater discharges after treatment, in any, must be analysed. A water quality model for predicting pollutant concentrations from hydrological and waste discharge data is presented for this purpose. An iterative solution approach using the network model for land based processes and facilities and the water quality model is suggested for designing an optimal water supply/waste disposal system which will meet all water demands while maintaining the receiving waters at acceptable quality levels. The detailed design of the water transmission network is obtained by the application of the Linear Programming model using optimal solution from the Network Model as input giving quantities available at various sources and the layout of the network supplying demand quantities at the distribution zones. Thus design of an optimal system for water supply and wastewater disposal involves interactions between the three given models.

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Working Papers | 1974

A Network Programming Approach for Investment Planning in Electric Power Systems: Case Study for Northern Region of India

Mukherjee Shishir K

The purpose of this paper is to describe a Network Programming Model for least-cost investment in electric power generation and transmission system and illustrate it by a case study involving application of this model to northern Region of India for planning the electric power generation and transmission system network to meet projected peak demand at the end of Fifth Plan Period. The model described in this paper is essentially an economic model based on the power system network in which electric power flows from generating nodes to load centres through existing or proposed transmission lines and costs of generation of power and transmission including power and energy losses are accounted for. The model with the aid of a network computer programme obtains a least-cost flow pattern in the network which determines the optimal investments in generating plants and transmission network. The optimal solution obtained should be tested with load flow studies to determine system reliability under various contingencies as is done in case of any other modelling approach.

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Working Papers | 1974

Unionizing Indian Agricultural Workers: Problems and Prospects

Verma Pramod and Mookherjee S

The paper is concerned with the problems and prospects of organizing agricultural workers. The motivation to unionize is analysed in terms of low income, insecurity of employment and social disparity faced by landless labourers. Research evidence is summarised with a view to highlight the constraints in organizing the landless. Consequently, attention is drawn to some organizational problems such as objectives, structure and policies of a rural union. It has been emphasized in the paper that serious efforts should be made by the central trade unions to organize the agricultural workers.

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Working Papers | 1974

Some Results in Finding A Lower Bound of the Efficiency of Least Square Estimates Relative to Best Linear Estimates in Regression Model

Raghavacahari M

Consider the usual regression model Y = Xb + u. The standard estimators of b are (i) Least squares estimator and (ii) Best linear estimator. The paper gives some results on finding an attainable lower bound on the efficiency of least square estimates relative to the best linear estimate. Specifically the paper is an attempt to verify the validity of a conjecture made by G.S. Watson.

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Working Papers | 1974

Impact of Export Fluctuations on Come: A Cross Country Analysis

C Rangarajan

The degree of export fluctuations and its impact on income have been subject to a number of investigations. A major bone of contention has been whether developing countries experience a greater degree of fluctuation in exports than developed countries, and whether such fluctuations affect the growth-rate of developing countries. This study examines this contention y constructing comparable econometric models for 11 countries, including both developing and developed countries. From these models it seeks to derive the export-income multiplier which can throw light on the question as to which countries are affected more than others by export fluctuations. The study shows that the long-run multiplier relating to both income and investment are generally larger for developing countries than for developed countries. In addition, for each country the dynamic multipliers have been used to derive the income path which is attributable to changes in exports as they actually occurred. The income path has been derived on the assumption that "real" exports grow at a constant rate every year. A comparison of these two simulated income series definitely shows that an increase in the instability of exports leads to an increase in the instability of income in every country. However, the impact of instability in exports on income growth rate is not in the same degree in all counties. In the case of only five countries, there is a decline in growth rate when there is an increase in instability of exports, even though a cross country regression shows that in general countries with higher instability in exports have on the average a lower growth rate.

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