Transparency International’s year 1999 Corruption Perception Index places India as the 28th most corrupt country in the world. This is a Slippage Improvement of six positions over 1998 achievement, notwithstanding addition of new countries to the list. This international honour has merited a...

The emergence of a cuberconnected Global Village demonstrates the need for a universal time for global events. A professor at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad argues that we need to delink the measurement of time from geography. Starting with a review of the Concept of Time in...

The paper examines various measures of time and argues that none of the measures meet the needs of commerce and law for transactions carried out in the cyberspace. It therefore suggests that a new measure of the time and epoch, called eTime be introduced. The paper further suggests that the...

Recent reports suggest that the Government of India is favourably inclined to change policy and enable establishments employing less than 1,000 workers to lay-off employees and undertake retrenchments or closures without prior permission. Corporate lay-offs in the U.S. indicate an...

The paper focuses on the prevailing political environment in the country and the influence it has on a citizen. It deals with the issues related to the role of executive, judiciary and legislature with regard to the functioning of democracy in the country. It suggests several structural...

Based on the electoral history of past 13 General Elections in the country, the paper argues that while the electorate has been pushing the political parties towards coalitions and grand alliances, the same are unlikely to be stable or effective. It proposes that long with the constitutional...

Based on the results of general elections since formation of the Republic, the paper identifies two key issues facing Indian democracy. The inability of the present choice process under the constitution to provide a stable platform to the Prime Minister and his Cabinet. The inadequate...

Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous increase of the population as well as the financial, administrative and technical deficiencies of the new supply system have lead to the deterioration of the water service in the city....

This note deals with the basics of Group Dynamics. It discusses the nature and types of groups in organization and elaborates on the need to study group behavior as well as why individuals join groups. The note also discusses the underlying processes in Group Behavior. Here the Interdependence...