IOSR-JBM   Volume-1 ~ Issue-2 ~ May-Jun-2012

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Knowledge Management: Some Issues and Challenges for Corporate Excellence in the 21st century
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Dr. M. Subba Rao
	:	10.9790/487X-0120103

Abstract: The 21st century is seeing the emergence of a knowledge society where the only differentiation between success and failure, for individuals, societies and business corporate houses, is the knowledge they tapup, disseminate and use it for gaining a competitive advantage. Today, the business corporations will have to deal with entirely new challenges to meet customer demand, move from competition to collaborative reconfiguration, dovetail supplier and subcontractor processes to the corporate goals and empower employees to be able to meet and surpass customer expectations. However, more often than not, knowledge management implementations are merely glorified departmental solutions, created by some people to address specific problems. This approach, as a matter of fact, confines the value of knowledge management to business process improvements within a relatively small group. Perhaps these efforts are helpful, but knowledge management (KM) is most valuable and holistic one when tied to enterprise-wide strategy. Formulating and implementing appropriate strategies for these enterprise-wide Knowledge Management initiatives need a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the needs of corporate business enterprises from a variety of perspectives. Therefore, it is important for a corporate house to know its core competencies and have a deep understanding of how it creates value for its customers. Failure to recognize this fact and putting a Knowledge Management layer on top of existing inefficiencies in business processes will complicate the use of Knowledge Management. Against this background, an attempt in this paper is made to present the core issues and processes of Knowledge Management and the challenges being faced by the corporate business houses for its successful implementation to gain competitive advantages in the 21st century. [1]

1. Woman S. Jawadekar – 2011 "Knowledge Management", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, pp 1-20.
2. Michael Armstrong – 2009 "Strategic Human Resource Management", Kogan Pace India Private Ltd., New Delhi, pp 149-153.
3. Amrit Tiwana – 2008 "The Knowledge Management Toolkit", Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp 295-317.
4. Amrit Tiwana – 2008 "The Knowledge Management Toolkit", Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp 331-371.
5. Amrit Tiwana – 2008 "The Knowledge Management Toolkit", Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp 374-387.
6. Amrit Tiwana – 2008 "The Knowledge Management Toolkit", Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp 397-406.

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	A Study on Human Capital Valuation and Management
Country	:	India
Authors	:	K. V. N. Pallavi, A. K. Neeraja Rani
	:	10.9790/487X-0120407

Abstract: The days of exploitation of human resources on fiscal grounds and work load has wiped by the emergence of the era of Human capital. Many organisations recognised that there is a minor margin between "Best" and "The Best". It is possible for organisations to be called as "The Best" only if they could able to make parity between effective work from employees and efficiency of the same employees. It is that much difficult to maintain parity as many big organisations fail to continue in "The Best" position. It is fruitful only when Human is treated as Capital than a Resource/ expenditure. The difficulty starts then how to value Human capital, how to maintain it? The paper presents an insight in to the various methods of valuing Human Capital and how to maintain it successfully.
Keywords-Effectiveness, Efficiency, Human Capital, Human Capital Evaluation, Human Capital Management,

Websites:
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[2] http://renegadehr.net/free-downloads/human-capital-handbook-2011.pdf
[3] http://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filing/annual-report/annual/documents/AR-2011/ai_13.html
[4] http://www.nisg.org/home.php?page=humancapital.php
Conference Reports/Journals/Surveys:
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[7] Human Capital Metrics Conference: 2011, New York Marriott Downtown.
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[8] Fitz-enz, Jac, The ROI of Human Capital. Amacom, 2000.
[9] Jody Heymann with Magda Barrera- "Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce": Harvard Business Press, 2010.
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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Role of International Financial Organizations in the Economic Growth of Bangladesh: A Case Study from the Perspective of Project Finance Challenges & Prospects
Country	:	Bangladesh
Authors	:	Fahmida Ahmed
	:	10.9790/487X-0120819

Abstract : Economic growth is one aspect of the process of economic development which shows the increasing capacity of the economy to satisfy the demand of goods and services of the member of the society. International Financial Organizations can play an actives role in this core area of economic development. These organizations support the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh to reduce the poverty and increase the productivity of rural poor people in ways that are both sustainable and environmentally friendly. The study reveals some selected International Financial Organizations are contributes enough to achieve stable growth of the economic through project finance. This paper focuses on the contributions of four major, high-profile organizations: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Financial Corporation (IFC). This study also consider the question how project finance can affect economic growth: that leads not only to an increase in the quantity of capital but most importantly also to an improvement in the quality of capital and thus ultimately to economic growth
Key words: International Financial Organizations, Project Finance and Economic growth.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	An analysis of secured and unsecured borrowing performance of the power corporations of Haryana: 2001-2010
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Ms. Vanita
	:	10.9790/487X-0122039

Abstract: Secured and unsecured borrowings shows the current status of the power sector whether the corporation is generating revenue or not the status shows it needs a lot of improvement on various points. For secured borrowings HPGCL & HVPNL needs lots of improvement and for unsecured borrowings DHBVNL needs to improve alot
Key words: borrowings, improvement, revenue

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Effective Leadership Qualities of Distance Education in Globalization
Country	:	Pakistan
Authors	:	Mian Baqar Qureshi, Nuzhat Kalsoom Shahzadi, Zubia Noreen
	:	10.9790/487X-0124047

Abstract : Leadership in Distance education not only requires common characteristics of all leaders, but also requires exceptional aptitudes and approaches under the impact of emerging technologies. This is the fact that people do not get distance education as different from conventional education in terms of leadership and the reason is lack of specific qualities in distance education leadership. Leadership is one of numerous vital components in the successful addition of ICTs in Education. The locus of leadership influences the scale to which ICT integration can become fixed in educational institutions as well as the role of leadership in championing ICT. There are many challenges inbuilt in enlightening circulated leadership in and across educational institutions. The effectual utilizations of technology to connect educational leaders at all levels in collaborative learning and knowledge sharing can improve leadership capacity which can add the successful integration of ICTs in Education. It is a review study so data and information is collected through literature relevant to distance education, leadership in education and quality education. Data was collected by book reading and net searching.
Keywords: distance learning, higher education, distance learners, Internet, leadership, ODL, technology, ICT, methodology,

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	A Conceptual Analysis of Social Networking and its Impact on Employee Productivity
Country	:	Saudi Arabia
Authors	:	Benjamin B. Aguenza, Ahmad Puad Mat Som
	:	10.9790/487X-0124852

ABSTRACT: Social networking site is all about awareness and connection, and presently the social networking site (SNS) seems to be the mantra that affects the productivity of employee in the workplace. The new media is growing so fast that it makes it imperative for employees to embrace the medium. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relevance of collaborative technology such as social networking to employee productivity in the workplace. The conceptual paper examines positive and negative perceptions of social networking sites, provides the relationship between social networking and employee productivity and examines whether social networking are capable of increasing the levels of employee performance and satisfaction. It was discovered that the use of social networks at work helped employees improve their productivity, but numerous studies also found the opposite. Thus, organizations should comprehend about social networking before educating their employees and setting appropriate policies at workplace.
Keywords: employee performance, employee productivity, employee satisfaction and social networking sites.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Inflation accounting and control through monetary policy measures in Nigeria: Multi-regression analysis (1973-2010)
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Akabom-Ita Asuquo
	:	10.9790/487X-0125362

Abstract:This study was carried out to evaluate Inflation accounting and control through monetary policy measures in Nigeria from 1973 to 2010. Secondary data were used empirically to do the assessment. Aggregate data on independent variables (monetary policy measures) that affect inflation were collected and analyzed using multiple regression model and the ordinary least squares estimation techniques. From the analysis carried out, it was found that some of the variables (money supply, interest rate and exchange rate) were statistically significant, which means that the studied variable could be used to predict inflation. Furthermore, domestic credit was not statistically significant, even though it could be used as a policy variable to account for inflation. Based on these findings, it was recommended that monetary supply, interest rates and exchange rates should be the principal policy variables to be manipulated in controlling inflation in Nigeria.

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